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In It to Win It

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Tue Feb 24, 2026, 02:11 PM Yesterday

Oh ffs: Tenth Circuit Judge Timothy Tymkovich will assume senior status on the confirmation of a successor [View all]

JP Collins
‪@profjpc.bsky.social‬

Oh ffs: Tenth Circuit Judge Timothy Tymkovich will assume senior status on the confirmation of a successor. Tymkovich is the third circuit judge in four days to create a new vacancy for Trump to fill.

This fetal personhood creep currently working in Trump’s DOJ is a former Tymkovich clerk

Coming soon to an OLC opinion near your womb

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

h/t @susanrinkunas.com

Mike Sacks (@mikesacks.bsky.social) 2025-07-10T17:29:25.213Z

A bit unseemly that these judges are racing for the door now to ensure that Trump can replace them while Republicans hold the Senate. Though this kind of political calculus is inevitable when we give judges life tenure.

It does seem to point growing concern that Republicans will lose the Senate...

Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2026-02-24T18:53:14.210Z
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