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NY lawyer. Sued Trump derivatively o/b/o U.S. on Jan. 19, 2021. Biden's DOJ moved to dismiss my case. Years later, they tried to prosecute Trump. How'd that turn out, General Garland?

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You probably meant ~16, not ~16K.

23.02.2026 01:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Chief really went after the principal dissent[er]. E.g., 16 (โ€œGovernment, echoed point-for-point by the principal dissentโ€), 16 n.4 (โ€œprincipal dissent surmisesโ€ about โ€œhypothetical cases not before usโ€), 20 n.6 (language in prior case โ€œshould have sufficed to dissuade the principal dissentโ€).

20.02.2026 18:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ok, so _two_ people have called you out on this post and youโ€™re still not deleting it?
Well, then. Iโ€™ll draw appropriate conclusions about your reliability.
As for Tre45on, Iโ€™ve been trying to hold him accountable since 2021.

19.02.2026 14:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Milcon approps might want a word.

19.02.2026 13:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The lack of any other antecedent for โ€œheโ€ means you are accusing Raskin of a crime, which (if false) is defamation.
Suggest rephrasing.

19.02.2026 11:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Havenโ€™t read the article, so maybe the title makes a deep point that the article explains.
But isnโ€˜t โ€œhighest ebbโ€ an oxymoron?

18.02.2026 01:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also the โ€œSHALL remain operableโ€ in 4.

16.02.2026 18:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He tried. Heโ€™s losing in the courts.
thehill.com/policy/trans...

16.02.2026 14:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why did he put it this way?
โ€œI suppose I could have?โ€
No, he couldnโ€™t have done that.
And Tre45on canโ€™t either.

16.02.2026 05:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Janet Mills is 78 years old.
Itโ€™s time for a new generation that can serve Maine for decades in the Senate, where seniority is critical.
Perhaps if Mills had declined to run, other candidates would have stepped forward.

15.02.2026 15:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SCOTUS just announced three opinion days, all at once.
Donโ€˜t think Iโ€™ve seen that before.
Itโ€™s as though there was a conference today.
โ€œThe Court may announce opinions on Friday, February 20, Tuesday, February 24, and Wednesday, February 25.โ€

13.02.2026 18:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Horse to water.

06.02.2026 12:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What about the $75 billion in BBBA funding? Perhaps Dems are holding another Sanders amendment in reserve? Every day that goes by shows the need for that $75B to be repealed & to keep DHS subject to annual approps.

05.02.2026 11:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reminiscent of Justice Frankfurterโ€™s point in Chenery: โ€œTo say a man is a fiduciary only begins the analysis.โ€
Perhaps Justice Roberts had similar qualms to yours.
Which might explain the move from fiduciary to contract.

04.02.2026 20:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As for making no sense, the NYT quotes language from the clerksโ€™ code of conduct that seems to include basic fiduciary duties. The word โ€œloyalty,โ€ in particular, seems to refer to the fiduciary duty of loyalty. Iโ€™ve litigated fiduciary-duty claims, so all this rings a bell.

04.02.2026 12:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or to the public. See Justice Alito in Percoco: โ€œAn โ€œagent owes a fiduciary obligation to the princi-
pal,โ€ see, e.g., 1 Restatement (Third) of Agency ยง1.01, Comment e, p. 23 (2005)โ€ฆ therefore an agent of the government has a fiduciary duty to the government and thus to the public it serves.โ€

04.02.2026 12:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was also a few weeks after Trump was re-elected.
Two possible correlationsโ€ฆ.

04.02.2026 12:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Court Holds That an At-Will Employee Can Be a Faithless Servant As a general matter, a faithless servant is one who acts contrary to the interests of his/her employer. When an employee or agent acts faithlessly, he/she must forfeit the compensation ...

Article says โ€œClerks and members of the courtโ€™s support staff.โ€
Printers and secretaries would have access to sensitive, non-public, sometimes market-moving information.
The fiduciary duty is owed to the employer.
fhnylaw.com/court-holds-...

04.02.2026 11:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This isnโ€™t that hard.
It moves the duty from fiduciary to contract.
Perhaps Roberts realized that fiduciaries have duties of candor and disclosure to beneficiaries.
The real question is, why in late 2024?

04.02.2026 07:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Americans might have wanted to adjust their private lives accordingly, months ahead of time.

Whoever leaked the draft fulfilled a trusteeโ€™s duty to disclose.

04.02.2026 07:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

but to the American people. And among them is a duty to disclose information to the beneficiaries.

Millions of Americans needed to know about the Dobbs decision. Abortion would soon become far less available.

04.02.2026 07:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To wit:
So Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. thinks the Dobbs v. Jackson Womenโ€™s Health Organization leak was a โ€œbetrayal of trustโ€? Letโ€™s meet him on his own terms. If Supreme Court justices are trustees, then the duties they owe are not to each other, or to the court,

04.02.2026 07:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Justice Alito and the legitimacy of the Supreme Court Reactions to the conservative justice decrying the leak of a draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

Noโ€”for reasons that I explained in a letter to the editor that WaPo published. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

04.02.2026 07:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If people immigrate, are they then on the inside?
No?
Why not, exactly?

03.02.2026 19:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i thought one applies the law to the facts, not the other way around.

03.02.2026 01:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You mean that Trump now wants to close the performing-arts center he tried to rename after himself?
#ETTD

02.02.2026 00:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, so federal courthouses are under the capoโ€™s โ€œprotectionโ€?

01.02.2026 16:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She should speak in public more.
Would remind everyone that sheโ€™s an immigrant.

31.01.2026 13:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unlikely given federal courtsโ€™ inherent power to protect the integrity of their proceedings.
Unless, of course, Judge Cannon is presiding.

30.01.2026 02:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Before denouncing Schumer, we might want to see the list of amendments that will be considered before the Senate passes the 5-bus.

30.01.2026 02:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0