Jessica John

Jessica John

@circusmobility.bsky.social

Aerial, mobility, & online biz 👑. Formerly of “that CIA.” Feminist AF. PNW. Sko Buffs. On my 9th life. BU Law. GWU GSPM. Show me your kitties. IG: @circusmobility @aerialbusiness

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Did you know I’m a lawyer who cleared for the PA Supreme Ct? Everyone’s saying “the courts can’t do anything if the executive ignores them.” That’s not entirely true. They have procedural tools to make life hell for DOJ lawyers. Here’s how: (1/6)

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Did you know I’m a lawyer who cleared for the PA Supreme Ct? Everyone’s saying “the courts can’t do anything if the executive ignores them.” That’s not entirely true. They have procedural tools to make life hell for DOJ lawyers. Here’s how: (1/6)

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#2 – Turn on the floodlights. Judges can order extensive discovery: documents, emails, internal comms, depositions of officials. They can compel the DOJ to explain, on the record, why they’re defying orders. That’s risky—politically and legally. (4/6)

Even if discovery doesn’t force compliance, it ramps up the heat: • Embarrassment • Leaks • Paper trails • More potential legal exposure It forces internal accountability that political pressure might not. (5/6)

Did you know I’m a lawyer who cleared for the PA Supreme Ct? Everyone’s saying “the courts can’t do anything if the executive ignores them.” That’s not entirely true. They have procedural tools to make life hell for DOJ lawyers. Here’s how: (1/6)

#1 - Procedural gridlock. Courts can slow DOJ’s machinery to a crawl. Judges can deny or delay motions, hearings, and filings in other cases until compliance is met. You want something from the court? Not until you follow the last order. (2/6)

Glad to see my alma mater @bulaw.bsky.social on this list!

UC Berkeley Law@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social

Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."

Just got the call. Fired. I was the DEI coordinator at the CIA. I was in charge of making sure the honeypots were diverse. Turns out, they didn’t appreciate my suggestion to recruit spies with dad bods.

A couple of weeks ago at the gate for my flight there was a man and his 4 or 5yo grandson. The boy was watching something on his device with the headphones plugged in. At one point it became unplugged and he struggled but got it back in all by himself.

It’s a weird feeling to want to take power away from the tech bros & run an online business that depends on their systems. I don’t have answers but I do know that building networks that you control should be a priority. Email, I’m looking at you, boo.

I’d rich person TF out of rich peopling. There would be so many animal rescues with my name in them & so much weird art in public places.

Kari Dru@karidru.bsky.social

This is my Roman Empire, sad to say. But today's rich people are not rich peopleing correctly. If you didn't fund an observatory, keep an artist on staff, and have parties that are spoken of for decades what are you even doing?

When they were building the Smoothie King Center Center in New Orleans, we drove past one day and my dad said “it’s small enough to be the superdome’s boogah.” It’s been the Boogahdome ever since in my household. #pelicans