That feeling when you ask Raffi for feedback on your brief and then he posts this.
Raffi Melkonian@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 2d agoYou know what always make appellate briefs better? Adding more and more words into each sentence, like an orange in a mulled wine studded with cloves. #OldManGrumblings
Me at parties: “Hi! What is it you do? Oh me, I’m something of a judge psychologist.
Is “NexGen bar exam” just not having the bar exam? Because that could work.
David Ziff@djsziff.bsky.social · 2w ago"Dear Applicant, With deep regret, I write to inform you that Washington’s July 2026 administration of the NextGen bar exam has been cancelled. We will not continue tomorrow. . . . We do not have sufficient confidence that the technology issues have been resolved . . . . We sincerely apologize."
Drive across Texas and say that again.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoTrump: "Any country with windmills is a loser"
This is a fact: the voice in my car that says “welcome to Colorado” is way more seductive than the one that does the regular directions. What I’m saying is Sirens are real.
There's an opportunity here to make the COOLEST AI chatbot.
Usili (Talia) 🏳️⚧️@usili.bsky.social · 3w ago
So when did the printing companies all get marketing budgets?
Federalism as a check against corruption.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3w agoThe states' intervention worked for now.
Pwn perfectly keeping the eye on the moral and ethical ball right here.
Pwnallthethings@pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 3w agoNow ask this: Suppose it makes a series of bad decisions and goes bankrupt. Is filing for bankruptcy murder? Do you think that has similar moral weight? The answer is "obviously not".
It’s possible that I may have placed too much ginger in my online grocery order.
This is an outstanding article from @brianwolfman.bsky.social.
Brian Wolfman@brianwolfman.bsky.social · 4w ago1 - Recently posted "The Timing of Federal Civil Appeals: The Basic Rules and How I Teach Them to Law Students." Read it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... The following posts contain the abstract:
Just got the hardest assignment of my life: drafting a discovery motion. Because what exactly is discovery and why don't we just use the record?
I’m beginning to believe AI is ultimately gonna provide job security because clients don’t want to hire lawyers who are repeatedly sanctioned for being outright dolts.
Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · last mo.How is it that every time a court says, "hey, did you use gen AI for your brief that has all these hallucinations?" they always double down with a reply that uses gen AI with hallucinations? Every damn time.
I’m sure the fireworks will go off without a hitch, just like everything else associated with the 250th.
Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor@chadtopaz.bsky.social · last mo.Did you hear about the DC July 4 fireworks show? It promises 850,000 fireworks in 40 minutes. That's 354 per second. You'll miss up to 142 of them every time you blink. For your edutainment, I proudly present the nerdiest thing you will read about this dangerously absurd / absurdly dangerous event.
Long story but John Denver introduced me to Indian food so clearly I approve of Country Roads as our theme song.
The USMNT is making me feel feelings I’ve never permitted myself to feel.
I really feel for tourists going to DC this weekend to celebrate the Fourth who will be limited to a White House that's straight busted, reflecting pool you can't touch, and a national state fair that sounds like a complete waste of time.
A perfect joke 250 years in the making. Of course it came from @drfine.bsky.social.
drfine.bsky.social@drfine.bsky.social · last mo.Two-hundred fifty years ago today the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence transmitted its draft to the Continental Congress. I’ve no doubt the file was labeled “TJ FINAL, FINAL, REALLY FINAL,” and the transmittal message said something like … 1/2
I never feel older than when I am tapping my credit card on random parts of the chip reader at the store.
The good news is it will have 8-factor authorization. The rest is bad news.
Nate Raymond@nateraymond.bsky.social · last mo.New: The U.S. federal judiciary says it is going to hike fees to download documents from its online court records system known as PACER in order to accelerate the development of a new, more secure case management and public access system. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
New: The U.S. federal judiciary says it is going to hike fees to download documents from its online court records system known as PACER in order to accelerate the development of a new, more secure case management and public access system. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US judiciary to hike PACER fees to fund accelerated system upgrade
The U.S. federal judiciary on Friday said it will temporarily hike fees to download documents from its online court records system known as PACER in order to accelerate the development of a new, more ...
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