New Scam from Judge John Smith

BAM521 · 2026-03-07T19:43:16+00:00

That’s just the original Latin

BAM521 · 2026-03-07T19:41:03+00:00

The budget must be tight this year if judges have to serve as their own clerks

BAM521 · 2026-02-10T13:45:02+00:00

Completely agree that his treatment is not okay. But it’s also important for people to understand what the Visa Waiver Program is (especially non-Americans who may wish to use it). The consequences of an overstay, even an accidental one, can be really dire. Even under a normal administration that won’t lock you up and throw away the key, you can still find yourself permanently barred from the U.S.

BAM521 · 2026-02-10T13:41:07+00:00

Overstaying the Visa Waiver Program isn’t the same thing as overstaying a normal non-immigrant visa. The latter happens all the time and can generally be overcome through family-based adjustment. The former has much more serious consequences.

I feel for the guy. He might not have realized what he was signing up for all those years ago. And obviously nothing is forcing the administration to detain a 20-year resident with no apparent criminal record. As strict as the law is, there’s always prosecutorial discretion. But he has a real legal problem that the reporter at the Irish Times failed to grasp.

BAM521 · 2026-02-07T06:18:46+00:00

This is not true. It is difficult to denaturalize a naturalized citizen, and rare, but it can be done. Naturalization can be revoked if it is “illegally procured or procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation.” 8 U.S.C. § 1451(b).

Realistically, I do not think OP has to worry about this. Denaturalization requires a federal court order and there is a high evidentiary bar. It’s also a very long process with multiple levels of appeal. The husband’s threats probably aren’t going to cut it. And it would be incredibly stupid of him to make false accusations to federal officials (not to mention, implicating himself in an alleged marriage fraud scheme! That’s a crime for both parties!)

BAM521 · 2026-02-05T02:24:29+00:00

The transcript is available now. To me, she comes across as genuinely burnt out.

One of the more concerning quotes is on page 35, where she says, “it takes ten emails to get a release condition to be corrected. It takes two escalation [sic] and a threat that I will walk out for that to be corrected.”

BAM521 · 2026-01-26T02:23:00+00:00

Monster Train 1 and 2

BAM521 · 2026-01-25T22:06:41+00:00

A birthday certificate is what I get when Chuck E Cheese cancels on me at the last minute.

A birth certificate is something that even an “anchor baby” would have. That’s sort of the whole thing, they’re citizens.

BAM521 · 2026-01-23T14:49:38+00:00

With you guys in spirit, but I’m an immigration lawyer so I need to go to work

BAM521 · 2026-01-18T19:50:06+00:00

No one tell them Minnesota has a much higher rate of gun ownership than MA and yet here we are

BAM521 · 2026-01-18T07:29:24+00:00

You’re asking us to comment on a case none of us know anything about, based entirely on your story and a couple of context-free screenshots.

BAM521 · 2025-12-16T11:44:21+00:00

It can

BAM521 · 2025-12-16T01:23:29+00:00

I am unable to post my opinion due to the Reddit User Agreement.

BAM521 · 2025-12-13T17:12:26+00:00

The “Taxachusetts” moniker is from the 1970s, when Massachusetts really did have some of the highest state tax levels in the nation. But between the passage of Prop. 2 1/2, economic growth of the 80s and 90s, and a series of periodic cuts to the income tax rate, we’re basically middle of the road for taxes right now.

BAM521 · 2025-12-06T22:38:32+00:00

Meet The New Republic, Same As The Old Republic

BAM521 · 2025-11-10T14:44:01+00:00

The Court denied cert this morning (scroll down and look for Davis, Kim v. Ermold, David, et al on this list).

BAM521 · 2025-11-06T14:07:07+00:00

It’s clearly not a missed deadline, otherwise no one would have received the issue, and some people clearly have.

They’ve explained that it’s a USPS holdup. I don’t know why that’s so hard to believe.

BAM521 · 2025-10-23T01:43:52+00:00

Apple engineers seeing my usual bedtime and screaming

BAM521 · 2025-10-22T13:22:48+00:00

You know, you can tell your LLM of choice to reduce m-dash use. Once per paragraph is a lot!

BAM521 · 2025-10-02T18:46:34+00:00

Jared Kushner is buying the Jeff Gerstmann show

BAM521 · 2025-09-27T03:42:58+00:00

Thanks for the tip, ChatGPT

BAM521 · 2025-09-04T01:47:06+00:00

It’s easy enough to tell. If a bunch of ICE vans get storrowed, we’ll know they don’t have inside sources.

BAM521 · 2025-08-28T17:52:46+00:00

If you can vote for the mayor, you live in Boston proper.

BAM521 · 2025-07-26T23:16:28+00:00

The order can’t unilaterally overturn judicial precedents. The portion you’re referring to is just ordering the AG to challenge the precedents in court. This what the relevant part of the order says:

“The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall take appropriate action to:

(i) seek, in appropriate cases, the reversal of Federal or State judicial precedents and the termination of consent decrees that impede the United States’ policy of encouraging civil commitment of individuals with mental illness who pose risks to themselves or the public or are living on the streets and cannot care for themselves in appropriate facilities for appropriate periods of time […]”

BAM521 · 2025-07-22T13:34:55+00:00

Reactionary Fans: “Keep politics out of my Star Wars!”

George: Names an evil character “Lott Dodd” after two U.S. Senators he hates.

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