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No problem! -Me after agreeing to something that deeply inconveniences me

@pentamom65 @sfmcguire79 @LeahLibresco Unless we address the VERY REAL possibility that she deviously created an entirely new person in a plot to get a late exam and paid off some classmates to come to the hospital to feed her confidential exam information between contractions 🤔

@sfmcguire79 @LeahLibresco And the thing is that based on equity theory, it would be equitable, because having given birth just a few days before places someone at a disadvantage for something like a final exam. Whoever decided this is a moron.

Georgetown Law has told a pregnant student whose baby is due during exams that she must take the test a few days postpartum, with baby in tow. No early or remote exam since “it would be inequitable to all the other non-birthing students in her class.” docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

@CanPanicNow I'm doing the Christmas eve bail calendar this year and I will absolutely be showing up with a Santa hat until the bailiffs take it

@alittleleader Let them know silence in court is okay. It's fine to gather your thoughts/check something rather than trying to respond quickly and ending up babbling. Go over common offers for different case types and any jurisdiction specific rules on deadlines/submissions they should know

@alittleleader I'd let them know they might not have questions right away, but they will come up and it's still okay to ask later. Also, go over common acronyms prosecutors might use in offers or common programs (diversion, etc. if there are any and they have distinct names).

Our new class of public defenders is starting in a few weeks and now I’m old and supposed to train them. 🙈 So— newish PDs, what do you wish your supervisors had done to prepare you for the work better? What did mentors do that made a difference?

My heart is broken💔: As friends & family know, my wife was pregnant with our 2nd child, & about to begin her 2nd trimester. A few days ago she had severe pains, & bleeding, and had to go to the emergency room. There, it was discovered that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Devastated doesn't come close to what that feels like. Unfortunately for people like us, because of the current laws in the state of Texas, that was only the beginning of this nightmare. Jess (my wife) had an "incomplete miscarriage", and what needed to happen, what was best for HER, and her health, was to terminate the pregnancy, and get the baby out. The doctor gave her a medication that would move this process along, and sent her home. Where, apparently we would be handling it ourselves. We were told it might take a couple of attempts before it worked. I'll let you decide how you feel about that. After a long, painful night of the equivalent of early labor, the baby was still with her. So, we went back to the Emergency Center to get the 2nd dose. A new doctor was on call. He was an older man. You could hear him in the hallway as he said, "I'm not giving her a pill so she can go home and have an ab*rtion!". Being well aware that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. Then, he came into the room to say, and I quote: "Considering the current stance. I'm not going to prescribe you this pill". Then, just sent us on our way. The "CURRENT STANCE"?! Did he really just say that?! No one should ever have to hear their wife say: "Get this dead baby out of me!". Can you even imagine how that must feel? The pain, and the bleeding continued. So, we decided to go to another hospital, about an hour away. There was a female doctor on call there, and we thought we might have better luck. I should probably mention, the procedure to get the baby out is called a D & C. It's scary, & traumatizing, but sometimes necessary in situations like ours. Especially in emergency circumstances. So we get to the next hospital. They take Jess in, ask her a bunch of questions, do a new scan... confirm that the baby is still there, with no heartbeat, and then disappear... for hours. Only to come back in and keep asking the same questions over and over. It's becoming clear that they're primary concern is NOT my wife's health. Instead, they seem to be worried about the legalities involved. So, they decide it is not "enough of an emergency" to perform the D & C. They do, however, prescribe another, stronger, final dose of the medication for us to try again... at home. So, we go home to try again. Another long day/night of early labor pains. Only to discover my wife UNCONSCIOUS in the bathroom. Having to pick my wife's cold, limp body off of that bathroom floor, not sure if I was about to lose her, is something I will NEVER forget. She had to be rushed to the hospital. By this point she had lost so much blood, and bodily fluid, her body gave out. They were able to stabilize her, give her the fluids she needed, and we came back home yesterday afternoon. We were also able to confirm that our baby was no longer with her. Now, not only do we have to live with the loss of our baby... we have to live with the nightmare of what we just experienced because of political and religious beliefs. MY WIFE'S HEALTH SHOULD HAVE COME FIRST. PERIOD! God knows what mental and emotional damage this has done. If you consider yourself a staunch "pro-lifer" ... 1) You've never been through what we just went through, and 2) You should take a long, hard look in the mirror and reevaluate your reasons for supporting such a cold, barbaric, ignorant point of view. It's not that black & white, and it's never going to be. If you think your "Pray To End Ab*rtion" sign in your yard is "Christian", I suggest you revisit the teachings of Jesus and try again. If you support these laws that make ab*rtion illegal, and result in people being put through what we just were, you should be ashamed of yourself. I've never been so angry, or heartbroken... and the devastation I'm feeling must pale in comparison to what my poor wife is feeling.

Four hours of sleep over the course of two nights so I will either destroy someone's entire soul or burst into tears at the slightest provocation. Even odds on that one

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, that's for sure

I would hate to be the people going up against me in court today because it isn't even 6am and I am fucking RILED

Tomorrow Julia is going to be so pissed when she remembers today Julia left the gas tank on empty

@KBrizl @Mrs_CullenNase @ask_aubry I was a lifeguard and this guy learned my work schedule and came in every week. He would say "I don't feel like swimming, just talking to you" and then would stand directly in my line of sight and get mad when I told him he needed to move so I could watch the pool

@Mrs_CullenNase @ask_aubry Younger me would say "that sounds awesome, why are you complaining," but older me says "that sounds exhausting. "

How dare she talk to other men platonically.

@AmyRhody @LuluMcSideways @shawncbrown @ask_aubry But leaving the country also doesn't mean no means of contact...

@LuluMcSideways @shawncbrown @ask_aubry Was coming back to point out exactly this!

Sis, get off the Internet go to a lawyer and discuss back pay for child support and see how long he and his new girlfriend sticks around.

@LoonarLuna @Haemish857 @TommyLavinTST @ask_aubry Just go to YouTube and search consent as offering tea and you should find it

@Haemish857 @TommyLavinTST @ask_aubry Pls link?

WTF? R*pe is just one of his deplorables?

@WashSquareGirl @AnnaLogue75 @ask_aubry Right? Seems like anything that was forceful or stern would be categorized as "practically yelling" by him since all he wanted was for her to give in so any other reaction was going to be treated as "out of line"

@AnnaLogue75 @ask_aubry You'll notice he said she "practically yelled." I.E. she didn't actually yell. He just didn't like that she was being assertive in telling him to leave her alone after being nicer about it wasn't working.

Wait he thinks she was out of line?

@Bossey221 @CanPanicNow I can't claim to be an expert in anything, but I do know what it's like to have a lot of questions and not many connections in the legal field so feel free to DM me anytime with general legal world questions and I'll share anything I do know!

@JuliaZiegler30 @CanPanicNow Thank you! I’ve always wondered about the lawyers who work for DOJ, etc, who come from other states. I was going to ask one but worried she felt like I was undermining her credentials & that wasn’t it at all. I’m curious about everything.

@Bossey221 @CanPanicNow My understanding is that for federal jobs you tyoically just need to be barred somewhere in the U.S. Also, D.C. is a uniform bar exam jurisdicition so you could also take the exam in another UBE Jurisdiction and transfer the score (though this takes extra steps and money)

@JuliaZiegler30 @CanPanicNow I never heard of the Uniform Bar Exam, I’m gonna look that up. I’ve always wondered about the lawyers who work for the DOJ. Do they need to pass the DC bar exam? What’s their deal? Since moving to this area I’ve become curious. Esp w/everything going on! Hypothetical questions!

@Bossey221 @CanPanicNow But you definitely don't need to go in-state and can still pass the bar. Definitely look into if your desired state of practice uses the Uniform Bar Exam because then it really doesn't make a difference exam wise. I would just be wary if you're trying to move to Louisiana

@Bossey221 @CanPanicNow It is helpful to attend in the state you want to practice in for networking, especially if you don't have other tries to that state. I went out of state for law school but wanted to work in my home state so I was able to explain to potential employers the family connection.

@alittleleader @BlueDotHoosier It was amazingly helpful to me to reframe and realize I could separate the outcome from my performance. I.e. I got a cop to admit he lied in his report and changed his testimony the night before trial and I can still be proud of what I did even when the outcome hurts.

@alittleleader @BlueDotHoosier After I lost a trial a much more senior attorney asked me how I did and I said, "well, I wish I would have won." He said, "yes, but how did YOU do" and insisted on hearing the questioning that went well, etc.

PDs and other criminal defense attorneys— share how you manage your mental health in this job for our new class of PDs (and low key for me.)

@Dr_Radfem @jessicamccoy @ask_aubry Except there are a lot of problems with the anti-pimping laws too. They define it as anyone who profits off another's prostitution which has been in some cases extended to landlords and adult children of sex workers. Also anyone they pay to assist in screening/scheduling

His problem is that he's upset that women aren't obligated to have sex with him and that's because sex work isn't legal? What?