Jessie Rossman
Legal Director at ACLU - MA. Posts are my personal opinions and are not attributable to my employer. Posts are not legal advice.
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#BKind - Some of the Kindest people I know! (1)
I wanted to share with you some of the kindest people I know! This is just a start with many more to come. Rufus came up with #BKind over on X over 2 years ago. Rufus, Lynn, and I wanted to continue the tradition here!
@taniel.bsky.social
Daniel Nichanian. Editor in chief of @boltsmag.org (follow us!). Elections, (local) politics, voting rights, criminal justice, and drag race.
@kenwhite.bsky.social
Ken White, criminal defense attorney and First Amendment litigator. Co-host of Serious Trouble podcast and writer at The Popehat Report. Signal: KenWhite.1969
@aclum.bsky.social
We work in the: ⚖️ Courts | 🏛 Legislature | 🗣 Communities to protect civil liberties for all in Massachusetts.
@joshuajfriedman.com
Freelance writer and editor. Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review. Copy chief at Columbia Magazine.
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS, Trump, LGBTQ, criminal justice, and other legal news. / Email: [email protected] / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Buckeye. / He/him.
@historiographos.bsky.social
Religious Studies Prof | Historian of Christianity in the Ancient Mediterranean World | Project Director of Bucknell's Health Humanities Initiative | Would rather be eating souvlaki
@leahlitman.bsky.social
Michigan Law Prof. Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast Author, LAWLESS - out now!!! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
@emptywheel.bsky.social
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!
@mattgertz.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman. Find me here: http://bio.site/mattgertz
@thefarce.org
Less estranged from Elon than most of his kids. Find one thing to do https://www.reddit.com/r/onethingtodo/ To defeat fascism https://www.thefarce.org/#/portal
@ryanlcooper.com
Managing editor at The American Prospect, cohost and producer of the @leftanchor.bsky.social podcast https://www.patreon.com/leftanchor Newsletter: https://www.ryanlcooper.com/
@ericcolumbus.bsky.social
Obama appointee at DOJ/DHS. Litigator for Speaker Pelosi and Jan. 6 Committee. Counsel for then-Sen. Biden. Yankee Stadium hot dog vendor. Wannabe historian. Dad joker.
@dbernstein.bsky.social
Journalist. Politics and policy. Contributing editor Boston Magazine, bylines Politico Magazine, Atlantic, many more. Formerly of Boston Phoenix. Substack: https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
@jennburrill.bsky.social
Defender of Justice 🔹️Criminal Defense, Poverty is not a Crime, Accountability Not Persecution, Anti-Genocide, & Supporter of Many Paths to Citizenship 🔹️Land of Enchantment 🌶🔆🌵 🔹️Brain moves faster than my fingers, expect typos 🔹️CWRU Law Alum
@bigcases.bots.law
Real-time updates on the latest filings in major cases in U.S. courts. Created by @bradheath.bsky.social. Run by @free.law. Monthly sponsorships available: https://bots.law/big-cases/sponsors/
@ericfish.bsky.social
Law Professor at UC Davis and former federal public defender. Writing about criminal law, constitutional rights, and prosecutions at the border.
@jennifermromig.bsky.social
Veteran legal writing professor; still positive, eclectic, and pragmatic
@swin24.bsky.social
senior politics reporter @ Rolling Stone magazine // co-author of ‘Sinking in the Swamp’ // adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati (go Bearcats 🐻 🐱) // volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul - Cincinnati // Rolling Stones obsessive
@bradheath.bsky.social
DC reporter for Reuters on crime, justice and investigations. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. Lawyer, but not yours. 202-527-9709, [email protected]
@marcelagarcia.bsky.social
Nieman Fellow at Harvard, Class of 2026 | Pulitzer Prize finalist 2025 | Columnist, Assoc. Editor + Editorial Board @bostonglobe.com Opinion | Born & raised in 🇲🇽 | My pups: Tiktok.com/@santoandbenito Sign up for my newsletter ¡Mira! 👀 BostonGlobe.com/mira
@jaketapper.bsky.social
Dad, husband, CNN anchor, author, doorman to our two dogs.
@attorneynora.bsky.social
law, tech, freedom, democracy | now: @freepress, past: free expression @PENamerica, litigation @ACLU. ATL | LA | NYC www.norabenavidez.com
@granick.bsky.social
Personal account. ACLU lawyer. From New Jersey. Living in San Francisco. New College of Florida alum. Newfie owner.
@ruthcostello.bsky.social
Solo lawyer in Cambridge, MA practicing criminal defense, Title IX, education law. Mother of 3. Enthusiastic amateur runner and baker.
@msmith750.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at St. Mary's University School of Law. Researching constitutional law, criminal law, and legal oddities.
@kathleenmgillespie.bsky.social
Immigration lawyer, mom, and life-long nerd. She/her
@alicebers.bsky.social
Litigation director @ Center for Medicare Advocacy; former legal aid; interested in health care policy; views my own. She/her Western Mass
@noahkazis.bsky.social
Ass't professor at Michigan Law. Formerly NYU Furman Center, NYC Law Department, Streetsblog NYC. Cities, suburbs, housing and transportation.
@mattcagle.bsky.social
ACLU NorCal attorney focused on surveillance, privacy, and technology. Opinions are my own.
@michaeljaylissner.com
Director of @free.law. Occasional long distance athlete. Woodworker. Adroitful dodger of questions. Signal: mlissner.06
@rbs.bsky.social
Attorney at the ACLU of Pennsylvania. Working on issues related to criminal justice and poverty.
@naomishatz.bsky.social
Anti-discrimination, Title IX, employee rights, and free speech attorney at www.zalkindlaw.com. Bay Area native in Boston. She/her. #LawSky
@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 [email protected]
@sharonbrett.bsky.social
Associate Professor, University of Kansas Law School. Teaching civ pro/evidence/fed courts/social justice lawyering. Writing abt procedural and structural barriers to reform of govt institutions. Bio: https://law.ku.edu/people/sharon-brett
@allegraharpootlian.bsky.social
Comms at ACLU | Focused on national security, speech, tech, and privacy | 📍Brooklyn, NY | Views my own
@mattcameron.bsky.social
Boston's most annoying immigration lawyer. Podcasting on Opening Arguments (@openargs.bsky.social), writing at http://deportnation.com/ Triple Gemini. Chaotic Good. Despair is not an option.
@mikescarcella.bsky.social
⚖️ Courts and other legal things at Reuters - https://www.reuters.com/authors/mike-scarcella/ Daily Docket co-writer - https://www.reuters.com/newsletters/daily-docket/ 📧 [email protected]
@melissagiragrant.com
staff writer, The New Republic // A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (Little, Brown) out in 2026 // PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso) // member, NewsGuild of NY » email: [email protected] » press releases/lists: [email protected] » Signal: melissagira.01 (link below)
@nateraymond.bsky.social
Reuters reporter in Boston covering the federal judiciary and major litigation. Alaska expat. Email: [email protected]
@tracynovick.bsky.social
Yes, that Tracy Novick she/her/hers Education policy and finance I speak here only for me/ nullius in verba from the Heart of the Commonwealth Sometimes random photos of the cat linktr.ee/TracyNovick
@jameeljaffer.bsky.social
Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
@danielahorwitz.bsky.social
Constitutional litigator. Public interest/First Amendment/civil rights/innocence/election litigation. Nashville politics. Anti-SLAPP evangelist. Email daniel at horwitz.law. My views are my employer’s.
@usconstamendi.bsky.social
I am the First Amendment. I love to post about myself. Take advantage of me but please don't violate me.