Matthew Carpenter

Land use attorney and suffering Wolfpack fan

[statefansnation @statefansnation]

Totally agree! I will be in Carter-Finley on Saturday night ready to give CJ a standing ovation when he first steps on the field.

Now that everyone has had a moment to wallow, it's time to put on our big boy pants and be a good human being and show the world what makes the NC State community special. We can't brag about being the best fans in the world if we don't act like the best fans in the world.

Carve away all the ramifications, nuances and layers related to NIL and college sports now being professional. Sure, that changes the conversation and 'justification' for criticism -- but, at the end of the day, CJ is a Wolfpacker who is a part of our community. He's a member of the family and we all know that he is in need of being uplifted and supported right now. As long as he is here, he will have 100% of my positive energy and support.

As fans, we are being given an opportunity to rise above the pettiness of sports and games and meet the challenge of supporting our family. I certainly hope that we can all come together and deliver for the young man.

[Matthew Carpenter @mattcarp34]

@statefansnation He has been everywhere.

[Ben Hunt @EpsilonTheory]

Citizenship oath ceremonies are the living essence of the United States. They are truly what sets us apart from every other nation. What this administration is doing to block new citizens is profoundly un-American and is a stain on our national soul.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

JD “I don’t give a shit” Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the “highest and best use of the military.”

Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird?

Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial or representation??

What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is to glorify killing someone without a trial.

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

Weird. White House boasting about the president unilaterally raising $150 billion in tax revenue off American businesses and consumers.

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

“The message from history is so blatantly obvious—that
free trade causes mutual prosperity while protectionism
causes poverty—that it seems incredible that anybody
ever thinks otherwise. There is not a single example
of a country opening its borders to trade and ending
up poorer.”
- Matt Ridley

[FIRE @TheFIREorg]

Whether you support him or not, President Trump’s systematic retaliation against law firms like Susman Godfrey for representing clients or causes he opposes is more than an attack on those firms — it’s an attack on the rule of law itself.

Lawyers make easy targets. But as John Adams knew when he defended the British soldiers on trial for the Boston Massacre, securing our rights and freedoms depends on their efforts to uphold the rule of law and defend the unpopular.

If you’re being prosecuted, suing the government for violating your rights, or challenging an unconstitutional law, you need a lawyer. And you shouldn’t have to worry about whether the government will retaliate against the attorneys who take your case.

Worryingly, there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight to these executive actions that threaten to chill First Amendment-protected advocacy, undermine the right to counsel, and erode due process. President Trump announced that five more executive orders targeting law firms and their clients are forthcoming, even after courts blocked three earlier orders for likely violating the Constitution.

The use of executive power to punish opponents is neither new nor confined to a single party, but we should always be alarmed by such unconstitutional overreach. Today’s tactics can just as easily be turned against the views or causes you support tomorrow.

For nearly 250 years, America has been a nation of laws, not men. Our heritage of freedom and due process demands that legal processes remain accessible to those with grievances. Access to counsel is a critical part of that liberty.

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

JD Vance holds a JD from Yale Law (and so do I). Presumably, he knows that he is disregarding the law here, and being deceptive about the protections it affords.

Non-citizens physically present in the United States, regardless of their immigration status, are entitled to due process protections under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. It is not relevant whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia is sympathetic, or how much you believe an (apparently shaky) claim from an informant that he had gang connections. The disposition of this case, based on a judge’s review of the facts, was to grant Abrego Garcia protected legal status, preventing his deportation. Abrego Garcia‘s due process rights, under the law, required the government to go back to immigration court and make the case, if they wanted to terminate that protected status. There is no good faith legal reading in which his right to due process was respected; indeed, the government has conceded that it erred, and is essentially arguing that it doesn’t matter enough to address it. This is because they assume people will not care. But everyone in the United States should care—we all depend on these basic legal rights being predictably upheld.

[Matthew Carpenter @mattcarp34]

@CoachKeattsNCSU Thank you coach for a once in a lifetime run last year.

[Matthew Carpenter @mattcarp34]

@c0ldslaw This is egregious revisionist history on all counts. Thought maybe it was sarcasm.

[Matthew Carpenter @mattcarp34]

@MichaelTracey_ @InsidePackSport Imo it shows Keatts gets tremendous effort and buy in from his players. Recruiting and roster management have been an issue

[Matthew Carpenter @mattcarp34]

@joshwgoodson Disagree. Both Anae and Gibson were better coordinator hires when they were hired. Clear upside/potential for both. Neither of the new hires have much prior success to point to. You’re right, they “could be good” but not much to support that.

[Matthew Carpenter @mattcarp34]

@joshwgoodson Also, not representative to pick just those four years. Have to look at entire tenure.

[Matthew Carpenter @mattcarp34]

@joshwgoodson I haven’t looked recently, but I believe Sheridan and Holtz had four year stretches that were just as good, if not better (maybe fewer total wins since they played fewer games)

[Matthew Carpenter @mattcarp34]

@jasonc_nc This is one of the biggest issues in plan review - the late stage new comments.

[Matthew Carpenter @mattcarp34]

@PackInsider Play worked. Just have to hit the layup.

[Matthew Carpenter @mattcarp34]

@DC_Draino Agreed with much of this until the last paragraph. Working in the office, social interaction, and 15 minute cities go hand in hand. WFH became so popular because of crazy commute times created by suburban sprawl.

[RBT @SamuelBrownRBT]

As a lifelong Alabama fan this nonsense is starting to blow my mind.

Yes, the SEC is 99% still the best conference from top to bottom. But to imply you’re so unbelievably far ahead of everyone else by constantly using hypotheticals to justify why all your teams have multiple losses is just delusional.

Why did Vanderbilt beat Alabama when Vanderbilt lost to the 15th place team in the Sun Belt?

Why did Tennessee lose to Arkansas when Arkansas lost to arguably the worst team in the Big 12?

Why did Ole Miss lose to Florida when Florida got obliterated by ACC Miami?

Maybe, just maybe NIL actually changed the game. Maybe, just maybe anyone can beat anyone on any given weekend.

No, you don’t deserve 6 out of 12 playoffs spots during a down year just because your biased opinion has you believing your team would win a different conference in an alternate universe…

I mean if Vanderbilt can lose to 15th place Georgia State & beat Alabama + take Missouri, #1 SEC Texas & LSU down to the wire…how can you justifiably claim your conference is so good that you’d run the table in the other power 4 conferences? Because of your opinion? Delusion

This doesn’t mean you aren’t the best conference, btw. You just aren’t as good as you think.