Michael O'Connor

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Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor

@JDMikeJ

Crypto Lawyer; ex-Kraken; Geek; Penn Stater; Catholic; Husband to an Awesome Wife. Opinions are my own.

Washington, DC Beigetreten Mart 2012
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Michael O'Connor
Michael O'Connor@JDMikeJ·
That is not precisely true, though I understand your point. I think the most likely result here is that the Court points to the statute and says Congress meant to confer birthright citizenship and that an EO can't override the statute and thus there is no reason to address the constitutional question.
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Will Chamberlain
Will Chamberlain@willchamberlain·
You misunderstand the stakes. If the Supreme Court rules against the administration, Congress CANNOT prohibit birth tourism, because the children produced by birth tourism would be constitutionally entitled to citizenship. That's how insane the left's interpretation is.
Robert W Malone, MD@RWMaloneMD

9% of of all the babies born in the USA getting citizenship, based on either birth tourism - mostly from the CCP - or whose mother smuggled herself into this country illegally, is not ok and no way to secure a healthy future for Americans. If the Supreme Court doesn't restrict birthright citizenship, then Congress must -BEFORE the midterms. This is what the citizens of the United States want and require.

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Michael O'Connor
Michael O'Connor@JDMikeJ·
@bonchieredstate No, silly. The plan is to leave a half-finished ballroom just until the next Democrat President gets to do whatever they want with it.
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Christian Conservative@Christ_Conserv·
I just finished reading Scott Hahn and I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m coming home to Rome.
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Michael O'Connor
Michael O'Connor@JDMikeJ·
@ASFleischman He was a prosecutor. He has obviously had, at a minimum, the opportunity to observe a large number of defense lawyers.
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Andrew Fleischman
Andrew Fleischman@ASFleischman·
You know, I just can't imagine Justice Alito is the type of guy who'd be friends with a bunch of criminal defense lawyers. Anyway, CDLs have the least status and authority in the room, and that sometimes means speaking up carries costs. They gotta weigh those costs.
Kelsey Reichmann@KelseyReichmann

Justices play blame game over racial discrimination on Mississippi jury Alito: "This is the most timid and reticent defense counsel that I have encountered. Any competent defense attorney that I knew would have spoken up." courthousenews.com/justices-play-…

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Michael O'Connor
Michael O'Connor@JDMikeJ·
@politicalsock In some ways I admire it. At least she is open and honest about her goals. They are, of course, reprehensible goals. But better to have reprehensible goals and be honest about it than reprehensible goals and dishonest about it.
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Political Sock@politicalsock·
You just know Kagan and Sotomayor went and tried to counsel Ketanji Brown Jackson, explaining why this was the wrong fight and how her draft dissent could backfire on progressive causes. But KBJ just plows ahead. Outcome oriented on every case.
SCOTUSblog@SCOTUSblog

The court's first and only opinion for the day is in Chiles v. Salazar, on whether a Colorado law barring conversion therapy violates free speech. The opinion is from Justice Gorsuch and the vote is 8-1, with Justice Jackson dissenting.

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JJ
JJ@CanaanQuest·
@LinkofSunshine These people really expect to have 30 Years of their life fully paid for by the taxpayer ???
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Basil🧡
Basil🧡@LinkofSunshine·
I oppose the reforms lowering New York’s public union retirement age to 55. Fix tier 6 is very broken
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Michael O'Connor
Michael O'Connor@JDMikeJ·
This is my intuition as well. "While the text of the statute mirrors the 14th Amendment, we address only the intent of Congress in enacting the statute and leave for another day the intent of the 14th Amendment. It is clear that the intent of Congress in enacting the statute, etc. . . ."
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Shipwreckedcrew@shipwreckedcrew·
I suspect the Conservatives are going to point to the statute and tell the Admin. that it's problem rests there -- implying that the 14th Amendment is not a barrier, but at this point there already exists legislation, and that legislation needs to first be changed. That gets buy-in from the political branches and reshapes the debate into one about whether a statute passed by Congress is facially invalid in face of the 14th Amendment and its history. The liberals will scream the 14th trumps all, and I think the middle of the Court will not tip their hand in any way. This just starts the debate -- it does not end it.
Randy Barnett@RandyEBarnett

My prediction for oral arguments in Trump v Barbara tomorrow: more interest in the merits and less in “off ramps” than Kurt thinks.

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Michael O'Connor
Michael O'Connor@JDMikeJ·
@neoavatara Depends what it is. Much like Obamacare, once voter ID is in place, it becomes politically difficult for Dems to get rid of it. Not impossible if they have the political will. But they will pay a price for it.
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bitcoinprincess
bitcoinprincess@lilbernadette·
@emzanotti The only auto excommunication thing I know about is having an abortion, but there’s no formal process, and your priest doesn’t go. You just excommunicate yourself when you do that.
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Michael O'Connor
Michael O'Connor@JDMikeJ·
@emzanotti "Let me string together words that sounds Catholic-y. Excommunication is a good one. Ooh . . . anathema . . . That will really convince them I know what I am talking about."
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Michael O'Connor
Michael O'Connor@JDMikeJ·
@mls1776 @ilan_wurman Under what theory of constitutional interpretation does Congress play a role in changing the meaning of the Constitution?
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Mike Stern
Mike Stern@mls1776·
That’s not a minor difference. As someone who has casually read the arguments in this case, it seems to me that there is a plausible (not necessarily compelling) case for a sojourner exception, but none for an “illegal alien” exception (at least none that survives Wong Kim Ark). Even if one buys the sojourner exception, though, it seems to me that congressional action is required to change more than a century of practice.
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Ilan Wurman
Ilan Wurman@ilan_wurman·
Wow! On the eve of oral argument in the birthright case, Fordham Law Professor Tom Lee joins the fray -- and argues that the Trump administration is RIGHT at least regarding temporary visitors. Looking forward to diving in. And to seeing the usual suspects pounce. Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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Michael O'Connor
Michael O'Connor@JDMikeJ·
Except they say that "most" settle after the demand letter alone. 40% and > 50% are not the same. Also, both stats are nonsense. Businesses absolutely do not settle > 40% of cases based on self-drafted no-attorney demand letters. I can't even imagine that many settle based on well-drafted attorney letters.
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Ricky Shah
Ricky Shah@RickyShahatty·
@RobertFreundLaw 40% after the letter but 78% before seeing a courtroom are compatible.
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Zach@zachary_aman·
@JDMikeJ It’s a bench trial lol.
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Zach
Zach@zachary_aman·
State court is wild. What do you mean you will take my motion to dismiss under advisement and rule on it at trial? That defeats the purpose of the motion!
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Michael O'Connor
Michael O'Connor@JDMikeJ·
@donna_appraise @emzanotti @breeadail Christians do not throw their lives away, but we must all be willing to take up the Master's Cross for a worthy purpose. And the fitting worship of Almighty God is a worthy purpose.
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DC@donna_appraise·
@emzanotti @breeadail I think the Cardinal is wrong. He’s willing to martyr himself and faithful Christians. Israel doesn’t want that to happen.
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Deborah D
Deborah D@DeborahDou11570·
@emzanotti @breeadail Sadly,seems the Cardinal knew exactly what he was doing and what the response would be. He chose to change the message of today for Catholics from that of Palm Sunday to one of hate for Israel.
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Anna Lee - CRE Leasing Lawyer
Anna Lee - CRE Leasing Lawyer@CRELeasingLawTX·
I mean this sincerely - if you believe this about lawyers, don’t hire us. Please never call me! But if you devalue the work of transactional lawyers to this level, you’ll eventually have to pay for the work of litigators whether you value it or not
Zack Wright@cogitoautomate

@Codie_Sanchez Lawyers need to go out of business. They’re scam artists that charge insane amounts of money to understand language that’s purposefully written to confuse dumb people. ChatGPT changed the game 👀

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Michael O'Connor
Michael O'Connor@JDMikeJ·
@greggnunziata Yes, Melissa Holyoak for example is a well-known partisan hack, having previously earned Senate confirmation to the FTC. It couldn't possibly be that the Dems in the Senate are being obstructionist.
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Gregg Nunziata
Gregg Nunziata@greggnunziata·
Look, this is fine; courts appointing U.S. Attorneys has always been a bit odd. But it is, in fact, currently provided by law, and the Administration wouldn't have to deal with it if it would only nominate candidates who could earn Senate confirmation, rather than partisan hacks.
Bloomberg Law@BLaw

The House Judiciary Committee voted to advance legislation that would remove federal courts’ authority to appoint US attorneys, a process that has provoked the ire of Trump administration officials eager to install loyalist prosecutors. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/bi…

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