Michael Petrino

D.C. trial and appellate lawyer. Senior Litigation Counsel at Tweets about legal stuff (mostly). Retweets at random. Opinions my own.

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

For each case, a federal court (including the Supreme Court) asks: (1) Who should decide? and (2) If it's the federal judicial branch, what should the decision be? We the People should pay more attention to the first question.

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

@DaveGilfeather @nylawho1 I agree with that! But now that we're down the clownish performative nonsense rabbit hole, I was responding to the inaccurate video of his struggling and the people suggesting he couldn't do a single rep.

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

@DaveGilfeather @nylawho1 Doesn’t explain why you’re intentionally missing the point of why this inaccurate video was posted

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

@DaveGilfeather @nylawho1 I don't disagree. But the video circulating is inaccurate. He did a lot of "stuff" before he struggled. It wasn't his first try. He can clearly do one proper rep at 135.

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

@Ontoudjtrump You're clearly wrong. If you zoom in, it says 45 lbs. So I'm not sure what you're game is, and I'll leave here.

[Bonchie @bonchieredstate]

Communists can never quite grasp that if you make Musk poorer, you make millions of others poorer in the process because unlike them, he actually creates value for others in society.

It's deranged.

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

Sixteen years ago today. Never forget 🇺🇸

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

@Ogre_42 @nylawho1 I don't disagree. But the video circulating is inaccurate. He did a lot of "stuff" before he struggled. It wasn't his first try. He can clearly do one, proper rep at 135.

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

@Ontoudjtrump @nylawho1 Is it not 135?

https://t.co/SiS8g8GtbB

https://t.co/HkgZ6M7Ph3

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

Shouldn't we be trying to make more trillionaires? Wealth is not finite. Covetousness is not a fiscal policy.

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire.

Let’s make sure he’s also the last.

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

@baseballcrank @NRO This is the right result in this case. Do you think that the doctrine should be eliminated altogether? If a court accepts your argument, you can't reverse yourself later (in the same case). Seems like common sense. What about other equitable (judge made) doctrines?

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

Justice Sotomayor's concurrence in Keathley, an opinion on which I expect few will comment, reflects that she has actually litigated before trial courts, an unfortunately uncommon perspective on the Supreme Court.

https://t.co/RxOSwIGnWQ

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

@KieranMaguire @GiuliaBould As with the disproportionate and unprecedented points deduction against Everton, this legal precedent will not be extended beyond Everton. People with power will suddenly realize where this leads, and they will stop it.

[Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* @EsotericCD]

Can we all just admit that, even if you hate Trump, the reflecting pool looks really great now?

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

@KieranMaguire @GiuliaBould As with the disproportionate and unprecedented points deduction against Everton, this legal precedent will not be extended beyond Everton. People with power will suddenly realize where this leads, and they will stop it.

[liz 💥 @lizaboth]

Someone has got to sit these Europeans down and teach them about the Pop Tarts Bowl

[James Kirchick @jkirchick]

People used to say Donald Trump was a poor person’s idea of a rich person.

Graham Platner is a rich person’s idea of a poor person.

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

I know it’s fashionable to hate baseball. I still love it. And this is beautiful. I remember the first time I hit a home run in a little league game, and it’s a great feeling I can still feel as an old…and as a short who could never dunk a basketball!

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

Dad and son are doing batting practice when his son launches one over the fence. Dad can't contain his excitement. Baseball is one of those sports where parents can be directly part of the work, throwing BP, playing catch, hitting grounders, etc

[Michael Petrino @mapetrino]

@japan_nobunaga This is an old famous show in the US, Seinfeld. The character’s surname is Costanza not Cartwright. Here’s the clip, which may not be useful to you if you don’t speak English, but here it is anyway.

https://t.co/7kZmFtKDQ6