GOOD. Why Lawrence VanDyke’s Video Dissent in Duncan is a Real Problem For Anti-Gun Judges.

More here.

BAN BIGOTRY: Congress urged to ban DEI accreditation standards as ABA drops diversity mandate.

STILL WAITING ON THE “QUEER QURAN” COURSE: University of Richmond offers ‘Queer Bible’ course for students to study ‘queer pleasure in the Bible.’

I WAS TRAVELING YESTERDAY, AND FELL A BIT BEHIND, but the Signal story seems like a nothingburger to me. In fact, I kind of wonder if Goldberg was deliberately included as part of an information op, allowing them to release stuff they didn’t want to be seen releasing openly. Anyway, “war plans?” Not so much, but it’s Jeffrey Goldberg so. . .

I've read the Atlantic article & Signal messages twice, top to bottom. Most of those on social media ringing alarm bells and repeating talking points have not.

Should Goldberg have been added to the chat? No.

Did Goldberg gain access to "secret" information? Kind of. He found… pic.twitter.com/KMHpFsjvT8

— Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) March 24, 2025

The Signal chat thing is a gut check for alleged cons.

Nothing significant was revealed. Worst case, it was a mistake that will never happen again. More likely, a proven liar has now lied about at least some of it.

And yet, so many people are delighted to have the opportunity…

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) March 25, 2025

YEAH, BUT IT WAS OKAY WHEN OBAMA SAID IT BECAUSE EVERYONE KNEW HE DIDN’T MEAN IT.

Is this not literally word for word what Elon Musk’s DOGE mission is?

Barack Obama “Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about. What should be… pic.twitter.com/GzitxH7XWZ

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) March 25, 2025

JOSH BLACKMAN IS UNENTHUSED ABOUT AMY CONEY BARRETT’S MEMOIR:

The bigger problem is that this memoir will simply not be compelling. Barrett’s life was largely one of privilege. She grew up in an affluent family, went to excellent private schools, clerked on the highest court on the land for distinguished jurists, was hired at a top law school, and made it to the circuit court without doing very much. That is not a particularly motivational story. I think it would be useful to hear about how she balanced her work responsibilities with having such a large family, including adopted children. On a personal level, I find Barrett’s family quite admirable. But that might take a few pages to describe. The upbringing of Thomas and Sotomayor warrant an entire tome. There is a reason most people do not write autobiographies: there lives simply aren’t that interesting. . . .

Does any of this sound particularly useful to readers? Enough to justify a two million dollar advance? There can’t be that many people still sipping from their dogma mugs. Barrett’s standing today is not nearly what her standing was in 2020 before she decided any cases. Will conservative groups invite her to speak, and ask her about her shadow docket votes?

One of my long-running grievances is that these advances are gussied-up interest-free loans that are made without any real expectation of recouping losses. Rather, the publishers use the Justice as a marketing tool to improve the brand’s standing.

I have long thought — so this is no reflection on Justice Barrett per se — that public officials shouldn’t get big advances on books. They should be capped, perhaps at one year’s salary, perhaps at a flat figure like $50,000 or $100,000. They aren’t freelancers who need the advance to live on while they write the book. Alternatively publishers should be taxed heavily on advances that aren’t recovered by sales. But a cap would be simplest, and fair.

DOMESTIC TERROR: Attendees at AOC and Bernie Sanders Denver Rally Openly Threaten to Kill President Trump.

YEAH, THAT’S PRETTY MUCH HOW IT WORKS:

https://t.co/12ECsLI4eP pic.twitter.com/22Hypzkc5h

— MyFitnessFeelings (@fitnessfeelingz) March 23, 2025

THEY SHOULD BE REVOLTING AGAINST STARMER, PERIOD: UK Military Revolting Against Starmer Ukraine Plan?

APPLY FOR IT IF YOU WANT TO SUE OVER IT: Straight, White Female Loses Bias Claim Over King & Spalding’s Summer Associate Diversity Program. “The plaintiff, Sarah Spitalnick, said she didn’t apply for the position while she was a 1L at the University of Baltimore School of Law because she thought that it would have been a futile gesture. The February 2021 job ad that she saw for the program said candidates ‘must have an ethnically or culturally diverse background or be a member of the LGBT community.'”

In talking about standing in Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, I tell my students to dot every i and cross every t even when it comes to clearly futile administrative gestures, as it makes it harder for courts to get rid of a case they don’t want to hear.

HE HAS A POINT:

“Omg they can’t just ban Pharma commercials, what about free speech?!”

Bitch, when’s the last time you saw a cigarette commercial?

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) March 24, 2025

BOB GRABOYES: Hey, Siri — What Is Hell? How privacy has vanished in a No Exit world of constant, relentless interconnectivity.

MATT RIDLEY: How scientists misled the world about Covid’s origins: The suppression of the lab-leak theory is the mother of all Covid scandals.

VINAY PRASAD: First defund bad science; then invest in good science: If you believe in science funding, you should sacrifice silly ideas.

YES.

The left-wing NGOs are a great fifth column in the West today. They're behind every crisis that has plagued our civilization in recent memory: Mass migration. Censorship. Riots. Urban crime. Pull back the curtain, and you'll find the same names and groups, time and time again. https://t.co/JFGSKvyUOI

— Nate Hochman (@njhochman) March 24, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Because I love you and want you to be happy.

ELON MUSK ON What it will take to build a thriving Mars city.

SURROUNDED: The Entire Universe Could Exist Inside a Black Hole – Here’s Why.

TRUTH:

We need to move as if we have two years, not four, and as much of that as possible needs to happen between now and December https://t.co/u5X4FRaJPr

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) March 24, 2025

AND NOT IN A FUN WAY:

The left can never address the issues facing young men because the eradication of masculinity is the goal

The only thing the left can offer any man is the promise that they will be eaten last https://t.co/DefSO2UxyW

— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) March 24, 2025

HMM: The Death of the Nation, and How to Prevent It: Modern schooling weakens family bonds and parental authority—homeschooling is the key to preserving tradition, fostering virtue, and raising self-reliant citizens.

Homeschooling isn’t for everybody, but I’m increasingly convinced that public schooling isn’t for anybody.

WE NEED FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION: What’s At Stake If SCOTUS Won’t Take California’s ‘High Capacity’ Magazine Ban Case.

BACKS AWAY? THEY SHOULD SHOOT THIS IDEA THROUGH THE HEAD: Trump Administration Backs Away From Guns As ‘Public Health Crisis.’