Karen Sanner
@ksanner1.bsky.social
Lawyer, SLU Law Prof, wife, mom, stepmom, grandma. I ❤️ running, reading, and organizing anything.
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My latest @thenation.com. The unrelenting cruelty against women even in death... @oneillinstitute.bsky.social @msmagazine.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
How “Dobbs” Unleashed a Breathtaking Disregard for Human Rights
In this new era of Jane Crow, the right to choose is not only a question of bodily autonomy in life, but even in death.
www.thenation.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My latest @thenation.com. The unrelenting cruelty against women even in death... @oneillinstitute.bsky.social @msmagazine.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
It’s all a massive grift. Pay to play at the highest level of our government. This is why he ran for president again.
⚖ The SEC dropped its lawsuit against Binance on Thursday, just a week after the crypto exchange started listing Trump's stablecoin.
But wait, there's more—
me, for @forbes.com
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But wait, there's more—
me, for @forbes.com
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SEC Drops Lawsuit Against Binance After Trump-Backed USD1 Stablecoin Launches On Crypto Exchange
Binance’s CEO also has petitioned Trump’s Justice Department for a pardon.
www.forbes.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It’s all a massive grift. Pay to play at the highest level of our government. This is why he ran for president again.
FEMA needs to be on the ground in my city.
ST. LOUIS MAYOR says FEMA has not helped them after the storm.
(Trump & the GOP are cutting FEMA, Trump has discussed privatizing it)
(Trump & the GOP are cutting FEMA, Trump has discussed privatizing it)
May 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
FEMA needs to be on the ground in my city.
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Dear Canada-
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.
❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸
#MakeAmericaNormalAgain
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.
❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸
#MakeAmericaNormalAgain
April 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Dear Canada-
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.
❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸
#MakeAmericaNormalAgain
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.
❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸
#MakeAmericaNormalAgain
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I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out
Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
Reagan-appointed, conservative judge reminding the Government that due process matters.
BREAKING: The 4th Circuit has *denied* the Trump administration's effort to resist an order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States by midnight tonight.
Judge Xinis' order is still in effect. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Judge Xinis' order is still in effect. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
April 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Reagan-appointed, conservative judge reminding the Government that due process matters.
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Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
April 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Just a legal historian here reminding everyone that “high crimes and misdemeanors” do not need to be felonies.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
They can include political abuses and stupidity, like, hypothetically, destroying the economy and wiping out people’s savings in 3 days.
Important thread by Senator Murphy about why the tariffs are not about economic policy.
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Important thread by Senator Murphy about why the tariffs are not about economic policy.
@cardinals.com need to quit leaving men on base early in the game. Bad loss. 😞 On the bright side, I found St. Louis Cardinals feed with Cards fans on @bluesky.social.
April 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
@cardinals.com need to quit leaving men on base early in the game. Bad loss. 😞 On the bright side, I found St. Louis Cardinals feed with Cards fans on @bluesky.social.
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Cuts made today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may undermine our nation’s response to the dementia public health crisis. Read our statement: bit.ly/43BtxHU.
Alzheimer’s Association Sounding the Alarm Over the Threat of Elimination of Alzheimer’s Programs at HHS, CDC
Alzheimer's Association statement: Actions taken by the Department of Health & Human Services may undermine the response to the dementia public health crisis.
bit.ly
April 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Cuts made today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may undermine our nation’s response to the dementia public health crisis. Read our statement: bit.ly/43BtxHU.
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Young musicians' dreams were dashed when the U.S. Marine Band followed orders to cancel a concert featuring middle and high school students of color, a result of the Trump administration’s executive order banning DEI initiatives. 60 Minutes, Sunday.
March 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Young musicians' dreams were dashed when the U.S. Marine Band followed orders to cancel a concert featuring middle and high school students of color, a result of the Trump administration’s executive order banning DEI initiatives. 60 Minutes, Sunday.
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
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“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would…
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March 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
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US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’
USAid cuts to clinics dispensing antiretroviral drugs will be ‘death sentence for mothers and children’, expert warns
Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organisations working with HIV and Aids across Africa, with dire…
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’
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Jimmy Carter Appreciation 🧵:
As we mourn Carter's death, there will be lots of discussion of his presidency and his post-presidential exploits, including his work with @habitatforhumanity.bsky.social and the @cartercenter.bsky.social.
But I want to talk about Carter and the federal judiciary....
As we mourn Carter's death, there will be lots of discussion of his presidency and his post-presidential exploits, including his work with @habitatforhumanity.bsky.social and the @cartercenter.bsky.social.
But I want to talk about Carter and the federal judiciary....
December 30, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Jimmy Carter Appreciation 🧵:
As we mourn Carter's death, there will be lots of discussion of his presidency and his post-presidential exploits, including his work with @habitatforhumanity.bsky.social and the @cartercenter.bsky.social.
But I want to talk about Carter and the federal judiciary....
As we mourn Carter's death, there will be lots of discussion of his presidency and his post-presidential exploits, including his work with @habitatforhumanity.bsky.social and the @cartercenter.bsky.social.
But I want to talk about Carter and the federal judiciary....
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Must read: Prof. Jeff Feldman (@uwlaw.bsky.social) interviews Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Morgan Christen on #LegalWriting: wabarnews.org/2024/12/17/w...
Judge Christen discusses humor, persuasive authority, tables of contents, and more!
#AppellateSky
Judge Christen discusses humor, persuasive authority, tables of contents, and more!
#AppellateSky
Writing Tips From the Bench: Knowing When Less Is More - Washington State Bar News
An interview with Judge Morgan Christen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit about what makes for helpful and persuasive appellate briefs.
wabarnews.org
December 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Must read: Prof. Jeff Feldman (@uwlaw.bsky.social) interviews Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Morgan Christen on #LegalWriting: wabarnews.org/2024/12/17/w...
Judge Christen discusses humor, persuasive authority, tables of contents, and more!
#AppellateSky
Judge Christen discusses humor, persuasive authority, tables of contents, and more!
#AppellateSky
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This Thanksgiving don’t forget that many of the folks picking our food and cooking at our favorite restaurants are undocumented immigrants. They deserve our thanks and respect, not deportation.
November 28, 2024 at 4:05 PM
This Thanksgiving don’t forget that many of the folks picking our food and cooking at our favorite restaurants are undocumented immigrants. They deserve our thanks and respect, not deportation.