David Froomkin @dfroomkin.bsky.social Assistant professor, University of Houston Law Center. I write about democracy and the separation of powers. ssrn.com/author=3062912
Chris Edelson @chrisedelson.bsky.social Lecturer @umassamherst.bsky.social US presidential power & authoritarian dangers; speaking only for me. New book on emergency presidential power March 2026: https://www.rienner.com/title/Above_the_Law_The_Evolution_of_Emergency_Presidential_Power
David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social Husband of C, Dad of J & L, CEO/Editor-The DSR Network, Host-Deep State Radio, Siliconsciousness, other pods, Columnist-The Daily Beast, author of many books, also see my "Need to Know" Substack (djrothkopf.substack.com)
Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS and other legal news. / lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Theater. Buckeye. And, now, F1. (I'm as surprised as you are.) / He/him.
juliacurlee.bsky.social @juliacurlee.bsky.social Public Service Fellow - Lawfare
Adjunct Professor - GWU
Former Senior Analyst - CIA
Former Director - NSC
Rachel Kleinfeld @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social Democracy & political violence expert, work globally and U.S., lover of street food, fiddle music, unforgiving landscapes, and my kiddos. All views my own. 
Luke Hartig @lukehartig.bsky.social President, Gravity Research. Executive Editor, Just Security. Commissioner, Afghanistan War Commission. All opinions my own. Go Pads!
Peter Swallow MP @peter4bracknell.bsky.social Proud to serve as Labour MP for Bracknell, Crowthorne, Sandhurst and Whitegrove 🌹
For support, please email peter.swallow.mp@parliament.uk
Alex Whiting @alexgwhiting.bsky.social Harvard Law School, Professor of Practice. Former international prosecutor at ICTY, ICC, and KSC, and former federal prosecutor at SCO and USAO Boston and DOJ.
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Rick Pildes @rickpildes.bsky.social Legal expert at NYU on issues concerning democracy and the structure of American government.
NYU Law Democracy Project @democracyproject.bsky.social New Project at NYU School of Law exploring the challenges facing democracy today. democracyproject.org
Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social Cartoonist
John W Dean @johnwdean.bsky.social Still active as an Author and Lecturer! Former CNN contributor, former Justia’s VERDICT columnist, former Nixon White House Counsel, former Goldwater Chair at Az State Un., but remain a Senior Fellow, CCLP, Annenberg USC. Just can’t retire. :-)
New York Metro Weather @nymetrowx.bsky.social NYC weather forecasts without the hype, supported by our own community.
Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social 30 years experience as Intel/NATO/OSINT Analyst. Retired US Navy Intelligence Analyst.
Current corporate Intelligence Analyst at Fortune 50 company with a global footprint.
Passionate about OSINT. Post things related to my work or that interest me.
DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social Multipurpose spacecraft wrangler for @esa.int
Opinions my own.
https://x37b.nl
Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Formerly: EIC at Jezebel, columnist at The Cut and GQ, HuffPost politics reporter. Brooklyn via South Louisiana. I write a newsletter called Nightcap: https://www.laura-bassett.com
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
Blogs at acoup.blog
Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social Retired former US Ambassador, NSC Director for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, NSC Director for Nuclear Materials Security, and Deputy Exec. Dir. of the International Energy Agency
Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social Candidate for US Senate | Congresswoman #TX30 | Civil Rights & Criminal Attorney | Progressive | Fmr. St. Rep. HD100 | DST 1913 🐘🔥| She/Her/Ella | #TEXASTOUGH
Ryan Evans @ryanevans.bsky.social Founder, War on the Rocks (warontherocks.com) and Bedrock Knowledge (thebedrock.co). Opinions are my own. I'm not a journalist so please don't mistake me for one.
Noah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social Professor of Law @NYULaw (but views are not my employer’s) | Legal History, Administrative State, New York State Courts | “agenda-driven naysayer whose head instantiates academic ethers”
Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social Former soldier. Student of leadership & national security; Professor, author (“If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal”), speaker. Always looking for civility & new adventures.
https://www.markhertling.com
Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-10. Dad Lander. Love unions, justice, seltzer, and NYC. #FightDontFold
https://linktr.ee/bradlander
Sabine Nolke 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏳️⚧️🌈 @snolke.bsky.social Ex-🇨🇦 ambassador (🇳🇱 & OPCW) and Head of Mission a.i. (🇬🇭 & 🇮🇪). Mom; intl law and disarmament practitioner; foreign policy, security, and democracy wonk; bleeding heart liberal; ally; after-hours nerd; PEC fan (IYKYK); she/her.
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
markcarney.ca 
Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning investigative journo at New Yorker. Documentaries at HBO. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused phd. Tips: ronan_farrow@newyorker.com.
Michael Pollack @michaelcpollack.bsky.social Cardozo Law professor writing about property and state & local government, but mostly sidewalks. Associate Dean & Co-Director of Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy
Haiyun Damon-Feng @hdamonfeng.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Cardozo School of Law. Thinking and writing about administrative law, immigration, executive power, and race.
Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy @floersheimercenter.bsky.social Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Co-Directors – Professors Wilfred Codrington III and Michael Pollack
UChicago Law Review @uchilrev.bsky.social The University of Chicago Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship edited by students of The University of Chicago Law School.
Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL 01) @jonathanjackson.house.gov Honored to represent #IL01 and committed to promoting policies that advance equality and justice. Proud Member of
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Antonios Tzanakopoulos @atzanakopoulos.bsky.social Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford. Door Tenant, Three Stone Chambers. Secretary-General, International Law Association.
Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com News from Minnesota and beyond. startribune.com
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
International & Comparative Law Quarterly @iclq.bsky.social Official journal of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Publishing innovative and high quality scholarship on public international law, private international law, human rights law, European law and comparative law since 1952.
Dan Fried @ambdanfried.bsky.social Veteran diplomat now with the Atlantic Council. America’s values & interests are indivisible, as Lincoln taught us. Believer in a Free World strategy, informed by tactical realism and strategic determination.
Bobby Chesney @bobbychesney.bsky.social Dean of the University of Texas School of Law
@blanklaurie.bsky.social @blanklaurie.bsky.social 
Jean Galbraith @jeangalbraith.bsky.social Professor, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
International law / U.S. foreign relations law / economic justice.
Maryam Jamshidi @msjamshidi.bsky.social Law Prof. Interested in Intl law, national security, sanctions, & SWANA (aka the Middle East & North Africa).
Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social Writing about America’s post-9/11 wars
https://linktr.ee/wesleysmorgan
Author of THE HARDEST PLACE (2021)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/227894/the-hardest-place-by-wesley-morgan/
Signal: https://tinyurl.com/kzmejtaw
Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social Senior reporter @theintercept.com
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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov The official Bluesky channel of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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https://www.federalreserve.gov/
Executive Functions @execfunctions.org A Substack newsletter devoted to analysis of presidential and broader executive power issues, by Bob Bauer and @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social
Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social Modern Warfare | Defense & Military Analyst | Author of ‚How the United States Would Fight China: The Risks of Pursuing a Rapid Victory‘ Link: https://www.gady-consulting.com/
Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov Husband to my college sweetheart. Father to two troublemaking baby boys. U.S. Senator for New Jersey.
Account run by staff. Posts from Senator Kim signed –AK
Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer. Musician.
Sometimes funny. 🏳️🌈
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New York City Council @council.nyc.gov The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of NYC, led by @speakermenin.bsky.social
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.
Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social Fellow, Inst. for Policy Studies. Ex-historian posting about drug policy, social justice, and such. Professional border crosser. Interdisciplinary before it was cool (thanks Hampshire College). I use threads like a public filing cabinet. Personal account.
Andrew M Bell @andrewmbell.bsky.social Affiliate, Stanford CISAC, Law of armed conflict/IHL, military ethics, int'l security & law
Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social Writer, Director, Actor, Producer and failed Dairy Farmer.
www.melbrooks.com
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Alex Horton @alexhorton.bsky.social Military reporter at The Washington Post. Iraq veteran. Signal: alexhorton.85
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social Pastor, Activist, Theologian. The Gospel is anti-fascist, and so am I. Building a new world through the sanctuary movement, combating Islamophobia, and reparations. https://www.michaelcaseywwoolf.com/
Jessica Silbey @jessicasilbey.bsky.social Frank R. Kenison Distinguished Scholar in Law, Associate Dean, Boston University School of Law
https://www.bu.edu/law/profile/jessica-silbey/- J James Loeffler @jloeffler.bsky.social Historian/Writer, Felix Posen Professor of Modern Jewish History at Johns Hopkins History
Daniel Schuman @americalabs.org Progressive institutionalist with an interest in modernizing Congress and strengthening our democracy. Bluesky is my penance for working at an org that once encouraged Congress to tweet.
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores ☀️📚
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Heather Brandon-Smith @hbrandon-smith.bsky.social Foreign Policy Director @fcnl.bsky.social | Adjunct at Georgetown Law.
War powers, AUMF, law of war, use of force, international law
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org The latest information on law books, Elements and journals published by @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social I work at the Philadelphia DA’s Office, and I’m the Third Circuit Bar Association president.
Views here: just mine.
Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social Diplomatic Correspondent for The New York Times
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social Just asking questions.
Senior Editor, Lawfaremedia.org.
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Matthew Bell @matthewjbell.bsky.social International desk editor, Christian Science Monitor (CSMonitor.com).
Irrational Boston Celtics fan. And yes to funk, soul, R&B, jazz and other American roots music, esp rhythm guitar.
NedFoley.bsky.social @nedfoley.bsky.social Election law professor, proponent of "Common Ground Democracy: https://edwardbfoley.substack.com. Author of Ballot Ballots: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States (rev. ed. forthcoming 2024); Presidential Elections and Majority Rule (2020).
Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social Passionately Egalitarian. Professor, University of Maryland; Director, Critical Issues Poll; NR Senior Fellow, Brookings. Views are my Own. RT≠Endorsement
Jack Murphy @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social National security journalist: https://thehighside.substack.com
Host on @theteamhouse.bsky.social
Military Thriller, The Most Dangerous Man: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803651/the-most-dangerous-man-by-jack-murphy/9798892424509/
Sarah Elaine Harrison @seharrison7.bsky.social Nonresident Fellow @StimsonCenter
Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org
Senior Fellow, Brookings
Author, #DogShirtDaily
Host, #DogShirtTV
Purveyor of mischief.
Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
Paul Gowder @gowder.io Prof @ Northwestern law, political theorist, cat parent. Black lives matter.
Profile, pubs, etc: https://gowder.io
All my books (rule of law, racial justice, platform governance) are downloadable in free open access pdf @ https://books.gowder.io
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford)
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James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social Co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace. I spend a lot of time thinking about nuclear weapons, advanced nonnuclear technology, and escalation.
Liza Goitein @lizagoitein.bsky.social Senior Director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, reformed oboist and whitewater kayaker, mom of teenage twins. Opinions are my own.
Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social New Yorker writer, author Dark Money, The Dark Side, Strange Justice, Landslide, wife & mom.
Katherine Yon Ebright @ebrightyon.bsky.social Lawyer focusing on constitutional war powers at the Brennan Center for Justice. Views my own.
Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov U.S. Senator, Massachusetts. She/her/hers. Official Senate account.
https://substack.com/@senatorwarren
Cato Institute @cato.org A public policy research organization dedicated to individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. https://www.cato.org/
Brennan Center @brennancenter.org We work to build a United States that is democratic, just, and free — for all. Visit BrennanCenter.org.
Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.- M M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times. Distinguished Professor at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of NY. Author at Riverhead Books
Deborah Hellman @hellmandeborah.bsky.social Professor @ UVA Law School, writing about discrimination law and theory, bribery and corruption.
Ilya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social Law professor; author of Free to Move: Foot Voting Migration and Political Freedom; Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter; The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain; Volokh Conspiracy blogger.
Jess Bravin @jessbravin.bsky.social Senior special writer, The Wall Street Journal (on leave). Visiting Lecturer, UC Davis School of Law. Author, "The Terror Courts"; "Squeaky." Founder: Raymond Chandler Square, L.A. City Historic-Cultural Monument No. 597.
Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social Journalist & Pulitzer finalist Historian. Fmr ed, @PoliticoMag & @washingtonian. Author of "Watergate: A New History" and "The Only Plane in the Sky" and other books. garrett.graff AT gmail OR ProtonMail. Subscribe to my newsletter: Doomsdayscenario.co
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Nicholas Handler @nicholashandler.bsky.social Assistant Professor, TAMU School of Law. Interested in administrative law, bureaucracy, civil procedure. Fairweather Jets fan. Opinions my own.
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2879963
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org Center for Victims of Torture (CVT): Healing the wounds of torture globally, strengthening healers & human rights defenders, advocating to end #torture. www.cvt.org
European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social The European University Institute (EUI) is an international organisation and a university dedicated to research and higher learning in social sciences and humanities.
Amy Spitalnick @amyspitalnick.bsky.social CEO, Jewish Council for Public Affairs (@thejcpa.bsky.social)
Focused on democracy, hate, & extremism.
Previously: sued Nazis & won; Comms Director & Sr Policy Advisor, NY Attorney General
NY Progressive Action Network (NYPAN) @nypan1.bsky.social Formed from people working for Bernie in 2015. #StillBernie.
Jon Hanson @thesituationist.bsky.social Alan A. Stone Professor of Law and Director of Systemic Justice Project, Harvard Law School. https://systemicjustice.org/; https://theflaw.org/; https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/jon-d-hanson/
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com 
Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. I teach and write in IP, antitrust, internet, and video game law