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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social Law prof @ UCLA. I study equality and oligarchy.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social Political commentary. Over 3 billion views on YouTube. #1 NYT bestselling author. Past: MSNBC
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Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social Clinical Prof., Cornell Law School. That brown gay law prof who makes ice cream. Speech, tech, clinical legal education, and the legal profession. Not the best but pretty good. Always MI ✋🏾
Katherine Pompilio @katherinepomps.bsky.social associate editor @ lawfare
Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Columbia. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game
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Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social Historian of U.S. politics, law, & constitutionalism. Director, Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State. Book out fall 2026: The Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History. Preorder: https://a.co/d/05KfbAa4
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social I am a law professor. The Only Patent Habermasian. Dedicated to bringing a knife to a knife fight. Living, Laughing and Loving American Democracy. Running her own neighborhood on BlueSky. Branch of the CCB Tree.
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Sam Levine @samrlevine.bsky.social Reporter covering voting rights at the Guardian
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Wallace @wallace.bsky.social Professor of Constitutional Law at Princeton Law School, specializing in the 18th Amendment. Former legal analyst for Crossfire.
Stacey Shick @staceyshick.bsky.social I edit the Businessweek Daily newsletter at Bloomberg; resident of Queens; alumna, American U; fan of the Tampa Bay Rays (really). I don't run anymore, but I still bake and use punctuation. https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/businessweek
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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist. Constitutional law & development, US migration(s) & citizenship law, legal history. ORDER my book: https://tinyurl.com/2sjcsupd Home cook, foodie.
Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social Civil Rights & Free Speech Attorney. Disinformation & AI Expert. Nonfiction Author.
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Jill Filipovic @jillfilipovic.bsky.social Journalist, author, recovering lawyer. Find me at Slate, the New Statesman, and Substack. Practitioner of yoga, befriender of cats.
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NYC/HK- R Richard Primus @richardprimus.bsky.social Professor, University of Michigan Law School. Senior Editorial Adviser, Journal of American Constitutional History. I study the constitutional past and try to do my part for the rule of law in the present.
Carolyn Shapiro @cshaplaw.bsky.social Law prof at Chicago-Kent College of Law; co-director of CK Institute on the Supreme Court; Of Counsel, Schnapper-Casteras, PLLC; former IL Solicitor General.
Alexander C. Kaufman @alexckaufman.bsky.social Reporter. I write about energy, climate, and geopolitics. I'm especially into nuclear power, minerals, geothermal, the grid, and Puerto Rico. Contact: www.alexanderckaufman.com | kaufman.nyc | Signal: Kaufman.11
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.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
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Sam Sanders @samsanders.bsky.social Lapsed journalist. L.A. based. Texan forever. Listen to The Sam Sanders Show, a radio show all about the things that entertain us. Twice a week wherever you get your pods, and on YouTube.
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Sean Hecker @sean-hecker.bsky.social Trial lawyer, criminal defense lawyer, criminal justice reformer, San Diego Padres fan, founding partner at Hecker Fink LLP.
nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of Decoder, cohost of The Vergecast. I am in love with spectacle.
LegalEagle @legaleagle.tv The Big Bird at LegalEagle. Believer in the rule of law. 
Natalie Korach @nataliekorach.bsky.social Constantly consuming an unhealthy amount of media | natalie@status.news
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social Newsletter: Welcome to Hell World www.welcometohellworld.com
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
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Jonathan Blitzer @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social Staff writer at The New Yorker. Author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
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Zach Montague @zjmontague.bsky.social Reporter @ NYT covering federal courts.
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Randall Eliason @rdeliason.bsky.social White collar crime prof, former federal prosecutor, columnist and blogger, a cappella singer, husband, dad and grandpa.
Beau Baumann 🍎 @beaubaumann.bsky.social Constitutional Law Prawf @ University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. Formerly YLS, Cornell Law, DOJ. (Account does not represent opinions of my employer)
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Meg Kinnard @megkinnardap.bsky.social • National politics reporter for The Associated Press
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We Are CASA @wearecasa.bsky.social National powerhouse organization building power and improving the quality of life in working-class: Black, Latino/a/e, Afro-descendent, Indigenous, and Immigrant communities.
Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social Professor at Georgetown University Law Center; former DOJ/OLC attorney
Stephanie Mencimer @smencimer.bsky.social Senior reporter Mother Jones. Utah native. Send me tips at smencimer@motherjones.com or securely on Signal at smencimer.48 or smencimer@proton.me
Somil Trivedi @somilbtrivedi.bsky.social Advocacy Director & Senior Counsel, Court Accountability | Sometime Host, Legal AF | Exes: ACLU, Democracy Forward, MD Legal Aid, DOJ, WilmerHale, Innocence Texas | Dad, jokes | Views are my own, etc.
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29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social Civil rights lawyer, shitposter, he/him
The 14th Amendment Center @the14thcenter.bsky.social Located at Howard University School of Law, the 14th Amendment Center on Law and Democracy is a multi-disciplinary institute dedicated to exploring the transformative impact of the 14th Amendment on American democracy. www.14thamendmentctr.org
Kushal Dev @kushaldev.bsky.social tech policy/digital culture
@themaybe.org
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internet freds 🦇☠️💾✨️ @esquiring.bsky.social 21st century digital attorney. cybersecurity & data counsel, privacy & compliance, FOSS, sometimes litigation; probably not your lawyer.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Chad Loder @chadloder.dev The purpose of a system is what it does. 🌪️ they/them
Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social @npr.org correspondent reporting on voting, the Census Bureau and the U.S. Postal Service • signal: hansi.01 • email: hwang@npr.org • newsletter: hansilowang.com/stay-in-touch
Erin Vanderhoof @vanderhoofy.bsky.social trivia about british and american weirdos, both recreationally and professionally at vanity fair
Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social “Zizek if he was a woman and loved sandwiches”
New Yorker staff writer, dept. of mastication
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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social Immigration attorney based in Washington, DC. Views are my own & posts ≠ endorsement. Message me to reach out.
Previously at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago and the United Nations in Switzerland.
P. Gabrielle Foreman @profgabrielle.bsky.social Literary historian. Poet’s daughter. MacArthur Fellow. Archives builder working collectively at @CCP_org and @DigBlk.
Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social The CCP is a collective that brings 19th-century Black organizing to digital life through archives, digital exhibits, and more.
Posting a new series on July 4-6: What to the Colored Conventions is the Declaration of Independence?
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Jessica Pieklo @hegemommy.bsky.social Coloradan. Loud talker. Soccer lady. Italian matriarch. Justice minded thinker and writer. Can’t quit won’t quit trash talking SCOTUS. Not necessarily in that order.
Samuel Rubenfeld (he/him) @srubenfeld.bsky.social senior reporter, financial crime and corruption, MLex.
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But I, I'm listening
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Victoria Bekiempis @vicbekiempis.bsky.social Reporter of NYC Courts. Catch me at 100 Centre, 60 Centre, or 500 Pearl. Covered Trump, Ghislaine Maxwell, R. Kelly, Weinstein trials, among others. Always fighting for press access ❤️
Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social NYC Courts Reporter for Courthouse News
📍Brooklyn, NY
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Josh Russell @jrussjruss.bsky.social New York City courts reporter, chiefly SDNY, @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social Senior Editor, Lawfare. Practiced law a long time ago. Email: roger.parloff@lawfaremedia.org ; signal rparloff.61
National Day Laborer Organizing Network @ndlon.bsky.social Building power with immigrant workers from the bottom up. ✊🏽🍞🌹
Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social Co-founder of Grant Witness: https://grant-witness.us
Epidemiologist. Attorney. Social, legal, and environmental determinants of health.
On Signal: sdelaney.84
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández @ccgarciahernandez.bsky.social Author, Welcome the Wretched, Migrating to Prison, & Crimmigration Law. Williams Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, OSU Law. Words in NY Times, LA Times y más.
Jonathan Blanks @blanksslate.bsky.social D.C.-based criminal justice writer and socio-political critic who spends a lot of time at the library.
Hoosier by birth and college education.
Some would call me a libertarian. I would not.
https://theblanksslate.substack.com/
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Chris Newman @cnewman.bsky.social General Counsel, National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON).
Faculty, UCLA Labor Studies Department
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Vituperative tweeter w/ a gentle heart
S.V. Dáte @svdate.bsky.social I warned you people.
Nadine Farid Johnson @nadinefj.bsky.social Policy Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University | Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Center for International Policy. Opinions mine.
Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social contributing editor at Wired // contributing writer at NYT opinion // making trouble at ■■■■■■■■ // https://signal.me/#eu/3aA6cspNTXUEOtEYwaK6KOFIw8nf-7G1jQBd3MRqrDeUvZxfzp5Py61cKq4GbcNg
Zaakir Tameez @ztameez.bsky.social Legal Scholar of the Reconstruction Era
My favorite quote? “There are but few who stand rooted, like the oak, against the storm.” — Charles Sumner