Rick Horowitz
@rhdefense.com
I do attorney stuff, photography stuff, mug-maker stuff, laser-engraver stuff, and a bunch of other stuff.
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Rick Horowitz
@rhdefense.com
· Jul 5
Ask Not the Oracle – The AI That Lied in Court
YouTube video by Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz
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🔮 Ask Not the Oracle – The AI That Lied in Court
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Another lawyer just got sanctioned for citing fake case law from ChatGPT.
📺 El video está en inglés, pero puedes activar subtítulos en español o inglés desde el ícono ⚙️ en YouTube.
youtu.be/4AUXgx7MaSE
Another lawyer just got sanctioned for citing fake case law from ChatGPT.
📺 El video está en inglés, pero puedes activar subtítulos en español o inglés desde el ícono ⚙️ en YouTube.
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Shameful, nonsensical whataboutism from a guy who’s supposed to be a serious establishment Republican.
KARL: Watch this video of a woman who says she's disabled getting dealt with by ICE. What do you think?
McCAUL: Well, the optics aren't good
K: They smashed her windows & threw her to the ground
M: It appears to be a little overzealous, but what about the actions of murderers & drug traffickers?
McCAUL: Well, the optics aren't good
K: They smashed her windows & threw her to the ground
M: It appears to be a little overzealous, but what about the actions of murderers & drug traffickers?
January 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Shameful, nonsensical whataboutism from a guy who’s supposed to be a serious establishment Republican.
That, I believe, is part of the point for him.
Hope we see studies on the economic harm Trump’s surges have inflicted on these cities.
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
That, I believe, is part of the point for him.
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So vicious it's delicious.
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
WASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build...
theonion.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM
So vicious it's delicious.
Stories compress uncertainty. Evidence resists it.
Why courts and markets fail the same way — and why interruption matters more than explanation.
substack.probablecause.media/p/there-are-...
Why courts and markets fail the same way — and why interruption matters more than explanation.
substack.probablecause.media/p/there-are-...
There Are Not Two Sides
Criminal Defense Lessons Learned from the Market
substack.probablecause.media
January 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Stories compress uncertainty. Evidence resists it.
Why courts and markets fail the same way — and why interruption matters more than explanation.
substack.probablecause.media/p/there-are-...
Why courts and markets fail the same way — and why interruption matters more than explanation.
substack.probablecause.media/p/there-are-...
Friday, for the first time in my career, a client's family member said, "You're just like the Lincoln Lawyer". At the _end_ of the day, I got a text from a friend who lives in Texas saying that her husband called me Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer.
substack.probablecause.media/p/testimony-...
substack.probablecause.media/p/testimony-...
Testimony, Revisited
On the Gap Between Recognition and Reality
substack.probablecause.media
January 18, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Friday, for the first time in my career, a client's family member said, "You're just like the Lincoln Lawyer". At the _end_ of the day, I got a text from a friend who lives in Texas saying that her husband called me Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer.
substack.probablecause.media/p/testimony-...
substack.probablecause.media/p/testimony-...
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Is this a trick question?
What would you want in return? I think we’d be willing to give you SpaceX and Tesla…
January 4, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Is this a trick question?
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If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
January 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.
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Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.
Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
January 4, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Of all the competitive authoritarian developments of the past year I think the fall of CBS News is among the most chilling. That this can happen to easily and so quickly freaks me the fuck out.
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The GOP is dominated by gutter trash bigots.
GOP Rep. Pat Harrigan: "There are members of Congress that they just cannot trust. And I understand that. We have folks that are Somali first and not America first."
January 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The GOP is dominated by gutter trash bigots.
AI language can sound certain without being grounded.
Here’s why that matters in court and in reasoning:
substack.probablecause.media/p/rhetoric-w...
Here’s why that matters in court and in reasoning:
substack.probablecause.media/p/rhetoric-w...
Rhetoric Without Reason
Why LLMs are not “all that” and a bowl of baked beans
substack.probablecause.media
January 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
AI language can sound certain without being grounded.
Here’s why that matters in court and in reasoning:
substack.probablecause.media/p/rhetoric-w...
Here’s why that matters in court and in reasoning:
substack.probablecause.media/p/rhetoric-w...
Confidence is not comprehension.
“AI Crutchery” looks at how LLMs are becoming substitutes for thinking — and why fluency without understanding is especially dangerous in law.
“AI Crutchery” looks at how LLMs are becoming substitutes for thinking — and why fluency without understanding is especially dangerous in law.
AI Crutchery
AI, LLMs, and the loss of critical thinking skills
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Confidence is not comprehension.
“AI Crutchery” looks at how LLMs are becoming substitutes for thinking — and why fluency without understanding is especially dangerous in law.
“AI Crutchery” looks at how LLMs are becoming substitutes for thinking — and why fluency without understanding is especially dangerous in law.
If any of you read my posts on Substack, a like and/or a comment and/or a share would be greatly appreciated. I need all the help I can get since Google AI has been destroying my small business.
ICE has pushed into every space where people are most vulnerable — hospitals, schools, polling places, newsrooms, tribal communities, courthouses.
This isn’t a collection of anomalies. It’s a policy architecture built on fear.
substack.probablecause.media/p/parasites-...
This isn’t a collection of anomalies. It’s a policy architecture built on fear.
substack.probablecause.media/p/parasites-...
Parasites of the Republic
How ICE’s Racialized Policing Is Devouring American Democracy from the Inside
substack.probablecause.media
December 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
If any of you read my posts on Substack, a like and/or a comment and/or a share would be greatly appreciated. I need all the help I can get since Google AI has been destroying my small business.
ICE has pushed into every space where people are most vulnerable — hospitals, schools, polling places, newsrooms, tribal communities, courthouses.
This isn’t a collection of anomalies. It’s a policy architecture built on fear.
substack.probablecause.media/p/parasites-...
This isn’t a collection of anomalies. It’s a policy architecture built on fear.
substack.probablecause.media/p/parasites-...
Parasites of the Republic
How ICE’s Racialized Policing Is Devouring American Democracy from the Inside
substack.probablecause.media
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
ICE has pushed into every space where people are most vulnerable — hospitals, schools, polling places, newsrooms, tribal communities, courthouses.
This isn’t a collection of anomalies. It’s a policy architecture built on fear.
substack.probablecause.media/p/parasites-...
This isn’t a collection of anomalies. It’s a policy architecture built on fear.
substack.probablecause.media/p/parasites-...
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Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
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How very not surprising 👇
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
How very not surprising 👇
I honestly believe that Dickwad Donnie is potentially more evil than any other evil person who came before him. It’s not totally clear yet, but I think it will be soon.
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I honestly believe that Dickwad Donnie is potentially more evil than any other evil person who came before him. It’s not totally clear yet, but I think it will be soon.
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"We are not the party of participation trophies..."
I hate to break this to you, but...
I hate to break this to you, but...
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
"We are not the party of participation trophies..."
I hate to break this to you, but...
I hate to break this to you, but...
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The social worker murdered at San Francisco General Hospital dedicated his life to the community, including the LGBTQ community. Rest in peace — & loving energy to his partner & other family & friends.
Too many health care workers are at risk of violence & we must do more to protect them.
Too many health care workers are at risk of violence & we must do more to protect them.
S.F. General Hospital stabbing: Social worker dies of injuries
The social worker at San Francisco General Hospital who was stabbed this week by a man authorities identified as a patient died of his injuries Saturday.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The social worker murdered at San Francisco General Hospital dedicated his life to the community, including the LGBTQ community. Rest in peace — & loving energy to his partner & other family & friends.
Too many health care workers are at risk of violence & we must do more to protect them.
Too many health care workers are at risk of violence & we must do more to protect them.
I'm guessing it will be because he snorted what he thought was his favorite drug, but it turned out to be a combination of fentanyl and Ebola virus.
I know everyone is looking forward to his father's passing, but I'm positive that when the failson-in-chief goes it's going to be in some spectacularly hilarious way.
The president of the United States’ son
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I'm guessing it will be because he snorted what he thought was his favorite drug, but it turned out to be a combination of fentanyl and Ebola virus.
December 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
ICE is not any part of what the United States has ever stood for. (It's very much a part of what the Confederate States stood for. It's an attempt to resurrect the Ghosts of Losers.)
Tomorrow, on substack.probablecause.media I will explain this more fully.
Meanwhile, loads of other posts to read!
Tomorrow, on substack.probablecause.media I will explain this more fully.
Meanwhile, loads of other posts to read!
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
ICE is not any part of what the United States has ever stood for. (It's very much a part of what the Confederate States stood for. It's an attempt to resurrect the Ghosts of Losers.)
Tomorrow, on substack.probablecause.media I will explain this more fully.
Meanwhile, loads of other posts to read!
Tomorrow, on substack.probablecause.media I will explain this more fully.
Meanwhile, loads of other posts to read!
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The president who watched Jan. 6 violence on TV and responded to Kevin McCarthy's desperate call from inside the Capitol with "well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you" doesn't think death threats against anyone even a little in his way is a bad thing?
Huh.
Huh.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The president who watched Jan. 6 violence on TV and responded to Kevin McCarthy's desperate call from inside the Capitol with "well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you" doesn't think death threats against anyone even a little in his way is a bad thing?
Huh.
Huh.
A man named Carlos Roberto Montoya Valdez died running into freeway traffic after ICE descended on day laborers at a Home Depot in Monrovia.
His community's response: "Scrape ICE out of their stores."
Publishing tomorrow: substack.probablecause.media
His community's response: "Scrape ICE out of their stores."
Publishing tomorrow: substack.probablecause.media
Probable Cause | Rick Horowitz | Substack
The Legal Blog with the Really Low Standard of Review. Click to read Probable Cause, by Rick Horowitz, a Substack publication. Launched 5 years ago.
substack.probablecause.media
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
A man named Carlos Roberto Montoya Valdez died running into freeway traffic after ICE descended on day laborers at a Home Depot in Monrovia.
His community's response: "Scrape ICE out of their stores."
Publishing tomorrow: substack.probablecause.media
His community's response: "Scrape ICE out of their stores."
Publishing tomorrow: substack.probablecause.media