Sam Halpert

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Abolitionists also pulled off a massive social shift while holding almost no levers of power

Of course Platner knew what his Nazi symbol was. It changed his life. His tattoos were reviewed when he asked to return active duty; a trained officer looked for violations. The sleeve tattoos were OK. The Totenkopf was not. Platner chose to keep it. Somewhere in DoD, it’s all written down. 5/

Highlights in **’s 17 See **Mark Curriden, State Court Chiefs Flex New Muscle, Nat'l L.J., Oct. 17, 1994, at A1 (describing condemnation of Reno Rule by state chief judges).** 18 See In re Doe, 801 F. Supp. 478, 487 (D.N.M. 1992) (refusing to exempt federal prosecutors from state ethical rules in part because of danger that Department's position could also apply to all other federal agencies with investigative authority. For an example of an agency claiming authority to regulate the ethical conduct of attorneys appearing before it, see In re Carter, Exchange Act Release No. 597, Admin. Proc. File No. 3-5464 [1981 Transfer Binder] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) I 82,847, at 84,146-47 (Feb. 28, 1981) (asserting that SEC can regulate securities lawyers). 19 One enraged commentator exclaimed that Department attorneys should start selling used cars since they would find the ethical standards of that profession more to their liking. See Letter from David L. Novell, Attorney, Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Mark Terison, Esq., Senior Attorney, Legal Counsel 1 (Aug. 2, 1993) (on file with the New York University Law Review). 20 See **Rubin, supra note 15, at 4 (outlining protests following promulgation of Reno Rule, including new threats of "increased enforcement by state courts against federal prosecutors in their states of admission as a reaction to this rule");** see also Curriden, supra note 17, at A1, A26 (describing reaction of Conference of State Chief Justices to Reno Rule as ""mad as hell and just not going to take it anymore" (quoting Supreme Court of Minnesota Chief Justice A.M. Keith)). **Ohio Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer explained that state judges have "*drawn [their first] line in the sand' and threaten to discipline federal prosecutors who breach these rules.** LId.

15 See, e.g., Jeffrey Kanige, Ex Parte Interviews: Bright Lines, Big Debate, NJ. L.J., June 13, 1994, at 5, 5 (presenting contention of defense attorneys that "unfettered ability of prosecutors" to contact their clients and extract potentially incriminating statements is "blatant violation" of client's right to counsel); see also **Maria B. Rubin, The Thornburgh Memo, Now the Reno Rule: A Case of Ethics, N.Y. L.J., Sept. 23, 1994, at 1, 4.** Rubin, chairman of the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Professional Ethics, ex-

Great q. I don’t have access to the resources I’d need to really dig in, but it seems like the last time this issue came up (in the dispute that ultimately led Congress to amend 28 USC s530B), state judiciaries flexed their power outside the frame of a lawsuit. www.nyulawreview.org/wp-content/u...

NEW: Federal judges have spent months ordering ICE to give detainees a chance for release in bond hearings.

Now, they're worried that the bond hearings themselves — conducted by Executive Branch immigration judges — are a farce.

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Demand hearings on this strike. Withhold funding. Whatever you believe you're doing by continuing to fund the military under these circumstances, you're doing the opposite. We can only keep ourselves safe if we establish that attacks like this are categorically unacceptable. bsky.app/profile/samh...

Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' In an interview with 'Time,' President Donald Trump acknowledged the possibility that Iran retaliates with attacks on U.S. soil, saying, 'We think about it all the time. We plan for it'

@slotkin.senate.gov , @kaine.senate.gov , @peters.senate.gov , @reed.senate.gov if you provide the Pentagon w/funding while it's led by a man who targets the *children* of our adversaries & shrugs when asked if they might retaliate in kind, you make Americans *less* safe. people.com/trump-says-i...

@slotkin.senate.gov, @kaine.senate.gov, @peters.senate.gov, @reed.senate.gov: If you provide the Pentagon with additional funding for the war, you will be making Americans *less* safe. Insist on hearings wrt whether POTUS targeted *children* in a first strike attack in his illegal war of choice.

“Iran rejected the ceasefire” yeah I fucking bet they did- why would they ever negotiate with the US again??

There has to be a reckoning for this, or we are lost.

He *did* recognize it as a Nazi tattoo; though. bsky.app/profile/samh...

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It is not clear whether the administration's internal legal analysis relies on any claim that Iran posed an imminent threat. Neither the White House statement nor a letter Mr. Trump sent to Congress said it did. But in public statements, Mr. Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also serves as the national security adviser, have invoked that phrase. Mr. Trump went on to say it would be intolerable to allow Iran time to develop a nuclear weapon and long-range missiles — apparently relying on a very elongated view of what counts as imminent.

If the doctrine that Presidents have inherent power to respond to imminent threats leads to a headline in the paper of record reading, “How the Decision to Start a War Became the President’s,” the doctrine is manifestly wrong.

We need a new approach to war powers.

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To be clear… the USPS is not short on cash.

The USPS actually has tons of cash.

A Republican Congress in their efforts to sabotage the USPS has forced them to fund their pension fund for 30 years at a time.

Something no corporation has had to do.

This could be fixed with a vote.

I keep thinking we’ve hit the bottom but nope it’s just an abyss with no end

you can impeach people after they've been removed from office for the crimes they did while in office and the failure to do so to george w. bush is one of the reasons we wound up here

It implies that we are visitors in someone else’s country.

"Resist" and "No Kings" mean nothing if you're not pushing for a consequence. It's a chance to blow off steam, and maybe take the heat off of Democrats who decline to do their job.

Impeachment is the beginning of a consequence for elected officials, and it's how the Constitution says "No Kings."

lawandchaospod.com Bondi's fakakta claims don't even make sense on their own terms, since the AG has zero power to impose professional discipline after an investigation — or "investigation," since Bondi gutted the Office of Professional Responsibility and the White House defunded the Inspectors General. She can fire a lawyer for misconduct, or maybe go after his pension, but she can't suspend him from the practice of law.

But the DOJ doesn’t have the power to impose the same range of consequences for violations of ethics rules, so it’s hard to see how they could possibly construct an equivalent process. I found this argument persuasive, at least: www.lawandchaospod.com/p/bondi-says...

Even if they did so in compliance with all laws and the Term of Service, this will bite Proton hard. Their sales is you can trust them and accounts are private.

On a practical level however, a reminder for email as a service that can’t be true.

MORIARTY: Out of anything. We’ve not had a single case referred to us, and I have made it clear to local law enforcement, they have jurisdiction. They should be investigating as best they can, and I know that there are many reasons why they aren’t doing that, but as I have said, I think there are choices that have to be made, and ultimately, the people of Minneapolis are looking around, and this is what they’re saying to their electeds too, is, “Who is here protecting us?” LAW DORK: Is that a discussion that you’ve had with Mayor Frey, with with the police chief, or just in general? MORIARTY: I had that discussion with — I had a conversation with all of the police chiefs, the Public Safety Commissioner, Todd Barnett, was on that. I have made a specific request to the Minneapolis Police Department about one particular case, early on, and suggested that they might want to submit that to us.

So no reports from your Chief that month? An official who is meant to be determining what his force is up to *daily* & informing you? When your county attorney was saying things like this (on January 28th)?

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Data Requested: Required: Minneapolis City Charter 171.20 Reports from Chief of Police to Mayor on police negligence or refusal to discharge their duties The city charter states (under "General duties of Chief') that " chief of police, under the direction of the mayor, shall....ascertain by personal daily inspections whether the police are faithfully discharging their duties, and report to the mayor any negligence or refusal to discharge the same,' " I would like to see any such reports provided to Mayor Frey in January 2026. If no such reports exist, I would like to know that as well. From Date: 2026-01-01 To Date: 2026-01-31 : Mayor Frey's office

2026-03-05 14:46:28 CST Public Comments Hello, The Office of the Mayor has informed us that there is no data that fulfills your request. At this time, your request will be closed. We invite you to learn more about Data Practices, explore open government, or submit a request in the future: http://www.minneapolismn.gov/datapractices

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you received *no* reports concerning failure to perform duties in a moment when the county attorney was expressing public frustration with the responsiveness of the department? Did you not find that odd, sir? Did you not ask about the loyalty of your officers?

The county attorney and the Minneapolis city council are now grilling the Police department, but where were you, @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social ? The charter indicates that your Chief should be looking into loyalty *daily* & reporting issues. bsky.app/profile/star...

So Minneapolis has let me know that @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social received *no* reports from his chief of police concerning negligence or refusal of duty in January, while the Hennepin attorney was publicly expressing frustration with police for failing to refer her cases concerning the federal surge.

Well, this explains that from yesterday.

He should be expelled. He won’t be, but regardless someone in the Senate needs to introduce a motion to expel him. As Congress becomes increasingly dysfunctional, legislators can serve honorably by reminding the public what they *should* expect from their government.

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