David Noll

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David Noll@david· Jul 12

Great point here from Commissioner Slaughter. The usual way of thinking about settlement breaks down when core institutional values are at stake.

“Settlement is always a risk calculus question because litigation can be expensive, and there’s reputational costs even if you win, and I get that as a general matter, speaking broadly,” she said. “But I think it is a very different calculus when your entire institutional reputation is staked around integrity, principle, independence — literally, truth and light. That is the motto of the University. It is not what’s the most economically expedient.”

David Noll@david· Jul 11

Terrific rundown of the Court's dishonesty about the historical record in Slaughter and Cook. This detail in particular stuck out to me.

This misleading treatment extends to early American presidents, whom Roberts portrays, to a man, as adherents of the Unitary Executive Theory. Jefferson and Adams, Roberts writes, both agreed with Washington that it was their “‘indispensable duty’” to remove officers who—in Roberts’ words, not Washington’s—“failed to live up to [their] expectations.” Why might Roberts have chosen to substitute his own words for those of our first chief executive? Perhaps because what Washington actually wrote was that removal of an officer was an “indispensable duty” when that officer “is f[oun]d incompetent, remiss in his duty, or pursuing wrong courses”—a list strikingly similar to the “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office” for which President Trump was permitted, under the terms of the Federal Trade Commission Act, to remove Rebecca Slaughter. In fact, as Joseph Story explained nearly two hundred years ago, the few removals Washington made were for cause, a model of “moderation and forbearance” that was followed up until Andrew Jackson’s presidency.

David Noll@david· Jul 9

Did not realize the Sherman Act was a covert effort to nationalize Jim Crow.

David Noll@david· Jul 7

This lawsuit alleges--credibly in my view--that the administration shared highly confidential information about individuals fleeing persecution in Iran with the Iranian government then allowed Iran to select who would be sent back to Iran on mass deportation flights. www.citizen.org/wp-content/u...

33. In connection with their immigration cases, the Iranian detainees had previouslydisclosed detailed information about their identities, families, political opinions, religions, and thereasons they feared the Iranian Government. The detainees contributed this information to theirasylum application files in reliance on the confidentiality protections provided by federalregulations, with the understanding that the information would not be shared with the IranianGovernment.34. Many of the Iranian detainees did not consent to meet with the Iranian InterestSection officials but were required to do so by ICE.35. According to Iranian detainees who met with an Iranian Interest Section official,the official had knowledge of their immigration cases, including the details of their asylumapplications. These nonconsensual meetings with the Interest Section official solidified thedetainees’ belief that they had been identified to the very same repressive government that theyhad fled.

David Noll@david· Jul 7

Another nice example of how vacuous "did the Court give Trump what he wants?" is as a metric. The more important question is what ideological vision the governing majority of the Court is pursuing, and it's one that's irreconcilable with the rule of law and a functioning federal government.

I’m not saying that the other four are perfect paragons of judicial impartiality, and that ideology never factors in. I am saying that, on a substantial number of very high-stakes cases, we saw two or more of those four Justices reaching results that go against their conservative ideology, that yield nonconservative, anti-Trump, pro-liberal outcomes. I don’t think there’s any way to ignore that. If all nine Justices just did what I accused the five political Justices of doing, the world would look very different right now. Like, this isn’t just an academic argument. We would have more tariffs in place, and have a substantially narrowed version of birthright citizenship. We’d have no allowance for mail-in ballots coming in after the date of the election. We’d have National Guard on the streets in Chicago and perhaps elsewhere. We’d have very limited access to mifepristone. So, it really does make a difference.

David Noll@david· Jun 28

Here's a counter-form if anyone wants one. Feel free to copy, reuse, remix, etc.

CIVIL RIGHTS WARNING NOTICE
YOU MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW

Recipient (Officer/Agent Name & Badge No.): _______________________________
Agency/Unit: _______________________________

This Notice is served by a private citizen and/or civil rights observer. It is not issued by any government agency. Its purpose is to formally advise you that your conduct may constitute a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 241 — Conspiracy Against Rights.
This Notice officially informs you that under 18 U.S.C. § 241, it is unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to them by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of their having exercised such a right. It is likewise unlawful for two or more persons to go in disguise on the premises of another with intent to hinder the free exercise of any such right.

Such rights include, among others, the rights secured by the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments—including the right to free speech and assembly, the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, the right to due process of law, and the right to equal protection.

Penalties: A violation of § 241 is punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment of up to ten years. If death results, or if the acts include kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, the term may extend to any number of years, life imprisonment, or capital punishment. Related conduct may also violate 18 U.S.C. § 242 (Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law).

You are advised that this conduct has been observed and may be documented. Receipt of this Notice may be taken into consideration should you continue in the conduct described above. You are requested to promptly cease and desist from any such behavior.
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David Noll@david· Jun 27

David Noll@david· Jun 27

For all we know, this is someone at McGuire--and we all saw the scrupulous, unconflicted advocacy they provided to UVA when DOJ decided it needed a new president.

David Noll@david· Jun 25

Left: Justice Alito's description of the record in the TPS case Right: Former Secretary Noem

None of the cited statements by either the President or
the Secretary was overtly racial, and in substance all ex-pressed policy views that could rest on race-neutral justifi-cations. For example, one may oppose TPS and favor
tighter restrictions on immigration for economic or other
reasons that have nothing to do with race. And a person
without racial bias can provide a harshly unfavorable de-scription of living conditions in some of the countries with
TPS designations. The criteria for TPS designations guar-antee that many, if not most, designated countries have
such characteristics.

Secretary Kristi Noem @Sec_NoemI just met with the President.I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom—not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS.WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.6:52 PM · Dec 1, 2025 · 13.2M

David Noll@david· Jun 24

See also

Some political observers, including a former advisor to Espaillat, in recent days amplified a racist conspiracy that Avila Chevalier, who is of Dominican descent, wanted to replace Dominicans in Washington Heights with Haitians. The remarks drew condemnation from the mayor on Monday, and Espaillat later urged his supporters not to question Avila Chevalier’s heritage.

“She’s Dominican, she’s Dominican,” Espaillat told The City Reporter. “I condemn the aggressive — the campaign has been very aggressive. I ask for people to tone it down.”

David Noll@david· Jun 24

Espaillat may not have been the right guy for the moment, but this is pure class and what everyone committed to the party should be doing. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/06/23/m...

“Tonight was not our night,” Espaillat told supporters at a restaurant in Washington Heights. Avila Chevalier led Espaillat, long a Latino political kingmaker, by more than 3 percentage points with more than 90% of the votes counted. “We’re going to do whatever it takes to make sure she is successful in Congress,” he said.

David Noll@david· Jun 18

NYC for the win

David Noll@david· Jun 18

Current status of U.S. global hegemony

David Noll@david· Jun 12

Your Jedi mind tricks do not work on me.

Please, David:

DON'T ignore this message.

DON'T delete this key information.

DON'T give Republicans a chance to win the midterms.

David Noll@david· Jun 12

The hotel I'm staying at has possibly the worst work of art created in human history.

A fake canvas print of a photograph of a pier with a kayak on it in front of mountains. There is a line art drawing of a house seemingly generated using MS Paint floating over the edge of the lake.

David Noll@david· Jun 10

For comparison

David Noll@david· Jun 8

Very important public service announcement

David Noll@david· Jun 7

I wasn't familiar with this story. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bari_We...

In 2023, Weiss publicly criticized and singled out Palestinian professor and poet Refaat Alareer for an internet post[77] in which he ridiculed a debunked claim that a baby was burned in an oven in the October 7 attacks.[78] Alareer subsequently received rape and death threats from some of Weiss's online followers.[77] The IDF later killed Alareer and six members of his family in a targeted airstrike.[79][80]

David Noll@david· Jun 2

One reason Blanche might be refusing to formally unwind Trump's bogus settlement is that the audit-killing addendum doesn't appear to survive without the underlying settlement.

Highlighted text from addendum noting that the Settlement Agreement directed AG to issue an order establishing "any relevant requirements" for the Fund

David Noll@david· May 30

Interesting question. The definition of covered matter suggests not, but I could read it both ways.

David Noll@david· May 27

Great stuff

David Noll@david· May 23

Highly recommend my colleague Jim Pope's "Snubbed Landmark: Why United States v. Cruikshank (1876) Belongs at the Heart of the American Constitutional Canon" on the legal aspects of this campaign scholarship.libraries.rutgers.edu/esploro/outp...