Patrick Jaicomo
@pjaicomo
Civil rights litigator at the Institute for Justice. Lover of freedom. Fighter of bullies. (All my tweets have typos and express my own views.)
A month ago, I got to make one of the best phone calls of my life—to tell @IJ client Trina Martin we unanimously won her case in the Supreme Court. Martin v. U.S. defeated a major barrier to federal accountability, and we’re excited to keep fighting.
A UNANIMOUS Supreme Court - in an opinion written by Sotomayor - agreed that NY's Superintendent of Financial Services violated the 1st A by threatening and pressuring insurers to punish the NRA. But the 2nd Cir says despite SCOTUS's unanimity she can't be held accountable…
‼️❕‼️ Attention Second and First Amendment Supporters Qualified immunity nullifies those rights too. Qualified immunity doesn't just protect cops making split-second choices. It also protects bureaucrats scheming to retaliate against advocacy. END QUALIFIED IMMUNITY ‼️❕‼️
END QUALIFIED IMMUNITY
Harlow v Fitzgerald may be the best example of judicial tyranny, actually. Congress passes a law to secure Constitutional rights by holding state and local officials accountable for violating them. SCOTUS "amends" it by adding qualified immunity, largely gutting the law.
Border hawks discerning the difference between slavery and a job challenge (impossible)
Just admit you want slavery back, as long as it's Mexicans you will fight to protect it
Me, joyfully springing from my dirt-floored hut in Jintan District at 4 a.m. to put in another 20-hour day in a salt mine owned by the China National Salt Group, because I know that I don’t have to deal with a capitalist Monday.
You don’t hate Mondays.. you hate being exploited by capitalism
How is it that in the Year of Our Lord 2025, reporters are still writing stories about newly filed federal lawsuits and NOT linking to the complaint in the first sentence (or anywhere else)?
Also undignified and a national embarassment: Our FBI director is a children's book author, who wrote a propaganda series in support of the President fantasizing him as the king. (I'm not sure if Kash mentions Epstein in his books.)
Agree to disagree on the first part, but agree to agree on the rest!
PJ is not always right - but in this instance he is. Also, he thinks for himself, and he's smart, so he's worth following (as is his employer, The Institute for Justice, the USA's leading libertarian law firm).
An epic and absolutely essential thread, if you care about facts and reality
🧵Some comments on U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer's recent error-filled speech on reindustrialization. It is so bad, it is almost like his speechwriters were attempting to sabotage him. Let's go!
I think “Redskins” was a better name than “Commanders,” but changing the name of a sports team could not possibly be LESS the business of the government. Stop this, and stop subsidizing stadiums.
I played in the NFL and was drafted by the Washington Redskins. Not the “Washington Football Team” or the “Commanders.” @POTUS is right. It’s time to bring the Redskins’ name back.
Nothing says the "Golden Age of Travel" like having to stand in a backscatter x-ray machine sold to the government by former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff.
Welcome to the Golden Age of Travel!
The government shouldn't subsidize professional sports teams at all. But, if it does, the freedom of speech prohibits the government from conditioning support on speech. Any restriction the President is considering would violate the First Amendment.
My statement on the Washington Redskins has totally blown up, but only in a very positive way. I may put a restriction on them that if they don’t change the name back to the original “Washington Redskins,” and get rid of the ridiculous moniker, “Washington Commanders,” I won’t…
The Supreme Court when everyone finally realizes how qualified immunity actually works.
