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Marcia McCormick

@marciamccormick.bsky.social

Getting too old for this @#$%. SLU lawprof, cosplaying as a responsible adult temporarily: worklaw, conlaw, gender & sexuality. Kids say I'm a little bit chaotic. More at marciamccormick.com

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Marcia McCormick@marciamccormick.bsky.social · 5d ago

Spam calls are getting surprisingly literary. One I got today: I don't make these calls. That's not me being important; it's just not my job. I sign loan accounts and go home. I'm making this one. It's very audiobook earnest.

Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is a human rights abuse worthy of prosecution under intentional law. Minimally, they should be impeached and removed for this alone.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to restart third-country removals under a policy found by lower courts to violate federal law. The Democratic appointees dissent. The deportations will be OK'ed at least through the next several months, with SCOTUS agreeing to hear the case in December.

CERTIORARI GRANTED DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL. The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026 order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed. The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents' claims. (2) Whether the district court had authority to enter classwide declaratory relief and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252(f) (1). (3) Whether the Government's Guidance on third-country removals is unlawful under 8 U.S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or FARRA/CAT and its implementing regulations. (4) Such other questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would deny the application for stay.
Marcia McCormick@marciamccormick.bsky.social · 2w ago

There are so many reasons to be embarrassed by Eric Schmitt and his staff, but here it seems both that they started from the premise he was in Atlanta and reasoned backwards from there and also that they assumed people only go to NBA games, and only men's.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

CHARLIE KIRK SHOW: Dang! So you had texts from Smith's team confirming he was going to a Hawks game, and he acted dumbfounded? ERIC SCHMITT: It was the only NBA game going on in Atlanta. He claimed later he was at another game. My job is to ask the questions (All of Schmitt's "facts" were wrong!)

Ben Eidelson@beidelson.bsky.social · 2w ago

1/ The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights just released its report on campus antisemitism and Title VI. I testified at the hearing. The report is unanimous, bipartisan, & debunks the main legal theories behind recent attacks on universities for allegedly tolerating antisemitism. 🧵

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Matt Cameron@mattcameron.bsky.social · 2w ago

this is what true fascism looks like, running deep cover in a policy proposal so impossibly boring to read that hardly anyone notices that your primary goal is quite simply to regulate your friends and dynamite the administrative state into oblivion

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Eriq Gardner@eriqgardner.bsky.social · 3w ago

Does Paramount support the decision by CNN, MSNow and Politico to challenge the Trump ban in court? Do they even stand behind CBS News’ own statement that “No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting”? I asked. They wouldn’t comment.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3w ago

This Missouri case is a perfect nesting doll of the consequences of the SCOTUS approach to its docket.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3w ago

I regret to inform you that Judge Clark went to bed and then woke up with "an idea." Despite the fact that the Eighth Circuit directed him to issue a stay "until September 28, 2026, at 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time," Clark decided he could change that to find a way to potentially shorten the stay.

Amended Permanent Injunction On September 21, 2026, the Eighth Circuit issued its disposition in Onder v. von Glahn, No. 26-2797 (8th Cir. Sep. 21, 2026). In accord with the Eighth Circuit's order, the Court enters a permanent injunction prohibiting Secretary of State Hoskins as well as Secretary Hoskins's officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and all other persons who are in active concert or participation with Secretary of State Hoskins or his officers, agents, servants, employees, or attorneys-from implementing, using, publishing, distributing, or mandating the use of any congressional district map other than the 2025 map for the November 3, 2026, general election. In further accord with the Eighth Circuit's order, to allow for appellate review, the Court administratively stays its permanent injunction until the earlier of September 28, 2026, at 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time, or the issuance of rulings from superior federal appellate courts affecting the timing and efficacy of this permanent injunction. So ordered this 22nd day of September 2026. SL R. CR STEPHEN R. CLARK CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last mo.

The thing liberals fundamentally don't understand is that trans people are losing rights they already had. We're not asking for more, we're asking not to lose what we already had for decades. Most sports leagues and the Olympics had inclusion criteria for decades without issue.

Screenshot of an X (formerly Twitter) exchange discussing political pragmatism and the Overton window. The initial post by onion person (@CantEverDie) reads: > "doesn't matter, this is about what the right is able to push with the overton window. first its democrats needing to disavow trans women in sports to get elected, next it'll be agreeing to ban access to HRT to get elected. we've seen how this plays out" > A reply from Nick Pappas (@NickAPappas) reads: > "Are you insane? The Overton window didn’t even include this discussion until recently. The public has never been in favor of desegregating the sports by sex. > Personally I’m glad Barack Obama ran against gay marriage in 2008. Not because that was the right position, or one he even actually held, but because he knew the public wasn’t with him on it. If he hadn’t won he wouldn’t have been able to appoint 2 of the justices who ultimately voted in the majority for Obergefell. > Lincoln in 1860 didn’t even run on abolishing slavery! He just wanted to stop its expansion. And thankfully he did that and won because a more extreme and morally correct position would have lost. As a result he was able to win the Civil War and push through the 13 amendment. > Political practicality is the entire history of progress in America. There’s no other way." >
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · last mo.

UPDATE: The intervenors, People Not Politicians, have filed their opposition to Hoskins's request before Judge Clark for an order blocking the Missouri Supreme Court from holding him (Hoskins) in contempt: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN ROBERT "BOB" ONDER, RICHARD "RICK" BRATTIN, PATRICIA "PAT" THOMAS, and DEBRA HAVENS, Plaintiffs, V. Case No. 4:26-ev-01424-SRC STATE OF MISSOURI and DENNY HOSKINS, in his official capacity as Missouri Secretary of State, Defendants. INTERVENOR-DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT HOSKINS' MOTION TO ENJOIN THE MISSOURI SUPREME COURT UNDER THE ALL WRITS ACT On September 9, this Court ordered Intervenor-Defendants to respond to Defendant Denny Hoskins's Motion to Enjoin the Supreme Court of Missouri under the All-Writs Act (the "Motion"). As an initial matter, Intervenor-Defendants do not represent the Supreme Court of Missouri and are not aware that the Court has been served with process. Setting that issue aside, the Court should deny the Motion for myriad reasons. First, the Anti-Injunction Act forbids this Court from enjoining the Supreme Court of Missouri's contempt proceedings. Second, this Court does not have jurisdiction over the Supreme Court of Missouri. Third, Defendant will not suffer irreparable harm absent an injunction, and an injunction would damage the integrity of the state courts.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · last mo.

BREAKING: Republican Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has now asked the federal judge who issued last night's TRO over Missouri's congressional map to issue an order blocking the Missouri Supreme Court from holding him (Hoskins) in contempt. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO ENJOIN THEMISSOURISUPREMECOURTPURSUANTTO THE ALLWRITSACT Defendant, Denny Hoskins, in his official capacity as Missouri Secretary of State, respectfully moves this Court to enjoin the Supreme Court of Missouri from holding the Secretary in contempt of court for implementing, using, distributing, and/or mandating the use of the HB 1 congressional district map in the November 3, 2026 election—as ordered by this Court. For the reasons explained in the accompanying memorandum in support of this motion, such relief is both authorized by the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, and consistent with the Anti-Injunction Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2283.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · last mo.

UPDATE: Dueling rulings cause chaos over Missouri maps, as case returns to the U.S. Supreme Court Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins faces a contempt hearing at the Missouri Supreme Court, as the U.S. Supreme Court gets a new request to stop the chaos. Law Dork:

Dueling rulings cause chaos over Missouri maps

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins faces a contempt hearing at the Missouri Supreme Court, as the U.S. Supreme Court gets a new request to stop the chaos.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · last mo.

We woke up thinking about the long shadow of all the workers’ wins and even their losses. We made it free to watch the short documentary that dominated my life this year. Happy Labor Day. vimeo.com/1224659811/7...

Power to the People, Y'all [Happy Labor Day]

Power to the People, Y’all is a character-driven documentary that explores aging, legacy, and resistance through interviews with five founding members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther...

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Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last mo.

Got my American statutory database up and running with multiple layers. It has vector embedding for semantic search, 8gram shingles for statutory diffusion, and FTS5 for exact searches. 20k+ volumes over 400 years of state and local statutes. This is one of the coolest things I've ever done.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last mo.

Anti cross dressing ordinances over time in the US. What's remarkable is how much of this nucleated around St Louis and the Mississippi River in the mid 19th century. There's a story there to find.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last mo.

Statutory diffusion will be trivial to run on this corpus. Basically, you can measure how statutory text spread from state to state over time and how the language evolved. This kind of work used to take years with a team of RAs. It can now be done in an afternoon.

Marcia McCormick@marciamccormick.bsky.social · last mo.

Meet Kevin, our local wildlife buddy. He makes my kids mad because "he just sits around the house doing nothing, and that's our job." He does literally sit on every ledge of our house he can find, preferably close to a window.

A one-eared school just chilling on a canvas chair, looking in the window.
Marcia McCormick@marciamccormick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You know this is a vague memory based on the swine flu mass vaccinations in the 1970s . . . There is no way this man has ever taken a child to the doctor.

A picture of a "jet injector" which uses air instead of a needle to vaccinate. These were used for mass vaccination campaigns but according to Wikipedia are not recommended by the WHO any more because they might spread disease.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Trump: "At one year, you should have 5 separate visits for vaccines rather than getting them all in the same day. I've seen proof of where they have a vaccination thing that looks like the size of a bottle of soda and pour it into a little child's body."

Asha Rangappa@asharangappa.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Things like genocide and even lesser evils happen bc the sociopaths at the top give ordinary people a permission structure. They have a “moral code,” but it only applies to a select group of people. Those not in that group are beyond the realm of human or moral obligation. 2/