Jay Willis
I write about courts, democracy, media, and the three raccoons who live in a tree behind my house. Bluesky’s ONLY fantasy football guru. EIC @ballsandstrikes.org, more writing at jaywillis.net.
- This is a real paragraph from Noah Feldman's obit for David Souter, which I could not have parodied if I'd tried www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
- The DOGE gremlins cut funding for a UW scientist studying how wildfire smoke affects air quality in schools—kind of an important topic in Washington nowadays!—in order to save $866 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
- Why is this headline written like a random note
- David Souter was a good Supreme Court justice, not only because he made conservatives upset, but also because he understood his responsibility to be a good steward of power, and never thought of himself as bigger than the office ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/david...
- David Souter understood that the most important part of being a Supreme Court justice was being a responsible steward of the power entrusted to him ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/david...
- I agree with John Roberts, an anti-constitutional president is bad, and those with the power to rein him in have a responsibility do so. Now, to take a big swig of coffee and find out what John Roberts has up to lately
- Chief Justice John Roberts tonight spoke about how an independent judiciary has to "check the excesses" of the president: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
