MissNotMaam

Assistant Federal Defender, Capital Habeas Unit, Federal Community Defender for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Former Philly public defender.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Peace begins in the human heart, passes through relationships, takes root in neighborhoods and peripheries, and expands until it embraces the entire city and the world. Peace is built by promoting a culture that rejects violence, through daily gestures, education, and practical acts of justice. #PastoralVisit #Naples

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

NEW: Pope Leo XIV says that the Catholic Church’s teaching on sexual ethics must be less prioritized over “greater, more important issues.”

“We tend to think that when the Church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. And in reality, I believe there are much greater, more important issues, such as justice, equality, freedom of men and women, freedom of religion, that would all take priority before that particular issue.”

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Those who pray are aware of their own limitations; they do not kill or threaten with death. Instead, death enslaves those who have turned their backs on the living God, turning themselves and their own power into a mute, blind and deaf idol (Ps 115:4–8), to which they sacrifice every value, demanding that the whole world bend its knee. Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life. #Peace

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.

[Lee Merritt @LeeMerrittesq]

Mike Johnson has denied the request from Rev. Jesse Jackson’s family and Democrats in Congress to allow his body to lie at the U.S. Capitol, saying this honor is reserved for presidents and certain top federal officials. In contrast, Congress previously approved a special resolution allowing conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s body to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda, even though he was not a president or federal officeholder.

That contrast sends a painful message about whose lives and sacrifices are deemed worthy of our highest public tributes and highest public honors. This is not about protocol, it is about power and disrespect, a deliberate choice to minimize the legacy of a man who bled for this country’s promise of equality. We will not quietly accept this insult to Rev. Jackson, his family, or the movement he helped build.

[Elmo @elmo]

That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰

[nxthompson @nxthompson]

An extraordinary paragraph. https://t.co/4FH7q8XzSU

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.

[Orin Kerr @OrinKerr]

Officers arrest driver; they think he has a gun in the car, but lack PC. Search it anyway, finding gun. Govt argues this was a protective sweep to prevent girlfriend from accessing weapon. CA5 reluctantly suppresses; this doesn't fit protective sweep.
https://t.co/GyYbkmK6lU #N

[Impressions @impression_ists]

Edvard Munch, The Day After

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In becoming man, Jesus took upon himself our fragility, identifying with each one of us: with those who have nothing left and have lost everything, with those who are prey to hunger and poverty, with those who are fleeing their homeland to seek a future elsewhere, with those who have lost their jobs and those who are looking for work, with those who are exploited, with those in prison, who often live in inhumane conditions. #Christmas

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The Son of God, through whom all things were created, was not welcomed, and a poor manger for animals was his crib. The eternal Word of the Father whom the heavens cannot contain chose to come into the world in this way. Out of love, he accepted poverty and rejection, identifying himself with those who are discarded and excluded. #Christmas

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

Pope Leo teared up today as he heard the stories of migrants being abused by the Trump Administration.

He made a pledge to them to stand up against Trump’s raids: “The Church cannot stay silent before injustice. You stand with me. And I stand with you.” https://t.co/Nyp7mQkIwS

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Pope Leo — “Someone who says I’m against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life.” https://t.co/FIyIvUAYgw @cnalive @EWTNews @Valereports @madalaine_e @Pontifex @CMNEndtheDP

[MissNotMaam @AFish72]

Great work by Eric Zuckerman at the Arizona CHU!

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Utah death row prisoner Ralph Menzies wins appeal, Sept. 5 execution called off. https://t.co/V2UU6E14CA @UTNewsDispatch @kyle_dunphey @NAMICommunicate @taccommunicate @MentalHealthAm #deathpenalty

[MissNotMaam @AFish72]

@DavidAFrench . @DavidAFrench I love when you talk about your perspective as a parent of an adopted child. You are a thoughtful person and a mensch! Also, check your NYT email account. It’s unrelated but I argued a case before SCOTUS this year and emailed you re: your AO coverage of it.

[MissNotMaam @AFish72]

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[MissNotMaam @AFish72]

@KannonShanmugam That’s a nice looking cocktail!

[MissNotMaam @AFish72]

Happy birthday to me!

[Robert Dunham @RDunhamDP]

Court rules in favor of Texas death row prisoner on right to sue to seek DNA testing. https://t.co/hPV4b32nWm @SCOTUSblog @AHoweBlogger @TexDefender @TCADPdotORG @WTIUSA @innocence #RubenGutierrez #deathpenalty

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

At the end of his life, Pope Francis made one last symbolic gesture: he emptied his personal bank account to donate 200,000 euros to the prisoners he had long championed. https://t.co/ygnWUpALUO