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Hannah Walser@hkpmw.bsky.social |
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Thinking about people thinking about other people. PhD (English) —> JD —> Furman Fellowship at NYU Law. Mayor of the quiet car. she/her. hwalser.wordpress.com
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Joe Katz
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It's a tough call but Mark Robinson may be the most openly reprehensible downballot candidate for the GOP. Long record of espousing bigotry. You can find ways to help defeat him here:
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Hannah Walser
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Would wear that dress though tbh
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Hannah Walser
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Oh, that’s not necessary—no hard feelings! :)
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Hannah Walser
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Hey, no need for poetry to catch strays here!
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Hannah Walser
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A good thing to do today: help fund reproductive freedom
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Hannah Walser
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Done 💜
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Hannah Walser
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Hannah Walser
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… such people must believe that a) *they* have discerned an outer limit to how far a truly lawless presidency would go, and b) *they* know others’ identities and circumstances so well that they are certain those others will not be persecuted under a truly lawless presidency. Bold! (2/2)
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Hannah Walser
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People who are mad about talk of leaving the country before/if/when it becomes a dictatorship must think there is *some* legitimate reason for fleeing one’s country due to political terror (unless they think everyone who was in Germany in 1938 should’ve stayed and tried to make it work). So … (1/2)
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Pwnallthethings
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occurs to me that bribing the president is now /always/ legal, since in every case the only way to distinguish gratuity from bribe is via evidence that could never be admissible
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Hannah Walser
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Our timing is just impeccable 🙃
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Hannah Walser
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Weird to have reached a point where I’m *consoling* myself with the thought that we’re entering a period of law in exile
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Kate Shaw
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The more you read yesterday’s immunity decision, the more appalling it gets. My take:
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/o...
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller July 2,1961
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Hannah Walser
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newrepublic.com/article/1833...
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Hannah Walser
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Today's ruling has certainly raised the odds of this considerably.
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Hannah Walser
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As long as this disastrous ruling and this disastrous Court remain in place, we're still in trouble.
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Hannah Walser
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Even in the best case (Trump doesn't win and we retain a president with some sort of conscience), living under these conditions will be profoundly corrosive—of our democracy, of our fundamental constitutional freedoms, of each of us as a human being. We simply cannot allow this to be the law.
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Hannah Walser
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The Court has purported to strip us of all legal recourse for crimes committed by the most powerful person in the nation. Each and every one of us is now, effectively, at the mercy of an autocrat, who could order our death if he simply made the pretense of connecting it to his official duties.
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Hannah Walser
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Criminal law probably functioned as some kind of deterrent on abuses of presidential power, and that deterrent is now gone. But even if that weren't true, today's ruling would be an appalling display of contempt for the American people and for the basic principles on which this country rests.
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Corey Rayburn Yung
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Do you know which other Americans have immunity from criminal law at all times, forever? Absolutely no one. This is different than qualified immunity, judicial immunity, prosecutorial immunity, etc. Those only bar civil suits. Freestanding immunity from criminal law is unprecedented in the U.S.
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Hannah Walser
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"The President and the Vice President have a very special bond. The President relies on the VP's help for many things. They talk to each other very often. Sometimes the President threatens to kill the VP during those talks and it's not our place to interfere in those special conversations."
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Hannah Walser
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Roberts is really a master of writing opinions that are somehow both horrifying and insipid.
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Hannah Walser
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"fearless" "vigorous" "energetic" "decisive" "bold" "unhesitating"
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southpaw
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“In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.” -Justice Sotomayor, dissenting www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...
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Hannah Walser
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So, like … can we all finally agree that the NYT just straight-up wants Trump to win? (This is not me taking a position on whether Biden should be the Dem candidate, fwiw. I have an opinion on that, but I think reasonable people can disagree. I just think we all ought to be clear-eyed about this.)
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Hannah Walser
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Thank you for sharing this—it looks fascinating and very helpful!
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Hannah Walser
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Love 2 be ruled by these philosopher-kings
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Hannah Walser
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Omg, Gorsuch’s Loper Bright concurrence is literally arguing that stare decisis is inconsistent with history and tradition
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Hannah Walser
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Was this the last decision of the day?
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Hannah Walser
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Gently reminding people that many of the outlets pushing the “Biden should drop out” talking point are also clearly salivating over a potential Trump win
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Joshua J. Friedman
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Justice Jackson on SCOTUS dismissing the Idaho emergency abortion cases as improvidently granted: "Today's decision is not a victory for pregnant patients in Idaho. It is delay." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...
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Hannah Walser
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If you haven't yet read Justice Jackson's opinion in Moyle, you should—it's 🔥
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Hannah Walser
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I thought it might have been assigned to the Chief Justice as well, in which case it would've been released next—and it seemed to fit the theme of the other cases released today. But I was wrong! The last case was the EMTALA decision that accidentally leaked yesterday.
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Hannah Walser
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PREACH.
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Hannah Walser
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Is it me or does it feel like they're gonna drop Relentless/Loper Bright last today
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Hannah Walser
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Oof.
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Hannah Walser
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NEED
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Hannah Walser
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Love this! Can't wait to read
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Hannah Walser
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The Court has set several pendulums in motion, and we're all down here in the pit. I'm no rule-of-law expert, but I don't think this is how it's supposed to work.
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Hannah Walser
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"Dismissed as improvidently granted." It's the Court's way of saying that it made a mistake when it agreed to hear the case in the first place. In this case, it means that enforcement of Idaho's law will be paused again while the case goes back to the lower courts to be litigated in full.
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Hannah Walser
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Specifically, it's remarkably craven and self-serving on the part of the three "moderate" conservatives. And it underscores a theme of this term: the Court's willingness to let people's rights—people's lives—dangle over the abyss indefinitely if it means avoiding embarrassment or opprobrium.
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Hannah Walser
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I have no idea whether this EMTALA ruling & its accompanying opinions will actually be issued in their current form. As it stands, though, Justice Jackson's partial concurrence expresses my feelings perfectly. DIGging this case isn't wise or moderate; it's cowardly.
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Hannah Walser
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"judges are not like pigs" omg 🐽
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Seth D. Michaels
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Kavanaugh reassures his friends Alito and Thomas that nobody's allowed to be mad at them for taking bribes
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Chris Geidner
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Jackson, spitting fire: "Snyder’s absurd and atextual reading of the statute is one only today’s Court could love." Of federalism concerns: "[W]oulds, coulds, and shoulds of this nature must be addressed across the street with Congress, not in the pages of the U. S. Reports."
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Hannah Walser
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So many gems in here. "And as for the supposedly 'fleeting' nature of the numerous references to potential consequences, death threats can be very effective even if they are not delivered every day."
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Hannah Walser
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Incidentally, it seems like Kavanaugh decided to use his concurrence to lecture his female colleagues, especially Barrett, on the True Meaning of Originalism? It's one of the most vapid and condescending things I've ever read
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Hannah Walser
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No no, you don't understand, every method that reliably gets conservatives what they want is objective and every method that doesn't is fuzzy and capricious
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Hannah Walser
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(In case it isn't obvious, this is not an endorsement 😬)
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