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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The Birthright citizenship ruling should be a wake up call to any Dem who is still on the fence about court reform. We are essentially one seat change away from the Court undoing Reconstruction by fiat.

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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The upcoming midterm elections are going to be contested amid a broken Voting Rights Act, "rigorously" invalidated campaign-finance laws, and federal election commissioners who can be fired for no reason. The only people who voted for this absurd legal regime are the unelected justices on the Court

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Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

the swing i have swung on court reform…

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/06/2026

It's going to end up being a surveillance state that requires severe privacy risks for girls to participate in sports going forward including invasive genetic testing and physical examinations.

A pressing question now is how sports officials will determine if competitors are girls and women, as defined by the opinion. While gender verification testing — a long-vilified and intrusive practice — has resumed at the Olympic level, how will grade schools, middle schools and high schools conduct those tests? And will everyone be tested, or just the athletes who draw suspicion?

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/06/2026

I am a one issue voter in 2028 for president: reform and expand the Supreme Court along with the rest of the federal judiciary. If you cannot equivocally say yes, even if you need to abolish the filibuster to do it, I will not support you.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

NEW: The Supreme Court will decide next term whether the Second Amendment guarantees the right to own assault rifles.

Viramontes v. Cook County
Docket No.
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Op. Below
7th Cir.
Term
October Term 2026
SCOTUS Page
Issue
Whether the Second and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Second apparently this was a close case for this Court. As it stands the decision is 6-3. In 1898 the Court’s decision protecting birthright citizenship, Won Kim Ark v. U.S., was 6-2. That means this SCOTUS is either on par w/or to the right of the 1898 Court - the same SCOTUS that decided Plessy!

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Dorna Mohaghegh @dmohaghegh.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I genuinely believed it would be 6-3 at worst, and likely 7-2. It seems I gave Kavanaugh and Gorsuch too much credit.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

There's no sugar-coating Slaughter. It's an enormously important ruling (far more important than the other three decisions #SCOTUS handed down today). It's a huge win for Trump/the executive. And it's going to have massive ramifications for the functioning of the government long after Trump is gone.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Justice Sotomayor read her dissent from the bench. It reads in part: "Today, this Court undoes centuries of political practice and concludes that all three branches of Government have been acting in open defiance of the Constitution all this time. Its conclusion is wrong."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/06/2026

in their forthcoming book, @nikobowie.bsky.social and Daphna Renan make a very persuasive case that Lost Cause-ism was a powerful influence on Taft’s views of judicial and executive power. It was important, IOW, to push back on the radical Reconstruction congresses.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Chief Justice Roberts just announced from the bench that *tomorrow* (Tuesday) will be the last day for opinion hand-downs this term. So we'll get birthright citizenship, the two transgender discrimination cases, and the big campaign finance case in some order at 10 ET tomorrow.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

OMFG. I cannot begin to describe my gasp at how Roberts & co decided to go all in on LOST CAUSE theory & insist that the Reconstruction Congress did Confederate sympathizer President Andrew Johnson wrong by attempting to keep him from destroying Reconstruction www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 06/05/2026

Our Director @evangreer.bsky.social explains what we aim to accomplish with our Massachusetts social media bill. We want your feedback! Read the working draft of our bill here: www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-05...

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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"When using technology, including artificial intelligence, a lawyer must independently review, verify, and exercise professional judgment regarding any output generated by the technology."

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UC Berkeley School of Information @berkeleyischool.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

What if you had a field guide to federal data — the way a naturalist has a field guide to birds? Our Executive Fellow Denice Ross and her former White House colleague just launched a free, plain-language resource covering more than 80 datasets across 50+ federal agencies.

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New Federal Data Field Guide Helps Americans Navigate the Rich Diversity of Our Federal Data Ecosystem

Denice Ross, who served as the nation’s second U.S. Chief Data Scientist, and her former White House colleague Christopher Marcum have launched the Federal Data Field Guide.

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

If the Voting Rights Act is rightly seen by many of us as the real beginning of American democracy, then it is fitting that a Court hell-bent on undoing democratic rule, including granting the president king-like powers, would seek to dismantle it.

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It is worth, I think, emphasizing that in trampling congressional attempts to protect the rights of Black people, the Court is basically doing what it has always done, with the exception of a couple decades in the mid-20th century when it often worked with Congress to protect the rights of Black ppl

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

BREAKING: DOJ announces charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center based on allegations of paid informants in an indictment in the Middle District of Alabama. "This investigation is very much ongoing," FBI Director Kash Patel said.

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Our Indictment alleges
Southern Poverty Law Center secretly funneled
MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN FUNDS to white supremacist & extremist groaps including:
$ 1M + National Alliance affillate
$300K+ Aryan Nations affilate
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$73K + Farmer KKK members
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 21/04/2026

🧵 The arguments behind landmark Supreme Court rulings have never been freely available… until now. More than 125,000 #SCOTUS records & briefs (1830–2019) are now open on the Internet Archive. Full announcement ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u... @wolflawlibrary.bsky.social

The official seal of the United States Supreme Court, featuring a circular design with the words “Supreme Court of the United States” surrounding a central emblem of a balanced scale of justice and a laurel wreath, symbolizing law, authority, and fairness.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 21/04/2026

This is thanks to a gift from the Wolf Law Library at William & Mary Law School. These records reveal the arguments that shaped America, including cases like Brown v. Board of Education & Loving v. Virginia.

Monogram of William & Mary Law School featuring a white intertwined “W&M” topped by a crown, referencing the university’s royal charter.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

A federal judge in Illinois today ruled that the Trump administration improperly coerced Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps in violation of the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Holly Lyn Walrath @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

As an editor and publisher, I'm very disturbed by the trend of putting submitter's work into AI detectors without their consent or knowledge. I can tell you this is happening at a lot of major magazines. I don't care if the detector is supposedly not using data put into it. you must gain consent.

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🦇🎃💀 Riana-mator 💀🎃🦇 @riana.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Since this article won't bother to fucking tell you or link to it so that they can instead claim to have an eXcLuSiVe about a lawsuit filed in open court, the case citation is Doe v. OpenAI Foundation et al., No. CGC-26-635725, in San Francisco Superior Court.

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TherapyDonut @kryptopeon.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Well, at least we'll have one less Dem running for governor. That's one way to thin the herd.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The letter fragment I've seen from Swalwell's attorney threatening defamation bears several things that, in my experience in this area, makes me immediately suspicious of Swalwell and his attorney and reflect meritless thuggery. /1

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Blake E. Reid @chup.blakereid.org · 06/04/2026

OpenAI's "industrial policy" doc is a helpful roadmap for the tropes they are about to flood the zone with (including via "research" grants) to influence law and policy. Look out for stuff like the "Right to AI," "democratization," "public-private collaboration," "open economy,"... 1/

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Industrial policy for the Intelligence Age

Explore our ambitious, people-first industrial policy ideas for the AI era—focused on expanding opportunity, sharing prosperity, and building resilient institutions as advanced intelligence evolves.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/04/2026

"Humanity's next great voyage begins" #Artemis

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/04/2026

T-5 minutes now! #Artemis

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/04/2026

It's just a matter of how he loses. Striking down the EO while expanding the exceptions for birthright citizenship and instruction Trump how to write the next executive order *is* a clear loss to the cause. I am more worried about that than the fate of this EO.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

wish SCOTUS would examine "a well regulated militia" with the granularity they are debating "domicile"

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This. The court may even pair the release of the ruling in favor of birthright citizenship with the one gutting the Voting Rights Act, and the usual suspects will proclaim it’s a sign of moderation

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

There is a certain sad kismetic irony to birthright citizenship being heard in the Supreme Court on April Fools' Day, because if you had told me if ever in my lifetime we would be litigating birth right citizenship, I would have thought you were joking.

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I’m not sure non-lawyers realize how unheard of this is.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

They're literally running out of lawyers in a state where the district judges are practically at war with the administration.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar. If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.

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SHOCKING FEDERAL COURT MOMENT: DOJ attorney Julie Le, "The system sucks, this job sucks" to Judge Jerry Blackwell who pressed her on why so many court orders are being ignored by ICE/Trump admin. She asked to be held in contempt just so she could get 24 hours of sleep. @FOX9
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

We visited Renee Good's memorial. There, we met a group of Somali Minnesotans — who too have been viciously attacked for weeks — warmly hosting everyone. Flowers & stuffed animals galore. Neighbors continually offering sambusas & hand-warmers & water. Grief. And belief. Scenes from Minneapolis:

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WATCH: Prem Attends Memorial at Scene of Murder in Minneapolis

See what Prem saw at the memorial for the 37-year-old mother killed by ICE in Minneapolis, plus interview with Omar Fateh and residents.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

This is the kind of great work that @boltsmag.org does. Follow them. Support them. You can’t fight for power if you don’t understand where it sits. Include Bolts in your citizenship toolkit.

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Rudbeckia @rudbeckia.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

uh holy SHIT?

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Please join me in welcoming to the public domain such works as the 1930 Best Picture All Quiet on the Western Front, Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, several Nancy Drew books, some songs you've heard of (Dream a Little Dream of Me; Georgia on My Mind), and more: blog.archive.org/2026/01/01/w...

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Welcome to the Public Domain in 2026 | Internet Archive Blogs

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Call me a nerd, but yesterday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania cited my reporting in a ruling against the DOJ in a case challenging Trump-era actions targeting transgender people. A reminder that this work really does matter.

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Dorna Mohaghegh @dmohaghegh.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Thrilled to collaborate with @scriptedjournal.bsky.social for this special issue! Stay tuned for interdisciplinary insights into the sociolegal effects of algorithmic technology and data mining, courtesy of our research team at DADE.

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SCRIPTed @scriptedjournal.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

🎄On day 5 of SCRIPTed-mas, SCRIPTed goes Berkeley. On 1 June 2026, DADE is organizing a colloquium at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. Afterwards, a SCRIPTed Special Issue is planned. Huge thanks to DADE's co-leaders - Isabella Mariani and @dmohaghegh.bsky.social, for choosing SCRIPTed! Stay tuned!

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 14/12/2025

Deadline: February 15, 2026 Call for Papers for a Special Issue from @pspolisci.bsky.social - 'Rethinking the Global Legacies of 1776' seeks to situate the Declaration of Independence within a broader global and comparative lens - cup.org/3Jxodxo

Promotional banner for "PS Call For Papers" featuring a crowd of people at a rainbow flag event.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 15/12/2025

"Check out how dry my skin looks. It's because my body is telling me that I'm suffering and need to put on more layers. But as a thirteen-year-old boy in the suburbs, FASHION is more important to me than BASIC BODILY NEEDS."

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I’m a Middle School Boy, and I Refuse to Wear Anything but Basketball Shorts in the Winter

Suck it, pants. I don’t care that it’s snowing; I refuse to wear anything but basketball shorts. I’m growing these ALMOST MAN LEGS and am workshopp...

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