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Russell Sharp

@russms.bsky.social

Finance lawyer living in Brooklyn. New Jersey native. Rutgers undergrad, Michigan Law. Mets fan. he/him/his

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Russell Sharp@russms.bsky.social · 3d ago

💯 And as Sheehan noted before, the Tigers’ run differential is very good, suggesting a better performance down the stretch than their record so far. If anything the tigers should be deadline buyers!

Joe Sheehan@sheehannewsletter.bsky.social · 3d ago

I just keep coming back to one question: If being 2 1/2 games out of a playoff berth with 51 games left is a selling position, what is the value of that playoff berth? Why are we letting 40% of the teams into the playoffs, deeply undermining the regular season, if this is how teams act?

Russell Sharp@russms.bsky.social · 4d ago

Another reason to do scotus jurisdiction stripping plus creation of a constitutional court with final say on such matters. President AOC or Kamala or whoever gets to appoint the whole thing at the outset, so if there are a few mediocre centrists like Kagan, nbd. (Fwiw, Sotomayor is mostly ok imo.)

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 4d ago

also i'm worried that a "pack the court to 13" scenario (which Harris proposed the other day but gives the dems only a one vote majority) winds up with a lot of "Kagan/Sotomayor joins the conservatives in 7-6 ruling that says the DOGE guys can stay in their civil service jobs" or whatever

Russell Sharp@russms.bsky.social · 2w ago

Setting aside the legality of canceling the grants, what is the point of even having a federal constitution if an administration can just do this? Throwing the book at Vought needs to be a priority for the next Democrat attorney general

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 3w ago

When the GOP senators who voted to impeach Trump and subsequently lost their seats die they will (with the exception of former Pres nominee Romney) be footnotes in the news. Because he sold out our country and stayed in office when he died, Graham gets different treatment. A lesson!

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · last mo.

This passage from @davidlat.bsky.social perfectly captures the false dichotomy you see so often from the Supreme Court's defenders: The Court is held out as "independent" because it doesn't *always* rule for Trump. That whitewashes (1) how often it *does*; & (2) its bad behavior in non-Trump cases.

Screenshot from David Lat's "Original Jurisdiction" newsletter that reads: Runner-up for Judge of the Week: Chief Justice Roberts. The end of a Term brings with it evaluations of the Supreme Court—and, of course, the Chief Justice as its leader. For critiques of the current conservative Court—and, implicitly, Chief Justice Roberts—see the views of Professors Kate Shaw and Steve Vladeck in this spirited debate in The Times (gift link). I call it a “spirited debate” because of the vigorous pushback that Shaw and Vladeck received from Professor Will Baude (who clerked for the Chief). See also this post at Executive Functions by Professor Jack Goldsmith—no fan of the Trump administration—titled “The Powerful, Resilient, Independent Supreme Court.” Or if Goldsmith is too conservative a commentator for your tastes, check out this staff editorial by The Washington Post (gift link), “The Supreme Court’s not-so-MAGA majority.”
Russell Sharp@russms.bsky.social · last mo.

Yes. The way to think about the Roberts court's decisions on executive authority and voting rights are as a series of shadow amendments—they are huge policy changes that can't be undone through normal legislation. Not how things should work, but that's why radical judicial reform is imperative

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · last mo.

The thing you need to understand is that there are 2 (TWO) different method for amending the constitution 1) The process laid out in the constititon itself (conventions, or 2/3's of both houses followed by 3/4 of states ratifying) OR 2) find five votes on the Supreme Court.

Russell Sharp@russms.bsky.social · last mo.

My pet ideas (one short term, one long term) Tribunals not subject to SCOTUS review A new constitutional court with exclusive jurisdiction over the bill of rights, separation of powers, federalism, etc.—and that has zero GOP hacks on it Both can be done under the exceptions and regulations clause

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · last mo.

need to start thinking now about a full package of judicial reforms: new justices, new circuits, new district courts, ethics reforms, docket reforms, and transparency reforms.

Russell Sharp@russms.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“If you’re at a party and there’s some hot chick you want to hook up with, and a big bowl of Cheetos, you’ve got a decision to make” youtu.be/QrSwgpq583I?...

Patton Oswalt - Live at Maxwell's (Bootleg) [06/12] - Cheetos

YouTube video by NiogHalvFemsProblemer

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mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Anyway Cheetos are sort of self-evidently disgusting? it's not because of all these scary-sounding ingredients but because it's dried-out, neon-colored fried corn? Who thought they were good for you?

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Jalen Brunson: “You’re allowed to think about the worst possible scenario. But you gotta go out there and do something about it.” A good mantra for fighting fascism too.

Russell Sharp@russms.bsky.social · 2mo ago

He wasn’t “openly skeptical of climate science,” as this piece puts it. He was a despicable liar who conspired relentlessly to make the public doubt the reality of global warming and is frankly one of the great villains of the last half century. Rest in piss www.wsj.com/articles/for...

Former Exxon CEO Lee Raymond Dies at 87

The driven, unrelenting oil executive remade Exxon into a colossus that for a time was the world’s biggest and most profitable company.

wsj.com

Russell Sharp@russms.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is a very good idea. Of course, no matter how carefully it complies with existing first amendment doctrine, there is a 0.0% chance the Roberts court will do anything but strike it down. Yet another example of how Dems *must* grasp that court reform is a prerequisite to protecting democracy

Brian Beutler@brianbeutler.bsky.social · 2mo ago

California Dems can and probably should streamline their election process. But they can’t do it under a cloud of GOP election lies, as though they’ve been bullied into it. Here’s a way they can fix the problem while simultaneously putting GOP election liars in their place.

Steve Held@peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 2mo ago

good on him for not agreeing to lie about Renee Good, but the line they’re fighting over is already to the right of the truth. Throwing snowballs and kicking taillights does not make protesters “half” of the story about extrajudicial killings by paramilitary troops sent on a mission to terrorize.