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Brendan Benedict

@brendanbenedict.bsky.social
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Lawyer. Principal, Benedict Law Group PLLC. DC/NY. Antitrust & commercial litigation. (Attorney Advertising - Prior Results Do Not Guarantee Outcomes) benedictlawgroup.com

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Jessica J. González @jgo4justice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Special thanks to my co-counsel @brendanbenedict.bsky.social who lead our brief. And to the hundreds of thousands of people who have shared their concerns with us. We fight for you.
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Brendan Benedict @brendanbenedict.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not a done deal. Spread the word.
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I so appreciate you and your commitment to seventh generation. You are a valiant, valiant warrior for the people.
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Gabriel Lezra @gabelezra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The work of justice is to plant trees under whose shade you may never sit; and the fight against organized oligarchy, against the immense power of concentrated money, is often a battle for a sunrise you may never see. But one day, someone, somewhere, will sit under a tree, watching the sun rise.
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Gabriel Lezra @gabelezra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Read this. The economics of Paramount’s nonsense threat to leave California make no sense. It’s a paper tiger and people are buying it. Yet another oligarch attempt to buy a fake narrative.
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Gabriel Lezra @gabelezra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
AGs: don’t let oligarchs distract you from a simple reality: the people stand with you. Your fight is theirs: for the workers whose jobs this will eliminate, for the communities losing money, for the stories and representation we will lose, for the free press, and for democracy. #BlockTheMerger
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'm also honored that Jackson, crediting "the keepers of 'the call of remembrance' (trained historians)" at p. 19, cited, among an illustrious list of trained historians, the amicus brief @evanbernick.bsky.social & I filed, with the outstanding lawyering of Brendan Benedict & Michael Altebrando:
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
4/ Our amicus brief - an originalist defense of birthright citizenship - is posted here. Thanks again to the outstanding work of @evanbernick.bsky.social @mike-altebrando.bsky.social @brendanbenedict.bsky.social I can't believe it turned out to be remotely close! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Amicus Brief in <i>Trump v. Barbara</i>: An Originalist Defense of Birthright Citizenship
For nearly all of the first 235 years under the Constitution, the citizenship of every child born in the United States to alien parents, with immaterial excepti
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's anti-birthright executive order. I was honored that Sotomayor cited 5 of my articles in her dissent in Slaughter yesterday. It's a sweeter honor today as Jackson cited my historical work supporting birthright, p. 12 & 13, forthcoming in UC L.J.
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Brendan Benedict @brendanbenedict.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Gratified that our brief was cited in Justice Jackson's concurrence and that several of its unique sources made it into the Opinion of the Court. This is a huge victory for the rule of law -- one that comes along once a century. Thank you to @evanbernick.bsky.social and @jedshug.bsky.social.
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Brendan Benedict @brendanbenedict.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Nearly a month later, and despite numerous requests to correct the misstatement, Kurt Lash has not. Larry Solum continues to stake his own reputation on his confidence in Lash's good faith. Both have blocked me on Twitter for pointing out the error. An old boys' club defending the right to lie.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
LIVE: #BlockTheMerger hearing led by @booker.senate.gov is streaming here 👉 www.youtube.com/live/xETe83T... Here we are just before the hearing with the Senator & the witnesses--including @katiephang.bsky.social & other @democracydefendersaction.org colleagues
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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Mark Rufalo warns Congress against the Paramount-WBD merger: "You don't have to watch 'Citizen Kane' or read '1984' to understand that the concentrated oligarchic control this merger represents is a threat to a free press, an informed populace & democracy itself." www.youtube.com/live/xETe83T...
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Brendan Benedict @brendanbenedict.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
As @markruffalo.bsky.social strongly said - don't trust empty promises, "Trust Competition!" 🔥
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Matt Wood @mattfieldwood.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Happening now, with @booker.senate.gov kicking it off. Booker leads with the devastating layoffs from every merger like this -- as well as the impact on our media and on journalism from the corruption here. We can't let the Ellisons win this deal by promising to do to CNN what they did to CBS.
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Please check out my Substack substack.com/@markruff/no...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/business/media/hollywood-letter-opposing-paramount-warner-bros-deal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/business/media/hollywood-letter-opposing-paramount-warne...
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Paramount / Warner Bros. Discovery merger inquiry
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking views on the anticipated acquisition by Paramount Skydance Corporation of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Mark Ruffalo, Glenn Close, Ben Stiller, Jane Fonda, John Cusack, Kristen Stewart, JJ Abrams, Katie Phang, John Leguizamo, and over a thousand actors, writers, directors, journalists, producers, composers, and Hollywood executives have signed a letter against the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger: 🧵
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
BREAKING: A coalition of 1,000+ stars & film pros just jumped into the fight to support state AG's investigating the Paramount-Warners merger Not a done deal! We @democracydefendersfund.org @filmcoalition.bsky.social @1acommittee.bsky.social & other GREAT partners r proud to help #BlockTheMerger
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Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros.
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
scoop: more than 1,000 directors, writers, actors and other entertainment industry professionals have signed an open letter opposing Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/b...
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Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
“'I’ve never experienced anything like this in my entire life,' the congresswoman said, fighting back tears. "She described the way people were laying down inside as “like sardines.” “'It is frightening in there,' she said. 'It is disgusting'..." azmirror.com/2026/04/10/i...
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Brendan Benedict @brendanbenedict.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Hamburger's column can be dismissed with Hitchens' Razor: what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. Hamburger cites only those writing in support of the administration, but offers no evidence or research of his own. Therefore it is not worthy of comment.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 08/04/2026
I'm on the train back to DC – I call on all my colleagues to come back, too. Congress must vote to end this war IMMEDIATELY.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 09/04/2026
Credit where credit is due: Congressional Democrats showed up during recess - they came back early - to introduce a war powers resolution. Republicans blocked it.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Republicans block effort to halt Trump's war with Iran after 'civilization' threat House Democrats tried to force a vote on a war powers resolution during recess. Senate Democrats will launch a more serious attempt to rein in Trump next week.
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Republicans block effort to halt Trump's war with Iran after 'civilization' threat
House Democrats tried to force a vote on a war powers resolution during recess. Senate Democrats will launch a more serious attempt to rein in Trump when Congress returns next week.
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Brendan Benedict @brendanbenedict.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
My plea to Democrats in Congress is this: get back to Washington. Even if you can't gavel in from recess. Even if you don't have a quorum. Even if another war powers resolution vote fails. It's not enough to Tweet. Get inside the building and show the world you are trying. NOW!
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
6. I erred on the side of generosity last night. I checked and assumed that he had made one change without telling us. I wanted to accept this small gesture, so I deleted many of my posts yesterday. I was wrong. These errors have not been corrected.
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I was wrong - He did not correct his mischaracterization of our amicus brief about Roma, nor did he correct his claim about the 1866 debates. I checked the main article, and I forgot his wrong claim was in his "Response": papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Allegiance Reading of the Citizenship Clause and Its Critics: A Response
<p><span> </span></p> <p><span>The Fourteenth Amendment establishes two requirements for natural born citizenship: First, one must be born in the United St
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Boston University School of Law @bulaw.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
#BULawProf @jedshug.bsky.social's SCOTUS birthright citizenship amicus brief: “the plain meaning at the time of ratification, the Reconstruction debates and the common law history all demonstrate that children of transient aliens or unlawful entrants are citizens.” ➡️ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/o...
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Opinion | The Birthright Con
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Lauren Feiner @laurenfeiner.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
At the beginning of Trump's second term, many in the odd coalition of antitrust populists still had hope that aggressive enforcement would continue, albeit with changes. At the antitrust bar's annual convening in DC last week, that hope seemed deflated www.theverge.com/policy/90522...
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The Trump administration’s antitrust honeymoon is over
Don’t expect aggressive enforcement in the next three years, a fired Trump administration official said.
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I talked with @mjsdc.bsky.social about what is looking like a 7-2 or maybe even 8-1 decision against the anti-birthright EO. And now I am going to shut up about this for awhile because I don‘t want to screw anything up. slate.com/podcasts/ami...
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Trump Watched his Birthright Citizenship Case Collapse in Real Time
Trump’s off-the-wall theory about the 14th amendment falls flat at SCOTUS
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We haven’t had enough praise of people who are doing good historical work, especially younger folks getting their start. Let me say @btkeener.bsky.social has really impressed me lately, and y’all should keep an eye on his work.
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
When @gregsargent.bsky.social writes that Trump's arguments are "based on lawyerly hocus pocus," I'm honored he links to our amicus, providing history, not MAGA magical thinking. @evanbernick.bsky.social @brendanbenedict.bsky.social @mike-altebrando.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2084...
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Trump’s Crazed New Eruptions of Fury at SCOTUS Already Set to Backfire
It’s a good thing that he showed up in court for the birthright citizenship arguments. It helps ensure that he’ll own this morally repugnant effort to gut the constitutional promise of equality.
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"The Birthright Con" Excellent @nytimes.com essay previewing today's birthright citizenship arguments by @jamellebouie.net (and not just for quoting the amicus brief from @evanbernick.bsky.social @brendanbenedict.bsky.social @mike-altebrando.bsky.social and me) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/o...
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Opinion | The Birthright Con
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Brendan Benedict @brendanbenedict.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Did Randy Barnett not read the briefs? Did he skip over the exchange between Cowan and Conness? Or the many other statements supporting the traditional rule?
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Brendan Benedict @brendanbenedict.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In his draft paper, Kurt Lash says that our amicus brief in Trump v. Barbara at p.27 claims "that Republicans viewed . . . the Romani as illegally in the United States". What it actually mentions is "England’s historical exclusions against the Roma people" Still no correction.
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
we said what we said @anthonymkreis.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The nonsense case against birthright citizenship
Meet the conservative legal minds telling the Supreme Court to side with Trump.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 20/03/2026
“You’re a coward. And a clown.” The threats and bare-knuckle tactics of MAGA’s most powerful antitrust fixer.
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The Threats and Bare-Knuckle Tactics of MAGA’s Top Antitrust Fixer
Mike Davis pushed DOJ officials to approve his deals—and went over their heads if they pushed back..
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
MUST SEE TV 1pm ET, 10am PT A hearing on most dangerous merger in U.S. history: Paramount-Warners Chaired by @schiff.senate.gov w/ superstar witnesses like Noah Wyle, @jimacosta.bsky.social & Jax Deluca They will explain why the merger must & WILL be stopped! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubgs...
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“Lights, Camera, Competition”: Schiff Hosts Spotlight Hearing to Fight for American Film Production
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/03/2026
By the time you finish watching this video, you'll be able to explain the potential Warner Brothers-Paramount deal like an expert.
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What is going on with the Warner Brothers-Paramount deal?!
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Brendan Benedict @brendanbenedict.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Next Tuesday, 3/17 at noon ET I will be speaking on this panel hosted by the DC Bar on the #ftcvmeta trial that I attended last year for the Big Tech on Trial Substack. There are great panelists including @tarap.bsky.social Dan Gilman, Joseph Coniglio & Justin Katz
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
4/ @evanbernick.bsky.social and I have posted our amicus brief, "An Originalist Defense of Birthright Citizenship" on SSRN, with our deepest gratitiude to @brendanbenedict.bsky.social & @mike-altebrando.bsky.social as our counsel who added so much substance: papers.ssrn.com/abstract=635...
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Amicus Brief in <i>Trump v. Barbara</i>: An Originalist Defense of Birthright Citizenship
<p>For nearly all of the first 235 years under the Constitution, the citizenship of every child born in the United States to alien parents, with immaterial exce
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The National Law Journal @thenlj.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
In a brief from the originalist legal scholars Evan Bernick and Jed Shugerman, the authors argue that Trump's interpretation of the 14th Amendment is based on dubious claims of the text's original meaning. loom.ly/RPK4hdo
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From ABA to Bishops, Groups Push Supreme Court to Reject Birthright Citizenship Restrictions | Law.com
Catholic bishops, the American Bar Association and others have filed friend-of-the-court briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court in recent days opposing President Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship.
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Noah @nbaron.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Quite proud of this brief I worked on—filed on behalf of eight immigrant rights orgs—which points out the disconnect between the govt’s legal theory of birthright and the terms of the EO, which would affect millions of people with deep ties to our country. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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Michael Altebrando @mike-altebrando.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Great brief, really enjoyed reading through this - Very nice work @nbaron.bsky.social and team.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/02/2026
this is a great brief and it appropriately ends with a killshot: the simple observation that if trump's meaning held, the birthright clause would not have overturned dred scott, the one thing it was absolutely meant to do.
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Thank you, Akiva. More credit goes to @brendanbenedict.bsky.social @mike-altebrando.bsky.social and @evanbernick.bsky.social I'm really proud of our teamwork here. I love this closing paragraph (and I didn't write it, nor did I write the killer intro, which I also love).
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Jed H. Shugerman @jedshug.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
3/ I provide more detailed evidence in support of Part IV in this article, with the support of many legal scholars before me: "An Originalist Case for Birthright Citizenship: The Inclusion of 'Temporary Sojourners' and of Chinese and Roma" forthcoming UC L. J. 2026 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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