Rob Poggenklass

rpogge.bsky.social

18 June 2026 22:25

In a concurring opinion today, Justice Gorsuch specifically mentions the governor's recent veto of a @justicefwdva.bsky.social / @salimforva.bsky.social bill to ban 4th Amendment plea waivers. Gorsuch suggests 4A waivers may be unconstitutional, an argument VA's public defenders have made for years.

Taniel

taniel.bsky.social

18 June 2026 22:18

❗SCOTUS ruled today a defendant can't just waive away their rights to an appeal if that'd be a miscarriage of justice. Gorsuch wrote a concurrence saying: If we don't limit this, prosecutors will keep pushing their luck. And he cited Bolts' article on waivers in Virginia to show how far they go:

Pascal Sabino

pascalsabino.bsky.social

15 May 2026 15:33

More places in Wisconsin are pulling out of the Flock surveillance system. But police are already looking to replace Flock with another vendor. Privacy advocates warn of a “revolving door of surveillance companies”

Taniel

taniel.bsky.social

14 May 2026 20:53

🚨 The NYT appears to have taken a great feature story written by my colleague at Bolts about a west Tennessee county & the VRA, & essentially rewritten it. (Same frame, similar hed, overlapping sources.) Without a single mention, credit, let alone the a hyperlink buried somewhere.

Taniel

taniel.bsky.social

14 May 2026 20:53

Since Bolts began, there've been several instances of articles elsewhere building on us with no credit. The only place I can think of where this has happened repeatedly is the NYT. What is happening over there?! Please remember to support small independent media like Bolts.