Josh Chafetz

Very important piece by Cerin Lindgrensavage and @davidasuper.bsky.social. This behavior by the administration is not only illegal, it is anti-constitutional. thehill.com/opinion/cong...

Congress rejected some of Trump’s proposed budget cuts. OMB is making them anyway.

President Trump and the Office of Management and Budget are accused of violating the separation of powers by attempting to unilaterally withhold funds that Congress specifically appropriated.

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No legislative veto. Hampered oversight. No agencies outside of presidential control. No attempt to meaningfully enforce the power of the purse statutes. This is the Court’s doing.

NYC currently has a shark problem
DC currently has a jets problem

there's only one solution

Diane Patterson @dianepatterson.bsky.social

NOT NOW, SHARKS

What kind of fascist hellscape is happing on Pennsylvania Ave at the Eastern Market Metro stop? These guys—seemingly all white, all men—have their faces covered, are carrying shields, wearing brown …

Anthropic is accusing other companies of--get this--unfairly copying their work. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/t...

American A.I. Companies Say Chinese Copycats Are Quickly Catching Up

The discourse around the Supreme Court term would be much improved, I think, if people focused on the center of the Court as being very much part of the GOP coalition, rather than focusing entirely on whether it is or is not doing Trump’s bidding specifically.

1/ I know we've all moved on to Barbara etc., but one observation about Slaughter.

In his conclusion, Roberts writes: "Th[e] President is not all powerful—not by any means." He then cites three cases: Milligan, Youngstown, and the Nixon Tapes Case.

This is in fact correct, which is why you’ll notice that no Senate Dems have been up in arms about McConnell’s absence.

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4/4 Congress is figured as a branch that needs to *be constrained*, but it is not a branch that can legitimately constrain the presidency.

This is not new--as I've repeatedly argued, it is very characteristic of how this Court sees Congress--but it is worth noting.

If you’ve never recalled a book from yourself, are you even an academic?

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Ah, *this* kind of fascist hellscape bsky.app/profile/john...

Johnathan Swag @johnswag.bsky.social

Patriot Front spotted in Washington DC near the capitol

TBH, I think Steve is giving the Court too much credit here. It's not at all clear to me that they've shown up with a fire extinguisher as opposed to, say, a bag of marshmallows and some hot dogs.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social

Iconic line from @stevevladeck.bsky.social here in response to Will Baude’s SCOTUS boosterism www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/o...

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2/ Each of those involve the *Court* imposing limits on the president in the name of the Constitution. None of them involve Congress constraining the presidency.

Indeed, Roberts approvingly cites Chadha in several places.

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3/ What is the implication? Just that--consistent with the literature on judicial self-aggrandizement--Roberts understands whatever (minimal) constraints on the presidency there are to be those imposed by the Court alone.

Once again, McConnell being absent from the Senate without resigning is *better for Democrats* than the alternatives.

Again, one way you know this is that Senate Democrats are not up in arms about what's going on here.

well, he endangered my life, but at least it was in the cause of decreasing my air quality

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew a vintage jet fighter at the Fourth of July air show over Washington, D.C., despite objections by federal air-safety regulators. The FAA initially denied his request, calling the aircraft too dangerous for densely populated areas. on.wsj.com/4eM6fEr

Exclusive | NASA Leader Flew His Vintage Jet at DC Air Show Over FAA Objections

The regulator initially denied Jared Isaacman’s request to fly in the Freedom 250 celebration, calling the aircraft too dangerous for densely populated areas.

Man, the author of the majority opinion in Slaughter is gonna be SO MAD when he reads what the author of the majority opinion in Cook had to say about agency independence from presidential control.

Really missing the artisanal feel of pre-AI email scams

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okay but just consider how much water that thing wastes every day for your "enjoyment" while billions of people worldwide lack reliable access to clean water, jamelle

Prior to the House of Lords Act 1999, Count Binface--who I assume is properly an earl--would not even have been eligible to sit in the Commons. Progress!

I don't understand the use of "but" in that second sentence

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social

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Each of those boxes contains between 4 and 6 smaller boxes.

Some of those smaller boxes contain hungry ferrets. Some contain ferret food.

It is up to you whether you want to try to feed the ferrets.

Am genuinely fascinated by the “how dare you, sir!” response when American troops get killed in a war that America started for no good reason.