Ben Softness

likes include law, politics, and Roger Federer. Tweets are my own.

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

@BrianReganComic my sister and I were expressing shock at Trump’s Israel-Palestine outcome and her response was an homage to your telephone company bit

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

@RazOlsRF I’m as big a fed fan as you but wasn’t Roger 37 at that tournament? Still played out of his mind. Still keeps me up at night.

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

Loved joining @BrainTrustLive to talk law (in my personal capacity)!

[Brain Trust Live Pod @BrainTrustLive]

Have you lost track of all 91 Trump indictments + where they stand? Our resident legal expert @imsoftness is here to unpack it all! Plus, updates on the CA Senate race, both parties playing themselves on immigration, and the political chaos of Taylor Swift
https://t.co/5MzIret9lK

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

Had a great time joining @BrainTrustLive (in my personal capacity) to discuss recent legal news. Have a listen!

[Brain Trust Live Pod @BrainTrustLive]

It’s official: BTL is now a legal podcast! Okay, maybe not actually, but we promise that you won’t hear a more in-depth conversation about the latest Trump indictment. We’ve got our resident legal expert Ben Softness to take us through it! https://t.co/WVP6iOgqn4

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

@OrinKerr He might say he's distinguishing between a 3-judge panel's power to make circuit precedent and whether such a precedent counts as "clearly established" law for purposes of QI. But if a prior panel *held* the law to be clearly established on some point, the distinction dissolves.

[Brain Trust Live Pod @BrainTrustLive]

What an absolute nightmare of a session at SCOTUS! We needed someone to walk us through all the wild decisions of the last few weeks, so settle in for some exciting legalese (yes, that’s a thing!) with our resident expert @imsoftness. Don't miss it! https://t.co/W4SqzIaRPr

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

This is a crisis as dire as any. The fundaments of American society — things like democracy & the rule of law — only exist if people believe in them. They’re norms like anything else. And belief in norms comes from learning about them — their context and history and social value.

[Axios @axios]

New data out this week revealed dismal scores by eighth graders on a national U.S. history test. Experts are pointing to a devastating combination of polarization over school curriculums and pandemic disruptions. https://t.co/CKjuxVF1AQ

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

So loved joining you two!

[Lila Nordstrom @lilainchelsea]

.@imsoftness was kind enough to join us once again to explain all the legal news of the last few weeks! Go compliment him so he agrees to come back!

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

Such a pleasure to join these two!

[Brain Trust Live Pod @BrainTrustLive]

⚡️A Special Edition of BTL!

We promised a mid-week legal spectacular, and boy did we deliver! Real-life legal expert @imsoftness joins us to discuss the Fox/Dominion settlement, SCOTUS decisions, the Trump indictment, and so much more! Don’t miss it! https://t.co/0c9VpnMJ60

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

@lyft What do you see for me @lyft :)

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

Hopefully I’m not being duped by good marketing — just bought!

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

@lilainchelsea Lila endorsing Sinema is a twist

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

What is “for you” versus “following”? It feels like I have to read twice as much. Not willing. Reading way less now.

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

Curious how the players featured in #BreakPointnetflix will play in the #AusOpen now that the documentary is out and they’re more famous. So far Berretini out in R1, Kyrgios hurt, FAA down two sets … @PatrickMcEnroe @darren_cahill @bgtennisnation

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

McDonald is playing the #Federer playbook against Nadal to perfection. Hit hard, don’t fear the forehand, own the baseline. #AusOpen @PatrickMcEnroe @darren_cahill

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

@HoffProf @tesswilkry The GOAT

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

@cmclymer Charlotte the total tally is 216 to 212 to 4 to 2. Doesn’t that leave 3 more votes? How does that work? Just absences?

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

facade. Still remembering being asked to read a paragraph aloud in 9th grade English and saying "fa-kade."

[bailey meyers @baileymeyers]

hey kids who learned their vocab from reading, what word that you mispronounced still haunts you

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

FFS, the word is “anyway”

[Axios @axios]

What we know and don't know about the XBB.1.5 COVID subvariant https://t.co/CrxU4VwY9p

[Ben Softness @imsoftness]

@DougJBalloon Phenomenal