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Sean Marotta

@smmarotta.bsky.social

Partner with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's Appellate group. Banner image by Art Lien. My GC wants you to know that my postings are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of my firm, clients, or personnel.

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Orin Kerr@orinkerr.bsky.social · 2d ago

"The greatest bore in the world is a lawyer who tells you about his cases when you want to tell him about yours." —lawyer joke told to Dean Acheson by a senior partner when he was a young attorney.

Josh Block@joshablock.bsky.social · 3d ago

How about we actually give middle school kids math assignments they have to complete on paper? And then actually grade those assignments on paper too? You can’t have them do everything on Delta Math and then be surprised when they don’t know how to show their work without a calculator.

Whey Standard@wheystandard.bsky.social · 5d ago

It’s even worse than when SDNY shoved ICE right under the bus over false representations to the court a few months ago. bsky.app/profile/brad...

Brad Lander@bradlander.bsky.social · 4mo ago

According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)

Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts.
Sean Marotta@smmarotta.bsky.social · last wk.

Public Defender, picking up a new file: "I know that the threats statute looks scary, but the First Amendment is an important check. It has to be a true threat." Defendant: "I said 'This is a direct threat.' " Public Defender: "Ah, well, let's see what they're offering on a plea."

James Brooks Cascade@alaska.bsky.social · last wk.

If you threaten to kill someone and dare the Department of Justice to do something about it, you're going to have a bad time. cc @courtwatch.bsky.social

Screenshot of a federal indictment stating in part: On or about December 19, 2024, within the District of Alaska, the defendant, PAUL MCKAY EASTER, knowingly did transmit in interstate and foreign commerce a communication, and the communication contained a threat to kidnap and injure VICTIM 1, specifically by stating “It is time to take action. [VICTIM 1] will die. This is a direct threat. Come do something about it DoJ.”
Sean Marotta@smmarotta.bsky.social · last wk.

In an example of Loper-Bright making a difference, the D.C. Circuit Friday held that the NLRB's "successor bar," which requires a new owner of a business to recognize an existing union for one year after assuming control (even if the union does not command majority support) violates the NLRA. /1

Red Durkin@daedsider.bsky.social · 4w ago

Date: What do you do? Me: I'm a kleptozoologist Date: Isn't it cryptozoologist? Me, stuffing my pockets with lobsters from the tank: that's a common misconception

Sean Marotta@smmarotta.bsky.social · 2w ago

This EO is trying to avoid a direct clash, but it's creeping towards a day an 8-member #SCOTUS (with the Chief recused because he's the Smithsonian's Chancellor) is going to have to decide whether the Smithsonian exercises executive power under Slaughter. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Policy. On

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Sean Marotta@smmarotta.bsky.social · 2w ago

My favorite thing in my job is the paper edit of a brief. When you've got the structure and basic arguments down and can print it out, take a pen, and spot the multitude of little things that collectively take a brief from "good" to "singing."