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Posts by Pat Sobkowski

We’ve got the Chadha hate train.

I’m starting the Bowsher v. Synar hate train. @joshchafetz.bsky.social

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Right. And it CAN BE an additional constraint on a multi member court. But again, only so far as a majority is willing to confine themselves to the doctrinal limits.

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Don’t disagree. I return to Duncan Kennedy’s argument about “where I want to come out” as a judge. Doctrine can limit whether/to what extent you can “come out” where you want to.

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Yeah. The federalism revolution wasn’t anything of the sort.

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Honestly I thought it would be the commerce clause, and it would make sense in the context of what Beau said.

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I need context. What’s the favorite doctrine

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I agree. It’s important as far as it goes. How far it goes depends as much on vibes as anything else.

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See eg, the court’s commerce clause jurisprudence, taxing and spending, executive power, etc.

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More than anything else this reveals just how impulsive the major questions doctrine revamp is. It all ultimately stemmed from Roberts's personal antipathy to a regulation, and everything since has been a dishonest attempt to dress it up so that he doesn't look like he's just shooting from the hip.

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Very good piece by Christopher Fonzone. www.justsecurity.org/136242/presi...

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What does this even mean?

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Incredible! Did you just get it?

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Kurt Lash: “I wish Kantor and Liptak would stick to the merits.”

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Bingo.

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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

I’m interested to see how conservative court defenders will try and downplay or dismiss this evidence.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

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Indigenous Constitutionalism - Harvard Law Review By standard accounts, there are fifty-four constitutions across the federal, state, and territorial governments of the United States. But in fact, there are 230 other governmental constitutions that c...

@tannerallread.bsky.social's extraordinarily impressive article, "Indigenous Constitutionalism," has arrived!

"Indigenous constitutionalism as a distinct constitutional practice through which Native nations claim and exercise self-governance"

harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...

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Listen man, my expertise is in constitutional law 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Or just outright kill them

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Instead of helping with attorneys fees, I’ll do him a solid and chip in for a nose hair trimmer. Jeez.

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“Please help with court costs/attorneys fees”

Here’s an idea: don’t do coups.

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That’s Eastman’s real account.

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Himbs a clueless, beefy boy.

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Abe says “what’s a tur-nay-doh”

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Like. I’m by no means a 1A expert, but an attorney cannot lie in court or to clients and then claim a first amendment violation when he’s punished…

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It’s more work than it’s worth.

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Last one.

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And Meggy

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Yeah, same question from me lol

Or: do you prefer Tony?

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The thing is both Anthony and I tried to talk, and he simply won’t answer a question.

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They stick to the merits on Twitter. 👍🏻

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