Share this page!

(((tedfrank))) Profile picture
Twitter logo
May 8 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Kavanaugh is due for an 8-digit inheritance and has a pension worth millions. It was economically rational for him to borrow to smooth lifetime consumption. And he got a big lump sum of back pay in a class action award. Any credit card conspiracy theory is #BlueAnon.
Note also that Kavanaugh’s multimillionaire parents can give their only child Kavanaugh, his wife, and his two kids $128,000 in 2022 without incurring gift taxes (and similar smaller amounts in previous years), and it would never appear on a government disclosure form.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with (((tedfrank)))

(((tedfrank))) Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @tedfrank

(((tedfrank))) Profile picture
May 8
Can someone explain to me the practical difference in state abortion law in 2023 between the hypothetical Roberts opinion upholding the MS law without “overturning Roe” and five justices signing on to the Alito draft with minor tweaks? Seems more like 90% of a loaf than half.
Like, it’s not like the Left would look at the hypothetical 4-2-3 or 3-3-3 Roberts decision as they’ve dodged a bullet. Why would a conservative clerk risk his career for that? Not like state bars give conservatives the benefit of the doubt.
And the Left is sure acting like they think the leak helps them, rather than Alito. Various lefty hacks praised the leaker as a hero or complained about the Roberts investigation. And do Nina and @cshaplaw think protestors at justices’ homes are doing a FedSoc clerk’s bidding?
Read 4 tweets
(((tedfrank))) Profile picture
Mar 23
Jackson’s decision in US v Hawkins was in 2013. Hawkins is in his 20s now, and would’ve been out of prison for 8 years. Did he reoffend? Is he a productive member of society today?

I don’t know, but it seems like a more fruitful journalistic inquiry than each side’s punditry.
Seems like a real slam dunk for one side or the other: “KBJ was soft on crime and there were innocent victims as a result” or “KBJ wisely accounted for the particularities of the case in front of her and now Hawkins is a family man with a job.” Which is it? Why is no one asking?
I disagree.

If Hawkins became a serial child rapist, I think it’s a scandal worse than Willie Horton and either kills her nomination or is a big midterm commercial if she passes 51-50.

If Hawkins is entirely reformed and can give a sympathetic tv interview, it vindicates KBJ.
Read 11 tweets
(((tedfrank))) Profile picture
Mar 5
But you know whose LSAT score I really want to see? Joe Biden’s.
Kamala Harris went to UC Hastings on an “opportunity” program, suggesting her LSAT was below the ~36 median for that law school. (Also, an African-American who got a 36 LSAT in 1986 would have ended up at a Georgetown-level law school.) Harris went on to flunk the bar.
John Kerry must have had an abysmal LSAT, when, as a nationally known celebrity with a political valence popular among law professors at a time when not many people were applying to law school, that plus-factor could only get him into BC Law. (But his Yale grades were poor.)
Read 8 tweets
(((tedfrank))) Profile picture
Feb 1
The suit seems meritless on its face. Flores has a plausible case that the Dolphins owner is an unfair jerk and that the Giants violated the Rooney Rule: but there’s no federal cause of action for either.

The class allegations have fatal typicality and commonality problems.
Now, there’s dirty laundry here, and some owners might get disciplined by the NFL over it. Previous violations of the Rooney Rule resulted in a six digit fine; I’d expect a seven-digit fine here if the Giants conducted a sham interview.
And the NFL might settle out of embarrassment, like they did the concussion litigation.
Read 9 tweets
(((tedfrank))) Profile picture
Feb 1
Giving in to the professionally offended never satisfies them because they don’t have any setting other than offended. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
Red Mesa High School isn’t poor and underachieving because someone admired an NFL team thousands of miles away and took advantage of its need for a publicity stunt to blunt the last group of professionally offended. The Washington Football Team owes it nothing.
Really, I wish Washington had kept the name Redskins and just changed the mascot to a potato.
Read 5 tweets
(((tedfrank))) Profile picture
Jan 6
1960 ad for Greyhound embraced the idea of men masturbating on buses.
(I presume original ad was in color. This is microfilm from Internet Archive.)
Everyone in that photo is either dead or has been on Medicare for over a decade.
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(