Rory Margraf

Attorney. Author of the children's books, I Know My Rights and I Own Myself. Occasional opinion writer.

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

#Civics #LiveEducated #LiveFree

[Clark Neily @ConLawWarrior]

If somebody tells you they need absolute immunity from civil liability—even for intentional civil rights violations—they’re telling you exactly who they are and what their vocation has become. And we should listen.

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

Separation of Church and State is literally in the first sentence of the First Amendment.

Read the Constitution.

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

Kinda cool that I can finally put attorney in there! #attorney #lawyer

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

First day in court as a licensed attorney.

Attorney: Your honor, have you met Rory?

Judge: Good morning.

Me: Good morning, your honor.

Judge: *squints* You were the guy in the elevator with cookies this morning.

Me: *chuckles* That was me. ... Would you like one, your honor?

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

After checking my email several times this weekend to make sure I wasn't dreaming, I can officially say I passed the bar! On to the next step! #barexam #attorneys

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

Bar exam really takes it out of you 😅

[Is it market? @isitmarket]

My third year associate told me they were burnt out today. I noted their concerns and sprayed them down with a hose. Mental health is important here.

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

@SummitLibraries Did I pull off the miracle? 😅😅

[Trace Mitchell @TraceTheLaw]

In IJ’s unconstitutional traffic stop case in Texas, the officer said he wanted to search our client’s truck as he was acting suspicious.

But our client was calm and forthright throughout the entire interaction! So, what will an officer label “suspicious”?

A shocking amount:

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

@TraceEVMitchell The TSA uses many of these in their guidelines for identifying potential threats. My favorite is whistling while approaching security, followed by complaining about security.

[Clark Neily @ConLawWarrior]

Constitutional litigation mostly comes down to who bears the burden: the govt to justify its restriction of freedom, or the citizen to justify his/her exercise of freedom. When the govt’s required to offer serious, non-fraudulent reasons for restricting liberty, it usually fails.

[The Fourteenth Amendment @USConstAmendXIV]

This would violate me.

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

Admit nothing. Deny everything. Make counter-accusations. #AprilFoolsDay2023

[Clark Neily @ConLawWarrior]

/1 Prosecuting Trump represents a challenge that no one’s talking about, which is that unlike most defendants he almost certainly cannot be coerced into pleading guilty. That wouldn’t be such a problem if they had him dead-to-rights on a serious crime like murder. But they don’t.

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

Highlight of the week was being approached by two lads to ask if I had ever played hurling, recruiting for the local GAA. Every club needs a big ginger to be a general disruption on the field 🤙🍀 #StPatricksDay #hurling

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

@MightyHeaton 298 on the bar? Dang, that thing could get licensed anywhere. Even Alaska!

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

Ninety-nine decision street
Ninety-nine ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it, boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As ninety-nine red balloons go by... 🎶🎵🎶

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

Ninety-nine red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
Where ninety-nine red balloons go by... 🎶🎵🎶

[Clark Neily @ConLawWarrior]

You own this, SCOTUS--you own every single blow rained down on this defenseless child. Maybe stick to interpreting civil right laws instead of judicially amending them to create bogus immunity defenses for brutal thugs like this, waddayathink?
#endqualifiedimmunity
@AbolishQI

[Rory Margraf @RoryMargraf]

Nothing makes me question how humanity rose to apex predator more than holiday travel.