Seamus Hughes is a national treasure you've probably never heard of. Read this interview to find out why, and then if you can, PLEASE give him some money so he can keep doing it. (A: He's a genius at discovering obscure but important court filings. But the interview is worth reading.)

I want to teach a j-school class entirely on how to deal with hostile subjects and 75% of it will be about how to write an excellent write around.

“I don’t have a dog in the fight of a city council member in Sacramento who’s on the take. But it is mental floss to forget about the fact that I just watched an 8-year-old kid learn how to build a bomb in Raqqa.” depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/seamus-hug...

At @ncite.bsky.social we ran the numbers on the types of criminal charges that 764 adherents face. www.unomaha.edu/ncite/news/2...

We continue to update our running list of the more than four hundred lawsuits filed against the Trump Adminstration, including the one just filed a few moments ago by Congresswoman Beatty against the inclusion of the President Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center www.courtwatch.news/p/lawsuits-r...

NEW: With my colleagues at @ncite.bsky.social we've spent a considerable amount of time diving into the state of criminal cases against alleged 764 members. Our new report - Prosecuting 764: An Examination of Federal and State Charges www.unomaha.edu/ncite/news/2...

Lots of interviews with local businesses in Florida and court documents pulls to make this fascinating story happen.

New — for our Sunday morning series, our reporter Gabrielle Russon examined hundreds of lawsuits filed by one very persistent plaintiff in Florida. “He was demoralized because he was kind to her and knew her and couldn't believe that she would do this.” www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...

We try to bury the most interesting court record of the week as an easter egg to our most dedicated readers. But this is an absolutely fascinating investigation involving wifi jammers, license plate readers, drones, crypto, & a kidnapping attempt www.courtwatch.news/p/156-wifi-j...

I need real hobbies.

Gonna need espn to try to cover the courts. Call it courtside watch.

Over 3,500 lmao

Things you only see by following @courtwatch.bsky.social — every other news org will catch up tomorrow.

Honestly, one of my favorite stories this year. One of our reporters noticed something odd in the dockets and then started digging.

The 2nd story in our BLaw big data series reviewed 240,000 lawsuits looking for human story in the filings is now out. This one by @dianadombrowski.bsky.social & @emilyrsiegel.bsky.social examines the trauma inflected by the use of strip searches at schools news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/s...

This @parkermolloy.com interview with @seamushughes.bsky.social was probably my favorite issue of DEPTH PERCEPTION this year. Seamus is a scoop machine, and you can read his work at @courtwatch.bsky.social. Read the interview with his fantastic journalistic origin story here:

Terrorism professor by day, legal reporter by night, @seamushughes.bsky.social is the journalist America needs right now depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/seamus-hug...

This week, it’s more about what didn’t happen in the U.S. courts than what did. www.courtwatch.news/p/155-fifa-r...

We buried it a bit towards the end of the piece but @bradmossesq.bsky.social was setting sneaky precedent this week. www.courtwatch.news/p/155-fifa-r...

I wrote an academic book on terrorism in America. It sold more than that in a day and luckily I didn’t have to fall in love with an ISIS guy to do it. www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...

TLDR Reporters: if you get a random tip from me, I don’t have an angle. I just want you to go do what you were born to do.

that's right

Alas, PACER is more expensive than therapy. depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/seamus-hug...

New hate read just dropped. depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/seamus-hug...

The purported leader of a Syrian hacktivist group with ties to the Assad regime that targets dozens of media organizations was quietly arrested last month. We have an exclusive story this morning about one of the FBI's Most Wanted facing federal charges. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...

“…an assistant federal defender in Virginia attempts the Kobayashi Maru of immigration defenses.” www.courtwatch.news/p/154-u-s-vs...

(Whispers) Your Thursday evening preview of tomorrow’s weekly roundup of interesting federal court filings. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox in the morning. www.CourtWatch.news/subscribe

Read The Alleged January 6 Pipe Bomber Court Records www.courtwatch.news/p/read-the-a...

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Court Watch is a totally indispensable source of important, interesting, bizarre court cases every week. I definitely feel as a paid subscriber I am supporting something that serves the public good. They're trying to turn 4; subscribe if you can www.courtwatch.news/p/help-us-tu...

Court Watch has been a critical resource and collaborator with us. Helps show the deeply serious but also offbeat things happening in the federal court system. It costs a lot to run because of how PACER works. Consider supporting/ subscribing here: www.courtwatch.news/p/help-us-tu...

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Today, we make the case why you should support Court Watch. Here’s our deeply transparent look at what it takes to make news. www.courtwatch.news/p/help-us-tu...

good morning we sponsored a D-III Bowl Game again this season here's what we learned from the experience www.extrapointsmb.com/p/what-we-le...

“When confronted by law enforcement about his threat to blow up a synagogue, he reportedly told officers, “That’s why? Uh, listen I have a car and a life to go back to. Can I just delete the post?” www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...

New — The Rabbit Hole: Threatening Times There has been an unprecedented rise in threats to those in the public policy arena. Our reporting fellow Peter Beck takes a deep dive into what that means for American democracy. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...

In this week’s roundup of federal filings, we note the U.S. Courts has entered its quarter zips and matcha era. www.courtwatch.news/p/153-sued-b...

"Pregnant women are locked up, often for petty crimes, and say their cries for help go ignored. They are miscarrying or giving birth in excruciating pain into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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Your Tuesday reminder that it’s criminal that @courtwatch.bsky.social doesn’t have at least 2,000 followers

Fascinating piece

“On Tuesday, a Texas federal judge will decide whether Burger’s alleged threats were a product of an online fantasy world that would stay confined to the internet or a troubled teen’s genuine signal of what was to come in the real-world.” www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...

I’m really enjoying setting @pwbeck.bsky.social off in the world and him coming back every Sunday with a fascinating story.

Après Court Watch, le déluge www.courtwatch.news/p/152-you-go...

Welp, that was a lot of court activity today. Which means our roundup tomorrow morning of the most fascinating court records you likely missed will be extra good www.CourtWatch.news/subscribe

Today is our Super Bowl.

Governor Newsom former chief of staff was charged under a public corruption case storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...