Words at ballsandstrikes.org, and even more words in The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back Out now at tinyurl.com/originalismtrap !https://bsky.app/profile/audrelawdamercy.blacksky.apphttps://bsky.app/profile/audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app/post/3mmicyl3b222pThe Husband got a couple of funny action shots of me playing a silly little game23 May 2026 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmicyl3b222phttps://bsky.app/profile/audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app/post/3mmhntz2ous2pInaugural Reunions beer22 May 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhntz2ous2phttps://bsky.app/profile/audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app/post/3mmfkwwtx4k2rWrote about today's congressional hearing on court expansion Come for my good analysis, stay for this delightful political cartoon I found from like a hundred years ago about previous changes to the size of the Court https://ballsandstrikes.org/court-reform/supreme-court-expansion-republicans-house-judiciary-committee-hearing/21 May 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfkwwtx4k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app/post/3mmcl54j4ik2zJudge Reed O'Connor's courtroom in Forth Worth, Texas is nearly 1,800 miles away from Rhode Island Hospital The gender affirming care the hospital provides to young trans patients have nothing at all to do with him He has NO BUSINESS getting those kids' records https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/reed-oconnor-rhode-island-judge-shopping/20 May 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcl54j4ik2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app/post/3mmcmsngooc2sthis is even worse than regular forum shopping imo bc it's not just that Trump's DOJ hauled Rhode Island Hospital into court in Texas, hoping to get a judge more amenable to their BS it's that O'Connor, the judge on their shopping list, is *eager to be bought* https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/reed-oconnor-rhode-island-judge-shopping/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcmsngooc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app/post/3mmh5trxubc2qDigging out the jacket I wear once a year for my college reunions that I always plan to get dry-cleaned before the next reunion (and never do) At our 25th Reunion we upgrade from a class jacket to a class *blazer so I still have roughly another decade to get my act together22 May 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmh5trxubc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app/post/3mmh3hq7jek2qThis was the moment in @hellgatenyc.com's recap of Mamdani's Twitch stream fireside chat where I laughed aloud https://hellgatenyc.com/mamdanis-twitch-stream-needs-some-work/22 May 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmh3hq7jek2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app/post/3mmfm7axkcs2rTurns out when House Republicans called for today's hearing on "a threat to the Supreme Court’s legitimacy," they weren't talking about its centuries-spanning track record of replacing 'Rule By The People' with 'Rule By Well-Connected White Guys Named John'? https://ballsandstrikes.org/court-reform/supreme-court-expansion-republicans-house-judiciary-committee-hearing/21 May 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfm7axkcs2r