Richard Heppner 🤷🏼♂️
@rlheppner.bsky.social
Law Prof at Duquesne Kline Law (Civ Pro, Fed Courts) • Former Appellate Attorney • English PhD (Modernism) • Posts too infrequently to have a brand. • Overeducated, overtired, underwhelmed. • see also id. @ 🐘, 🧵 • he/him
Such jawboning has to been seen since Cain and Abel.
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Such jawboning has to been seen since Cain and Abel.
Yeah. It has gone from “I think the transcript is missing.” to “Wait, did you not get a transcript when you presented it to the GJ?” to “WAIT, did you not even present it to the grand jury??”
November 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Yeah. It has gone from “I think the transcript is missing.” to “Wait, did you not get a transcript when you presented it to the GJ?” to “WAIT, did you not even present it to the grand jury??”
Ah, but a skilled prosecutor could indict a ha… wait, no that’s not applicable either.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ah, but a skilled prosecutor could indict a ha… wait, no that’s not applicable either.
The midsapprehension about Dems’ willingness suffer other losses to bring out what’s in the Epstein files continues apace. “But Bill Clinton!” Who cares? “But some other rich dude!” Who cares? “But these texts!” Puh-lease.
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The midsapprehension about Dems’ willingness suffer other losses to bring out what’s in the Epstein files continues apace. “But Bill Clinton!” Who cares? “But some other rich dude!” Who cares? “But these texts!” Puh-lease.
Oh, guess I should’ve read the first paragraph of the opinion (and Heraclitus) before commenting!
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oh, guess I should’ve read the first paragraph of the opinion (and Heraclitus) before commenting!
Feels like Meta really benefited from dragging this out. It’s pretty recent that people thought if YouTube as social networking rather than video entertainment.
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Feels like Meta really benefited from dragging this out. It’s pretty recent that people thought if YouTube as social networking rather than video entertainment.
She means a *perception* of Nazis problem.
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
She means a *perception* of Nazis problem.
Me too. That guy’s wife has no idea what I’m talking about.
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Me too. That guy’s wife has no idea what I’m talking about.
I mean, not really. It's not that it's illegal because there's a law saying it's illegal. It's that there's no use for a firearm that requires it not having a serial number except to commit crimes (other crimes besides not having a serial number).
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I mean, not really. It's not that it's illegal because there's a law saying it's illegal. It's that there's no use for a firearm that requires it not having a serial number except to commit crimes (other crimes besides not having a serial number).
The way this would incentivize illegal entry (now you can apply for asylum!) over showing up at the border (sorry, you can’t!).
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The way this would incentivize illegal entry (now you can apply for asylum!) over showing up at the border (sorry, you can’t!).
The problem with the word “liberal” is that it has been used by people on every point on the political spectrum to refer, at one point or another, to almost every point on the political spectrum.
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The problem with the word “liberal” is that it has been used by people on every point on the political spectrum to refer, at one point or another, to almost every point on the political spectrum.
Seriously? For good? I've got to imagine they're planning to put it somewhere!
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Seriously? For good? I've got to imagine they're planning to put it somewhere!
(And I have no idea where that errant question mark came from. Autocorrect and my own fat fingers are trying to get me canceled!) 🙃
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
(And I have no idea where that errant question mark came from. Autocorrect and my own fat fingers are trying to get me canceled!) 🙃
“Trump accepted the gifts on behalf of his presidential library, making them legal, White House officials say.”
That’s what they said about the 747 too. I think this is their line on all these gifts, right? And it’s BS. That doesn’t actually make it legal, does it?
That’s what they said about the 747 too. I think this is their line on all these gifts, right? And it’s BS. That doesn’t actually make it legal, does it?
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“Trump accepted the gifts on behalf of his presidential library, making them legal, White House officials say.”
That’s what they said about the 747 too. I think this is their line on all these gifts, right? And it’s BS. That doesn’t actually make it legal, does it?
That’s what they said about the 747 too. I think this is their line on all these gifts, right? And it’s BS. That doesn’t actually make it legal, does it?
Oh god yes. 100% sarcastic, referring to the vile NYTimes “Did Women Ruin the Workplace” piece from last week. ?
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Oh god yes. 100% sarcastic, referring to the vile NYTimes “Did Women Ruin the Workplace” piece from last week. ?
“Did Women Ruin New York?”
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“Did Women Ruin New York?”
He was basically the latter in Billions, right? But they did have a character calling him “the best f*cking lawyer in the world, or whatever.”
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
He was basically the latter in Billions, right? But they did have a character calling him “the best f*cking lawyer in the world, or whatever.”
Excellent! Did you know the whole thing used to be black (from the pollution)? They sandblasted it back to its original color sometime in the 80s or 90s. Growing up, we called it “the big black library.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Excellent! Did you know the whole thing used to be black (from the pollution)? They sandblasted it back to its original color sometime in the 80s or 90s. Growing up, we called it “the big black library.”
I don’t know. Is there an encyclical somewhere about whether papal infallibility includes grammar?
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I don’t know. Is there an encyclical somewhere about whether papal infallibility includes grammar?
THAT Pope?
a close up of a woman 's face with the words scandal written on it .
Alt: Olivia Pope from Scandal turns dramatic ally and says “scandal.“
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
THAT Pope?
Happy 13th birthday!
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Happy 13th birthday!