Old account inadvertently nuked. Starting over after losing 16 years of tweets and 8k followers. 🤷‍♂️ Oh well. Here we go.

The ‘pledge’ carries roughly the same legal force as a kindergarten pinky swear.

Agreeing to abide by the endorsement was a mistake from the start. Democrats learned long ago that conventions don’t necessarily pick the strongest statewide candidates. The MNGOP remains more committed to indulging its own sense of importance than producing a viable nominee.

Clean sweep.

NEW: Multiple ICE warehouses were sold by people in Trump's circle who were sitting on the properties and losing money. We dug into it, and found that some properties were bought by the feds for 10x their list price. It's a new level of corruption — and you're paying for it.

All lawyer that practice in federal court should be eligible for a class action against whoever created Pacer

Whenever I see that many — em dashes — from someone who doesn't regularly do legal writing, I know it's AI.

Bipartisan public-safety policy does not become stronger when it is stapled to divisive gun-control proposals. It becomes expendable. 6 of these 9 proposals could pass the #mnleg tomorrow. But the goal isn't to have them pass. The goal is to make Republicans vote against gun control, then pretend they voted against safety. Campaign mailers trump public safety... again.

RT @cullystimson: 🚨🚨🚨 South Carolina Supreme Court overturns murder convictions of notorious attorney Alex Murdaugh because the Clerk of t…

The House DFL’s procedural sensitivities ring hollow... for some reason. #mnleg

They're just making stuff up. Section 7 of the bill requires a fee for "each certification" and the certification is specific to each "device". They can charge you whatever fee they want, and apply it to each device you register. @MichaelH_MN

"Why did my case get dismissed?" "Well, we filed everything on time in the federal electronic CM/ECF system and the judge received the pleading in his inbox, but this particular judge orders a physical copy delivered to his office by 10 am the next day. We did that, but when we delivered the courtesy copy it was three hole punched at the left hand margin in the standard 9/32" hole size and not the oversized 12/32" hole size." BTW this screen shot is from a 22 page document. I don't know why we still have standing orders like this in 2026.

DOJ's indictment of James Comey is flagrantly unconstitutional and further evidence of why need to abolish prosecutorial immunity and ensure there is a constitutional cause of action against federal officials of all types.

tip for younger reporters: point your camera at the thing that’s happening

Columbine happened half way through the assault-weapons ban. Focusing on a single instrument of harm does not eliminate the underlying motive or the opportunity to act. Identifying identifying threats upstream and limiting the ability to act on those threats is a far more effective strategy to prevent harm.

Under MN law, assault with a firearm generally carries a 36-month mandatory minimum sentence (609.222, 609.11). Minnesota has jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed within its borders, even by federal officers, but the case may not stay in state court. A federal officer can remove a state criminal case to federal court under 28 USC 442 by asserting he was acting under color of federal duty and asserting a colorable federal defense. Despite what you may hear from the federal executive, ICE agents do NOT have absolute immunity. The relevant doctrine is Supremacy Clause immunity, which is narrower. The officer must show: 1) He was performing an authorized federal function; and 2) That his conduct was reasonably necessary and proper to that function. If that showing is made, the prosecution can be dismissed. If not, the case proceeds...just in federal court instead of state court.

Does your group have a "Rob Doar"?

"So anyway, that's why if the Third Circuit lets us down, you'll need to take one for the team and let an assault weapons ban pass, so we can get a split from the 8th Circuit. ...Why are you booing? I'm right."

The cert. petition in @IJ's SWAT-takings case, Hadley v. South Bend, has been docketed as 25-1158. We urge the Supreme Court to address the circuit-splitting issue of whether the Takings Clause requires just compensation for destructive SWAT raids. (It does.) Link below.

Showing up to oral arguments unprepared for a Gorsuch question on Native Americans is like going to Costco for paper towels and being ~shocked~ you leave $300 poorer with a vat of mayonnaise the size of a small child. We all saw this coming.