The right successfully leveraged Antonin Scalia’s death to seize the Supreme Court for a generation because the conservative legal movement had spent decades preparing for such a chance. In my view, THE political project for the left is putting in the work to take it back

God it’s going to be funny when our AI overlords that the billionaires put in place to rule us all start taxing the wealthy at 90% again because, well, obviously.

It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.

Congress should set agency priorities, not the president. This is a presidential power grab. And we are in a separation of powers crisis. It’s part of the Project 2025 plan, enabled by the Supreme Court which has been packed with corrupt politicians in robes.

Just six weeks until spring. More than half way through the winter. 🥶 whew.

He is super duper smart. His credentials are dizzying. Maybe he’s a wonderful person, I have no idea. But the genius Yale Law professor who put his reputation behind this is not someone whose judgment anyone should rely on ever again.

Anna St. John's response to Durbin's questioning was a complete lie. The legislation she opposed prohibited companies from using FORCED arbitration agreements - which are the opposite of giving people a choice. St. John supported screwing over the victims of sexual harassment. Period.

In yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator Durbin asked Anna St. John about her stance on forced arbitration. Watch the clip below and read our full blog on why Anna St. John is #UnfitAndUnqualified for the federal bench: afjactioncampaign.org/blog/anna-st... youtu.be/idyNs46gkQg

They are trying to put the very worst lawyers into lifetime positions on the federal bench. Anna St. John is the latest.

I support term limits for Congress, the Senate and SCOTUS.

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

Seven weeks until spring.

I know it doesn’t make any logical sense … but February is the w only month of the year when I feel like I’m paid fairly. Every other month, I work for free either for two days or three.

Hey @mayorbowser.dc.gov, where are the plows and salt on the side streets in the city? We’re still fairly dug in here @ Kalorama and Champlain NW and I don’t know how teachers are going to get back to school tomorrow @ Marie Reed if this snow isn’t removed.

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇 There you have it. ICE has never been about immigration enforcement. It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.

This 🐏 v 🦅 game is really good.

Nazi fucking murderers. We need tribunals yesterday.

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

The Supreme Court saw the evidence Jack Smith had. They saw the phone records. They read the memos. They knew. And still, they gave him immunity and kept him on the 2024 ballot.

#SCOTUS is likely to do the right thing in the Lisa Cook case. But it's worth bearing in mind that this idea that the Fed is some bespoke exception to the unitary executive theory is utterly incoherent as a matter of both law and history—and is really just proof that the UET is itself bollocks:

Granted access to purportedly eligible government employees, yes. SCOTUS did not grant Big Balls a right to the sale of the information.

Just 287 days until judgement day for these assholes.

BREAKING: Federal court in Virginia—noting DOJ's filing "falls far beneath the level of advocacy expected from litigants in this Court, particularly the Department of Justice"—rules that Lindsey Halligan cannot hold herself out as "United States Attorney," striking that language from case filings.

ICE is targeting Somali and Latino communities. No warrants. No cause. Just skin color and accent. The Supreme Court made that legal. And now people are paying for it with their rights.

There is a “federal possession” of Rock Creek Parkway taking place right now. Anyone know what’s happening?

Well, it took Tillis about ... [checks watch] ... a year longer than it should have ... but he finally got there. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

The point is to make it all dysfunctional.

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

Hey progressive legal scholars - who is planning to have a new book out in 2026? AFJ is going to start planning our 2026 Holding Court series where we often feature new books.

So, who is researching how Trump and his family are grifting from all the big drug trafficker pardons? Is cashing coming in through crypto or what?

For the sake of our Constitutional democracy, we must reform the Court - including adding seats.

The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison

11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders: Durbin Gallego Hassan Hirono Kaine Kelly King Klobuchar Reed Rosen Whitehouse

It’s as if women joining a misogynist cult isn’t good for them after all. Weird.

They’re calling it “American Fascist”

Every Republican president since I have been able to vote has started at least one foreign war to benefit the oil company barons. It’s like clockwork. And anyone who votes for them thinking that they won’t is fooling themselves.

Lots going on but don’t lose track of the Trump attacks on biomedical research and cancer cures. @jeremymberg.bsky.social posted a leaked #NIH memo today. I want to highlight a few scary parts. They’re about taking power from scientists and experts and giving it to the president’s hacks. 1/ 🧪

The Atlantic speaks with one of the jurors in the case of the man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal agent. The juror says that, despite two initial holdouts, it was ultimately pretty easy to acquit: "a clear majority felt it was nonsensical, like, don't waste our time or money."

So, MTG is now admitting that Trump identifying you as an enemy puts your life in danger.

NIH institute directors have always been non-political. They are science administrators who have always been top-tier scientists themselves. This has been true during Dem and GOP administrations. Smart presidents understand: don't fuck with success. And now we have Donald Trump.

I’m so sick of this shit.

Trump’s pick for a 9th circuit judgeship, Eric Tung, should not be confirmed. Here’s what he’s said about issues critically important to the American people. #CourtsMatter

If we are going to have judges recuse themselves for the comments of their wives - imagine there will be number of cases involving Thomas and Alito if it pertains to Trump or right wing advocacy issues, in which they should have to do the same. No?

He’s saying that they will violate the law to protect right-wingers in military fatigues.

This is the HUD home page right now. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a clearer violation of the Hatch Act. When is Congress going to wake up.

What we might refer to as a "Kavanaugh Stop"

You only bring a case this bad to use the power of the state to punish someone for non-legal reasons. Every prosecutor who works on this case should be disbarred.