Fighting #ICE, #datacenters, #Bigtech? In this @legalaf interview, learn from @unitehere.org how they secured a major contract victory on the eve of the #FIFA #WorldCup and what lessons it might hold for other fights. youtu.be/XolFpDksruk?...

Powerful conversation on @legalafmtn.bsky.social with Professor Aziz Huq of @uchicagolaw.bsky.social to discuss his @academic.oup.com book on the #ruleoflaw and his piece on @lawfaremedia.org about the Slush Fund for insurrectionists. Check it out here: youtu.be/-dEVhqDytto?...

My take on the Trump $1.8 billion slush fund, with link to piece in @msnownews.bsky.social raybrescia340833.substack.com/p/simply-ind...

Great discussion with the “Dictator Hunter” Reed Brody on @legalafmtn.bsky.social discussing the #Trump Administration’s violations of international law. youtu.be/JW8vir4quKE?...

Thoroughly enjoyed this interview on @legalafmtn.bsky.social with @upenn.edu's Shaun Ossei-Owusu about his new book "Law on Trial: An Unlikely Insider Reckons with Our Legal System.. #lawschools, #ruleoflaw, #prosecutorialmisconduct, #biglaw. youtu.be/EtzU4-PCO-A?...

Tariffs, Rinse, Repeat: my latest on @msnownews.bsky.social. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

My take for @legalafmtn.bsky.social on the curious case of James Comey and the seashells. “You keep using that word, I do not it means what you think it means.” open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

Please check out this conversation on @legalafmtn.bsky.social with Dean Danielle Conway, current president of the American Association of Law Schools. We talk #ruleoflaw, #antiracism, and how to advance both through the #law and #legaleducation. youtu.be/5ItcRJmHyYo?...

Please check out this @legalafmtn.bsky.social explainer on the disbarment of #Trump's election lawyer John Eastman for his scheme to overturn the #2020election and what it means for #DOJ unprecedented and illegal effort to shield government lawyers from state ethics probes. youtu.be/7vIA-zga06A?...

Really enjoyed this conversation on @legalafmtn.bsky.social with Andrew Miller, a true legal expert on issues of #BigTech companies and #immunity. We discuss the new #WhiteHouse policy on #AI, litigation against #Meta, etc. youtu.be/pKLUkjr2Ayc?...

Harrowing conversation with @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social's Lisa Landau and Emerson Argueta for @legalafmtn.bsky.social. They describe their visit to a massive #ICE facility in Texas built on the site of a former internment camp for Japanese Americans during WWII. youtu.be/0tW7WyzvAtg?...

Loved this conversation on @legalafmtn.bsky.social on the origins of modern #environmentallaw with Ann Carlson of the @uclalawemmett.bsky.social. We discuss her new @ucpress.bsky.social book #SmogandSunshine and the lessons for #socialchange in dark times. youtu.be/oqLdHqPycsc?...

At almost every turn, the #Trump Administration and #PeteHegseth are losing in court, this time in their fight with #Anthropic. For commentary on their recent defeat, check out my take on @legalafmtn.bsky.social here. youtu.be/87ND5l3i9YQ?...

Please check out my interview on @legalafmtn.bsky.social with leaders of the @nycbarassociation.bsky.social's #ruleoflaw task force which calls for Congress to commence #impeachment proceedings immediately. youtu.be/Ebo7mBhjD6Q?...

Please check out this @legalafmtn.bsky.social interview with the inimitable @gowder.io of @northwesternlaw.bsky.social discussing the forthcoming #BirthrightCitizenship arguments before #SCOTUS this week. His bold prediction: a 7-2 defeat for #Trump youtu.be/nwYeDIWJMgE?...

ICYMI: A growing resistance plans its third “No Kings” rally March 28. Legal AF’s Ray Brescia talks with Thomas Ricks and labor leader Kurt Petersen on lessons from the Civil Rights Movement and a major hotel strike—showing how strategy, discipline, and organizing can counter Trump-era abuses.

Please check out my recent piece on @ms.now describing the work of the no-nonsense judge of the Court of International Trade who is taking charge of the #tariff refund process and holding the #TrumpAdministration's feet to the fire. This is what the #ruleoflaw looks like. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Check out this convo on @legalafmtn.bsky.social: #PulitzerPrize winner Thomas Ricks + @unitehere.org's Kurt Petersen of @unitehere11.bsky.social on what the Civil Rights Movement can teach advocacy like #NoKings, #labor organizing, and #ICE protests. youtu.be/NAgsVrzypRE?...

Please join a book discussion on March 25th discussing Lawyer 3.0: A Guide to Next-Wave Lawyering substack.com/@raybrescia3...

This convo on @legalafmtn.bsky.social explores a new case before #SCOTUS that threatens #freedomofthepress. Samantha Barbas @ucpress.bsky.social author of "Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. Sullivan" explains what's at stake. youtu.be/uYhZ9yVPdFo?...

Those big law firms never needed to cave but they caved. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

There's a lot going on, but here's a layup for #Congress: create a system for reimbursing businesses and taxpayers for the illegal #tariffs. Don't go the same way as the #EpsteinFiles and leave things to the #TrumpAdministration. My latest on @ms.now. #ruleoflaw www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Politicians Must Fear the People More than They Fear Big Tech: Privacy and the Slide to Authoritarianism @raybrescia.bsky.social x @daniel-solove.bsky.social 🔗 substack.com/@legalaf/not...

Please check out my new piece on #AI and #accesstojustice in @fastcompany.com. "Is AI the end of lawyers, or the beginning of access to justice?" #A2J, #legalprofession, #lawyers.  www.fastcompany.com/91498249/is-...

Thoroughly enjoyed my conversation on @legalafmtn.bsky.social with @renholding.bsky.social discussing his @ucpress.bsky.social book Better Judgment: How Three Judges Are Bringing Justice Back to the Courts. youtu.be/zzIWPygWo7Q?...

Thoroughly enjoyed by conversation with Carmen Maria Rey Caldas for @legalafmtn.bsky.social. Rey Caldas is an immigration judge who was terminated without cause from the bench last summer and is still staying in the fight. Fired Judge Takes On Trump open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

New rules have been imposed by #DOJ on review of the #EpsteinFiles. Anyone who accesses the files must be #Severed after they log out of the terminals and before they leave the facility. @raskin.house.gov, @rokhanna.bsky.social, @ericswalwell.bsky.social

The DOJ Is Hurting Even Its Own Lawyers, and Ethical Concerns Go Straight to AG Bondi By @raybrescia.bsky.social 🔗 substack.com/@legalaf/not...

New @legalafmtn.bsky.social post on the ethical crisis #DOJ attorneys face every day and the leaders within the Department who have created it. youtu.be/n8XmqdguIB8?...

Resist and Unsubscribe: How to Protest Big Tech’s Capitulation to Trump By @raybrescia.bsky.social 🔗 substack.com/@legalaf/not...

American consumers have real power. Today, w/ #ICE & #BigTech, using this power is easier than ever. #ResistandUnsubscribe: How to Protest Big Tech’s Capitulation to Trump. @legalafmtn.bsky.social @profgalloway.com, @karaswisher.bsky.social, @pivotpod.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

Bessent now changing his tune around #Bitcoin, laying groundwork in the name of national security for #taxpayer bailout of all the geniuses who thought our financial system was for suckers. www.forbes.com/sites/digita...

I brought a family of 4 to the last No Kings protest. Looks like I need to find 8 for the March 28 event!

Check out my interview with Mack Jenkins on @legalafmtn.bsky.social where we talk all things #ICE, #Minnesota, #SCOTUS and #KavanaughStops; and explore his long career as an attorney at the #DOJ and the role of smaller firms in resisting the #TrumpAdministration's policies. youtu.be/B_xPXHbtCog?...

While my milkshake brings no one anywhere, I loved this conversation on the Geek in Review Podcast about my new work "Lawyer 3.0: A Guide to Next-Wave Lawyering" published by @brisunipress.bsky.social. #LegalTech, #A2J, the #LegalProfession, and, yes, #milkshakes. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Do you want to predict the future? Invent it. My latest on #Minneapolis, the #Anti-ICE Movement, and the #Technology Super-Charging Everyday Advocates. #socialchange #democracy #socialmovements open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...

“Judges, state legislators, and others who care about preventing authoritarianism must dramatically improve privacy protection.” From my article, Privacy in Authoritarian Times papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Hey @nytpitchbot.bsky.social, this you? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

Thanks to @karaswisher.bsky.social and @profgalloway.com for highlighting my listener question on @pivotpod.bsky.social! youtu.be/Vx0M6Vg2cs4?...

What connects the #ICE #protests in #Minneapolis to social movements over American history? New technologies? Yes. But other things far more human. Read my latest on @theconversation.com. theconversation.com/from-colonia...

Please check out my conversation on @legalafmtn.bsky.social of @meidastouch.com with Robert Worth of the @theatlantic.com on citizen resistance in #Minneapolis to the #ICE occupation and the parallels to his experiences reporting on the #ArabSpring. youtu.be/43H-VU2_4Yc?...

Check out my conversation with the inimitable @profmarkovic.bsky.social for @legalafmtn.bsky.social as we discuss the apparent lawlessness of many of the Trump Administration's international actions and how #DOJ lawyers are at the center of such activities and enabling them. youtu.be/YmgeeX1qPns?...

Please check out my interview with @debpearlstein.bsky.social on @legalafmtn.bsky.social where we talk about the #ruleoflaw and recent efforts by retired judges to promote critical principles that will uphold it. youtu.be/sZ6x8vZNYzc?...

It’s times like this I would be totally down with us being a “creedal” country after all.

Congress must review #ICE funding, but citizens and state officials can also #moveyourmoney away from the collaborators and enablers. My recent post on @legalafmtn.bsky.social: Want to Take Action to Rein in ICE?: Divest from the Companies Doing a Lot of Its Dirty Work. substack.com/@raybrescia3...

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

Divest from the companies collaborating with #ICE. My latest on @legalafmtn.bsky.social. substack.com/@legalaf/not...

So moved by my conversation on @legalafmtn.bsky.social with Nora Ahmed of the @aclu.org of Louisiana discussing the reality of what's happening in #ICE detention. youtu.be/Ju_cagmf5zU?...