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    Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017

    Eight years ago this week, I returned to blogging, restarting my Law Dork blog, which I'd originally launched in 2003, on Feb. 6, 2009.

    9:45 PM - 8 Feb 2017
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      2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        After having taken a two-year hiatus while in state government, I returned to blogging just as the Obama administration was getting started.

        1 reply 2 retweets 15 likes
      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        On that day, @ElieNYC & @OrinKerr welcomed me back—at ATL & Volokh, respectively—which immed brought me right back to it all, so thanks.

        2 replies 1 retweet 17 likes
      4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        I thought I was going to be writing about State AGs and preemption and regulatory reform. But, the news gods had other ideas in mind.

        1 reply 1 retweet 14 likes
      5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Soon thereafter, a California case challenging whether that state's Prop 8 had been a proper topic for a referendum was being heard.

        2 replies 1 retweet 18 likes
      6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        .@shelbygeidner and @ngeidner and @TiffanyStarnes convinced me that "I had to join Twitter," so I did on the day before the arguments.

        2 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
      7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        From there, it hasn't stopped. ... In April 2009, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of marriage equality.

        1 reply 1 retweet 17 likes
      8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        On opposite coasts, federal court challenges to DOMA and Prop 8 were filed. And pressure began building on Obama to act for LGBT rights.

        2 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
      9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        And I kept writing.

        2 replies 1 retweet 20 likes
      10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Fast-forward to this week, and I opened up Twitter to cover arguments on the West Coast in another case.

        2 replies 1 retweet 14 likes
      11. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        It's the start of a new administration, and I, again, am certain that the news gods will determine what I cover — my planning be damned.

        2 replies 1 retweet 17 likes
      12. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        This time, the case was not a topic I ever would have imagined covering. ... And the audience that I had for my coverage was humbling.

        2 replies 1 retweet 18 likes
      13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        I can't connect all the dots that got me from there to here, but I am so grateful for it & try my best to take the responsibility seriously.

        2 replies 1 retweet 28 likes
      14. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        I've learned so much from so many people — and had so many incredible editors — in the past 8 years. It's unreal. I've been so lucky.

        1 reply 1 retweet 15 likes
      15. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        I also got sober, which made a lot easier in a lot of ways — and I think has made me a better person than I was before.

        2 replies 2 retweets 47 likes
      16. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        And, let's be honest, I also now have a (v cute) nephew in my life who really did change something in me and brings me so much happiness.

        1 reply 1 retweet 22 likes
      17. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Now, here we are, at the start of a new administration, and I have a privileged role to do what I hope is fair, important work.

        2 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
      18. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        So, eight years ago, I had no conception of where my life would lead me, or what twists and turns would be coming my way. But, I kept going.

        1 reply 1 retweet 17 likes
      19. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Chris Geidner Retweeted Orin Kerr

        It took me to places I never would have imagined.https://twitter.com/orinkerr/status/829569303900991489 …

        Chris Geidner added,

        Orin KerrVerified account @OrinKerr
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @ElieNYC
        And after all that hoopla, you didn't amount to anything. ;) pic.twitter.com/XpVKLdhSAj
        3 replies 1 retweet 18 likes
      20. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        And now it feels like I'm just getting started.

        1 reply 1 retweet 16 likes
      21. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        So, thanks for joining me — way back when, or in the years since. I love my work, & I'm so grateful that I get to share it with all of you.

        4 replies 1 retweet 60 likes
      22. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 8 Feb 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Night, all, and let us be good to one another — and ourselves.

        0 replies 1 retweet 34 likes
      23. End of conversation

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