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J.L.
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Why anyone is talking to Sarah Isgur about anything is utterly beyond me
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Recovering journalist, newbie lawyer
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J.L.
@tktkskeets.bsky.social
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Why anyone is talking to Sarah Isgur about anything is utterly beyond me
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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roberts essentially ignores the purpose of separation of powers, which was not to create entirely separate spheres of action but to prevent the emergence of unchecked authority. instead, he says, separation of powers *demands* unchecked authority.
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J.L.
@tktkskeets.bsky.social
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Appreciate you!
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J.L.
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Is there a fandom more deranged than Bridgerton book fans
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J.L.
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By what contortion of the English language could an elected official accepting bunch of money from someone for doing something that person wanted *not* be an instance of that official “accept[ing]…anything of value…intending to be…rewarded” for an official act? “Reward” is in the freaking statute!
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Kevin Collins
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Not that there weren't reasons to run against the court before, but "The justices who have taking a lot of bribes says it's okay to bribe elected officials" seems like the kind of thing that an average voter can both understand and get mad about
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J.L.
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The center left often accuses the left of placing moral superiority over political practicality, and some on the left are guilty of that. But many of those critics are guilty of the same thing because they place their desire to be dicks online over the need to build/maintain an effective coalition
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J.L.
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There are significant contingents both of people who go too far defending Taylor Swift & her fans and people who go too far expressing their dislike for her & her fans, and they make each other worse in a ridiculous downward spiral
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J.L.
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Directly equating what you’re asking Biden to do with supporting slavery is a pretty wild move even for a pundit. You’d think the process of writing of a graf like this would force even the most obtuse into a moment of self-reflection, but alas
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Pwnallthethings
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If your leftism isn't fundamentally centered on the idea of human dignity and freedom as universal and immutable values of everyone, frankly, what is the fucking point of your philosophy.
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J.L.
@tktkskeets.bsky.social
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Independence Day
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J.L.
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Trying to get an updated drivers license and registration in the Boston area was the worst bureaucratic experience I’ve ever had, and I’ve had to get them in Louisiana, Virginia and Georgia
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J.L.
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I’m so very sorry for your loss
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J.L.
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100%. Has to be coupled with accessible in-person options though because a fair number of voters, including minority voters, don’t trust mail voting
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J.L.
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I should clarify: I think it’s highly unlikely that we start throwing the book at powerful people for rel minor crimes like falsifying business records (as opposed to, e.g., public corruption or crimes involving use of power or position of trust to harm others) while lowering sentences for others
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J.L.
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Agreed, but it’s never going to happen that we start throwing the book at powerful people and simultaneously become more lenient for marginalized people
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J.L.
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I was also trying to provide context re Gertner’s specifically, as she is someone who does in fact spend most of her time arguing for lower sentences for non-powerful people, unlike those who like harsh sentences or don’t talk about a need for more leniency except when someone powerful is at issue
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J.L.
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It’s true that these args are often weaponized. I think Trump should be jailed for the false electors scheme and the insurrection. But I think jailing more people for falsifying business records makes it harder to lower our overly punitive sentences for other crimes, including violent crimes
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J.L.
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Judges are allowed to consider even acquitted conduct in sentencing (which seems fucked up)
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J.L.
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Not necessarily an arg I agree with but isn’t as outrageous as the args that former presidents shouldn’t be prosecuted/jailed. Would raise real const’l Qs to have someone elected pres while in jail for state crimes, & this is a relatively minor one, which arguably makes it worth avoiding those Qs
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Overall it seems like her arg is that it’s not normal for defs to get jail time for this crime, & although he is worse in several ways, jailing him for crimes others usually aren’t jailed for on the eve of a pres election he might win raises sufficient problems to outweigh those aggravating factors
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J.L.
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I’m backing off here. You’re right that there are issues with the piece. Your original criticism was that she wasn’t knowledgeable enough to speak on this, which I disagree with given my previous familiarity with her work. You didn’t include the part we’re discussing not and didn’t like to the piece
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J.L.
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I agree this is problematic. The orig post was about her not knowing enough to comment on his sentence, which is silly, and did not include this part or link to the piece. It seems clear that she thinks Trump was rightly convicted but the poss of him becoming president while in jail is a factor
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She doesn’t pretend he isn’t though, she explicitly discusses how he’s worse
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J.L.
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Exactly, that sentence is just boilerplate. We all know enough to discuss his sentence. And while I don’t like the arg that the poss of him becoming pres again soon should be a factor, the fact that her background position is that all defs should receive highly indiv’d sentences seems relevant
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J.L.
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What facts do you think the presentencing report will include that she doesn’t know?
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J.L.
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She also notes that most first time offenders for this crime do not receive prison time
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“Trump no doubt will be treated …less harshly…than other criminal defs in our extraordinarily punitive criminal legal system. But we shouldn’t equalize the treatment of defs by ramping up everyone’s punishment. Our criminal legal system is far too retributive and leans too heavily on imprisonment”
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J.L.
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My point is that she supports more lenient sentences in general and is writing from that perspective. She provides this boilerplate caveat whenever she writes about an individual sentencing. This isn’t just someone making exceptions for Trump.
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J.L.
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Except Gertner isn’t one of those people
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J.L.
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Gertner is a former federal judge who has spent her career since criticizing American sentencing law as overly punitive. She teaches a class on mass incarceration and sentencing and routinely writes about it
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J.L.
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……….why the fuck would they do this
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J.L.
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My partner has figured out that whenever I start cleaning extensively it means I’m on deadline
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J.L.
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Hot take but I think prosecutors should try not to fuck up really important cases by, for example, introducing testimony that could be grounds for a mistrial or reversible error on appeal, or having affairs with their special prosecutors
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If I were in a position like that a big-picture question I would ask myself regularly is “do our readers come away from our coverage with a more or less accurate picture of the world” but I guess I’m a big dummy because that doesn’t seem to be a benchmark for these types of people at all
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Micah
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beyond horrifying that we’d rather turn the war machine on the next generation than stop using it to kill children thousands of miles away
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J.L.
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Doing everything we can to push Biden and the Democratic Party to stop enabling genocide is—in addition to being the right thing to do—probably the only way to save American democracy from the existential threat of another Trump term
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
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At UNC's encampment, Duke Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology Emily Lim Rogers had her cane forcefully removed by Chapel Hill police, who said "you know what? Fuck your cane," and then threw her to the ground, partially dislocating her shoulder.
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Ian Boudreau
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Lots of hemming and hawing over what counts as genocide over here in the States while the Israeli cabinet is apparently trying to make things as clear as possible
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J.L.
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NYT sure does love to publish an op-ed calling for cops to bust some peaceful protester skulls
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J.L.
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The emails we’ve been getting from Emory admin about this are absolutely ridiculous. Like caricatures of a bad PR fuckup
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J.L.
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There’s something extraordinarily disorienting about the fact that in mainstream American politics it is verboten to suggest that the *country* of Israel might not have a “right to exist” but it’s common to suggest that the *people* being bombed and starved by Israel do not have that right
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Don Moynihan
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Look at the video - the professor expresses concern about the assault of a protestor, touches no-one, and then is assaulted herself by police twitter.com/robertmackey...
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J.L.
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No one reduces him to a sputtering rage quite like you and given what a menace he is, it’s a real public service. Thank you 🫡
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J.L.
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I’m a late millennial and they made us do the little learn-to-type computer programs in elementary school Computer class but none of us ever actually learned it
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Also at my campus at least they just finished fertilizing the Yard and stuff lol. Bunch of money wasted on landscaping
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Definitely, this is when they have admitted students’ weekends and rich parents coming to help move out/see graduation
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Pat Inverted Vibe Curve Blanchfield
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just got an email from my alma mater saying it had been compelled to deploy police to defend the Community from violent outside agitators who had begun to protest on the quad; the first video in my feed is cops in full gear arresting the chair of the philosophy department
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J.L.
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The lesson we should take from the Weinstein ruling today is that prosecutors shouldn’t fuck up really important prosecutions, not that judges shouldn’t apply the law that protects defendants’ rights
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