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Lowering the Bar @loweringthebar.bsky.social Legal humor. Seriously.
By Kevin Underhill
Knight First Amendment Institute @knightcolumbia.org The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University defends the freedoms of speech & the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, policy advocacy, and public education.
https://knightcolumbia.org/
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.
Katie Townsend @ktownsend.bsky.social media & first amendment lawyer * partner @ Gibson Dunn * formerly @ reporters committee for freedom of the press * UF 🐊 & UVA Law grad * LA Kings fan 🦁🏒
Mike Godwin @mnemonic.bsky.social Lawyer, author, EFF's first hire, Godwin's Law creator (he/him). Retweeting!=endorsing. I tell jokes here, mostly. My opinions here don't necessarily represent any employer or any client. You may have known me as @sfmnemonic on Twitter.
Joshua J. Freundel @lawlawcoolj.bsky.social Lawyer. Defender of the liberal order. Legal interpretation, Fed Courts, the First Amendment, and Halakhic jurisprudence. Sartorially competent.
Mario Cerame @mariocerame.bsky.social Free Speech Attorney. Using old principles to protect new media. This is my hill to die on.
speechdefense.com
bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social Criminal defense, civil rights, and occasionally civil, trial lawyer. Former Emptywheel legal writer, husband, father and generally cranky observateur. Lifetime F1 fan.
First Amendment Coalition @facoalition.bsky.social Fighting for free speech, a free press, and the public’s right to know. Inquiries: fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org
Support our work! https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/donate
David Loy @davidloy.bsky.social Legal Director, First Amendment Coalition. Views my own. Sometimes free speech is worth what it costs, but try living without it.
Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press Protecting, defending public interest journalism in the 21st century.
Donate: freedom.press/donate
Subscribe to our ne🦋sletters: https://freedom.press/newsletters/
Staff, board members and allies in our Starter Packs.
More: linktr.ee/freedomofpress
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression @thefireorg.bsky.social We defend and promote free speech for all Americans in our courtrooms, on our campuses, and in our culture.
Clark Neily @conlawwarrior.bsky.social More freedom, less government. Senior VP for Legal @catoinstitute
Patrick Jaicomo @pjaicomo.bsky.social Civil rights litigator at @IJ.org.
Lover of freedom.
Fighter of bullies.
(All my posts have typos and express my own views.)
Will Creeley @wcreeley.bsky.social I defend freedom of expression as Legal Director for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
Here for civil liberties. Opinions my own.
Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social Dad, lawyer for marginalized kids, former veteran public defender, Hartford City Councilman (one of five WFP-only electeds nationwide!), musician, artist, professor; opinions my own; "CT Dems aren't socialist enough for this clown."
Volokh Conspiracy @volokhc.bsky.social Law professors blogging since 2002 -- independent until 2014, hosted at Washington Post 2014-17, hosted at Reason 2017-now
Casey Mattox @caseymattox.bsky.social Constitution fan. Attorney. VP Legal Strategy, Stand Together.
To everything there is a season. Especially Christmas music.
Jeff Nye @jeffreynye.org Cincinnati lawyer (civil, commercial, real estate litigation, speech defense, and appeals). Likes to take photos of birds.
Local elected official, but this is a personal account.
Half Cocked @halfcockedlaw.bsky.social Lawyer. Coffee achiever. Technically not a little person. Husband and sometimes research assistant of @drweevil
Brian Cuban @bcuban.bsky.social Yinzer, attorney and author. Cat lover. My debut thriller The Ambulance Chaser is coming to the big screen—directed by Lou Diamond Phillips.
http://theambulancechasermovie.com
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe @theskepticsguide.bsky.social The official Twitter for The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe.
theskepticsguide.org
Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social I would prefer not to.
NM civil litigator. Trials, appeals, plaintiff, defense, you name it. Opinions are my own, not my firm's #USMC
Jonathan H. Adler @jadler1969.bsky.social Father, Husband, W&M LawProf, guy with opinions; @chkbal co-founder;
@volokhc.bsky.social contributor;
Law before policy before politics;
Philly sports always;
'the cowbell of Twitter'-N. Schulz
typos are part of the brand.
Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social Lawyer, writer, all-around-great person
I mostly post about technology, law, and civil liberties (especially free speech), and how they intersect. And mostly at Techdirt: https://www.techdirt.com/user/cathy/
I also post silly things too.
southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social Writer, lawyer, Dodger fan, internet dog. nycsouthpaw18 at gmail.
Andrew Parker @andrewparker.bsky.social Formerly of the birdsite as Apark2453, but staking my claim to the full name!
Lawyer, overanalyzer of godawful subcultures. If you’re into that too… I’m sorry, but welcome friend!
Jeff Kosseff @jkosseff.bsky.social Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law and Director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, University of Minnesota, jeffkosseff.com
RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social Lawyer writing about law, genealogy, and bad ethics. He/him
Steph Tai (they/them) @saltislife.bsky.social University of Wisconsin environmental law prof, Associate Dean for UW Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, food and horror movie buff. Doing what I can to save human life on this planet.
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
internet freds 🦇☠️💾✨️ @esquiring.bsky.social 21st century digital attorney. cybersecurity & data counsel, privacy & compliance, FOSS, sometimes litigation; IAALBNTTOLAACNYL (I am a lawyer but not that type of lawyer and almost certainly not your lawyer)
~~☆~~
Virgil Abt @abtnatural.bsky.social Federal Register Enjoyer. PACER pay-pig since it was 7 cents/page. Knitting theorist. Ancient UNIX and Lisp hackery. Knows the T cycle count for every Z-80 instruction.
Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social @CatoInstitute Vice President (Econ/Trade), @DukeLaw adjunct, @TheDispatch newsletter-er.
CH❤️RTS. You didn't read the article, did you?
Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social New Yorker, union activist, employment lawyer, dad, generational trauma ender. He/him.
Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social McGlinchey Stafford Associate Prof/Research Dean at Tulane Law. Criminal law, rural legal systems, sexual assault, punishment, and cultural criticism. Atrevida y obstinada.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2292637
Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix of stuff. Posts too much about politics.
email max@kennerlylaw.com
Garthtoons by Garth German @garthtoons.bsky.social New, original cartoons most days. “The Reality of My Surroundings.” Award-winning political cartoonist. Artwork appeared twice on “The Simpsons.” Custom artwork, T-shirts, and more. Website: garthtoons.com
Timothy Schwarzauer @schwatd.bsky.social Leftist redneck from Mississippi and now NC. Brewing beer and making wine in a barn for a non profit brewery and winery is a lot better than wearing a suit all day in a Federal Courthouse
Julie Faenza @juliemfaenza.bsky.social She/her. Attorney, unaffiliated progressive political junkie. Barbershop, short form improv, & animal shelter volunteer. TRIPLE zebra. Raleigh, NC.🏳️🌈🎶♿️
Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social First Amendment attorney at FIRE. Opinions are my own.
Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social Oklahoman in Virginia. Appellate attorney.
I talk about federal court decisions. A lot.
Sometimes the most you can do is the best you can do.
gabriel.malor@gmail.com
Wolflawyer @wolflawyer.bsky.social Lawyer; Rockstar; Wolf.
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
Ben @legalshmendrik.bsky.social [something relevant here 🤷🏻]
Peter Orlowicz @peterorlowicz.bsky.social Admin law & appellate atty, IL native, Navy veteran, board game aficionado, ethics enthusiast & adjunct legal ethics prof, railroad law-talkin' guy (he/him). Personal account, as always.
Collin S @cseguin03.bsky.social Dad with terrible dad jokes, lawyer, insurance professional, eats lots of good food. He/Him
Treat people right and you’ll never go wrong.
The First Amendment @usconstamendi.bsky.social I am the First Amendment. I love to post about myself. Take advantage of me but please don't violate me.
counselor jj @jayayjay.bsky.social “Relatively informative” in-house lawyer. It depends. 🤷♀️
Thomas Neville @goobermunch.bsky.social Colorado Lawyer. Gamer. Dad. He/Him/His. Grammarchist. Inventor of the Temu tostada at Taco Bell.
Law: personal injury, insurance, video games, appeals, litigation.
Games: tabletop, war, video, minis.
My job is cooler than yours.
Jen G @ellewoodsgolfs.bsky.social Gov't attorney, white collar-ish. Speaking for myself. Separating fact & fiction. Obsessed 🐶🐶 mom. Golfer. Runner. Traveler. Skier.
Ben Wheeler @bentwhee.bsky.social
Public Defendering @foddery.bsky.social Public defender ⚖️ Criminal Defense Attorney 🆘 Don’t talk to cops 🐽 Cajun/Creole to the marrow⚜️Louisiana vs all y’all🦞
DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social
Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social Now shamelessly employed but more a Child Safety guy than a lawyer these days.No longer head lawyer for Bungie. Ex-Chief Legal Officer of Pokémon. Produced Detective Pikachu. Entertainment Law prof (University of Washington). Supporter of trans kids.
National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org Public interest 501(c)(3) law firm for natsec & info/privacy law. Website https://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org. Charitable tax-exempt donations always welcome; details on website front page. Media email Media@ NationalSecurityLaw.org, others email Kel there
Mike Masnick @masnick.com Techdirt guy. Writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties and stuff like that. Once wrote a paper that may have helped inspire this service & now I'm on its board: https://bit.ly/protocolnotplatform
Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair 🦥 @senatorshoshana.bsky.social @rstreet.bsky.social Institute Digital Director and Fellow on occupational licensing reform, Section 230, social media regulation, 1A. Marmots, mountaineering, sewing, sloths.
Want to be here more, just so much to do! :(
bit.ly/SenatorShoshana
Matt Margolis @itsmattslaw.bsky.social margolispllc.lawbrokr.com
Dan Izzo @izzos.net Attorney (VA & DC Licensed)
"Lawyers are basically just attack librarians"
Posts are not legal advice.
All opinions are my own
MarcWhipple @marcwhipple.bsky.social Just some weirdo.
Innocent🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social American living in England. Previously lived in 日本, NL, France. Motorbikes, cricket, opera, etc. He/him. Jew.
If you think my skeet might be sarcastic, it probably is.
Diana @artemisdiana.bsky.social @artemis_nieves on Twitter.
Union-strong public defender.
Mostly posting my takes on law and the prison industrial complex—and increasingly union activism because Elon’s hellscape is not a fan.
Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social Appellate lawyer at Wright, Close & Barger in Houston, with a Fifth Circuit and TX appellate practice. So-called Dean, #appellatetwitter. Host of The Appellate Wanderer podcast
Debbie Mia @debbiemia.bsky.social Software engineer by day, a small font of utterly eldritch wisdom by night. Sometimes makes shitpost art. Also a law clerk.
Gabi 雪 @gabimccauley.bsky.social A bundle of barely-held-together anxiety, rage, & a smidge of allure.
Ryan McKeen @ryanmckeen.bsky.social Attorney - 100 Million Dollar Verdict | Adjunct Professor at UConn Law | Building the future of law one dream at a time @ Best Era, LLC
Justin @justinlawguy.bsky.social Was on national television for 5 minutes in front of an audience of thousands and will be annoying about it for a little bit. He/him
Jaydub @jasonwilson.bsky.social What are we mad about today?
The OG JT @theogjt.bsky.social Former Zamboni Driver, Lawyer, Autism Dad. I post about lolsuits. And fun stuff. And the jets.
Denys Beecher @dbeecher.bsky.social 16 years in US Social Security law, primarily disability claim representation
Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social Cornell Law ‘14. Financial regulation, law, politics, България, and now featuring fatherhood.
Ethan Jacobs 🇺🇦 @ejacobslaw.com Lawyer (copyright, trademark, and commercial disputes). Bandit Heeler disciple. Donut addict. He / him.
San Francisco ∙ ejacobslaw.com
Colin @kolyin.bsky.social Professor, teaching about law, negotiation, business, and conspiracy theories.
'Pese a su facha de tipo rudo, Colin es un amor: un pacifista del escepticismo.'
Currently clean on OPSEC.
Rich Seviora @richs.bsky.social bears, bears, beards and tech
Mithradates @mithradatesvi.bsky.social Teacher / lawyer: health law, contracts, ethics. UChicago Law alum. Interests in cooking, video games, jazz. Skeets are exclusively jokes. Reskeets and likes are strictly by accident.
Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social Constitutional litigator. Tennessee public interest/First Amendment/civil rights/innocence/election/appellate litigation. Nashville politics. Anti-SLAPP evangelist. Email daniel at horwitz.law. My views are my employer’s.
Timothy Cornell @timothycornell.bsky.social Boston litigator, free speech, False Claims Act and securities enthusiast
Chad Loder @chadloder.dev The purpose of a system is what it does. 🌪️ they/them
Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social Good in a crisis and at no other time
First initial last name at gmail dot com
Signal:@KathrynTewson.06
Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com Middle-Aged Law Guy/Dad/Does performance stuff. Kentucky Colonel. Host of Boozy’s Legal Funhouse podcast. He/Him. Other places: https://linktr.ee/boozybadger . Not your lawyer.
Views are my own and not those of any employer.
PFP: @spunkywulf.bsky.social
KSV @ksvesq.bsky.social Founder, Risepoint Search Partners. Former litigator. Mom to two amazing girls. Color commentary for @stevevladeck.bsky.social.
AblativMeatshld @ablativmeatshld.bsky.social AblativMeatshld.07 on Signal
Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy.
Support Lawfare at https://www.lawfaremedia.org/support
Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social Southmayd Prof @YaleLawSch + Philosophy @Yale. Ed, @LegalTheory + Stanford Encyclopedia of Phil. “Legality”, “The Internationalists” (with @oonahathaway), “Fancy Bear Goes Phishing.” Overuses “neurosymbolic”
Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social Defunct account of Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Opinions here are my own. Decent people fight evil.
Signal: KenWhite.1969
Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social dumb laws deserve my thoughts on them
https://linktr.ee/ugarles
i will do your podcast
http://nohomework.website with @veryimportant.lawyer and @lronmexico.bsky.social
City Saint/Country Saint with L. Ron
remember the law pods? those were fun.
Kendyl Hanks @kendylhanks.bsky.social Biglaw appellate lawyer, #FlyFishing angler, orchidophile, native Texan & erstwhile NewYorker, public school supporter, Birdie’s Mom & Bonus Mom to 2 awesome teens. Speaking for me not my firm, not your lawyer. #AppellateSky ⚖️ #Orchids #LadyLawyerDiaries
Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net Husband. Lawyer. Hunter. Fisherman. Swordsman. Warrior poet. Philosopher king. Legend.
J.J. @jdotj.bsky.social Lawyer, mom, wife, podcaster, hobbyist photographer, and avid fan of chronically underperforming sports teams (mostly)
T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social In-House Counsel @ BigTech. Ex-"Computers Guy," then decade litigating 1A in NC+TX. Servant to two cats (and a dog and a wife). Armchair Philanthropist.
(@greg_doucette on ExTwitter)
AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social Orthodox Jewish father of 5; Litigation Disaster Tour Guide; Jets Fan. Fighting the widening gyre.
The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social Father, Army Husband (Ret.), lawyer. KUSK alum; public servant. Litigation disaster tour guide. Odd Fellow (and odd fellow). Proud member of the terminally online community since 1993. he/him
D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social He/him. Attorney at Law and the inflection point between fucking around and finding out.
www.kusklaw.com
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
Signal: radleybalko.52