Tweets From Today’s Hearing In Bysiewicz v. DiNardo

by Ryan McKeen

Here are my tweets, in reverse chronological order from oral argument this afternoon in Bysiewicz v. DiNardo. The tweets are unedited. They were sent from my phone live from Court. This post is primarily for my mom and my assistant Ruth, who both informed me they don’t have “a twitter”.

Some quick twitter lingo. The “@” symbol means I’m responding to someone. For example @gideonstrumpet. The “RT” before a post means “retweet”. When you see that, it means that I’ve read someone else’s tweet and decided to send it along to my followers and credit the original author in the process. The # symbol (e.g. #bysiewicz) is a hashtag. The hashtag allows a person to search for other tweets on a subject. Hence #bysiewicz.

Statute constitutional. #bysiewicz

Supreme Court rules that #bysiewicz is unqualified

They just told us to sit. #bysiewicz

RT @emgian: Prediction: statute constitutional. Active practice requires more than what Suzy Q has done.

Possible ruling on 15 minutes. #bysiewicz

@gideonstrumpet I think they are. #bysiewicz

Seeing movement. Ruling soon? #bysiewicz

No arguments on standing. #bysiewicz

Court to reconvene after a brief recess. Stunning. #bysiewicz

Court may rule today. Just recessed. Courroom stunned.

A dust up between Horton and Gersten. #bysiewicz

Gersten back up. It’s hard to tweet the constitutional issue.

@gideonstrumpet 10 bucks it is.

Wes Horton now at bat #bysiewicz

Bishop isn’t buying it important how one holds self out? Cites affidavits. #bysiewicz not good for her

@heddahfeddah It’s just a guess but I see 5 justices very skeptical of #bysiewicz ‘s claims.

Katz doubting that #bysiewicz issued declaratory rulings.

I think they’re going to overturn Sheldon and rule against #bysiewicz

Laughflin very skeptical. Was Sheldon practicing law? #bysiewicz

Katz very skeptical.

Norcott not buying Krisch’s argument. Krisch saying states’ attorneys do not have clients. #bysiewicz

Bishop grilling Krisch. #bysiewicz

Katz: to who is your client accountable to? Bishop too. Not good for #bysiewicz

Norcott doubting Krisch on qualifications issue. #bysiewicz

Court quiet on state’s constitutional argument. #bysiewicz

Bishop not buying that statute requires litigation experience. #bysiewicz

Zarella keying on facts. Regardless of construction. #bysiewicz

Palmer keying on liberally construing statute. #bysiewicz

Gersten arguing that “at the bar” means litigator.#bysiewicz

Gersten arguing Dodd and CBT cases.#bysiewicz

Court keying on the question of who is a client. #bysiewicz

Norcott questioning Gersten on who is Bysiewicz’s client.

Silence from the bench. #bysiewicz

Quiet court. No questions for Gersten yet.

Norcott presiding. Court starts on time. Gersten at the lectern. #bysiewicz

Silence in the court. No sign of Susan. #bysiewicz

At a packed supreme court. Feels like a prizefight. #bysiewicz