Joe Patrice
@joepatrice.bsky.social
"One of the great journalists of our time at a venerable institution for investigative journalism... Joe Patrice at Above the Law" -- Judge William Pryor (Somehow I think he might’ve not meant that earnestly)
Yesterday, Donald Trump issued birthright citizenship orders pretending that he'd won the Supreme Court case he just lost. Now it seems that he's pretending he won the Lisa Cook case
Trump Restarts Battle to Fire Sitting Fed Governor Lisa Cook
The Trump administration, rebuffed by the Supreme Court in its first attempt to fire Lisa D. Cook, sent the Federal Reserve governor a letter saying it was “considering” removing her from the job.
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“Things SHOULD be unaffordable” is a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for ‘em.
so repeating that All Flock Cameras Are Filled With Valuable Gold and Copper appears to have had some interesting results futurism.com/artificial-i...
Google's AI Is Telling Users That Flock Cameras Are Filled With Valuable Gold and Copper
Google's AI Overview is spreading misinformation about hidden treasure inside another AI-company's surveillance cameras.
futurism.com
I remember going on the radio with Dan Abrams where we debated whether or not we’d reached a constitutional crisis and I said the thing about constitutional crises is they creep slowly by design. Welp…
Trump signs executive orders targeting birthright citizenship
U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Thursday targeting birthright citizenship, a month after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Republican president's bid to restrict the ...
reuters.com
It's a crime for POTUS, EOP officials, or most cabinet officials to ask IRS to terminate anyone's tax audit. The exception is the AG. That might be why only Blanche signed Trump's 5/19 tax waiver rider & nobody signed yesterday's clarification of it. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
"Miller insisted this meant the accusations are false, which would be convincing if you knew nothing at all about domestic abuse and if you also hated women."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7d ago"So far, Miller has been mostly successful in leveraging the right’s hatred of mainstream media to prevent his own party from organizing against him. It’s an ugly illustration of how the right-wing bubble both protects and suffocates its own." — @nberlat.bsky.social
While Blanche claims the settlement is dead, Trump spent the weekend making it clear it's totally alive. He's fighting for it in court and on social media. And Blanche's document only rescinds the order officially setting up the fund. It doesn't change the settlement itself.
Techdirt@techdirt.com · 7d agoTrump Spends The Weekend Fighting For The $1.776 Billion Slush Fund His Chosen Attorney General Swears Is Dead Sometimes it helps to just write out... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/03/trump-spends-the-weekend-fighting-for-the-1-776-billion-slush-fund-his-chosen-attorney-general-swears-is-dead/
Data Center: We need a compelling, popular politician that the people of Wisconsin will trust to pitch our plan PR Firm: We have a deeply unpopular former mayor from another state who was driven from office under the cloud of a federal criminal probe. Data Center: Say less!
Jessy Edwards@jessyedwards.bsky.social · 7d agoA video taken Saturday shows former NYC Mayor Eric Adams in sales pitch mode in Wisconsin Rapids, as he's heckled by residents opposed to the data center he's trying to sell them on. "My name is Eric Adams," he begins, as the boos begin to rain down. "You belong in prison!" one attendee shouts.
Under US law, it is nearly impossible for a person to file a civil rights lawsuit against an individual federal agent. But an increasing number of people harmed by ICE and DHS agents are filing tort claims: demanding monetary compensation from the federal government for what has been done to them.
“The ICE agent behind me grabbed the back of my shirt and just threw me like a sack of trash”
People keep suing the agency for beating them up.
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My guy @caemeroncc.bsky.social blogged his ass off about the bone-rattling bad faith underlying the right's attack on trans athletes. That includes, most recently, WNBA player and MAGA influencer Sophie Cunningham. badfaithtimes.com/trans-sports...
Trans Sports Bans Are Oozing With Bad Faith
The hysterical effort to stop trans people from playing sports is dishonest to its core
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This is why you can't make attorneys work around the clock.
Is Anyone At Wachtell NOT Hooking Up? - Above the Law
If you see a faded sign at the side of the road that says / '15 miles to / Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz'
abovethelaw.com
Thank you, @joepatrice.bsky.social for your consistent critique of the NCBE. Sometimes it feels like only @aaselaw.bsky.social and @abovethelaw.com are asking state supreme courts to hold this monopoly accountable. BAR TAKERS DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS MESS. abovethelaw.com/2026/07/the-...
The California Bar Exam Was A Disaster, NCBE And Missouri: 'Hold My Beer' - Above the Law
This post is about Missouri. There are other states suffering.
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this would the first time that someone who received their JD from Yale has lied to people about the law
Renee DiResta@noupside.bsky.social · 2w agoJosh Hawley self-owned in his questioning and then doubled down.
Alito: doesn’t look like anything to me bsky.app/profile/atru...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "They're coming from Africa, they're coming from South America, they're coming from different parts of Asia, and they're invading Europe. They're invading Europe! It's an invasion. And the UK is a prime suspect."
Super normal stuff: Citing "extraordinary" misconduct, the other six members of the Louisiana Supreme Court have forced the Chief Justice to recuse himself from a case (after he refused to do so on his own).
This hearing is driven entirely by Elon Musk's algorithm. Not a single normie voter alive today has thought about Anthony Fauci for at least five years. On X this is a pressing issue - maybe the pressing issue - of the day. It doesn't matter at all.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoMoreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
The new bar exam proved a complete disaster in multiple states. Remember how smug all these people were when California screwed up its exam? Karma!
The California Bar Exam Was A Disaster, NCBE And Missouri: 'Hold My Beer' - Above the Law
This post is about Missouri. There are other states suffering.
abovethelaw.com
Meta destroyed real journalism’s ability to make money through advertising and now… here we are
Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 2w agoSo as the NYTimes is blocked from AI scraping, Meta will now be getting news from Newsmax. What could possibly go wrong?
They're not a Trump court, they're a Republican court, and the fact those two things align 80-90% of the time instead of literally 100% doesn't mean they're therefore admirably independent. To even describe them as ideologically conservative is too generous. They are partisan politicians.
Joe Patrice@joepatrice.bsky.social · 2w agoI wonder what it would look like it his own party wasn't more interested in attacking him than Rogers.
Simon Rosenberg@simonwdc.bsky.social · 2w agoEl-Sayed's results here - trailing Rogers by 10 - is the worst performance by a Democratic candidate in any Senate battleground general election poll this entire cycle.
Spoiler alert... it did. We'll have a lot more to say tomorrow. Chasing down leads now.
The Bar Exam Is Here, Which Means Something Is About To Go Horribly Wrong - Above the Law
It's a grand tradition of chaos, and we want to hear all about it.
abovethelaw.com
Reminder that if there’s a single group responsible for the Nazis coming to power it was the “Centre Party”
Adam H Johnson@ahjohnson.bsky.social · 2w agoCentrists in Congress (anonymously) threatening to leave this Democratic Party. James Carville calling for a schism. Top Dems refusing to endorse Dem primary winners. Pouty (also anonymous) pro-Israel donors in MI calling for a donor strike—I wrote about the emerging centrist Uncommitted Movement.
Who got screwed by the bar exam today? The lines are open tips@abovethelaw.com I’ve already heard a couple of states had MELTDOWN issues.
Does Ross Douthat have the charm and telegenic appeal that makes him an obvious choice for primetime television? Of course no. But does he demonstrate the sort of journalistic rigor and depth of insight we expect from a 60 Minutes contributor? Again, absolutely not, no.
President Trump had (loudly) promised that he would ask #SCOTUS to grant rehearing of its June 30 decision blocking his executive order purporting to limit birthright citizenship. The deadline for such a request was yesterday—and ... crickets.
