Courts and DOJ reform
People who post about the problems with the US courts and our Department of Justice, and how to fix them.
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@protecttruth.bsky.social
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@propublica.org
Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts. Support our work: https://propub.li/4d2mFWJ
@alexaronson.bsky.social
Co-founder & Executive Director, Court Accountability. Contributor, MeidasTouch Legal AF. Former U.S. Senate/Justice Department. Views my own. https://courtaccountability.substack.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/courtacctability.bsky.social
@weissmann.substack.com
NYU Law, MSNBC legal analyst, podcast cohost "Main Justice" (previously "Prosecuting Donald Trump"); NYT bestselling author. Substack "Behind The Headlines" https://weissmann.substack.com Offering legal analysis & opinion
@richsignorelli.bsky.social
Former SDNY AUSA, Harvard Law School #AnimalRescue #Resist #AnimalRights #BlueCrew #Ukraine #Canada #PunkRock #ProgRock #Formula1 "Pro Bone" Counsel to the #CorgiCrew New York He/Him/His posts≠legal advice, posts=opinion only, repost/reply/like≠agree 🚫DM
@jabbanobadda.bsky.social
Another Twitter refugee. Election geek, progressive, amateur photographer, hiker, retro video game enthusiast. Originally joined Twitter after Jan. 6 because I couldn't keep my political rage to myself anymore. Can't believe we're here again. 😥 He/him.
@normornstein.bsky.social
Political scientist, co-host of Words Matter podcast, contributor to The Contrarian
@noahdahl.bsky.social
Self-deprecating handle (say it a few times fast). Pro-democracy. Focused on SCOTUS and the federal judiciary, but not exclusively so. Upside-down flag is a distress signal.
@joshmanning.bsky.social
Iraq War vet. Former intelligence community Russia and counterterrorism analyst. Now comms @ WA State AG. MI —> MT —> WA. Warren Dem. Social justice warrior. All opinions, quirks mine. Words: LA Times, Foreign Policy, Newsweek. Face: MSNBC, Al Jazeera
@grudgie.bsky.social
Progressive. 🇺🇸. This flag is ours. They wave the Trump flag & the one that celebrates cop violence.
@mollycoleman.bsky.social
Candidate for Saint Paul City Council in Ward Four. Executive Director, People’s Parity Project & PPP Action.
@jennifertaub.com
Law professor at Wayne State Law School & author of BIG DIRTY MONEY and OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES Host of LIVE morning news show https://www.youtube.com/@jentaub
@joshuagreen.bsky.social
Bloomberg Businessweek correspondent, #1 NYT bestselling author of THE REBELS and DEVIL'S BARGAIN: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586025/the-rebels-by-joshua-green/
@jamisonfoser.bsky.social
Political consultant, media critic, and longtime Cassandra. www.findinggravity.net
@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.
@beijingpalmer.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot
@elienyc.bsky.social
Justice Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. Author of Allow Me to Retort and Bad Law. Class: PLD. Alignment: Neutral Good Str:12 Dex:8 Con:15 Int:13 Wis:10 Char:14 Author: Allow Me To Retort
@jfallows.bsky.social
Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
@shannonrwatts.bsky.social
Author, FIRED UP, coming June 2025 / Speaker, organizer, founder emerita, @MomsDemand / Boardmember, @emergeamerica firedupbook.com 🔥🔥🔥
@perrybaconjr.bsky.social
Government and policy writer. Views are my own. perry.bacon@washpost.com. https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/follow-perry-bacon-jr/
@rauchway.bsky.social
Historian. Florida man. Keep Bluesky weird. http://ericrauchway.com pfp by Daniel Mackie
@joshchafetz.bsky.social
Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law and Politics, Georgetown Law: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/josh-chafetz/ Author, most recently, of _Congress's Constitution_: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0300248334/
@jdcmedlock.bsky.social
More good things for everyone. Public sector appreciator. Tax and welfare policy knower. Hyperinflation doubter.
@jaywillis.net
I write about courts, democracy, media, and the three raccoons who live in a tree behind my house. Bluesky’s ONLY fantasy football guru. EIC @ballsandstrikes.org, more writing at jaywillis.net.
@volts.wtf
I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://sethcotlar.substack.com/
@ddayen.bsky.social
Executive editor, The American Prospect. Author, Chain of Title and Monopolized. Tips at ddayen-at-prospect-dot-org or Signal at ddayen.90
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
@fleerultra.bsky.social
History's most successful legal podcaster, co-host of 5-4 pod. He/Him @fivefourpod.bsky.social
@whstancil.bsky.social
Minnesota guy. "This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
@davekarpf.bsky.social
Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens. Davekarpf.substack.com
@aywarhiannon.bsky.social
free palestine. former public defender. 5-4 podcast. popular cradle podcast. seen some shit.
@thefarce.org
Less estranged from Elon than most of his kids. Find a protest you can join or an action you can start now https://www.reddit.com/r/onethingtodo/ Get my newsletter https://www.thefarce.org
@eschatonblog.com
I used to be famous on the internet. Have a blog. https://eschatonblog.com Currently near Toon
@brianbeutler.bsky.social
Off Message, Politix.fm; Formerly: Crooked Media, TNR, TPM; www.offmessage.net/subscribe
@courtneymilan.com
She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm. This biography should not be taken as a complete description. courtneymilan.com
@kellyweill.bsky.social
Writer in books and blogs. Author of "Off The Edge" (book) and MomLeft.com (newsletter). Bunch of other words at NYMag, The Daily Beast, Atlantic, your yearbook. kellybweill at gmail
@leahlitman.bsky.social
Michigan Law Prof. Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast LAWLESS - out May 13 https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
@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/
@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
@joshtpm.bsky.social
Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
@mjsdc.bsky.social
Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Dad to one toddler and several other animals.
@espiers.bsky.social
NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, NYU prof, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill. https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
@donmoyn.bsky.social
Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan. Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy. Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
@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
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Subscribe to www.lawdork.com for SCOTUS, Trump, LGBTQ, criminal justice, and other legal news. / Email: lawdorknews@gmail.com / Signal: crg.32 / About me: Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Buckeye. / He/him.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
@notalawyer.bsky.social
No longer in good standing with the New York State bar My newsletter: StringinaMaze.net
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Editor and CEO, Zeteo Author, ‘Win Every Argument’ British-American
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@protecttruth.bsky.social
"The problem of our time: billionaire oligarchs have learned to exploit today’s media to manipulate public opinion, and co-opt democracies from the inside." - me