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Kathryn Rubino

@kathryn1.bsky.social
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is... awful. abovethelaw.com/2026/07/wash...
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Washington Just Called Off Its Entire Bar Exam - Above the Law
Six hours of tech troubles, no questions answered, and a class of grads told to put their lives on hold until September.
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Miss Ivonne 🌊 @missivonne.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Bill Barr makes the interesting argument that, yes, Todd Blanche is godawful, but Trump's so corrupt that Blanche's likely replacement would be even worse. @kathryn1.bsky.social abovethelaw.com/2026/06/bill...
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Bill Barr Would Like The Senate To Know: Confirm Todd Blanche Or The Hostage Gets It - Above the Law
The faintest of praise, from the least reassuring of messengers.
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My mayor's Muslim, my bagels Jewish, Biglaw let me thrive, Knicks in five! abovethelaw.com/2026/06/the-...
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The Knicks Are Making Biglaw Partners... Nice - Above the Law
My mayor's muslim, my bagels jewish, Biglaw let me thrive, Knicks in five.
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Ok. At some point we have to start thinking it’s Pope Leo and divine intervention on behalf of Villanova 2.0 #knicks
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The thing that gets me about this Trump slush fund is that for years the right falsely accused the left of paying for protestors and rioters. Now they are twisting the legal system so they can *checks notes* PAY RIOTERS
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
They'll never beat the false flag rumors like this
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 22/04/2026
Kind of wild how @scotusblog.com — no comment on its new redesign — has gone into full gear to undermine the @nytimes.com story about the shadow docket papers, and specifically to call into question @stevevladeck.bsky.social's many years of research and thinking on this topic.
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The emergency docket’s mistaken birthday
Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning – from practical considerations to deep theory – behind our nation’s most consequential constitutional decisions.
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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
As @kathryn1.bsky.social flagged earlier today…the Volokh Conspiracy army are preparing to grasp at every imaginable straw to make this about “the leak” instead of “Republican justices made up fake law because they were worried about their personal stock portfolios”
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The Shadow Docket Memos Are Damning. So Naturally, The Right Is Talking About The Leak. - Above the Law
New York Times reporting reveals the birth of the modern emergency docket was sloppier, more ideologically driven, and less legally rigorous than anyone admitted. The right's response is to demand we ...
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Wake up, babe… new civ pro doctrine of “take backsies” just dropped. abovethelaw.com/2026/03/trum...
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Trump Admin Calls 'Backsies' On Biglaw Executive Order Appeals - Above the Law
Less than 24 hours later, the DOJ is attempting to reverse its surrender.
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Sometimes you just need a little old school Above the Law-style levity in your feed abovethelaw.com/2025/12/when...
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When Dicks Sues Kuntz, The Legal Headlines Basically Write Themselves - Above the Law
This case is about a car crash, but the caption is the real wreck.
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Legal Talk Network @legaltalknet.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
🚨 New ATL Ep: The ChatGPT Legal Problem | "Your Honor, my AI lied to me!" 🤖 Why are lawyers trusting bots to draft their briefs? 🎧 iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a... 🎙️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7EiwCxH... @joepatrice.bsky.social @writesforrent.bsky.social @kathryn1.bsky.social
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Legal Talk Network @legaltalknet.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Too many jerks at firms or are we oversensitive? Plus, DC Bar election blowout! Why? Leading a Bar in '25 means standing up to power. Pam Bondi's bro didn't convince members. This fear of strong Bars led FL to kneecap theirs! tinyurl.com/32a6bvzf #Law #DCBar #LawyerLife @kathryn1.bsky.social
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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
@abovethelaw.com has done more to expose Leonard Leo than any legacy MSM. Or any so called media watchdog @joepatrice.bsky.social @sulliview.bsky.social @jayrosen.bsky.social @markjacob.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
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The Website Where Lawyers Mock ‘Yellow-Bellied’ Firms Bowing to Trump
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Alex Van Buren @alexvanburen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
10/10 would watch this show. @abovethelaw.com @nytimes.com cc @netflix.com
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New Villanova alternate jerseys incoming
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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Great. Now we're going to get Deep Dish Eucharist.
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Legal Talk Network @legaltalknet.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
How are law school ranking shifts impacting legal talent? What are the risks of Biglaw/government entanglements? Due process, SCOTUS? 🤔 Keep Listening @atlblog: tinyurl.com/2hj42ken #LegalNews #SupremeCourt #Law #HumanRights @joepatrice.bsky.social @kathryn1.bsky.social @writesforrent.bsky.social
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Have thoughts about the Biglaw firms bending a knee to Trump? Here's your chance to sound off! abovethelaw.com/2025/04/fear...
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Fear And Loathing In Washington - Above the Law
How should Biglaw respond to the government’s threats? Tell us what you think in this anonymous survey.
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Legal Talk Network @legaltalknet.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Where do Biglaw firms stand against illegal demands? There is a list. 📝 Keep listening tinyurl.com/y8zm3dfd @abovethelaw.com @joepatrice.bsky.social @kathryn1.bsky.social #lawyers #lawyerlife
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Mitch Jackson ⚖️ @mitch.social · 13/04/2025
Great news! The law firm of Susman Godfrey is hitting back at the Trump administration over its illegal and unethical executive order targeting the firm. @kathryn1.bsky.social tells us all about it in her well written article. abovethelaw.com/2025/04/susm...
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Susman Godfrey Hits Back At Trump Administration Over Executive Order Targeting The Firm - Above the Law
The firm is making good on their promise to fight Trump's EO.
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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Now @abovethelaw.com has created a Biglaw Spine Index, an easy-to-navigate table with the 2024 Am Law 200 color-coded to show the fighters, the capitulators, and the silent. bsky.app/profile/abov...
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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Pro Bono Payola is a fantastic phrase and I’m angry I didn’t think of it.
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Skadden Makes $100 Million 'Settlement' With Trump in Pro Bono Payola - Above the Law
How did Skadden get a worse deal than Paul Weiss?
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Fair warning: I'm about to lean HARD into the term pro bono payola abovethelaw.com/2025/03/skad...
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Skadden Makes $100 Million 'Settlement' With Trump in Pro Bono Payola - Above the Law
How did Skadden get a worse deal than Paul Weiss?
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Matt Szafranski @mszafranski.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Another way to see this is when Pryor and @joepatrice.bsky.social are on the same page about something, you're meddling with powers you cannot possibly comprehend.
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Ok this headline is headlining: Jenner & Block To Trump: See You In Court, Not On Our Knees abovethelaw.com/2025/03/jenn...
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Jenner & Block To Trump: See You In Court, Not On Our Knees - Above the Law
And they drag Paul Weiss in the process.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 11/03/2025
Lawyers who fail to stand up for other lawyers who are being targeted by the Trumpers are being very bad lawyers, in addition to being cowards. The Trump Regime is attacking the rule of law; and without the rule of law, there will not be much of a need for lawyers.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
“Conway opines as to why Biglaw firms aren’t collectively working together to fight what Trump is doing and protect the legal system as we know it, and he chalks a lot of it up to cowardice.”
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Trump Is Coming After Biglaw, Too Bad They're 'A Bunch Of Pussies' Just Like Republican Senators - Above the Law
George Conway gets real about Biglaw's reaction to the Trump II reign.
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Okay, but “lady flower hemomancy” is so metal abovethelaw.com/2025/02/call...
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Calling Defendant A Witch Who Controls Men With Menstrual Blood Doesn't Work Out For Prosecutors - Above the Law
State supreme court tosses conviction secured by prosecutors repeatedly suggesting that the defendant was a witch and might be supernatural.
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
watching the “things are fair when everyone gets what they need” episode of Daniel Tiger feels like an act of resistance in 2025. That’s… horrifying
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I'm going to write something new today, but the white media quest to normalize the idea of ending birthright citizenship has been going on for some time. Yesterday was the capstone of the white supremacist project on this issue. Here's me from 6 years ago on @abovethelaw.com
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Post Runs White Nationalist Propaganda Masquerading As Law-Talkin’
The quest to make revoking birthright citizenship a 'mainstream' view needs to end.
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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
This is the most lawyer shit ever: "authored & discussed with [Professionals] a 24-page memorandum detailing the strategy & tactics he had devised, based on [opponent's] playing patterns...past mistakes when playing him, information gathered from other poker players, & computer simulated practice."
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
James Ho is out there *grinding* to make sure he stays on top of Donald Trump's SCOTUS shortlist t.co/TIEBk56dvO
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https://abovethelaw.com/2024/12/james-ho-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship/
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're eating off your toddler's plate -- that you've lovingly prepared -- because they've inexplicably rejected it, that food has zero calories If it's ice cold by the time you get to eat it, you're actually losing weight
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The hypocrisy is overwhelming abovethelaw.com/2024/12/mitc...
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Mitch McConnell’s ‘Brazen’ Judicial Hypocrisy
He can shut the hell up.
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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I've made an attempt to collect a legal industry starter pack for anyone coming over here. Obviously there are many more but this is sort of a start... go.bsky.app/SruTtr2
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Legal News Starter Pack
Join the conversation
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Sure, that district court decision blocking the Louisiana law forcing the 10 commandments into every classroom is good. But we're all just waiting for the 5th Circuit shoe to drop... abovethelaw.com/2024/11/the-...
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The Countdown To Fifth Circuit Mandating Every Student Stare At The 10 Commandments Has Begun
This case could turn real fast.
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Kathryn Rubino @kathryn1.bsky.social · 14/07/2023
Oh look, it is possible for a Supreme Court justice to respond to an ethics inquiry appropriately! abovethelaw.com/2023/07/sonia-sotom…
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Sonia Sotomayor Schools Conservative Supreme Court Justices On The Right Way To Respond To An Ethics...
This is basically a subtweet of the ethics controversy Clarence Thomas is embroiled in.
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