Wesley

Public Defender. Professional snark, amateur nerd. Everyone deserves a zealous defense. #pdtwitter

[Wesley @theothermoore]

If I ruled the world, failing to link to the actual document when reporting on that document would be the only capital offense

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@ASFleischman I'm a trial PD, but criminal post conviction/habeas makes my job look almost hopeful. At least I don't operate with an explicit thumb on the scale against me at every step (just an implicit, systemic one).

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@prestonbouseman @OrinKerr What law are you relying on and how do these purported facts fit into those elements?

[Andrew Fleischman @ASFleischman]

Nobody offered straight probation needed to be detained before trial.

[Ari Cohn @AriCohn]

If puritans can't stop using "obscene as to minors" to infringe on adults' rights, it's time to eliminate the legal category entirely, make minors' rights coextensive with adults', and leave it all up to parents.

This is why restrictions are never truly "reasonable."

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@bassoosie @SaliferousGames @amyisquitebusy @AshleyGWinter https://t.co/wy42y12o8r

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@DIguanadon @senatorshoshana The difference is the actual viewpoint-based regulation of ideas versus images by the govt. Your personal value judgment of the relative "harm" doesn't change the basic fact that the 1A treats them very differently

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@hughmacken @BeecherDenys @schwatd2 @Jason_Garcia You can think what you want as a policy matter, but your legal claims are only based on your wishes and not reality. That's not the actual 1A standard, this is classic political speech, and there is no serious dispute that the speech here is protected.

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@EyeOnStalk @ASFleischman You've confirmed your presence in #2 from my last post by assuming "their own side" and that other opinions can "hurt" it.

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[Wesley @theothermoore]

@EyeOnStalk @ASFleischman I've noticed that this type of claim often rests on someone either being 1) completely oblivious, or 2) projecting their own partisan biases on anyone who defends people or speech they don't like, because it's impossible to believe that others have principles they themselves lack

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@RadishLord999 @BellanMelissa This is an embarrassing take that manages to not actually read the post while baselessly assuming a lot

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

Cards against humanity’s website explaining why they’re suing Elon is pretty fucking good

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

The NYPD spent $150 Million *extra* last year to catch people who weren't able to afford to pay the subway fare. They owed just $104,000.

$150 million could buy free fares (at going rate) for 95,000 poor New Yorkers per year.

Instead four people shot, including an officer.

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@Rook5326 @RyanMarino @medickimw Do you think fentanyl patches are just sticker with fentanyl powder dumped on it? Fentanyl itself doesn't magically go through skin. Do you enjoy being a clueless and aggressively wrong moron? If not, you may not want to pretend you know better than the actual doctor

[Medic Kim @medickimw]

YOU CANNOT UNDERDOSE, OVERDOSE, OR DOSE-EE-FUCKING-DO FROM TOUCHING FENTANYL

FENTANYL EXPOSURE IS NOT A THING. STOP TRYING TO MAKE IT A THING.

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@leaferi For example, a lot of people would consider the speech in Brandenburg v. Ohio (that established the incitement standard) to be hate speech against black people by KKK white supremacists, but it was protected speech: https://t.co/cdbrporlLR

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@leaferi Most of these are correct, but there is no 1A exception for "hate speech." What some/most people would label hate speech (which has no real definition in 1A law) is protected unless it meets one of the established exceptions, like defamation or incitement to imminent violence

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@Rook5326 @medickimw @RyanMarino Baseless panic, lies, and propaganda.

Also just because merely touching fentanyl won't actually do anything doesn't make it a good idea to just shove your hand to search an unfamiliar object or unknown substance.

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@VoxPrudentia It's not a hot take. Geese are evil creatures and killing them should be considered a public service.

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@Templarisback75 @JosephPoulin175 @xgigglypuff Oh look, he's got "prowhite" in bio and RTs posts hating dark-skinned video game characters as n-words. I'm shocked.

[Wesley @theothermoore]

@Templarisback75 @JosephPoulin175 @xgigglypuff I looked back and could only see her saying that other people aren't inferior to white people. If you think that's racist, then you're a moronic white supremacist with a persecution complex.