As of today, I have more followers here, after about of month of active engagement, than I ever had on the Other Site after years and years. And my sense is that the #AppellateTwitter and #LawTwitter communities are still making the #AppellateSky and #LawSky migrations. We still need more judges!
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We need a name for the property-protecting canon the Supreme Court used in Sackett, the recent Clean Water Act case, and I propose calling it the Sagebrush Canon.
The name is inspired, of course, by the Sagebrush Rebellion, which admittedly more involved public lands as opposed to public regulation of private lands. But the vibes line up.
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RT @EllieMargolis
Crowdsourcing a question for #AppellateTwitter: in a party brief (not amicus) do you ever cite non-legal information (empirical data, economic theory, etc.) in support of your legal argument? If so, please indicate type of case (patent, civil rights, etc.) in the comments
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from @jodyssanders:
> Texas parents, the Texas Supreme Court just approved a form to use to initiate an action to obtain an injunction to stop cyberbullying. See the attached link: https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1455991/239014.pdf
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Updating this thread to note that the draft is now posted on SSRN.
“Supreme Court Litigators in the Age of Textualism” examines 35 years’ worth of #SupremeCourt briefs to see how litigators’ use of interpretive tools has changed over time and how their practices compare to the Court’s practices.
Link here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4339838
#appellatetwitter #appellatemastodon
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@RMFifthcircuit #AppellateTwitter
"Do you do trial work?
A: Barely.
Q. Do you know how to take a deposition?
A. No. I have no trial skills, and I know nothing about juries.
Q. Well, you must know something?
A. Well, I know what I like and what I don't like. And I'm *decisive* about what I like and what I don't like.
Q. So, what are you being paid for?..."
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Yesterday I had the privilege of presenting research at a virtual workshop organized by the AALS Legislation section and @jessecross. I discussed an empirical project on #SupremeCourt briefing practices. In particular, I've studied how litigants have changed their approach to arguing statutory cases during the era of the rise of textualism.
We don't have much systematic data on briefs.
A few key findings and figures are in the posts below.
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I have been seeing some handles with appellate.social. If I want one, do I have to create a whole new account? How does this site work? #AppellatMastodon #AppellateTwitter help me out 😂
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@rbphillipsjr I've settled in here. It takes a little time. Mastodon was already a fully inhabited and functioning social network—with lots of communities—before #AppellateTwitter started to arrive. The folks living here worked on the messy details for years. The complexity of what they built (post visibility levels, the federation system, letting hashtags control which words are searchable) is designed to foster those communities.
Oh, and there's an "edit" button. #Appellate #AppellateMastodon
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@PeterOrlowicz The Post tipping feature does sound like a hypo for a #LegalEthics exam. Judges? Other government officials? Candidates or campaigns? Even just everyday attorneys, who don’t want to accidentally suggest a client relationship with some random reader who found a post helpful? #LawTwitter #AppellateTwitter #lawfedi
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Jumping into the Mastadon waters. #appellatetwitter #LawTwitter
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#legalwriting #lawprofs #lawtwitter, #appellatetwitter, I'm putting together a team. Who wants to work with me on exploring @[email protected] for #lawschool and #lawpractice writing? Statement of Facts for a case, a memo, briefing! #AppellateMastadon #AppellateTooter #appellatesocial
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@aramsinn this is very exciting! I'm going to start working on getting it to write a Statement of Facts for a case. Then a full memo! Then on to briefing! #legalwriting #AppellateMastadon #AppellateTooter #lawprofs #appellatesocial #appellatetwitter
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(2) These won’t be long threads—usually 1-2 posts aiming to start conversation, akin to #practicetuesday on #appellatetwitter some time ago.
(3) I won’t be crossposting elsewhere. For me it’s deliberately a platform-specific project.
(4) What are “nibs”? Other than the pointy ends of pens and vanilla pods, I don’t know. But I like the sound—as my daughter likes to say, “it’s a word that tastes good.” (And it doesn’t waste too many characters.)
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I never did an #introduction post. I am an #appellate federal #publicdefender. Previously a proud DC resident who practiced in the Eastern District of Virginia, now living in Los Angeles and working in the CDCa. #appellatetwitter #appellatemastodon #DCstatehood #abolishprisons