@_JonCorbett

Civil rights attorney, musician, traveler. I litigate against TSA, police, & other government and corporate abusers.

 New York, NY
corbettrights.com/
Joined December 2010
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My new service with @optimum in NYC came with a free router... which, itself, came infested with free bed bugs...
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I signed up a month or so ago. Yesterday, I took off the base of the device in order to wall mount it. Every space & crevice was filed with bed bugs of all sizes and eggs (or whatever the little ones are). I *think* they were all dead (some clearly long dead) but... outrageous!
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I'm a partner in a NYC nightclub & harm reduction is extremely important to me (and should be to any bar owner). @nytimes covered my space for advocacy of Narcan in nightlife. Thanks @Stefano_Montali for covering and @hlswift_ for the wonderful photo! :) nytimes.com/2023/12/31/nyreg…

An Overdose Antidote Becomes a Tricky Issue at Some Nightclubs (Gift Article)

Security guards have confiscated naloxone from bar and nightclub goers, even though city officials encourage people to carry the drug to save lives.

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Loving this epic take-down of British MP/fmr Tech Minister @DamianCollins who has not a clue about how encryption or law works (or pretends he doesn't) by Signal president @mer__edith. You can't back door encryption. Even "for the children." Well done. youtube.com/watch?v=E--bVV_e…

Online Safety Bill debate: Could it lead to ‘unprecedented paradigm-shifting surveillance’?

Big tech is being taken to task by lawmakers across the world.(Su...

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United Faces Class Action Suit for 777-200 Engine Failure -- Again professional-troublemaker.co… @united @AviationSafety @altNOAA @FlyerTalk

United Faces Class Action Suit for 777-200 Engine Failure — Again

United Airlines has a problem. Of its approximately 900 airplanes, only 19 of them are original Boeing 777-200s, delivered 23 to 28 years ago with Pratt & Whitney PW4077 engines. In the last 10…

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"Is It *Really* Impossible To Get A Gun License in NYC? (Part XV — Returning to the Court of Appeals)" professional-troublemaker.co… (PS - Renaming Twitter to "X" is the dumbest business decision Musk has made since deciding to buy Twitter.)

Is It *Really* Impossible To Get A Gun License in NYC? (Part XV — Returning to the Court of Appeals)

This is the fifteenth installment of a series documenting an ordinary New Yorker attempting to exercise his Second Amendment rights: Part I (license application), Part II (application rejected), Pa…

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Ninth Circuit Holds Government Liable for @TSA Misconduct at Airport Checkpoints professional-troublemaker.co… @TSA_Pekoske @TSA_Northeast @TSA_Gulf @TSA_Pacific @TSA_Southeast @TSA_Comms_AA @reviewjournal @FOX5Vegas @8NewsNow @IJ @CourthouseNews @ACLU
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Jonathan Corbett 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 retweeted
SimonTheSorcerer@SimonTheSorcer624 Jun 2023
Replying to @igorsushko
2021: The russian army is 2nd in the world! 2022: The russian army is 2nd in Ukraine! 2023: The russian army is 2nd in russia!
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Ninth Circuit fucks over free speech rights by allowing Cali. to criminalize honking at political protests. Porter v. Martinez, 21-55149. 2-1 decision. Hope they go en banc. sos.metnews.com/sos.cgi?0523…
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After many years, I'm uninstalling Twitter from my phone. The Russian bots designed to sow discord, in light of @elonmusk's refusal to reign them in (and, frankly, apparently support for Russia), have made it so that no reasonable discourse can be had. 1/2
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I'll still sign in every once in a while and post newsworthy updates as they come, but I can't waste time responding to bot farms every day. Really sad that this is how Twitter ends. 2/2.
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Did they seriously just post a Star Trek character while attempting to flex Star Wars fandom? At least they are consistent with their level of competence.
TSA
@TSA4 May 2023
We’re boldly going where no government agency has gone before. Now that we’ve made all the Star Wars fans gasp, Chewbacca on this next bit. If you need to say Darth Later to your travel questions, reach out to our travel Jedi order @AskTSA. #MayThe4thBeWithYou
"May The 4th Be With You" with Spock from Star Trek giving his "Live Long and Prosper" hand sign.

ALT "May The 4th Be With You" with Spock from Star Trek giving his "Live Long and Prosper" hand sign.

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U.S. Court of Appeals Clears Path to Lawsuits Against Abusive @TSA Screeners (Fourth Circuit) professional-troublemaker.co… Enjoy, @TSA_Pekoske @TSA_Northeast @TSA_Gulf @TSA_Pacific @TSA_Comms_AA @TSA_Southeast!

U.S. Court of Appeals Clears Path to Lawsuits Against Abusive TSA Screeners

In 2012, a TSA screener refused to allow me to leave a checkpoint after I told him I wouldn’t consent to having him touch my genitals. He told me I would be forcibly searched, called the poli…

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L. Max Taylor@Lmaxt17 Apr 2023
Replying to @ItsMattsLaw
@ItsMattsLaw
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Courts looking down on pro se litigants is very real, and perhaps surprisingly, appears to happen even when you are an attorney representing yourself. People *should* be able to represent themselves on straight forward matters after research, but in reality are usually shot down.
Stuart Campbell@stu_tx15 Apr 2023
So in eviction court this week, i rep’d 7 families from a single complex. I got all of them dismissed bc the landlord didn’t follow the law. Directly after my cases, 3 more tenants from the same place, pro se, presented the exact same arguments. But they were evicted.
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Discoveryyyyyyyy :D In general, attorney-client privilege is waived when you sue your attorney to the extent necessary for them to defend the suit. What a foolish move by the country's #1 Fool.
CNN
@CNN12 Apr 2023
Donald Trump is suing Michael Cohen for $500 million in damages for allegedly breaching his contract as Trump's former personal attorney cnn.it/3Uy5YJj
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In the same tweet, she complains that GOP shreds the Constitution, then advocates for the President to ignore the courts. I generally appreciate AOC for shaking things up, but that is both dangerous and dumb.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC9 Apr 2023
GOP are losing their mind over this, but there’s precedent - including their own. Courts ordered Trump to fully restore DACA. They ignored it w/ Republican support. GOP operate in complete contempt for the law until they’re in a position to shred Constitutional & human rights.
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I just deposed a @CBP @CBPArizona border officer who testified that merely seeming nervous while crossing the border may cause her to take you to a back room, feel all up in your labia, and make you squat and cough. Even U.S. citizens. Gee, I wonder why people might be nervous.
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I can't wait to send the depo transcript to Congress. This is absolutely outrageous and reform was needed yesterday. @IJ @ACLUaz
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Some coverage by the lovely @NinaPullano of my case against one of NY's blue laws, prohibiting late night drinking on New Year's Day when it lands on a Sunday. :)
Courthouse News
@CourthouseNews30 Mar 2023
.@ErisEvolution art director & partner @polinabuckley talked to @NinaPullano about her court battle against New York's blue laws, which are rooted in Christianity. 📷: @_JonCorbett Full @SidebarCNS episode on blue laws: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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