Elliott White 

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Equal Justice Works Fellow
Oklahoma -> Washington, DC
Tech Enthusiast, Philosophy Geek, and Animal Lover
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Currently ReadingWitches Abroad by Terry Pratchett

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The difference is just staggering.

OMFG

#SCOTUS says prosecutors improperly charged hundreds of #Jan6 #insurrectionists

Federal prosecutors improperly charged hundreds of #J6 defendants w/ #obstruction, the #SupremeCourt ruled on Fri, upending many cases against #insurgents who #invaded, #vandalized & #terrorized the Capitol to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ExtremistCourt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/28/supreme-court-obstruction-jan-6-trump/

Justices strike obstruction charge for Jan. 6 defendant, likely impacting others

Hundreds who attacked the U.S. Capitol have been charged with felony obstruction, among other counts, for disrupting the certification of the 2020 election.

The Washington Post

I highly recommend that people read Justice Sotomayor's dissent in this case. It's a difficult read, but important.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-175_19m2.pdf

Cities can now criminalize unhoused people sleeping in public areas.

Justice Sotomayor: “Sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime.”

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/28/nx-s1-4992010/supreme-court-homeless-punish-sleeping-encampments

#supremecourt #scotus #Law #Unhoused #housing #homelessness #homeless

Chevron has been overruled. Courts will no longer defer to agency interpretation of law when a statute is ambiguous.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-delivers-blow-power-federal-agencies-rcna145344

#chevron #chevrondeference #supremecourt #Law

Supreme Court delivers blow to power of federal agencies, overturning 40-year-old precedent

The Supreme Court overturned a 40-year-old precedent that has been a target of the right because it is seen as bolstering the power of "deep state" bureaucrats.

NBC News
Check out this sick new Macintosh dynamic wallpaper in macOS Sequoia! 🤩
PHOTOS: An Eclipse Party on the National Mall Looks To the Sky

Solar eclipse glasses were the attire of choice for the astronomical event.

Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.

Been trying this out secretly for the past few weeks — a "catch-up" timeline page. Did whole bunch of iterations, where I myself is the guinea pig, but this time reaching a point where I just got to share it out in the public.

- NOT final design, still very experimental, only on my local machine
- Instead of algo timeline, this is focused on data-grid-like UI for configuring exactly what I want to see.
- This honestly could be another full-fledged app/client by itself 🫠

#Mastodon