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I cover judges, laws, democracy, and the 3 raccoons who live in a tree behind my house. EIC @ballsstrikes, occasional writing elsewhere. signal: jaywillis.52

Sep 12, 2021, 9 tweets

You guys think I should do a little book review, or what 😉

I kid you not, Stephen Breyer’s “the law isn’t political” book is 100 pages long and its list price is $19.95. I am in awe.

12 pages in and he just finished his summary of the undergrad Intro to Constitutional Law lecture on Marbury v. Madison and I want to die

I laughed out loud

[me sending back editor’s notes] AH HI STEVE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVE ASSERTIONS YOU MAKE IN HERE. THAT IS KIND OF THE WHOLE POINT. PLEASE STRIKE AND REFILE WITH SOMETHING YOU CAN PROVE THX

Perhaps I can help here: “Popular perception” is correct and you and other judges who think like you are not. Okay are we done yet [checks] holy shit I still have 49 pages to go???

Oh my god dude no way this can’t be real you can’t seriously think this

Here is a real sentence from Stephen Breyer’s book’s conclusion: “Of course, others have written at length about the social cost of too much time spent surfing the Internet, engaging in activities that separate you from public life.”

Fine, I'm going to do an actual review of this stupid book, because I love and appreciate all of you as much as I enjoy poisoning my brain by reading dumb things that I hate

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