Staff writer, The New Republic. Law, democracy, and the courts. 49ers/Dodgers stuff too.https://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mlooyx6n7k22Great news. I hope it also mentions that Burke invented the high five. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlooyx6n7k22https://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mlonahrmzs22I’d missed that they identified four more sailors from the Franklin expedition the other week: https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/dna-matches-identify-four-more-sailors-franklin-expedition12 May 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlonahrmzs22https://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mlnvohpldk2yI’ll keep calling it the shadow docket because “interim” is misleading when applied to stays that effectively decide the outcome, as in many Trump-related cases over the last 17 months. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnvohpldk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mlnrz6gg422p“The America that represented wealth, freedom and institutional confidence feels like it belonged to a different era.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/business/china-trump-xi-decline.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share12 May 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnrz6gg422phttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mlmej5vows2wZhou Enlai, inspired by watching the Big Red Machine sweep the Phillies in the 1976 NLCS, promptly flies to Moscow to reverse the Sino-Soviet split [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmej5vows2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mlmblt5lfc2cThree years ago SCOTUS upheld a court order requiring Alabama to draw a second majority-minority district. This afternoon it brushed aside that ruling so Alabama could redraw its map and erase that district: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-243_f20h.pdf11 May 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmblt5lfc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mllv7cc5qk2cIt’s worth noting that, absent further intervention by SCOTUS, VRA §2 claims can still succeed post-Callais if the plaintiffs can show discriminatory intent by lawmakers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllv7cc5qk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mlk3vhh2fc2wIf you search “Wemby” on Twitter right now, a ton of the tweets are people begging sportsbooks to void their parlays because he was ejected.11 May 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlk3vhh2fc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mljzxhw5lc2wFun implicit admission that supporting his stance is not doing the right thing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljzxhw5lc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mljl4lm37k22Wrobleski should throw a no-hitter today IMO10 May 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljl4lm37k22https://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mlgvdzkm4k2fJ.D., what are you talking about, man https://www.alternet.org/jd-vance-civil-war/09 May 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgvdzkm4k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mlf5fhq6ic2sRunway should get a better CMS.09 May 2026 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlf5fhq6ic2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mle65qe7ik2gRecession indicator: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48712023/seattle-seahawks-sale-buyers-less-interested-nfl-expected08 May 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle65qe7ik2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mldziojvnc24Happy anniversary to all who celebrate!08 May 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldziojvnc24https://bsky.app/profile/mford.bsky.social/post/3mlcivjyru22aCOVID-19 was an escaped Chinese bioweapon, but it was no big deal and you shouldn’t get the vaccine, but it killed a lot of people, but they had it coming because they were already sick. Got it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:4d2snfeymcblmvoaxvgfs7i6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcivjyru22a