Obsessed with this photography project showing civil servants aIn different countries. First, Bolivia:

where was Gondor when the Titanic fell?

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Although Rishi Sunak is a Hindu, he will still be able to advise the King on ecclesiastical appointments. Only Jews and Roman Catholics are barred from doing so by statute. 1/3

The student loan case is now the *18th* case since February 2019 in which #SCOTUS has granted certiorari “before judgment” — expediting a merits dispute by bypassing the intermediate federal appeals courts. From 8/2004–2/2019, it didn’t grant certiorari before judgment *once.*

I know clients lying to you can be frustrating but it also 9 times out of 10 leads to the most hilarious court moments. Me: Fighting like hell for my client's version of events Opposing counsel: destroys me using one exhibit

Lisa Blatt’s Halkbank v US brief has a wonderful little intro. Links to the brief and Tuesday’s oral argument here: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/2… supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments…

SCOTUS opinions holding that statutory requirements are not jurisdictional have gotten so formulaic that the AI basically has it dead to rights. supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf… #AppellateTwitter

Sunday read. This is hilarious. Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit. I think the winners are: 1/ Enter your phone number

Here’s a fascinating (and positive) judge shopping development: Back in February (I missed it), Judge Brown—who hears 100% of civil cases filed in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas—amended his local rules to make shopping *harder*: txs.uscourts.gov/sites/txs/file…

SCOTUS’ decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County will get attention for the Court’s rejection of the County’s substantive claim about the limits of the Takings Cause. But let’s not overlook that the Court also rejected the County’s extreme argument about pleading doctrine.1/5

Turns out Ballotpedia has excellent summaries of recent & landmark SCOTUS cases. Can’t recommend it enough. All Summaries: rb.gy/94h0v
Landmark Cases: rb.gy/5pmqj By Term: rb.gy/r1c7g Topic: rb.gy/8w2io, rb.gy/be668

State law prohibiting refusal to rent b/c renter is paying with Section 8 voucher violates the 4th Amendment, NY trial ct rules, as accepting Section 8 housing voucher requires consent to inspection. Can't force landlords to waive their 4A rights. nycourts.gov/reporter/3dser… #N

On today’s episode of rights without remedies we have friend of the show CA5

Still laughing about the time a computer scientist who had his bike stolen tried to explain binary search to a cop

CA5, en banc, stays a district court's order that had found a violation of the voting rights act in Galveston. There's a lot here - I will use this as a thread. 1/ drive.google.com/file/d/1GYzJPa…

Has anyone seen any thoughtful analysis of an answer to Kavanaugh’s question today re whether section 5 might conceivably empower congress to define "subject to the jurisdiction"?