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Mike Sacks

@mikesacks.bsky.social

Senior Advisor @courtacctability.bsky.social. Democracy advocate. Former political-legal journalist. Retired competitive air guitarist. Former Congressional Candidate. Second-Best dad ever.

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southpaw@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · last wk.

The Vince McMahon sex trafficking suit, which led to his resignation as CEO shortly after it was filed, gets shunted into private arbitration never to be heard from again.

Big Cases Bot@bigcases.bots.law · last wk.

New filing: "Grant v. WWE (Vince McMahon sex trafficking)" Doc #154: ORDER. The parties have filed a stipulation of dismissal pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). Accordingly, the Clerk is respectfully directed to terminate… [full entry below 👇] Download PDF | View Full Case #CL68191933

The entry's text: ORDER. The parties have filed a stipulation of dismissal pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). Accordingly, the Clerk is respectfully directed to terminate all pending motions as moot and to close the case. Signed by Judge Sarah F. Russell on 7/27/2026. (JM) (Entered: 07/27/2026)
jstreetdotorg.bsky.social@jstreetdotorg.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tonight begins Tisha B’av, the Jewish day of mourning for the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem. This year, that grief feels especially close as we remember the victims and ongoing suffering in Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. 1/2

Mike Sacks@mikesacks.bsky.social · 2w ago

The irony is the best way to make primary-winning candidates out of those who have that foresight to confront the Roberts Court is to GIVE THOSE CANDIDATES THE MOST MONEY.

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 2w ago

Sorry, let me clarify: What I'm looking for is Democratic politicians who have the foresight to support meaningful Supreme Court reform, not Democratic politicians who tweet about how Clarence Thomas is corrupt and then urge me to donate $10 in the next 30 minutes to take advantage of a 3x match

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3w ago

WOW. The ex-wife of the ICE officer who shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine has come forward to say that he had mental health issues and was abusive in their relationship. She says after the shooting he called asking her to vouch for him — instead, she went to the press.

Ashley Brouillette told the Portland Press Herald in a phone interview Thursday afternoon that her ex-husband called admitting to the shooting and defending his actions. The Press Herald reviewed a screenshot of incoming calls Ashley Brouillette received from her ex-husband’s current wife’s Facebook account on Wednesday. “He was asking me to lie for him and to cover for his character,” Ashley Brouillette said. “I told him that I was not going to lie for him. And then he tried to say that it was a justified shooting because the guy tried to hit him with his car.” She said she has seen videos of Brouillette on the scene of the shooting and confirmed that was him on scene, telling him: “nowhere in there does it show that this man charged at you with a car.” “In his head it’s justified. He’s unusually calm about it,” she said.Ashley Brouillette told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship. She said that she’s been inundated with calls, since reports of Brouillette’s involvement began circulating online, threatening her and her family.
Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 3w ago

The federal immigration agent who shot and killed a 26-year-old Colombian man in Biddeford has been identified as David Michael Brouillette. Brouillette, who is 37 and lives in Manchester, was identified by an ex-wife as the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 3w ago

stuff like this is why one important avenue for court reform is just nixing the shadow docket altogether and forcing these people to explain themselves to the public when they issue orders. also, making their records property of the united states and subject to publication when they leave the bench.

Alex Aronson@alexaronson.bsky.social · 3w ago

Amy Coney Barrett just told Congress that it would be inappropriate to explain the reasoning behind the Court’s unreasoned shadow docket orders. As if unreasoned judicial orders are a thing. They are not. The reasoning is the whole point.

Mike Sacks@mikesacks.bsky.social · 3w ago

The reasoning may still be horrific and wrong, as the Roberts majority shows in case after case, but we should be able to know and assess their horrific and wrong reasoning behind every case.

Alex Aronson@alexaronson.bsky.social · 3w ago

Amy Coney Barrett just told Congress that it would be inappropriate to explain the reasoning behind the Court’s unreasoned shadow docket orders. As if unreasoned judicial orders are a thing. They are not. The reasoning is the whole point.