Adam Richardson

Adam Richardson

@ajrichar.bsky.social

Appellate lawyer (sigh) in Florida (sigh). Defund SCOTUS.

829 followers1K following5.1K posts

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Random Trek
@randomtrek.bsky.social

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) Season 7, Episode 25-26: What You Leave Behind Aired: 6/2/1999, Syndication 01:26:47.574

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Doug Lindner
@douglindner.bsky.social

I'm glad Judge Schiltz is speaking out, but if this is how he feels, why did he take senior status this summer, making yet another lifetime judgeship available for Trump to fill?

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

🚨An alarm is being sounded for the American public. Sitting federal judges go on the record with the NYT. On threats to democracy by DOJ/administration actions. Includes 90 minute interview with conservative Judge Patrick Schiltz. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...

nytimes.comTrump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns (Gift Article)In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

Nononono

Lawrence Solum@lsolum.bsky.social

Lucci on Birthright Citizenship and Complete Jurisdiction Eugene Lucci (Court of Appeals of Ohio, 11th District) has posted Complete Jurisdiction: The Opinion the Supreme Court Should Have Written in…...

legaltheoryblog.comLucci on Birthright Citizenship and Complete JurisdictionEugene Lucci (Court of Appeals of Ohio, 11th District) has posted Complete Jurisdiction: The Opinion the Supreme Court Should Have Written in Trump v. Barbara on SSRN. Here is the abstract: On June 30, 2026, in Trump v. Barbara, 609 U.S. ___ (2026), the Supreme Court held that children born in the United States to unlawfully or temporarily present parents are “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” and citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

Impeachment isn’t enough.

The Florida Trib@thefloridatrib.bsky.social

Democrats want to impeach Uthmeier, but accountability may rest with the voters Uthmeier, now under fire for his role in the Hope Florida scandal, has previously threatened mayors,… https://floridatrib.org/2026/09/02/democrats-want-to-impeach-uthmeier-but-accountability-may-rest-with-the-voters/

floridatrib.orgDemocrats want to impeach Uthmeier, but accountability may rest with the votersUthmeier, now under fire for his role in the Hope Florida scandal, has previously threatened mayors, county commissioners, and state attorneys with removal from office for failing to meet his legal standards.
Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

Thanks to whomever on here talked up Sugar. I had passed on it before even though I like Farrell because detective noir didn't interest me. But it's not just that! Phenomenal.

Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

@statesnewsroom.com @missouriindependent.com I don’t know how you guys got tricked into running this. The Daubert standard is not pro-consumer or pro-patient, but pro-corporation. It’s used to prevent plaintiffs from holding negligent actors—especially doctors and hospitals—accountable.

missouriindependent.comMissouri should dump the use of junk science in its courtrooms • Missouri IndependentMissouri patients deserve confidence that the science presented in our courtrooms is credible, reliable and grounded in evidence. When unreliable expert testimony is allowed to influence juries, the c...
Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

None of these people can be trusted to wield the judicial power of the United States. Not one. All of them should be impeached and removed.

patrick mcneil (he/him)@patrickryne.bsky.social

Senator Blumenthal responded: "Your failure to basically speak truth to this committee I think indicates that you will fail to speak truth to power if you are confirmed as a judge on the court of appeals. The rehearsed and regurgitated language that you've given us today, I think, is disqualifying."

Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

Uthmeier is a shameless, unprincipled, theocratic fascist drunk on the power he believes himself to have.

Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social

NEW: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, facing ethics inquiries for misconduct, has threatened to strip state scholarships from Catholic schools unless the Church rewrites its vaccine doctrine. It is an unprecedented attack by an American state on the religious liberty of the Catholic Church.

thelettersfromleo.comFlorida’s MAGA Attorney Threatens to Defund Catholic Schools Over Vaccine MandateFlorida’s attorney general gave the bishops until August 7 to accept vaccine exemptions their own doctrine calls dishonest. Nearly nine in ten of the state’s Catholic school students sit downstream.
Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

Ooooooooooo

Bloody Disgusting@bloody-disgusting.com

It's true. Adam Wingard's new A24 movie ONSLAUGHT is a stealth sequel to THE GUEST. Same universe. Same town. Wingard explains, "The idea is that the secret programs we’re seeing going on here are other aspects of the same thing David’s character came from in The Guest."

Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

The sneering contempt!

Doug Lindner@douglindner.bsky.social

MSNBC: Clarence Thomas why are you in the Capitol Building? Clarence Thomas: lol @ the mere concept of answering for the way i wield massive government power for 35 years and counting

Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

Apropos a couple decisions this week: I’m still not sold on the idea that there is a presumption of continuity in meaning when constitutional language is carried forward from one constitution to the next. The best justification for public meaning originalism—the one most originalists use— 1/3

Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

is popular sovereignty. How does that work if you’re saying the adoption of a new constitution by one polity at time Y doesn’t update the meaning of a provision originally adopted by a different polity at time X unless there’s some particularly persuasive evidence to rebut the presumption? 2/3

Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

Perhaps the Journal should have talked to lawyers about their experiences, sometimes pretty negative, with reporter-produced transcripts.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com

Court reporters outmatch the technology in skill, but their profession faces another crisis: a shortage of workers. on.wsj.com/4v8kyIW

on.wsj.comThe threat to the lucrative field of court reporting isn’t that AI can do the job better. It’s that too few humans are going into the profession.Court reporters outmatch the technology in skill, but their profession faces another crisis: a shortage of workers.
Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

If a panel of three judges issues a decision without written opinion, but two judges concur in a written opinion labeled a concurrence, what’s the precedential status of the “concurrence”?

Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Bloody Disgusting@bloody-disgusting.com

A sequel to IT FOLLOWS from returning director David Robert Mitchell, THEY FOLLOW is expected to enter production this summer. Maika Monroe & Naomi Ackie starring. In the sequel, the threat is now EVERYWHERE.

Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

A lawyer shouldn't do this to a former client.

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

BREAKING: Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed James Talarico: “I defended Ken Paxton for years in the impeachment trial and in state criminal cases. But in my view, I think Ken has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas.  That’s why I'm supporting you.”

Adam Richardson
@ajrichar.bsky.social

We should have done this in 2021, but it’s still worth doing if we get a trifecta in 2029: Eliminate as many seats on each lower court as there are Trump II appointees, by order of ascending seniority to kick those appointees off, and then pack the lower courts.

patrick mcneil (he/him)@patrickryne.bsky.social

Many of Trump's second-term judicial nominees share his commitment to resegregating American institutions. For that, they are being rewarded with lifetime judgeships (and yes, almost all of them are white). My new @ballsandstrikes.org piece: ballsandstrikes.org/nominations/...

ballsandstrikes.orgHow Trump Is Making the Federal Judiciary White AgainMany of the president’s nominees share his commitment to resegregating institutions across the federal government.

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WeRateDogs
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This is Eddie. He has been waving for over a decade and has gotten pretty good. Can even do it with both paws. 13/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: the_adorable_eddie)