2023
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> In the 32 years since Justice Thomas came through the fire of his confirmation hearings and onto the Supreme Court, he has assembled an army of influential acolytes unlike any other — a network of like-minded former clerks who have not only rallied to his defense but carried his idiosyncratic brand of conservative legal thinking out into the nation’s law schools, top law firms, the judiciary and the highest reaches of government. > > The former clerks’ public defense of the justice was “unparalleled in the history of the court,” said Todd C. Peppers, a professor of public affairs at Roanoke College and the author of “Courtiers of the Marble Palace: The Rise and Influence of the Supreme Court Law Clerk.” “It’s frankly astonishing.” > > An email sent by Virginia Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice, to a listserv of former clerks. > > For Justice Thomas, the letter came at a time of both trial and triumph. He had become the face of long-simmering questions about the high court’s ethical guidelines. But he was also at the height of his influence. The court’s senior justice, he had spent years on the losing side of cases, writing minority opinions grounded in his strict originalist interpretations of the Constitution. Now that former President Donald J. Trump had given the court a conservative supermajority, Justice Thomas was a guiding voice for a new judicial mainstream. > > He was playing a long game, and his former clerks were among its most important players. The Thomases did not respond to requests for comment, but in a 2008 interview, the justice said, “I tell my law clerks that we’re not writing current events — we’re writing for a much longer period,” adding that his opinions were based on “principles that are locked down and that will be here when the tides turn” in 50 years. > > Now the tides have turned, and at least 18 of those former clerks have served as state, federal or military judges, nearly three-quarters of them appointed by Mr. Trump to federal courts, where they have ruled on issues like voting rights and access to the abortion pill. Roughly 10 more served in Mr. Trump’s administration; nearly a dozen made his Supreme Court short lists. Former Thomas clerks have argued, and won, several of the most momentous Supreme Court cases of recent years. > > The network also includes a number of “adopted clerks” who never worked for Justice Thomas but are invited to events and receive clerk communications. Among them are high-profile conservatives including Leonard Leo, the judicial kingmaker of the Federalist Society, Senator Mike Lee of Utah and Alex Azar, a Trump cabinet secretary. > > Supreme Court clerks are, by definition, the sort of ambitious lawyers likely to wield significant influence in their post-clerk lives. What makes Justice Thomas’s clerks so remarkable, in large part, is their success as loyal standard-bearers of his singular ideology. Indeed, an examination of what the justice and his wife call Thomas Clerk World, based on interviews with people in and around it and a review of private emails and the Thomases’ public statements, shows how meticulously the couple have cultivated the clerk network over the decades. > > It is common for justices to maintain close ties with their clerks, but Stephen R. McAllister, a former clerk who served as the United States attorney for Kansas during the Trump administration, said Justice Thomas was “quite extraordinary in terms of keeping in touch with his clerks, helping clerks and having everyone be in touch with each other.” > > The Thomases have tended to their network through monthly lunches at Morton’s The Steakhouse or the Capital Grille in Washington, open to any alumni who happen to be in town. They have hosted clerks and their families at ski resorts and summer retreats, complete with inside jokes stenciled on T-shirts and swag bags with Thomas-themed challenge coins, stress balls and playing cards. The justice has encouraged camaraderie through group screenings of the film version of Ayn Rand’s manifesto of individualism “The Fountainhead” and pilgrimages to the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg. > > At the heart of the organizing is Mrs. Thomas — jokingly designated “law clerk emeritus” — who manages the network’s discourse as a sort of den mother. Hers has been a particularly active role for a Supreme Court spouse — overseeing production of a directory with a page for each clerk, as well as the email listserv and a private Facebook group. All of it, she has said, is meant to build “connective tissue across and throughout this amazing community of leaders.” > > Mrs. Thomas, whose right-wing political activism has included involvement in efforts to overturn Mr. Trump’s 2020 election defeat, has insisted that she and her husband operate in separate lanes. But some of her interactions with the clerk network show the degree to which theirs is, in fact, a shared ideological project. She cheered when Mr. Trump appointed members of the Thomas clerk roster as judges: “Thank God,” Mrs. Thomas told an interviewer, rattling off other appointments. “He used to tell them, ‘You’re going to be future leaders, it’s coming your way, you’re going to be next.’ And now they are.” Last year, she encouraged clerks to start an email thread in which participants shared articles celebrating the court’s decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion. > > The network has found its own ways to celebrate Justice Thomas and his legacy. In 1998, one of the justice’s clerks hunted down and presented him with a memento from one of his first Supreme Court opinions: a mounted taxidermy lobster. > > When Justice Thomas speaks of his clerks, he tends to refer to them as his “kids.” As he put it in a talk a decade ago at Harvard Law School, “I really love my clerks.”
It’s scary. #legal
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> In the 32 years since Justice Thomas came through the fire of his confirmation hearings and onto the Supreme Court, he has assembled an army of influential acolytes unlike any other — a network of like-minded former clerks who have not only rallied to his defense but carried his idiosyncratic brand of conservative legal thinking out into the nation’s law schools, top law firms, the judiciary and the highest reaches of government. > > The former clerks’ public defense of the justice was “unparalleled in the history of the court,” said Todd C. Peppers, a professor of public affairs at Roanoke College and the author of “Courtiers of the Marble Palace: The Rise and Influence of the Supreme Court Law Clerk.” “It’s frankly astonishing.” > > An email sent by Virginia Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice, to a listserv of former clerks. > > For Justice Thomas, the letter came at a time of both trial and triumph. He had become the face of long-simmering questions about the high court’s ethical guidelines. But he was also at the height of his influence. The court’s senior justice, he had spent years on the losing side of cases, writing minority opinions grounded in his strict originalist interpretations of the Constitution. Now that former President Donald J. Trump had given the court a conservative supermajority, Justice Thomas was a guiding voice for a new judicial mainstream. > > He was playing a long game, and his former clerks were among its most important players. The Thomases did not respond to requests for comment, but in a 2008 interview, the justice said, “I tell my law clerks that we’re not writing current events — we’re writing for a much longer period,” adding that his opinions were based on “principles that are locked down and that will be here when the tides turn” in 50 years. > > Now the tides have turned, and at least 18 of those former clerks have served as state, federal or military judges, nearly three-quarters of them appointed by Mr. Trump to federal courts, where they have ruled on issues like voting rights and access to the abortion pill. Roughly 10 more served in Mr. Trump’s administration; nearly a dozen made his Supreme Court short lists. Former Thomas clerks have argued, and won, several of the most momentous Supreme Court cases of recent years. > > The network also includes a number of “adopted clerks” who never worked for Justice Thomas but are invited to events and receive clerk communications. Among them are high-profile conservatives including Leonard Leo, the judicial kingmaker of the Federalist Society, Senator Mike Lee of Utah and Alex Azar, a Trump cabinet secretary. > > Supreme Court clerks are, by definition, the sort of ambitious lawyers likely to wield significant influence in their post-clerk lives. What makes Justice Thomas’s clerks so remarkable, in large part, is their success as loyal standard-bearers of his singular ideology. Indeed, an examination of what the justice and his wife call Thomas Clerk World, based on interviews with people in and around it and a review of private emails and the Thomases’ public statements, shows how meticulously the couple have cultivated the clerk network over the decades. > > It is common for justices to maintain close ties with their clerks, but Stephen R. McAllister, a former clerk who served as the United States attorney for Kansas during the Trump administration, said Justice Thomas was “quite extraordinary in terms of keeping in touch with his clerks, helping clerks and having everyone be in touch with each other.” > > The Thomases have tended to their network through monthly lunches at Morton’s The Steakhouse or the Capital Grille in Washington, open to any alumni who happen to be in town. They have hosted clerks and their families at ski resorts and summer retreats, complete with inside jokes stenciled on T-shirts and swag bags with Thomas-themed challenge coins, stress balls and playing cards. The justice has encouraged camaraderie through group screenings of the film version of Ayn Rand’s manifesto of individualism “The Fountainhead” and pilgrimages to the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg. > > At the heart of the organizing is Mrs. Thomas — jokingly designated “law clerk emeritus” — who manages the network’s discourse as a sort of den mother. Hers has been a particularly active role for a Supreme Court spouse — overseeing production of a directory with a page for each clerk, as well as the email listserv and a private Facebook group. All of it, she has said, is meant to build “connective tissue across and throughout this amazing community of leaders.” > > Mrs. Thomas, whose right-wing political activism has included involvement in efforts to overturn Mr. Trump’s 2020 election defeat, has insisted that she and her husband operate in separate lanes. But some of her interactions with the clerk network show the degree to which theirs is, in fact, a shared ideological project. She cheered when Mr. Trump appointed members of the Thomas clerk roster as judges: “Thank God,” Mrs. Thomas told an interviewer, rattling off other appointments. “He used to tell them, ‘You’re going to be future leaders, it’s coming your way, you’re going to be next.’ And now they are.” Last year, she encouraged clerks to start an email thread in which participants shared articles celebrating the court’s decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion. > > The network has found its own ways to celebrate Justice Thomas and his legacy. In 1998, one of the justice’s clerks hunted down and presented him with a memento from one of his first Supreme Court opinions: a mounted taxidermy lobster. > > When Justice Thomas speaks of his clerks, he tends to refer to them as his “kids.” As he put it in a talk a decade ago at Harvard Law School, “I really love my clerks.”
It’s scary. #legal
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> This weekend I added limited support for following Bluesky users in Micro.blog. This isn’t federating with Bluesky yet. Instead, it uses a combination of Bluesky’s RSS feeds and the AT Protocol. > > To follow a Bluesky user who has an account username in the form username.bsky.social, just search for the username in Micro.blog. It doesn’t work for custom domain usernames in Bluesky, because Micro.blog will think you want to follow the user’s blog instead.
Even if it has some limitations, it’s great to know that there’s ever more bridges to connect different platforms. I have a few dear friends and interesting accounts in Bluesky that I’d rather follow from my place in micro.blog. Being able to interact with them will be awesome. #tech #eng
🔗 How to turn off click to reveal desktop in macOS Sonoma
> ## How to turn off macOS Sonoma’s click to reveal desktop > > 1. Open Settings > 2. Choose Desktop & Dock > 3. Scroll down to Desktop & Stage Manager > 4. Under click wallpaper to reveal desktop, click to change from Always to Only in Stage Manager #tech
🔗 How to turn off click to reveal desktop in macOS Sonoma
> ## How to turn off macOS Sonoma’s click to reveal desktop > > 1. Open Settings > 2. Choose Desktop & Dock > 3. Scroll down to Desktop & Stage Manager > 4. Under click wallpaper to reveal desktop, click to change from Always to Only in Stage Manager #tech
🔗 European Commission: “Dear Mr and Ms Claus, We are …” - EU Voice
> Dear Mr and Ms Claus,
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> We are happy to confirm that your gift delivery service meets our #DigitalEU and Data Protection rules:
> 
No record of personal data breaches
> Valid consent obtained via kids’ letters
> Naughty kids have the right to be forgotten
> Transparency and accountability remain the game’s rules
> Fair and open treatment of toy makers or parents as per #DMA
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> We hope you enjoy a smooth and safe journey over our Single European Sky.
>
> The social media team 
#eng
Criterios orientativos para la fijación de costas procesales en los Juzgados de lo Contencioso-Administrativo de Bilbao
Acuerdo de la Junta Sectorial de Jueces de lo Contencioso-Administrativo de Bilbao, en sesión de 08 de noviembre de 2023. Enterada la Comisión de Sala de Gobierno del Tribunal Superior de Justicia del País Vasco el 17 de noviembre de 2023.
Propuestas aprobadas
Primera.- Que en los asuntos en que se impugne una desestimación presunta, aunque se dicte resolución expresa en el curso del proceso, se entenderá que se ha obligado al actor a presentar recurso contencioso administrativo y, en consecuencia, no procederá la condena en costas.
Segunda.- Que cuando el/la juez/a considere que procede, de conformidad con el artículo 139.4 LJCA, imponer las costas en una cifra máxima, las cuantías orientativas de éstas serán [las que se recogen en el Anexo].
Tercera.- Dichas cuantías, orientativas y fijadas con carácter general, podrán ser incrementadas o reducidas en los casos en que se observe una complejidad o sencillez que merezca una especial consideración.
Cuarta.- En caso de que algún magistrado/magistrada decida en el ejercicio de su potestad jurisdiccional apartarse de estos criterios orientativos, deberá expresar sucintamente en su resolución las razones que justifican la imposición de unas diferentes.
> ANEXO. Cuantías orientativas para la limitación de costas del 139.4.
>
> ### PROCEDIMIENTOS ORDINARIOS
>
> 1.- Procedimientos ordinarios:
>
> #### a) Determinados por la cuantía:
> - Menos de 50.000 euros: 1.000 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - Hasta 100.000 euros: 1.500 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - Hasta 300.000 euros: 2.000 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - Hasta 500.000 euros: 3.000 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - Hasta 1.000.000 euros: 4.000 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - Más de 1.000.000: 5.000 euros (IVA no incluido).
>
> #### b) Ordinarios de cuantía indeterminada:
> - 1.500 euros, con posibilidad de aumentar hasta 2.500 euros en casos de especial complejidad o de reducirla a 600 euros en asuntos sencillos sin relevante trascendencia económica (IVA no incluido).
> - Se considera expresamente como materia de complejidad la referida a los procesos sobre Urbanismo y Contratación Administrativa.
>
> #### c) Normas complementarias:
> - Sentencia de allanamiento: 250 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - En todos los casos, de haber sido necesaria la aportación de prueba pericial, la cuantía deberá aumentarse en 500 euros por cada prueba pericial aportada (IVA no incluido).
>
> ### PROCEDIMIENTOS ABREVIADOS
>
> #### 2.- Sentencias en Procedimiento Abreviado por la cuantía:
> - Menos de 600 euros: 200 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - Hasta 2.000 euros: 250 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - Hasta 5.000 euros: 300 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - Hasta 10.000 euros: 400 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - Hasta 20.000 euros: 500 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - Hasta 30.000 euros: 600 euros (IVA no incluido).
>
> #### 3.- Abreviado determinado por la materia o que versa sobre determinadas materias:
> - Extranjería: 250 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - Personal: 300 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - Resto de procedimientos de cuantía indeterminada: 500 euros (IVA no incluido).
>
> #### 4.- Normas complementarias:
> - Sentencia de allanamiento: 150 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - En todos los casos, de haber sido necesaria la aportación de prueba pericial, la cuantía deberá aumentarse en 250 euros por cada prueba pericial aportada (IVA no incluido).
> - No procederá por regla general limitación alguna en procesos repetitivos que hayan sido resueltos con antelación al dictado de la sentencia.
>
> #### 5.- Sentencias en Procedimiento para la protección de Derechos Fundamentales:
>
> - 600 euros (IVA no incluido).
>
> ### OTROS:
>
> #### 6.- Incidente excepcional de nulidad de actuaciones:
> - 300 euros (IVA no incluido).
>
> #### 7.- Recursos de reposición y revisión:
> - La estimación de los recursos no conlleva la imposición de costas a la parte que se opusiera.
> - La desestimación conlleva la imposición de costas a la parte recurrente por importe de 100 euros (IVA no incluido).
>
> #### 8.- Autos resolviendo medidas cautelares y otros incidentes de especial pronunciamiento:
> - La concesión de medidas cautelares no conlleva la imposición de costas a ninguna de las partes aunque existiera oposición.
> - La denegación conlleva la imposición de costas a la parte solicitante, en cuantía de 150 euros (IVA no incluido).
>
> #### 9.- Autos resolviendo alegaciones previas:
> - En procedimiento ordinario o de protección de derechos fundamentales: 200 euros (IVA no incluido).
> - En procedimiento abreviado: 100 euros (IVA no incluido).
>
> #### 10.- Autos resolviendo incidentes de ejecución:
> - 250 euros (IVA no incluido).
>
> #### 11.- Ejecución provisional de sentencias:
> - No se establecerán costas por la concesión o denegación de la ejecución provisional.
>
> #### 12.- Impugnación de costas por indebidas o por excesivas:
> - No se aplicará limitación.
>
> #### 13. Pluralidad de demandados.
> - En caso de que la actora haya dirigido su pretensión frente a varios demandados y se le condene al pago de las costas, la cuantía que proceda se establecerá para cada uno de ellos, salvo que comparezcan por medio de la misma representación y/o defensa.
El viernes me acordé de tu cumpleaños. Y de la cinta de Cuarteto Zupay que me regalaste y que me acompañó tanto tiempo. Está en una caja en un desván, lo podría asegurar. Pero la verdad es que la llevo conmigo siempre. Feliz Navidad.
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Solo le pido a Dios, con Juan Gieco, Nuri Nardelli, Gastón Saied y Alma Sufi Ensemble. Desde la tekkia sufí Halveti-Yerrahi, barrio de Colegiales, Buenos Aires.
Si vamos a ser religiosos, seámoslo así, cantando.
Feliz Navidad. Eguberri on. Shalom, Salaam, Paz.
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La limpieza del correo pendiente de estas dos últimas semanas de agobio se hace mucho más fácil cuando te acompaña Prince. Cada canción es un recordatorio de un momento distinto de mi juventud. Es una pasada lo mucho que me gusta este hombre.
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Logro desbloqueado:
Unexpected return code 450 (expected 250): Daily sending quota exceeded
En mi próximo libro titulado “Tú puedes vencer al correo electrónico” expongo las bases de mi propuesta para sobrevivir a esta maravillosa herramienta de comunicación. Cada ejemplar va acompañado de un revólver, una bala y las instrucciones necesarias para no fallar.
Jorge Gimenez Bech galdu dugu eta zeruak negarra dario. Bejondeizula, Jorge, mila esker zure bizitza eta lekukotasunagatik. Mila esker Alberdaniagatik.
This is very annoying, having the Threads favicon look like there’s some notification or update. When I go to see what’s up, there’s nothing new. It’s a fixed red dot. So bye, Threads, I won’t keep your tab in the background anymore.
Good morning, Vietnam.
It is weird not to have a follower count. Well, who cares. Vanitas, vanitatis.
Good night.
Good night.
After long consideration, I finally decided to stick to a micro.blog experience and migrated my last Mastodon account to my Activity Pub micro.blog user. I think I might miss boosts, likes and lists, among other Mona-like app’s goodies, but I’m committed to giving it a good shot. Micro.blog FTW.
Para limitar el número de posts que se publican por página en Home y en el resto de páginas con listado de posts:
Editar el archivo config.json de los Custom Templates o plantillas personalizadas de Custom Tiny. Cambiar el número de posts (5, 10, 20, etc.).
Línea 78: "paginate": 10,
Baiona.
