Larry Norden @larrynorden.bsky.social
Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social Senior Fellow for Democracy & Government at the Center for American Progress. Author of the Corporate Power Reset. AU WCL adjunct professor.
My job is to fight so hard for democracy that if I fail, I'll be among the first to be lined up & shot. (he/him)
Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social Host & exec prod, "Talking Feds Pod" and "Talking San Diego." FCA Lawyer. Teach con law at UCSD & UCLA. Senior Fellow USC. Former US Atty, Dep Assis AG. Founding Contributor, The Contrarian
Jonathan Gienapp @jgienapp.bsky.social Professor of History and Law, Stanford University. Books on early Constitution: http://tinyurl.com/yynk95aa; and originalism and history: http://tinyurl.com/3dd5hnt6
jonathangienapp.com
Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social Civil Rights Lawyer | Personal Views | Not Legal Advice | https://as.tufts.edu/politicalscience/people/faculty/matthew-segal
Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social Co-founder and Co-Executive Director of Indivisible
This account surrounds hate and forces it to surrender
Executive Functions @execfunctions.org A Substack newsletter devoted to analysis of presidential and broader executive power issues, by Bob Bauer and @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social
Kate Masur @katemasur.bsky.social Historian and whatnot. Recently published FREEDOM WAS IN SIGHT! A GRAPHIC HISTORY OF RECONSTRUCTION IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. REGION, with illustrations by the remarkable Liz Clarke. See also katemasur.com.
Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social Host, This Is Wisconsin with @civicmedia.us | Author, This is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy | www.thisistheplan.com
Lisa Rubin @lawofruby.bsky.social @ms.now senior legal reporter & recovering litigator; former off-air legal analyst @maddow.msnbc.com.
Don’t let the pearls fool ya.
Preet Bharara @preetbharara.bsky.social Patriotic American. Former US Attorney, SDNY. Banned by Putin. Fired by Trump.
Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social Political scientist & part-time farmer. Books: 'On Revolutions' (2022), 'Civil Resistance' (2021), & 'The Politics of Terror' (2019). Coming soon: 'Bread & Roses' & 'The End of People Power.' https://www.ericachenoweth.com. What a time to be alive.
ACLU @aclu.org A nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization. Visit our site for more about us and our affiliated organization, the ACLU Foundation.
Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social Political scientist, co-host of Words Matter podcast, contributor to The Contrarian
Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social Former United States Court of Appeals Judge (1991-2006)
Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social Reporter, most recently with @huffpost.com and @talkingpointsmemo.com.
Reach me: mattshuham.01 on Signal (don’t use a work device or network) ❁ 646-397-4678 ❁ mattshuham@protonmail.com. Read past work at mattshuham.com/clips.
📷 Rhiannon Adam
John Q. Barrett @johnqbarrett.bsky.social Benjamin N. Cardozo Professor of Law,
St. John's University, NYC.
Robert H. Jackson Center.
Jackson biographer.
Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure,
Legal History, Nuremberg, SCOTUS.
Iran-Contra & DOJ alum.
Wisconsin native.
#JacksonList
Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social Hosting Slate’s daily news podcast What Next. Getting closer to God in a tight situation. Alum: WNYC Always: therealness.org
Nicholas Stephanopoulos @profnickstephan.bsky.social Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, Harvard Law School. https://nicholas-stephanopoulos.com/
Alexandra Chandler @alexandrachandler.bsky.social Director for elections & natsec @protectdemocracy.org. Board member @gladlaw.bsky.social. Former IC analyst. Astronomy and history geek. Lover of spooky music. Trans, wife, and mom. Views mine.
Olatunde Johnson @olatij.bsky.social Ruth Bader Ginsburg ‘59 Professor, Columbia Law School; scholar of democracy and democratic futures, pluralism, race, gender, economic justice, and housing. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=443245
Senator Alex Padilla @padilla.senate.gov U.S. Senator for California. Devoted husband and proud dad. Dodgers diehard. EngiNERD.
Julian Zelizer @zelizer.bsky.social Princeton Professor. Also—The Long View, Substack; Foreign Policy; NPR. New York Times Best Selling Author. https://julianzelizer.substack.com/
Lisa Graves @thelisagraves.bsky.social Leads True North. Co-founded Court Accountability. Find me @ LegalAF/MeidasTouch, the Five 8 1/2 + Substack:Grave Injustice/Courier. Wrote: Without Precedent—How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights.
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.
Skye Perryman @skyeperryman.bsky.social Mom 💙 Wife ❤️ Texan
Pres & CEO @DemocracyForward.org (views mine)
Our kids will ask what we did.
My book: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times
NYT & USA Today Bestseller 💡📚💙
Order now: ordinarypeopleaction.com
AG Rob Bonta @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov California's Attorney General. Standing up for all Californians and fighting injustices as the People's Attorney. Official Bluesky account.
Jack M. Balkin @jackbalkin.bsky.social Con Law Prof and Director of Yale's Information Society Project and Abrams Institute for Free Expression
Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social We're a network of Justice Department alumni mobilizing to protect DOJ’s apolitical workforce and uphold the rule of law.
Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social Newsletter: http://publiccomment.blog/
Hire me: http://resnikoffconsulting.com/
Pre-order my book! https://bookshop.org/p/books/build-or-die-how-america-is-suffocating-its-cities-and-what-to-do-about-it-ned-resnikoff/8ae5ebca259e570a?ean=9781642834260
Dan Weiner @danw329.bsky.social Senior Director, Elections and Government Program, Brennan Center for Justice @ NYU Law. Previously, Senior Counsel, FEC. Husband. Dad. 🇺🇸🏳️🌈✡️
Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social Attorney - Professor - Views are my own, not my employer. she/her
Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social Law professor at Harvard (https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/nikolas-bowie/)
Author with Daphna Renan of Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Government by the People (W.W. Norton 2026) (readsupremacy.com)
Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social President, @civildefenseinst.bsky.social
Former J6 Committee Senior Professional Staffer & principal drafter of committee’s final report. Exec. Editor @justsecurity.org. Fan of Tom Paine.
Jesse Wegman @jessewegman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice; Major Questions, a newsletter on Supreme Court reform; NY Times Editorial Board, 2013-2025. "The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People’s Constitution" (Celadon, forthcoming June 2026)
Ames Grawert @amescg.bsky.social Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center, working on criminal justice policy and understanding the impact of federal funding cuts. Hopefully building a better world for everyone, especially two little girls. Views my own, dad jokes and sci-fi takes welcome.
Susie Britton @susiebritton.bsky.social lead producer of KQED's live talk show, Forum. I'll play any game if you explain the rules.
Rachel Levinson-Waldman @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social Director, Liberty & National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice. Raised in Austin TX; in DC for last 20+ years; MA/WA/IL/CA/NZ in between. Owner of extremely cute dog.
James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social Author of legal thrillers. Husband, father, grandfather. Lawyer, teacher, public speaker. Taller and funnier in person.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
Jay Willis @jaywillis.net I write about courts, democracy, media, and the raccoon family living in a tree behind my house. Bluesky’s ONLY fantasy football guru. EIC @ballsandstrikes.org, more writing at jaywillis.net.
Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social Senior politics reporter for HuffPost.
Drop me a tip or a hello: jen.bendery@huffpost.com
Signal: jbendery.41
Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social https://www.youtube.com/@RGoodLaw
Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept.
https://www.justsecurity.org/author/goodmanryan
Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social Law professor & author of BIG DIRTY MONEY and OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social Senior national political reporter, NBC News
Capitol Hill, elections, Formula 1 🏛️🗳️🏁
Signal: sahilkapur.30
https://linktr.ee/sahilkapur
Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social Law Prof. Economist.
I do not speak for my employer. RT are not endorsements. Duh.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3339527
Mastodon: @lawprofblawg@mstdn.social.
Twitter: @lawprofblawg
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
rachelshelden.com
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”
Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird.
https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social Historian. #LFGM #LFC NYM-G-K-I. my opinions. he/him/his. Author of White Power: Policing American Slavery. And other stuff. Big Ron enthusiast.
Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social SCOTUS correspondent for The Economist. Political studies prof at Bard Early College-Manhattan.
Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social Author of DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE, amzn.to/45LFzNg, PRACTICAL EQUALITY, AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN CONSTITUTIONS, ELOQUENCE & REASON | Next: BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF COAL COUNTRY | Prof @ BostonU | constitutionalism, legal history | https://linktr.ee/roberttsai
Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social Professor at Georgetown University Law Center; former DOJ/OLC attorney
Keith E. Whittington @kewhittington.bsky.social David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School. Founding Chair, Academic Freedom Alliance; Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution. All opinions are mine alone. Personal website at https://keithewhittington.com/
Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Ex-DOJ/OLC. Becoming familiar with your game.
How Rights Went Wrong available at Bookshop.org (https://tinyurl.com/se32my4r), Amazon (https://tinyurl.com/3vbcfwa4), or a decent public library.
Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social Writing for @GlobeOpinion.bsky.social, speaking on @ms.now and #SistersInLaw. Snickers's scheduler. Believer in democracy, science and the rule of law. Upcycler. Expert thrifter. Typos are my love language. From Detroit, in Washington, of Boston.
Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social Professor, Stanford Law School.
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution.
Author, The Digital 4th Amendment:
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Fourth-Amendment-Privacy-Policing/dp/0190627077/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Sean Hecker @sean-hecker.bsky.social Trial lawyer, criminal defense lawyer, criminal justice reformer, San Diego Padres fan, founding partner at Hecker Fink LLP.
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social Senior legal affairs reporter at POLITICO with a focus on democracy, the balance of power and the clash between the Trump administration and courts.
Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social No kings
Actor/Producer he/him
Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social National Security Attorney, Comic Book Historian, University of Rochester Alum
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social Founder, Rakkasan Tea Company • Dallas Police Oversight Board • Former Obama guy • Once a soldier
Dallas, Texas
rakkasantea.com
@rakkasantea.bsky.social
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.
Molly Ball @mollyesque.bsky.social Senior political correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
American Oversight @americanoversight.org We're a nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog that advances truth, accountability, and democracy by enforcing the public's right to government records.
Eric Holder @ericholder.bsky.social *82nd U.S. Attorney General
*Chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee
*Author of “Our Unfinished March”
Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social Author, Substack newsletter “To the Contrary.” Host, "To the Contrary" podcast. Dog owner, grandfather. Still Never Trump. No regrets. Website: https://charliesykes.substack.com/
Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social Editor at large, The Bulwark.
Director, Defending Democracy Together.
Host, Conversations with Bill Kristol.
Never Trump.
Karen Tumulty @ktumulty.bsky.social Trying to adapt. Also, Chief Political Correspondent for the Washington Post. You can follow what I write here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/follow-karen-tumulty/
Mona Charen @monacharen.bsky.social Policy Editor, The Bulwark
Syndicated columnist
Opponent of all forms of illiberalism
Author of four books- 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.
Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov Proudly serving Maryland's beautiful Eighth Congressional District and leading House Judiciary Committee Democrats in Congress.
Eric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social Director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy and Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University.
https://home.watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/watson-faculty/eric-patashnik
Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social Professor of Political Science; co-director, Ludwig Program on Public Leadership, Yale Law School; co-leader, Consortium on American Political Economy (CAPE); director, Yale American Political Economy eXchange (APEX); jacobhacker.com
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
Amanda Terkel @aterkel.bsky.social Politics Managing Editor, NBC News amanda.terkel@nbcuni.com
Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov Husband. Father. U.S. Senator for California. Fighting for an economy that works for everyone and for our democracy.
Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Brooklyn Congressman. Democratic Leader.
Work hard. Stay focused. Deliver results #ForThePeople.
Jack Goldsmith @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social Prof Harvard Law School, Co-founder of Lawfare, Non-res. sr. fellow at AEI; executivefunctions.substack. Opinions mine alone. Likes ≠ agree; = save to read. https://jackgoldsmith.org/
Can’t Stop Twinkling 💕💚 @proftolson.bsky.social Dean & Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law @USCGouldLaw. Order my book! https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/law/us-law/congress-we-trust-enforcing-voting-rights-founding-jim-crow-era?format=PB&isbn=9781009781619
The Contrarian @contrariannews.org Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. https://contrarian.substack.com/
Liz Cheney @lizcheney.bsky.social Proud rodeo mom, soccer mom, baseball mom, hockey mom, constitutional conservative.
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times and MS NOW analyst. Proud husband of @sbg1.bsky.social and equally proud father of @tab-delete.bsky.social. Co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021."
Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social Writer on law etc.; Cato Institute. Election law, Maryland civic stuff, cooking. Blogged at Overlawyered back when. No kings, no tyrants.
Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social Executive editor at @status.news. Email: jon at status dot news. Subscribe to the essential newsletter examining the media and power: status.news/subscribe 📬
Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social Columnist at GuardianUS. Author of NEWSROOM CONFIDENTIAL and GHOSTING THE NEWS. (Join me at ‘American Crisis’ on Substack: https://substack.com/@sulliview?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios)
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social Editorial director at Votebeat, managing special projects and newsroom enthusiasm. Prev: ProPublica. You need a corndog, I can tell. Texan. jhuseman at votebeat dot org.
Atiba Ellis @atibaellis.bsky.social Shanker Prof. of Law and at Case Western Reserve Univ. School of Law. Fond of democracy, voting rights, racial justice, and sci-fi.
State Democracy Research Initiative @uwlawdemocracy.bsky.social Research hub at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Shining a spotlight on democracy, government, and public law in states across the USA.
Heather Gerken @heathergerken.bsky.social President, @fordfoundation.org
linkedin.com/in/heathergerken
Corey Brettschneider @democracyprof.bsky.social Poli Sci Prof @Brown JD/PhD
My podcast: The Oath and the Office: https://shorturl.at/H7vGP
My book: The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It: https://shorturl.at/z31fC
David Becker @beckerdavidj.bsky.social Exec Dir @electioninnov. @CBSNews Election Law contributor. Formerly DOJ @civilrights. Co-author of @thebigtruthbook w/ @MajorCBS. Double @UCBerkeley grad.
Jessica Levinson @levinsonjessica.bsky.social Law Prof. Legal analyst for CBS and KCRW (NPR family station). Columnist for MSNBC. Podcast host - Passing Judgment.
Lover of photography and green tea.
High on snark, low on patience.
David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social Professor, Yale Law School.
Travis Crum @traviscrum.bsky.social Treiman Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis. Writing and Teaching about Voting Rights and Constitutional Law.