lex

law student, recovering history major

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

All Trump had to do to preside over a fun, non-partisan 250th birthday party for the country was literally nothing but he screwed that up too.

https://t.co/n02cMRmk3X

[lex @midlakemonster]

@ColdTakeCarter @sam_d_1995 we should do it again in 39 for the constitution’s birthday

[lex @midlakemonster]

@sam_d_1995 it actually breaks my heart that what should have been a national moment for all of us has been sacrificed at the altar of worshiping that vile fucking man. dc is my favorite city and I scheduled this July 4th when I moved out years ago, now I’m not even going back for it

[lex @midlakemonster]

@LinkofSunshine Yale should be ashamed they gave this man a law degree

[Peter Bonilla @pebonilla]

The second Trump term has been a neverending chorus of "well, why should America be exceptional?" and it's bleak and grating.

[Liam Fennessy @LiamFennessy_]

“Which is too bad for our country”

Wrong.

[lex @midlakemonster]

@ProfGrewal it’s a dissent who actually cares if she uses modern colloquialisms?? we read cases in law school riddled with slurs and that’s a lot more disturbing than being casual in legal writing

[lex @midlakemonster]

@thedeblunk41879 @Diamondkaapu @Arbeitologist I’m really sorry you don’t have the critical thinking skills to differentiate between private, intimate spaces and platonic, professional greetings like handshakes (also gender neutral bathrooms are a more common thing these days and they’re not harmful)

[DJ Branham 🗽 @DJBranham]

Common New World W

[lex @midlakemonster]

@Arbeitologist why is one kind of segregation acceptable to you when another isn’t

[lex @midlakemonster]

@whignewtons John Marshall is rolling in his grave

[lex @midlakemonster]

@noturtlesoup17 1776, give or take

[Dilan Esper @dilanesper]

The story-- we had a citizenship rule, Dred Scott violated it to screw over slaves, and the 14th amendment restored the old rule-- is pretty important and obviously true as a matter of constitutional law.

[lex @midlakemonster]

@KShabby16334956 sometimes parents are bad ken

[lex @midlakemonster]

@neontaster sex based segregation doesn’t become more acceptable bc it’s old

[eva @_glorianas]

a lot more people need to be honest that they want a certain degree of gender segregation implemented