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opadit@opadit· 21d

new rule for the Pennsylvania bar exam just dropped www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...

III. CONCLUSION

For all of the foregoing reasons, we hold that stare decisis does not compel our adherence to Russo, that Russo was wrongly decided, and that Sections 303(c) and 901(a)(2) of the Code violate Article I, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. In so doing, we further hold that Article I, Section 8 provides Pennsylvania citizens with greater protection than the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution as it relates to the open fields of any landowner that has demonstrated a reasonable expectation of privacy by taking sufficient steps to exclude intruders therefrom. Accordingly, the Commission’s officers, employees, and representatives, as well as any other government officials, must obtain a warrant based upon probable cause or satisfy one of the recognized exceptions to the warrant requirement before entering such property. For these reasons, we reverse the Commonwealth Court’s order.

opadit@opadit· Jun 19

LOL from www.ussoccer.com/stories/2026...

What is your must-go-to food stop when you go back to the U.S.?

I would say probably Wawa, Chick-fil-A, Shake Shack, Chipotle. Those are probably the four that I hit the most. Or a local Jamaican spot. I’m Jamaican, so I love Jamaican food.

opadit@opadit· Jun 19

I mean, for the love of all that is good and holy, what is going on here

snip of a document in progress:

In Times New Roman (don't @ me) size 12:

"of, inter alia, money damages, and accountin ...
attorney which is the subject matter of this A ..."

Then in Calibri size 11:

"Procedural History"

Then back to TNR size 12:

"TO: LAWYER NAME
Solicitor for the Defendant
Whose address for service is ..."

opadit@opadit· Jun 9

We don't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine.

"Bloom County" Sunday comic:

At the office of Steve Dallas, attorney at law: Divorces, Wills, Murder, Debauchery. Voice yells, "Where's my secretary?!"

Dallas at his desk, papers and books spilling everywhere, smoking a cigarette, bottle of liquor within arm's reach: "Oh, there you are. Pull up a chair and take a letter. It's to Fred 'The Cincinnati Strangler' Johnson ..."
Opus with a pad and pencil: "Right!"
Dallas: "Lessee ... uh ... 'Attention Criminal Pervert:"
Opus (writing): "'Dear Fred,'"
Dallas: "'Where the hell is my dough, you twisted goon?'"
Opus (writing): "'We still await payment of your legal fees.'"
Dallas: "'Don't forget who got you sprung on that technicality. I want the money. Now.'"
Opus (writing): "'Just a friendly reminder! Sincerely,'"
Dallas: "'P.S. Have you strangled your wife yet, psycho-brain?'"
Opus (writing): "'P.S. Give Mary Lou a hug for me.'"

opadit@opadit· May 31

Del. statute allows municipalities to give vote to entities in some circumstances & I'm not completely sure that ACLU didn't bring this as WHARRGARBL as opposed to something clearly reasoned & based on vote dilution caselaw; bemused benchslap from p. 17 to end courts.delaware.gov/opinions/dow...

"In my view, even if Plaintiff had made a 'vote dilution' or 'one person/one vote' claim under the Equal Protection Clause, it fails. Plaintiff does not assert facts that would adequately support such a claim. Plaintiff does not allege discrimination based on race or political partisanship, malapportionment among voting districts, that natural person voters are a minority or are politically cohesive, that entity property owners vote sufficiently as a bloc to usually defeat the preferred candidates of natural persons, that some votes are weighted or count more than others, or that Fenwick's Charter distinguishes between natural persons and entity property owners with the discriminatory intent to fence out natural persons based on how they are likely to vote."

"I appreciate that Plaintiff may disagree with Delaware's policy of authorizing certain municipalities to allow voting on behalf of entity property owners. Visions of faceless large corporations or even HAL, controlling, a small town are frightening and the stuff of science fiction. However, Plaintiff has not demonstrated that this policy violates the principle of one person/entity/one vote. Plaintiff points to no other persuasive independent authority than the Elections of the Delaware Constitution itself. And matters of policy are appropriately left to legislative bodies, not the courts."

opadit@opadit· May 29

the order is here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

ORDERED that Defendants shall, within 14 days of the date of this order,
(a) remove all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds, including
the front portico, that purports to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump
or any other individual besides President Kennedy;
(b) update the Kennedy Center’s official website to remove all references to the
institution as the “Trump Kennedy Center,” the “Donald J. Trump and John F.
Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts,” or any similar formulation;
(c) withdraw any trademark application officially referring to the Kennedy Center as the
“Trump Kennedy Center,” the “Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial
Center for the Performing Arts,” or any similar formulation; and
(d) file with the Court a sworn declaration from a responsible official of the Kennedy [Center that they've done the above]"

opadit@opadit· May 11

happy "-sniff- ugh, I shoulda taken advantage of the weather last week to get my parka cleaned" season to all who celebrate

Weather report:

"St. John's, NL
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opadit@opadit· May 8

counterpoint: nobody "earns" a billion dollars

Washington Post:

"Opinion
The Editorial Board

You can earn a billion dollars

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a low opinion of human potential.

Yesterday 7:33 p.m. ET"

opadit@opadit· Apr 24

"we" is doing some heavy lifting in this footnote -- the opinion was written by a Trump appointee (first term) but the other judges are Obama and Clinton appointees

12 We acknowledge that there has been criticism of the actual malice standard itself. See Berisha v. Lawson, 141 S. Ct. 2424, 2425 (2021) (Thomas, J., dissenting from the denial of certiorari) (emphasizing that the actual malice standard is a policy driven, judicially created doctrine that “bears no relation to the text, history, or structure of the Constitution” (quotations omitted)); id. at 2426–30 (Gorsuch, J., dissenting from the denial of certiorari) (explaining that due to modern developments of how news is delivered and how private citizens can easily become public figures on social media, the policy based actual malice standard likely no longer serves its intended goals); McKee v. Cosby, 586 U.S. 1172, 1173 (2019) (Thomas, J., concurring in the denial of certiorari) (discussing how the actual malice standard has no basis in the Constitution and urging the Court to return to the original meaning of the First Amendment); Counterman v. Colorado, 600 U.S. 66, 105–06 (2023) (Thomas, J., dissenting) (“New York Times and the Court’s decisions extending it were policy-driven decisions masquerading as constitutional law.” (quotations omitted)). However, unless and until the Supreme Court decides to revisit the actual malice standard, we must continue to apply it.

opadit@opadit· Apr 21

unbillably sitting in a Zoom waiting room to attend a hearing where I just need to make sure the Court received our notice taking our firm off the matter back in February

Brian O'Halloran as Dante Hicks in CLERKS (1994) thinking "I'm not even supposed to be here today"

opadit@opadit· Apr 15

TFW the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine issues a press release with a statement correcting your comments on Catholic doctrine www.usccb.org/news/2026/us...

WASHINGTON – In light of recent public comments regarding the Catholic Church’s teaching on war and peace, Bishop James Massa, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, issued the following statement:

“For over a thousand years, the Catholic Church has taught just war theory and it is that long tradition the Holy Father carefully references in his comments on war. A constant tenet of that thousand-year tradition is a nation can only legitimately take up the sword ‘in self-defense, once all peace efforts have failed’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2308). That is, to be a just war it must be a defense against another who actively wages war, which is what the Holy Father actually said: ‘He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war.’

“When Pope Leo XIV speaks as supreme pastor of the universal Church, he is not merely offering opinions on theology, he is preaching the Gospel and exercising his ministry as the Vicar of Christ. The consistent teaching of the Church is insistent that all people of good will must pray and work toward lasting peace while avoiding the evils and injustices that accompany all wars.”

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opadit@opadit· Apr 15

drop your crime-fighting Catholics

Anne Bancroft as Mother Miriam Ruth (left), Jane Fonda as Dr. Martha Livingston (right), in AGNES OF GOD (1985)

opadit@opadit· Mar 30

I'm not as smart as most of the other lawyers commenting on this settlement offer letter, so I'll just snip the footnote that would give me nightmares if the letter had been sent to me

17 We should also note that Exhibit 07 shows your participation in some of the planning and discussion on these issues. We may be in attorney witness territory, and that may influence how you advise your client about this offer.

opadit@opadit· Mar 27

hey, Third Circuit party people: I think this is the first AI case in the circuit court orders a reprimand; dissent (Roth) disagreed that Pa. R.P.C. 3.3 wasn't violated and would have gone further with discipline because lawyers should know better by now www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/242...

OPINION OF THE COURT
____________

CHUNG, Circuit Judge.

An attorney submitted a brief to this Court which
contained legal authority summarized and provided to him by
a non-attorney. The attorney failed to verify the legal authority
in any way. Unfortunately, the research contained myriad
inaccuracies. Even after learning of the inaccuracies, the
attorney neither read nor verified the existence of the
authorities and, nonetheless, submitted another brief casting
the mistakes as “immaterial.” Reply Br. 14. After submitting
both briefs, the attorney confirmed his suspicion that the
erroneous citations were generated by AI. Even so, he still
neither read nor verified the existence of the cited authorities.
To the contrary, the attorney made no attempt to remediate the
situation until we ordered him to provide copies of the cited
authorities and explain if or how he verified their accuracy. We
conclude that this course of conduct violated this Court’s rules
and will impose sanctions.

opadit@opadit· Mar 27

my sisters and brothers and others in christ how the absolute f-ck have my spring seasonal allergies started up

CBC webcam view of the St. John's harbour: rain on the camera, rooftops with some snow, wee parklet covered in winter snowpack, partially snow-covered cliffs in the distance

opadit@opadit· Mar 22

random Philadelphia suburb seen at 0:14:03 "run a computer search at once!" "yes, sir!" -beep beep bloop- "it's an unidentified spacecraft approaching"

1980s computer display with data fields that look like a sales database, with a customer or contact in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, USA

opadit@opadit· Mar 19

one of my English teachers in high school warned us that this is why you indicate numbers in words or in numerals, but never with both, unless you're drafting a cheque -- it has taken me until today, 40-some-odd years later, to actually see one of these in the wild

"It took the Respondent substantially longer than 3.5 hours to search, prepare and finalize fourteen (18) subpoenas. The Respondent avers that it took the Respondent much longer than the amount invoiced at 3.5 hours to complete these tasks."

opadit@opadit· Mar 13

opadit@opadit· Mar 11

Pam in "The Office" saying, "It's the same picture"

opadit@opadit· Feb 23

christ, what an asshole www.france24.com/en/france/20...

"In light of this apparent failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission and the honour of representing one's country, [Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot] has requested that he no longer be allowed direct access to members of the French government," the ministry stated.

Kushner will no longer have access to government ministers but would be permitted to continue his diplomatic duties and have certain "exchanges" with officials, the ministry said.

"Following the publication by the US embassy of comments on a tragedy that occurred in ‌France and concerns only our national public debate – which we ⁠refuse to allow to be exploited – ambassador Charles Kushner was summoned today to the ministry. He did not show up," a diplomatic source told Reuters.

opadit@opadit· Feb 19

docket entry #12 here (Soto Jimenez v. Bondi (0:26-cv-00957) District Court, D. Minnesota): www.courtlistener.com/docket/72221... sickos-yes-dot-gif

(Text-Only) MINUTE ENTRY for proceedings held before Judge Laura M. Provinzino on 2/18/2026: Show Cause Hearing.Court Reporter: Erin DrostSt. Paul Courthouse, Courtroom Video ConferenceTime: 2:00 p.m.-3:26 p.m., 3:45 p.m.-3:52 p.m.Total Time: 1 hour, 33 minutesAPPEARANCES:For Plaintiff(s): Erin LinsFor Defendant(s): David Fuller; Matthew Isihara Defendant Witness: Scott Ladwig. No Exhibits were used. PROCEEDINGS: Compliance with 5 Order Granting Petition discussed. For the reasons stated on the record, SAUSA Matthew Isihara is found in civil contempt of court. Beginning 2/20/2026, SAUSA Isihara is ordered to pay $500 for each day Petitioner is not in possession of his identification documents. Payment shall be made to the Clerk of Court for this District. The Government shall file a certification of compliance on the docket once Petitioner has received his identification documents. For avoidance of doubt, the coercive fine will continue until the certification of compliance is filed on the docket. No order to follow. Ordered by Judge Laura M. Provinzino. (TJC) (Entered: 02/18/2026)

opadit@opadit· Feb 18

he joyfully posted an account of his glorious day on social media and thought that the president's pardon erased his actions and made everything OK; the justices respond, essentially, RYFKM more of this, please -- if you're a lawyer and you know another who went J6'ing, file a complaint

If Calhoun was as involved as his posts indicate, then it is hard
for us to see how anything less than disbarment can be accepted
here. Accordingly, we reject the petition for voluntary discipline and
remand this matter for further proceedings. See ITMO Joshi, 315
Ga. 477, 483–84 (2023) (rejecting petition for voluntary discipline
and remanding the matter for consideration of additional serious
allegations).

Petition for voluntary discipline rejected. All the Justices
concur.

opadit@opadit· Feb 17

must be February in the North Atlantic

weather radar screengrab showing a band of stormy weather approaching the Avalon Peninsula of the Island of Newfoundland from the southeast

opadit@opadit· Feb 16

LOL "and keep the fucking sidewalk cleared like everybody else who can get a ticket for not complying with Philadelphia Code § 10-720"

5. Defendants are hereby ORDERED to maintain the President’s House Site in a clean and accessible manner, cleared of debris, snow, ice and/or any other impediment to public access.

opadit@opadit· Feb 12

my lawyer brain wants to tie this back to either my anti-Shapiro repost earlier today or the text message from a southeastern Pennsylvania private investigator last week (which I still haven't responded to)

e-mail from LinkedIn: "You appeared in 4 searches this week" with a couple of corporate logos

screenshot of LinkedIn page associated with one of the logos: the Pennsylvania Governor's Office of General Counsel

opadit@opadit· Feb 2

St. John's checking in on Groundhog Day; hopefully winter will end by June

backyard shed and 2 composters under a deep blanket of snow

Gov't of Canada weather for St. John's includes 2 weather alerts, an orange warning for a winter storm, and a yellow warning for coastal flooding. Current conditions are 0C/32F, air pressure at 97 kPa (28.79 in/Hg) and falling, mist, 100% humidity, wind out of the ENE at 60 kph with gusts up to 91 kph, wind chill of -9C/16F, visibility 2km.

opadit@opadit· Jan 27

the professional risks that some U.S. Attorneys continue to take on behalf of the administration are really surprising to me -- risking your wallet, risking future employment/insurability in private practice, risking your entire license to practice, and for (checks notes) this president

"Members of this Bar have a duty of candor to the Court. The Government’s response (Doc. 11) does not meet that standard. So U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe, Esq., and Assistant U.S. Attorney Joy Warner, Esq., must show cause why they should not be sanctioned."

opadit@opadit· Jan 8

OK, internet kindly identify the vehicle in the center of this screenshot (photo of our TV screen) just prior to the dénouement of LA BÊTE HUMAINE (1938) it's on a pre-SNCF line known as the Administration de chemins de fer de l'État; I can't tell if the vehicle is diesel or diesel-electric

screenshot from LA BETE HUMAINE (1938): a steam locomotive on the left moves forward towards a stationary rail vehicle, center, which is facing the steam locomotive on the opposite track.

WTF is the stationary vehicle?

opadit@opadit· Jan 5

What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you?

Bob Hoskins, THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY

After finding his usual driver isn't behind the wheel, Harold Shand thinks about the decisions he's made in his life.

opadit@opadit· Jan 4

TFW a signed print you bought 20-odd years ago is relevant again