Sam Libby
Bad at bios, good at takes. Lawyer, @utexaslaw.bsky.social🤘 @Dartmouth. Opinions my own. He/him. RTs = endorsements except when they don’t.
- The crazy thing about this era is that this could refer to any number of things. Arbitrary ICE raids. Planes falling out of the sky. Nuclear war. Trump II has it all!
- This is an outrageous policy change. Also, if you’re gonna do this then you gotta do it for drivers, too right? Given those are obviously far far more dangerous vehicles. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/02/p...
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- NYC is so great for tourists that we’re going to criminalize Citi bikers who blow through a stop sign / red light
- Doug Jones has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever, round 2
- Tommy Tuberville is reportedly running for governor, which would mean there's an open Senate seat in Alabama in 2026. yellowhammernews.com/tuberville-r...
- DOJ files notice that intends to appeal Judge Boasberg’s order finding probable cause for contempt
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- What even is a writ of mandamus anyway? Asking for…the DOJ
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- If there’s one thing that courts love, it’s duplicative litigation
- Broken clock is right twice a day, pun intended
- President Trump said Congress should "push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day" in a post on Truth Social. By @chandelis.bsky.social
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- Can Andy Oldham really be on SCOTUS watch when he’s like 5’6”?
- Paul Clement, welcome to the Resistance?
- Complaints hit the DC federal docket this morning from Wilmer Hale and Jenner & Block challenging Trump's executive orders targeting the two law firms. From last night: buff.ly/H3GRusA Wilmer: buff.ly/M2R6FEX Jenner: buff.ly/mSzxa5a
- Rule of law status update: intact, barely…
- DC U.S. Attorney Ed Martin personally asked a judge for authorization to seize funds related to a Biden administration green program. The judge said they failed to show a reasonable belief that a crime occurred. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
- I prefer when America is run by Americans, not South Africans
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- They were told by HR from that district not to respond
- Federal law clerks have received the email
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- I’m not sure—not that lucky yet!
- ז״ל 🧡
- In The Case for Proactive Bar Sanctions, 102 Texas L. Rev. 1135 (2024), I argue that state bar authorities must proactively initiate disciplinary proceedings against lawyers whose lies affect the administration of justice. I see no reason why the same shouldn’t apply to Alex Spiro’s conduct here
- READ Danielle Sassoon's letter to AG Pam Bondi, via @nytimes.com: "Rather than be rewarded, Adams's advocacy should be called out for what it is: an improper offer of immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal of his case." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
- Updated story: the judge convened a videoconference hearing and granted the order within an hour of the filing - during the Super Bowl. Not sure I have ever heard of a court moving that fast.
- Venezuelan Migrants Ask Court to Block U.S. from Sending Them to Guantánamo The three men, who are detained in New Mexico, say they “fit the profile” of the type of migrants the Trump administration has started sending to the Navy base. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...
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- Swing and a miss on this joke I guess
- But would this have happened if the game didn’t suck this bad?
- You have to swing at strikes, and the Administration is pitching a faschy perfect game
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- Do you know why it’s unsigned?
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- Isn’t standing their “best” argument under existing precedent? Ignoring, of course, the broader theories of states’ standing that emerged during the Biden years
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- Courts did eventually end up sanctioning several lawyers after many years and many unnecessary, costly proceedings beforehand. State bars have the power to act far sooner to hold Big Liars to account: texaslawreview.org/the-case-for...
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- Not necessarily. It’s common for plaintiffs to forum shop and try to find the best court for their claims regardless of what the standard is. I think it’s fair to judge them for that decision, but I wouldn’t say it’s out of the ordinary
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- Fair question! I’d defer to any Iowa practitioner on that. Possible there might be procedural advantages (I.e., a lower pleading standard)
- In-state defendants can’t remove a case to federal court on diversity jurisdiction grounds under 28 U.S.C. 1441(b)(2)
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- Does this raise Dormant Commerce Clause implications?
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- To me that looks like a lot of options in a blue wave year…
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- Isn’t the map ME, NC, and two of KS/IA/TX/OH/AK? Seems to me you could get AK, TX, OH, or KS with strong Democratic challengers in a Dem-friendly year, rather than just going off the PVI. Maybe even MT if Tester runs again
- I’ll echo this from my UT Law tenure (2020-2023). @stevevladeck.bsky.social always supported students regardless of ideology. Whatever you may think about the merits of judge-shopping or appearing at Federalist Society events, he’s been respectful of contrary opinions
