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National Security Counselors 🕵
nationalsecuritylaw.orgThink I'll leave you with this thought tonight. On the way home from her music class, Saoirse and I stopped by the local community center, where I let her run over and drop my ballot in the drop box. The sheer joy she got out of this small act of civic engagement fills me with pride and hope.
Mark Copelovitch
mcopelov.bsky.socialI’m a lot less enamored of this than a lot of folks on here. I want him explicitly calling out the lawless authoritarianism. I don’t want jokes about gold medallions & arts & crafts. I want him calling for impeachment, removal, or resignation. And prison for Musk & the other unprecedented criminals.
National Security Counselors 🕵
nationalsecuritylaw.orgI'm going to skip the low-hanging fruit like Bradbury and go for one that most people probably don't remember or haven't read. Not the MOST memorable but definitely one that sticks with you. It's an early Asimov robot story called Victory Unintentional and it's fantastic.
National Security Counselors 🕵
nationalsecuritylaw.orgAn excellent win for @americanoversight.org here. FOIA people know all too well the "fire and forget" strategy that agencies use, where they "refer documents to another agency" and then shrug and disclaim any responsibility for that other agency's failure to respond. Judge Moss got fed up.
Jessica Huseman
jessicahuseman.bsky.socialJoin me Nov. 10 with two of the country’s top election lawyers, Republican Ben Ginsberg and Democrat Bob Bauer, who’ve spent decades navigating major election disputes. We’ll discuss the midterms, what happens next, and the lawsuit or twelve I assume we’ll have by then.
Paul Waldman
paulwaldman.bsky.socialAgain, I beg any reporter, when Ted Cruz says Abdul El-Sayed is "advocating for and supporting a terrorist organization," demand he provide a specific example for his repugnant claim. When he can't, tell the truth about what Cruz is: a bigot and a liar. www.cbsnews.com/news/abdul-e...
Lawprofblawg
lawprofblawg.bsky.socialProf: I teach for free, but I charge a lot for grading. Admin: We just bought a program that will grade! Prof: "I teach for free, but I charge a lot for writing." Admin: The program will write, too! Prof: I teach for free, but I charge a lot to attend faculty meetings.
![Defendants do not “interfere” with the United States’ ability to enforce Section 611 by administering an ongoing election in accordance with established State and Federal law, rather than assuming new obligations pursuant to a federal criminal law they are not responsible for enforcing. The United States’ principal authority for its “interference” theory of standing, United States v. Missouri, is wholly inapposite. In that case, Missouri affirmatively “withdr[e]w from joint task forces with federal law enforcement” and terminated “information sharing” with the federal government. Missouri, 114 F.4th at 984–85. The United States does not allege that Defendants similarly “withdrew” from any existing agreements with federal law enforcement. Instead, the United States alleges that Defendants refused to segregate and stop counting 28 -10- Case 2:26-cv-12025-DOC-ADS Document 149 Filed 10/28/26 Page 11 of 26 Page ID #:1903 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ballots. But “refusing to help [the federal government] is not the same as impeding it.” United States v. California, 921 F.3d. 865, 888–89 (9th Cir. 2019).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreidwtmosqe4zuqbpxe67r7bdsa5cz5a2mc3i4wpj7n72o2fs2g3sdq@jpeg)
David Darmofal
daviddarmofal.bsky.socialCabinet Officials on the Campaign Trail? Ethics Experts Say Some Are Breaking the Law. As Trump officials stump for Republican candidates facing difficult races, ethics experts say they are being lax about complying with the Hatch Act, a federal anti-corruption law.
