Less than a week before the bar and I’m finding talking through my flash cards with my (attorney) partner to be far more effective than anything else I’ve been doing. But I gotta get to that 75% on Themis in case I don’t pass. Dammit.
julie niesen
@julieniesen.bsky.social
hurt a cop’s feelings & he paid my legal bills. police accountability advocate, former food writer (Gannett, NPR, Scripps) & tech marketer (Cisco, Zebra). Now: 3L, event pro, consultant & biz owner. formerly winemedineme.
My mother: how did you turn out so woke after everything I did? Me: you sent me to school with progressive catholic nuns, I hung out at the library, you gave me internet access in 1992 and dad watched Star Trek with me. WHAT DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN?!
You can and should point out that police killing people daily is the "norm" in America. But that doesn't mean you *accept* the normalization of this violence and the way some people rush to smugly point these things out contributes to collective fatigue. Your horror has been stolen from you.
Anyway in better news, 23 hours to the next InfoWars, which is one of the funniest things I have ever seen and I am not exaggerating. theonion.info
InfoWars
Welcome to the real InfoWars
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Also the change, apparently last year, about the number of spaces needed in a cite may actually kill me. WHY.
julie niesen@julieniesen.bsky.social · 4mo agoAfter years of marketing ebooks and being chronically online, doing legal work has reminded me that paper has its purpose, as I have an actual copy of the Blue Book next to me, and I realized I should probably print out and highlight a trial transcript. Sorry trees.
After years of marketing ebooks and being chronically online, doing legal work has reminded me that paper has its purpose, as I have an actual copy of the Blue Book next to me, and I realized I should probably print out and highlight a trial transcript. Sorry trees.
I cannot emphasize enough how important judicial races are.
@richardawebster.bsky.social · 4mo ago1. Louisiana prosecutor Hugo Holland has had a career mired in controversy: concealed evidence, alleged racism, false paperwork. He once compared a mentally disabled Black teen to a dog during a death penalty case and told the jury to “get rid of it.” 🧵 from @veritenews.org @propublica.org
this would be funny if it’s an SNL skit but alas he can obliterate the planet
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoTrump: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"
tired: Congress needs to condition appropriations to the federal judiciary on establishing free PACER access wired: Congress needs to condition appropriations to STATE COURTS on establishing free access to case searches and document retrieval
And after 6 hours of deliberations, Afroman wins. Everyone have some lemon pound cake to celebrate.
He should go for sanctions. Seriously, this was frivolous. And there is precedent, after all.
julie niesen@julieniesen.bsky.social · 5mo agoAfroman prevailed: verdict for the defense! Making a lemon pound cake this weekend in his honor. www.wcpo.com/news/local-n...
Afroman prevailed: verdict for the defense! Making a lemon pound cake this weekend in his honor. www.wcpo.com/news/local-n...
Jury sides with rapper Afroman in Adams County trial
After two days of testimony on the plaintiff's side, the civil trial of rapper Afroman will now turn to the defense.
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Here are the alleged defamatory statements in the #Afroman case. Many, if not most, are clearly opinion. Police are also public figures under Ohio law. It is also perfectly legal to call a cop a white supremacist in Ohio. See: Olthaus v. Niesen, 2023-Ohio-4710, 232 N.E.3d 932 (Ct. App.)
and here I swear I'm not gonna duel in a couple months and THIS GUY...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoMARKWAYNE MULLIN: Dueling with two consenting adults is still there RAND PAUL: It's been illegal for 170 years! There's no precedent for legal dueling
I sincerely do not understand how the Afroman case got past a motion to dismiss. I guess maybe the likeness issue? But for example: this guy is mad he was called a “dipshit” (opinion) and that he was accused of having a receding hairline. www.tiktok.com/t/ZThE8p7PN/
a woman with a surprised look on her face
Alt: Cardi B pointing at her eyes
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A classic case of the worst tort known to police: a trespass to feels.
Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · 5mo agoAttorney for the plaintiff cops: You are making outrageous lies about the police Afroman: They stole my mother's lemon pound cake Cop: *flees courtroom in tears*
9th Cir. affirms a preliminary injunction blocking Montana's ban on drag story hour at schools or libraries that receive state funding and its more general ban on drag shows as likely violations of the First Amendment. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
4th Cir., 2-1, affirms a jury finding that the operators of the Abu Ghraib Prison in 2008 are liable for conspiracy to commit torture and conspiracy to commit cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment under the Alien Tort Statute. Damages awarded: $42 million. www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/251...
There are a lot of men who wish women were just chatbots they could prompt, period.
Polly Pallister-Wilkins@pollypw.bsky.social · 5mo agoHave you mistaken Emily M Bender for a chatbot you can prompt into giving you the answer you want?
Seeing Vladimir Putin on the docket today was not on my bingo card. (I assume it’s a common Eastern European name but still. I did a double take.)
I’m not sure if taking my therapy session in the law library is a win for work-life balance or a cry for help.
I’ve been waiting for the mainstream Sierra Ferrell moment to arrive. Seems preordained. She is an Appalachian Chappell Roan shaded with Stevie Nicks ‘77 iconic drama potential. www.washingtonpost.com/post-next/in...
As ICE operations expand in cities across the country, state legislators have turned to so-called converse 1983 statutes which would authorize suits against federal officials if they violate constitutional rights. @harrisonstark.bsky.social explains how these statutes would work in practice.
Can State Law Remedy Constitutional Violations by Federal Officers?
So-called converse 1983 statutes are percolating in statehouses across the country and could fill a critical constitutional gap.
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