JB Emmons / is on Nostr

US-licensed attorney currently pursuing criminal defence practice in Metro #Vancouver, British Columbia. Background in 1st, 4th Amendment law & qualified immunity.

🗣️: #law #LawFedi #politics #culture #cycling & life in #bc.

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Last Notes

2023-09-15 13:15:52

Bill Maher says his show ‘Real Time’ to return despite writers strike
Maher: "They kind of believe that you’re owed a living as a writer — and you’re not."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2023/09/14/bill-maher-real-time-writers-strike-return/

2023-08-16 17:01:01

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@npub1ulm…hweg
Thanks. I think I learned about this situation from your posts some time ago, and I appreciate that you're following it and keeping everyone here up to date on developments.

2023-08-16 16:45:56

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@npub1ulm…hweg
Here's an archived link to the letter. Long story short: impeachment? (Though she's really just asking to transfer the matter to another circuit/council.)
https://archive.li/kWnlS

2023-08-11 13:34:00

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@npub1vqm…ccpx
Eh, sort of? On the one hand, yeah, there's Calabresi and the authors of the paper he links. On the other hand, FedSoc has distanced itself from Calabresi ever since he criticized Trump post-Jan6. From yesterday's NYT writeup on this paper/post, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/trump-jan-6-insurrection-conservatives.html :
https://sb-esq-social.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/110/871/238/349/422/730/original/520975eb6d4ea59d.png

2023-08-11 01:03:32

Steven Calabresi, co-founder of the Federalist Society #FedSoc, argues that Donald #Trump is disqualified from the presidency under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US #Constitution. #LawFedi #USpol
https://reason.com/volokh/2023/08/10/trump-is-disqualified-from-being-on-any-election-ballots/

2023-07-01 21:29:36

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2023-06-05 22:19:39

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@npub16fw…pec4
What a read. It has to be bizarre to see your own lived experience form the basis for a story like this. I hope you are no longer "underpaid and overworked," or at least not to the same extent!