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Ray Brescia

@raybrescia.bsky.social

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Law professor; author; lawyer; bass player: all opinions my own.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Broadcast media show collective action is the best way to stand up to a bully. My thoughts in @opinion.bloomberg.com . www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The Press Struck Back at Trump With the Ultimate Weapon

President Donald Trump surely knows by now that spontaneously banning media from the White House is illegal. He even has alternative — and legitimate — methods to revoke credentials that wouldn’t be s...

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Please check out my latest piece for @ms.now on the @cnn.com, @politico.com and MS NOW #Trump #WhiteHouse press ban. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Opinion | Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment go well beyond just freedom of the press

Ray Brescia: The president has tried to use the force of government to punish law firms, universities and private companies that displease him.

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Censorship breeds engagement, and often backfires. (See @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social interview!). My @legalafmtn.bsky.social talk with Samantha Barbas about her new book "Hate Speech The Legal and Cultural History of an American Dilemma." youtu.be/oq2wTbhNo4c?...

Trump WH LOSES IT as Censorship BACKFIRES!!!

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Please check out my latest post on the @legalafmtn.bsky.social Substack: Attorney General Todd Blanche has 9,000 potential whistleblowers working for him now, and if any of them are ordered to do something illegal or unethical, they have a duty to report it. open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

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Blanche’s 9,000 Problems: Getting Confirmed Was Only Half the Battle in Pursuing Trump’s Agenda

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Please check out my interview for @legalafmtn.bsky.social with the brilliant Paul Sonn from @nelp.org about the groups organizing to push back on #AI in the workplace and robot bosses and what local communities can do to to protect worker rights against #BigTech. youtu.be/OlY4zpQ_Yng?...

Big Tech PANICS as States Move to Deliver DECISIVE BLOW!!!

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I really enjoyed this conversation with my colleague and friend, Diego Alcalá Laboy, about the #surveillancestate, #FlockCameras, #datacenters, and #databrokers. youtu.be/TpEjcqcYpJ8?...

The Surveillance State's WORST NIGHTMARE is here...

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it's an uncivil war @lucyksy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Wish more people understood that they don't know, know a famous person.

My 7 year old heard me say that DP died and got very sad. I was surprised she knew the name.
You know DP? I don't know know her. But she sent me books.

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social's Prof. Julie Suk about her new @ucpress.bsky.social book "The Shadow Court: Rescuing Democracy from the Supreme Court." Please give it a listen and consider checking out Prof. Suk's amazing work! youtu.be/I1zPrPgwgMs?...

Supreme Court EXPOSED as They Make SWEEPING RULINGS!!!

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Please check out my @legalafmtn.bsky.social interview with the indominable Cecillia Wang of the @aclu.org on her victory in the #birthrightcitizenship case before #SCOTUS and what lies ahead on the upcoming Supreme Court docket. youtu.be/Apj9g7OB1E4?...

ACLU Lawyer SPEAKS OUT after DELIVERING Trump CRUSHING DEFEAT at Supreme Court!!!

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

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Peter Thiel's Antichrist Obsession Explained

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Skocpol. Skocpol. Skocpol. We have forgotten what politics is. It is not policy. That is not what moves people.

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Please check out my conversation for @legalafmtn.bsky.social with Ruby Powers, the attorney representing the brother of Houston #ICE victim Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. She provides the details of Mr. Salgado's death as witnessed by her client who was present at the shooting. youtu.be/NBlwNs1OGHQ?...

Attorney Reveals Explosive Details in Fatal ICE Shooting

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Thrilled to talk to one of the nation's leading constitutional scholars, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social, for @legalafmtn.bsky.social. He breaks down the biggest #SCOTUS rulings of the last term and raises his concerns about the court's direction. youtu.be/uA0xxO4UYlM?...

Top Constitutional Scholar SOUNDS ALARM on Roberts Court

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Great conversation on @legalafmtn.bsky.social, with the inimitable Paul @gowder.io on the #SCOTUS #birthrightcitizenship case. youtu.be/J3IVDnBf7C8?...

Supreme Court SCREWED as Nation DEMANDS REFORM NOW!!!

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Trump's latest election claims aren't really about 2020. They're about creating a pretext for what comes next. He's done this before: invent a crisis, then claim extraordinary powers to respond to it. This time, the target is your vote. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Trump's New Election Conspiracy Isn't About 2020. It's About November.

Donald Trump has only just discovered that foreign countries—well, actually, just China—try to influence our elections.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Statement from Annie Farmer on meeting with Todd Blanche: "After meeting with Todd Blanche, I feel even more confident in urging senators to vote against his confirmation as the United States' Attorney General. "I found him abrasive, condescending, and intentionally noncommittal to survivors."

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

In this episode of @legalafmtn.bsky.social, I talk with Rudina Hajdari about the #FlamingoRevolution in #Albania and how civil society groups there are organizing to save #democracy itself. youtu.be/DtWEXFYO_BY?...

Trump Family SMACKED with MASSIVE PROTESTS!!!

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A Judicial Sledgehammer to the Slush Fund Case By @raybrescia.bsky.social substack.com/@legalaf/not...

A Judicial Sledgehammer to the Slush Fund Case

Federal Judge Williams Takes Trump--and Acting AG Blanche on the Eve of His Confirmation Hearing--to Task, Dismissing the Sham Case for Alleged Wrongdoing by the IRS

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

2/2 and an #Epstein survivor can simply go to meet with AAG Blanche with that survivor's lawyer present! Nothing is stopping that from happening other than Blanche refusing to do so. #BlancheHearings

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Lawyers can meet with a party represented by counsel when that party's lawyer consents to that meeting and communication. Todd Blanche can meet with any #Epstein survivor if that survivor's lawyer gives Blanche consent to do so. (See Rule 4.2) Period. Full Stop. 1/2 #BlancheHearings

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today, #ToddBlanche will have to answer to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and be in the room with #Epstein survivors, but he's already faced the music. There will be more. Read @LegalAF on the recent ruling in the now-knee-capped Slush Fund case. open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

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A Judicial Sledgehammer to the Slush Fund Case

Federal Judge Williams Takes Trump--and Acting AG Blanche on the Eve of His Confirmation Hearing--to Task, Dismissing the Sham Case for Alleged Wrongdoing by the IRS

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

In this @LegalAF interview, I talk to Cornell Law School’s Bradley Wendel on the ethics of #ToddBlanche before his confirmation hearing. youtu.be/aE5WAST_cu0?...

Blanche Faces DISBARMENT as NOMINATION UNRAVELS!!!

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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Issa Kohler Hausmann at Yale Law School. "What’s missing from the news coverage, and from universities’ capitulation, is that the legal rule supposedly compelling this surrender doesn’t exist. The whole campaign rests on invented law and distorted statistics." news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchan...

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A Yale-Trump Settlement Would Concede Live Constitutional Issue

Opinion: The precedent Yale University would set in settling with the Department of Justice matters for every institution navigating the murky waters the Supreme Court left behind with its 2023 ruling...

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Senate needs to grill Todd Blanche on slush fund, Epstein files, firing DOJ employees, and targeting Trump rivals, but most important is his vision for AG. Does he plan to follow the rule of law or act as Trump’s puppet? My thoughts in @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

19 Questions the Attorney General Needs to Answer

Todd Blanche may have impressed President Donald Trump enough to earn a nomination to permanently lead the Justice Department, but the acting US attorney general made disturbing departures from the ag...

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A good day for the #ruleoflaw: the #slushfund, a bogus lawsuit, #ToddBlanche, and one judge who said "no." open.substack.com/pub/raybresc...

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A Judicial Sledgehammer to the Slush Fund Case

Federal Judge Williams Takes Trump--and Acting AG Blanche on the Eve of His Confirmation Hearing--to Task, Dismissing the Sham Case for Alleged Wrongdoing by the IRS

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My piece with Senator Chris Coons and David Beier: The Supreme Court's Quiet Coup. www.scotusblog.com/2026/07/the-...

The Supreme Court’s quiet coup

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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Akhil Amar in July 2025: the "flagrantly unconstitutional" position on birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment that Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Thomas, and Alito enthusiastically embrace in Trump v. Barbara is grounds for impeachment and disbarment klhn.co/legomsky-et-...

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

My piece on @msnownews.bsky.social pointing out that the narrow victory for #LisaCook at the #SCOTUS does not mean her troubles are over, nor are members of the #federalreserve out of the woods. www.ms.now/opinion/supr...

Opinion | How the Supreme Court opened the door for Trump to fire independent officials

Ray Brescia: The Supreme Court gave Trump a narrow loss in the case of Lisa Cook — but essentially authorized future harassment of Federal Reserve officials.

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I am truly gobsmacked at the one-sided nature of the Iran MOU. The US would have been better off having a high school Model UN team negotiate on its behalf.

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Please check out my interview for @legalafmtn.bsky.social with @law.ucla.edu legal ethicist Scott Cummings where he breaks down the latest on the efforts of the #Trump #DOJ to shield current and former lawyers from #legalethics oversight and accountability. youtu.be/qv-yDCkBMBg?...

Trump DOJ Runs SCARED as VIOLATIONS SURFACE??!

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Please check out my @legalafmtn.bsky.social interview with Prof. Robert Ceresa of Huston-Tillotson U., an #HBCU, who discusses his @texasobserver.org piece on #votingrights, the #VRA, and the central role of civil society groups in bringing about #socialchange: in the U.S., #Cuba, and beyond.

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Will be wild. But in a good way.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/06/2026

Parade. Thursday. Manhattan.

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God @thegodshow.com · 14/06/2026

Zohran Mamdani’s been the Mayor of New York for 6 months and the Knicks just became NBA Champions for the first time in 53 years. Congrats, New York!

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Fighting #ICE, #datacenters, #Bigtech? In this @legalaf interview, learn from @unitehere.org how they secured a major contract victory on the eve of the #FIFA #WorldCup and what lessons it might hold for other fights. youtu.be/XolFpDksruk?...

Labor SCORES MAJOR WIN Right Before WORLD CUP!!!

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Powerful conversation on @legalafmtn.bsky.social with Professor Aziz Huq of @uchicagolaw.bsky.social to discuss his @academic.oup.com book on the #ruleoflaw and his piece on @lawfaremedia.org about the Slush Fund for insurrectionists. Check it out here: youtu.be/-dEVhqDytto?...

Trump DOJ REACHES NEW LOW Trying to SAVE Trump

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

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The Response We Really Need to the Supreme Court’s Gutting of the VRA

The instinct of the response so far has been right, but incomplete. New maps. New litigation. State-level laws. Congressional pressure. All necessary. None sufficient.

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

My take on the Trump $1.8 billion slush fund, with link to piece in @msnownews.bsky.social raybrescia340833.substack.com/p/simply-ind...

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Great discussion with the “Dictator Hunter” Reed Brody on @legalafmtn.bsky.social discussing the #Trump Administration’s violations of international law. youtu.be/JW8vir4quKE?...

Trump Gets NIGHTMARE NEWS from International Courts?!?!

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Thoroughly enjoyed this interview on @legalafmtn.bsky.social with @upenn.edu's Shaun Ossei-Owusu about his new book "Law on Trial: An Unlikely Insider Reckons with Our Legal System.. #lawschools, #ruleoflaw, #prosecutorialmisconduct, #biglaw. youtu.be/EtzU4-PCO-A?...

Insider REVEALS the Dark Reality of American Justice

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Tariffs, Rinse, Repeat: my latest on @msnownews.bsky.social. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Opinion | Trump’s tariffs keep losing battles in court — but he may still win the war

Ray Brescia: The U.S. Court of International Trade is the latest court to toss Trump’s tariffs. But the administration will keep going to this well, no matter how unpopular it is.

Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

My take for @legalafmtn.bsky.social on the curious case of James Comey and the seashells. “You keep using that word, I do not it means what you think it means.” open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

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The Curious (and Doomed) Prosecution of James Comey: “Eighty-Six It,” One Might Say.

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Please check out this conversation on @legalafmtn.bsky.social with Dean Danielle Conway, current president of the American Association of Law Schools. We talk #ruleoflaw, #antiracism, and how to advance both through the #law and #legaleducation. youtu.be/5ItcRJmHyYo?...

Trump PUSHES Courts to the BREAKING POINT as RULE of LAW STRIKES BACK

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Please check out this @legalafmtn.bsky.social explainer on the disbarment of #Trump's election lawyer John Eastman for his scheme to overturn the #2020election and what it means for #DOJ unprecedented and illegal effort to shield government lawyers from state ethics probes. youtu.be/7vIA-zga06A?...

Election Plot Trump Lawyer TAKEN DOWN by CA Supreme Court

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Really enjoyed this conversation on @legalafmtn.bsky.social with Andrew Miller, a true legal expert on issues of #BigTech companies and #immunity. We discuss the new #WhiteHouse policy on #AI, litigation against #Meta, etc. youtu.be/pKLUkjr2Ayc?...

Trump RUSHES to COVER His POLICY NIGHTMARE

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Harrowing conversation with @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social's Lisa Landau and Emerson Argueta for @legalafmtn.bsky.social. They describe their visit to a massive #ICE facility in Texas built on the site of a former internment camp for Japanese Americans during WWII. youtu.be/0tW7WyzvAtg?...

HORRIFIC Details Surface at ICE’s MOST Notorious Detention Center

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Loved this conversation on @legalafmtn.bsky.social on the origins of modern #environmentallaw with Ann Carlson of the @uclalawemmett.bsky.social. We discuss her new @ucpress.bsky.social book #SmogandSunshine and the lessons for #socialchange in dark times. youtu.be/oqLdHqPycsc?...

Trump FINALLY FACES Resistance for his DESTRUCTION

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

At almost every turn, the #Trump Administration and #PeteHegseth are losing in court, this time in their fight with #Anthropic. For commentary on their recent defeat, check out my take on @legalafmtn.bsky.social here. youtu.be/87ND5l3i9YQ?...

Trump’s Pentagon SLAMMED in Court for RETALIATION SCHEME

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Ray Brescia @raybrescia.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Please check out my interview on @legalafmtn.bsky.social with leaders of the @nycbarassociation.bsky.social's #ruleoflaw task force which calls for Congress to commence #impeachment proceedings immediately. youtu.be/Ebo7mBhjD6Q?...

Bar Task Force CALLS for IMMEDIATE IMPEACHMENT of Trump

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