Dakota Rudesill

It’s the friend/enemy distinction virus. How do we get healthy?

Into?

Once before 9/11 my carry-on on 4 international flights was an actual sword

Dang it

And looks. The side with the most vain headquarters leadership is assured of victory.

So great to re-create this pic from 20 yrs ago with Bill Eskridge. Then he was my prof
@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social . Now we are colleagues in the legislation tribe that Bill leads. He is a 1st class scholar, teacher, human, and champion of the right of queer people to be equally human under law.

Today's 6-3 Supreme Court decision striking down Trump's tariffs should have been 9-0. But it's a clear W for Constitution, rule of law, separation of powers, Congress, courts, and the public. WWWWWW. Big L for attempted autocracy. Left to litigation: how illegally taxed Americans can get $$ back.

The Constitution is not a bargaining chip for a budget negotiation The Democrats demanded that Trump's immigration cops follow the law and the Constitution. The Republicans called those demands "nonstarters."

The Dems are demanding that ICE honor the Constitution and the Trump administration is saying that this is out of the question. Think about that. Faithfully executing the law? substack.com/home/post/p-...

Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress

What an ugly assault on First Amendment and on Congress.

Thankfully, thwarted.

"A group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington rejected the effort."

Shame on DOJ.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

Another memorable ruling out of West Virginia, where Judge Goodwin — a Clinton appointee — excoriates the treatment of ICE detainees.

"This is not what civil enforcement looks like in a humane system of government under law."
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For embattled, brave, resilient Minnesota, from our brilliant Minnesota artist friend Heather. 💙💙💙

Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.

This is one that stands out:
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It was a pleasure to join bipartisan pod team of @robport.bsky.social and Chad Oban to talk ICE, Insurrection Act, National Guard, constitutional law, Bill of Rights, & Minnesota.

LIVE: PM Carney delivers special address at World Economic Forum YouTube video by CTV News

A remarkable speech, the likes of which most of us never imagined we'd possibly hear in our lifetimes. The Great Rupture appears to be upon us. It's shocking, and deeply distressing, that the political party controlling our Congress appears not to care at all.

www.youtube.com/live/JtF630g...

One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.

Minnesota officials sue to block Trump's immigration crackdown as enforcement intensifies More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minn...

#KavanaughStops on steroids

"Agents drove around Minneapolis and questioned people about their immigration status.

... [including] drivers who were also charging their vehicles. All of them were people of color. All of them were able to prove they were in the U.S. legally."

A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.

Department of Justice officials resign because leadership refused to investigate the murder of Renee Good www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...

Escape while you still can

This is the latest of several unconstitutional moves to capture the power of the purse from Congress and further eliminate separation of powers and checks and balances.

A time for choosing, from main street to wall street.

"This new threat is not about my testimony last June or about the renovation of the Federal Reserve buildings. It is not about Congress’s oversight role. .... Those are pretexts."

Thank you, Chairman Powell.

What My Trump-Supporting Friends Won’t Say Let’s resolve to have the courage to speak up more in 2026. I realize this is easy for me to say; I’m a columnist. But I live in Florida, where I have many friends who have been Trump supporters and w...

You know something's wrong with all of this.
Resolve to speak up.
You won't be alone. (Just look at Jerome Powell)
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Delighted to be quoted here, about my essay in the Minnesota bar journal. Courage, even at personal cost, is not optional for professionals nor in citizenship.

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The Old Dark Frog, wrapped in white shroud, threatens tiny Frog, who looks terrified. From "Shivers" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

“I am not hungry now,” said the Dark Frog. “I have eaten too many tasty frog children. But after I jump rope one hundred times, I will be hungry again. Then I will eat YOU!”

vibes on point

Our rulers say government has absolute immunity from accountability, even for murder, so don’t think those rules about water mean anything.
Plus water could be weaponized.
Also a threat to election integrity.

Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell YouTube video by Federal Reserve

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Peak idiocy

My Minnesota bar journal essay :

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

What My Trump-Supporting Friends Won’t Say Let’s resolve to have the courage to speak up more in 2026. I realize this is easy for me to say; I’m a columnist. But I live in Florida, where I have many friends who have been Trump supporters and w...

Interviewed here by @maryellenklas.bsky.social
@bloomberg.com about how courage & integrity are not optional, for professionals or for citizenship. Gift link.
Link to my Minnesota bar journal piece in comments.

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...