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23 Jun, 7 tweets, 2 min read
I swear to god, we could have 70 races where the reformist candidate wins, and these people will wait for the one race where the retrograde candidate wins (is ahead, here), and act like that’s The One That Proves Their Point.
Like, even tonight, look at Manhattan, where it is an actual DA being voted on: The progressive who folks there coalesced around has declared victory.
Not to mention Buffalo and Rochester — again, tonight! A socialist and WFP-endorsed candidate, respectively, won.
What a fucking joke. Image
(That he blocked me over one tweet criticizing him, not him!)
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Anyway, my point stands. People telling you that this race proves that “crime crime crime” still works said it before the Krasner race, they said it in the #NM01 special, etc, etc. Then, they’ll just ignore everything else, and say this was the ONE that mattered. It’s silly.

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23 Jun
#SCOTUS opinions coming shortly. Reminder: There are 12 decisions remaining — including voting rights, financial disclosure, student speech rights, and more. As always, we don’t know which or how many decisions are coming.
First #SCOTUS decision is in Lange v. California. Kagan has the opinion for the court, holding that police pursuing a fleeing misdemeanor suspect do not "categorically" have justification to enter a home without a warrant. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf… Image
It's basically a 7-2 decision, although there are some caveats there (see opinion and below). Roberts, joined by Alito, thinks the court goes too far, saying that flight is, itself, an exigent circumstance that would allow warrantless entry. ImageImage
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21 Jun
No new grants from #SCOTUS this morning. Here's the full orders list: supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
Opinions in one or more of the 15 remaining #SCOTUS cases from this term expected at 10a. We don't know which cases or how many will be decided, but those left include voting rights, financial disclosure, student speech rights, college athletes, and more.
First opinion is in Goldman Sachs v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. Barrett has the opinion for the court in the class-action case, vacating and remanding the 2nd Circuit. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
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17 Jun
Breaking: The Supreme Court rejects conservative states' challenges to the ACA on standing grounds. Opinion by Breyer for the 7-2 majority. Alito and Gorsuch dissent. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf… ImageImage
That opinion being from Breyer means any remaining opinions released today — and there will be at least one more — will be from Breyer, Thomas, or the Chief Justice.
Thomas concurs, defending the majority against Alito's dissent. Image
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16 Jun
Some personal news: I’m going to be leaving @theappeal at the end of June. It’s been a privilege to be a part of a team doing such important criminal justice and related journalism — journalism that I look forward to continuing to support.
For me, I’ll still be writing over the summer, including at @MSNBC, but I also plan to take some down time—2020+ was a lot!—before jumping into something new. I don’t have that next thing set yet, so I am open to ideas and will be talking w/ many of you! (DMs open, email in bio!)
More to come, on all fronts, but I just wanted to let folks know what I'm up to — and that I'm looking forward to exploring what's next for me over the coming months! My career has been a series of unexpected adventures, and I doubt whatever's next will be any different.
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16 Jun
Here's the (very brief) email that led to that late Jan. 3 call discussed in earlier stories between a senior DOJ official and the US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia: Image
Less than 10 hours later, BJay Pak, the US Attorney in question, had submitted his resignation. Image
After Cc'ing the senior DOJ official, Richard Donoghue, on his goodbye email to his office, which did not directly reference any of the shenanigans going on, Donoghue replied that Pak was a "class act." Image
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14 Jun
#SCOTUS: Orders coming at 9:30, followed by one or more opinions at 10. We don’t know which cases or how many of of the 21 remaining cases. They include Obamacare, religious beliefs & gay rights, Voting Rights Act, NCAA, student speech rights, First Step Act, & more.
No new cases granted by #SCOTUS this morning.
#SCOTUS does, however, ask the Biden administration to weigh in on the Harvard affirmative action case. (Which also serves as a reminder that there is still no SG nominee.)
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