Constitutional litigator. Tennessee public interest/First Amendment/civil rights/innocence/election/appellate litigation. Nashville politics. Anti-SLAPP evangelist. Email daniel at horwitz.law. My views are my employer’s.
TFW you learn that shrugging at domestic violence against your own daughter polls badly www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Rep. Max Miller denounced by Sen. Bernie Moreno, his former father-in-law“I believe Max Miller needs to seek professional help to end the clear pattern of abuse he has left in his wake,” the senator said.www.politico.comLegend substack.com/@slamshopp/n...
Not the most important to make here, but the term “heritage Americans” is repulsive and profoundly unamerican.
Alexander ClarksonAnother datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right
Note that this is the charitable version of what happened.
Ron FilipkowskiJeanine Pirro should be disbarred. It is absolutely indefensible and gross misconduct to rush through a criminal indictment for political reasons before an investigation has been completed, which resulted in false evidence being presented to a grand jury.
I know lots of people disagree with me about this in good faith (particularly when James O’Keefe does it), but the First Amendment ought to protect this.
Los Angeles TimesLAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping
I thought the General Assembly was smaller than that for some reason
WKRN News 2Video shows Maury County first responders rescue man who fell 20 feet in septic tank
I’m trying to imagine how this claim would have worked even theoretically. It seems like it would have to be an FTCA claim for malicious prosecution, which imports Tennessee’s malicious prosecution law, which categorically forecloses liability under these circumstances.
The Tennessee HollerICYMI — Tennessee man Paul Vaughn, convicted in 2024 of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which makes it a felony to interfere with reproductive healthcare services, was just awarded 7 figures by Trump. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Monty Fritts isn’t just a fringe candidate for Governor. He is an elected state rep. who makes laws in Tennessee. We are actually governed by him and others like him. It’s not great. www.wsmv.com/2026/07/29/t...
Tennessee state representative, candidate for governor plans to ban mosques, non-Christian religions if electedState Rep. Monty Fritts, 63, a Republican candidate for governor, made the remarks in a sit-down interview with four days remaining in the state’s primary early voting period.www.wsmv.comPelley for Douthat freezingcoldtakes.com/nba/1998-nba...
1998 NBA Draft Flashback: Bucks trade Dirk to Mavs for Tractor Traylor, Mavs also trade for Steve Nash, many takes ensue - Freezing Cold TakesWhen the Mavericks acquired Dirk Nowitzki (along with point guard Steve Nash) in a three-team draft-night trade, the move was controversial.freezingcoldtakes.comThe New York TimesBreaking News: Ross Douthat, The New York Times opinion columnist, is joining CBS News’s “60 Minutes” in one of the first major hires since Bari Weiss’s takeover.
Has anyone serious written on the viability of the next administration extraditing Hegseth et al. to one of these countries to be prosecuted for murder?
ACLUSince last year, the Trump administration has bombed dozens of civilian boats near the Caribbean, killing at least 221 people. This military campaign isn’t just illegal and immoral — it has also done nothing to stop drugs from entering the U.S. Congress must end this senseless killing spree.
These are not “businesses.” “Settlements” are not a “business,” and neither are “crypto deals.” People are funneling the President and his family huge amounts of money in exchange for benefits from the government. The better word for such profiteering is “emoluments.” Another word is “bribery.”
The New York TimesIn 2017, most of the revenue President Trump’s businesses generated came from his domestic golf and real estate portfolio. By the first year of his second term, his business holdings had transformed and expanded in areas where he wields immense power. Take a closer look. trib.al/313eKiF
It’s “evict your kids,” saved you a click.
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I regret to inform you that reports are coming in that Katie Porter has been swearing at the books www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Katie Porter ‘done for now’ with politics, will become book influencerThe former Democratic congresswoman plans to offer "book recommendations, book ideas and author content.”www.washingtonpost.comThis is not news, they caucus together at the General Assembly every January
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