"Less than seven percent of American business court judges have experience working as public defenders, Legal Aid attorneys, or lawyers that represent injured workers and consumers."

1/2 Our NEW report, "Imbalanced Justice: U.S. Business Courts” examined the professional backgrounds of the 213 business court judges in 26 states. Verdict? The overwhelming majority in many states come from corporate backgrounds. peoplesparity.org/research/imb...

1/2 Our NEW report, "Imbalanced Justice: U.S. Business Courts” examined the professional backgrounds of the 213 business court judges in 26 states. Verdict? The overwhelming majority in many states come from corporate backgrounds. peoplesparity.org/research/imb...

We looked into the “business courts” that are sweeping the nation. We found that nearly half the judges are former corporate lawyers, even though many of these courts hear cases involving workers and consumers. In some states, it’s 100%. newrepublic.com/article/2102...

In a loss for *democracy.

Letting six lawyers, hand-picked for their extreme views and subject to no democratic accountability, decide whose votes matter in our country—in what should be a democracy—is a choice. It’s a choice that nearly every Democrat in Congress is currently making. We can, and must, make a different one.

What do you call 1,000s of lawyers at a No Kings rally? ✊Democracy. ❌👑TOMORROW, 3/28 - see you on the streets. www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=ppp

🔥"The inertia on Court reform [reflects] a problem with our country’s political-cultural mythology surrounding the Court in general—and Chief Justice Roberts in particular—as some sort of neutral and detached arbiter of the truth that operates wholly outside the domain of partisan politics."🔥

🗳️The Roberts Court is a threat to democracy. If we don't make court reform a priority, we'll continue watching our rights slip away, one terrible decision at a time.

We will not stay silent as SCOTUS abandons the rule of law We will not stand aside in the face of authoritarianism We will defend our democracy and our Constitution Join the Lawyers March for Democracy at No Kings ❌ 👑 RSVP ➡️ www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=ppp

With @peoplesparity.bsky.social and the CT Pro-People Judiciary Coalition we pushed CT to be the first state where the JSC reports professional backgrounds of all applicants and selected candidates. Would love to see more do the same as you suggest! ctmirror.org/2025/07/08/a...

Confidence in the Supreme Court is now at a record low: 22%. Turns out “trust us” stops working when the rulings look political.

🚫👑 The legal community is mobilizing against authoritarianism. Join us at No Kings on 3.28 RSVP: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=ppp

🔥Our Hot Bench series kicks off this month with 3 SCOTUS oral argument watch parties - we'll dissect decisions in real time & sharpen our legal critiques. ✅March 23: 10AM Watson v RNC ✅March 24: ~12PM Noem v Al Otro Lado ✅March 25: 10AM Flower Foods v Brock RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/hot-b...

▶️Don't miss a conversation with Josh Michtom, former veteran public defender and current lawyer for children, @rsgat.bsky.social this Wed 3/18 at 1PM EST in our new "In It Together" series ✅RSVP today! actionnetwork.org/events/in-it...

Check out PPP's @mollycoleman.bsky.social on organizing during political crisis, the limits of courts as vehicles for change, and why community action — not institutions alone — ultimately drives democratic resilience with @kathryn1.bsky.social

In our new "In It Together" series, we'll be having one-on-one conversations with public interest lawyers & advocates for perspective & a reminder that no one fights alone. ✅Join us: 3/18 @ 1PM EST with public defender Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social ✅RSVP today! actionnetwork.org/events/in-it...

🤔Senate Republicans just voted to sideline their own wartime powers. Now a conservative Supreme Court could finish the job, striking down the law that limits Trump's ability to wage a war with virtually no limits.

It’s worth emphasizing that the Supreme Court has propped up this presidential lawlessness. When Congress enacted limits on presidential power in 1973, it included an enforcement provision. If the president said there’s an “emergency from attack” and Congress disagreed, it could order troops home.

1/2 ⚖️ In the recent tariff ruling, Justice Brett Kavanaugh lamented that the refund process is likely to be a “mess.” He may be correct - but his dissent overlooks the fact that it was the Court’s conservative majority that caused this mess in the first place.

1/2 👉The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war - but a long line of Supreme Court decisions has expanded presidential authority to initiate military action without clear congressional approval. @skennedy2504.myatproto.social

1/2 ⚖️DOJ lawyers swear to uphold the constitution - Trump’s immigration policies stand in direct opposition to this oath. “For any lawyer in this position who actually cares about their professional and moral responsibilities, there is a very simple answer: quit.” @rsgat.bsky.social

❌👑The greatest threat to American democracy is not from armies abroad or international threats, it is from constitutional erosion within. The tried and true anecdote? We must use our voices, our vote and our streets to demand that our constitution belongs to US. #NoKings www.ms.now/ali-velshi/t...

🚨🚨Future lawyers, take note: In this moment of constitutional crisis, the path you take has never been more important. You can use your law degree to defend the rule of law & hold power accountable - or you can use it to protect the status quo. The choice is yours. www.law.com/internationa...

In his 1st year back, Trump has attempted to dismantle the checks & balances that have sustained American democracy for 250 years — silencing journalists, weaponizing the DOJ, defying federal judges, bypassing Congress & killing people without accountability. ❌ 👑 No one is above the law

Big Law is facing an ethics crisis. Our Big Law organizing guide offers key questions for lawyers and law students to ask so we can protect the rule of law within firms and during recruitment. Check it out & share ▶️ peoplesparity.org/dont-bend-th...

1/2 🏛️🛑Conservative supreme courts have emerged as a surprising obstacle to Republicans’ extreme political agendas. Republican-controlled legislatures are pulling all the stops to bring these courts to heel writes @skennedy2504.myatproto.social

California AG Rob Bonta singled out Paul Weiss in an exclusive roundtable interview for agreeing to do free legal work in line with the Trump administration’s goals. bit.ly/4rOhU96

Paul Weiss Is Still Catching Heat For Selling Out — See Also https://abovethelaw.com/2026/02/paul-weiss-is-still-catching-heat-for-selling-out-see-also/

Judges often describe the courts as the last line of defense for constitutional democracy. But a last line of defense that declines to defend is not neutral. It is complicit. @skennedy2504.myatproto.social in @ballsandstrikes.org

Law students are resisting Big Law's recruitment practices & winning. 🎉 Congrats to the PPP Georgetown Law Chapter & the coalition of law school SBAs who are demanding OCI be moved back to 2L year. Sign the petition, keep the pressure on Big Law 👇 linktr.ee/Law_Student_...

I wrote this piece about popular constitutionalism last year, but I truly don't think I could have possibly imagined then that we'd be watching the people claim power over the Constitution like we have for the last few months in Minnesota. www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...

*If* the federal government actually retreats in Minnesota, I will never, ever let anybody forget that it was the people, not the courts, that made them do it.

The problem with the Supreme Court supermajority is not just one of ideology or politics, but of epistemology. The world as they understand it bears little resemblance to reality www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...

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Power concedes nothing without a fight. The news of the draw down this morning is a development that was won by the power of neighbors joining together to keep each other safe. We celebrate the wins. Yet we know the threat is not over, and so our fight is not over.

Another federal court has rejected the administration’s attempt to detain people incommunicado. The Constitution does not disappear inside immigration detention. 👇

1/3 For most of its history, SCOTUS has been a brake on democratic change, moving only when public opinion makes it inevitable. But as @skennedy2504.myatproto.social writes, in a world of “alternate facts” shaped by Fox News, its disconnect with public sentiment has never been deeper. ⚖️📺🧠

BREAKING: We’re urging the court to force discovery in our case against DOGE in order to fully investigate the extent of their misuse of Social Security data to potentially manipulate U.S. elections. DOGE is not above the law.

A confidential agreement provides yet more evidence of the administration’s campaign to interfere with upcoming elections. bit.ly/46tX4nd

I am thrilled to share this recording with you! This is "Democracy in the Balance" - our judicial workshop from last night with special guest and state court expert, @billycorriher.bsky.social. Please listen!! It is incredibly informative & HOPEFUL. #judgesmatter www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVMx...

❌⚖️Republican lawmakers have long decried court expansion as an assault on judicial integrity - until GOP leaders in Arizona, Utah and Wyoming did it themselves, “altering courts to deliver policy wins that elections alone cannot.” @skennedy2504.myatproto.social ballsandstrikes.org/court-reform...

▶️Utah’s Gov. just signed a bill to expand the state Supreme Court, following a GOP push after it ruled against partisan gerrymandering - a move that could threaten judicial independence & undermine voters in the upcoming midterms. @billycorriher.bsky.social www.democracydocket.com/opinion/repu...

Liam belongs in daycare, not detention. He has parents. A classroom. A community. A home. DHS has the power to release Liam today. Every hour he remains detained is a choice. #BringLiamHome

BREAKING: Republican lawmakers unveil the Make Elections Great Again Act — a new bill that would impose the most extreme federal voting restrictions in history. The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.

🏦 While public-interest non-profits filed hundreds of lawsuits to rein in Trump, “Big Law’s lobbying arms just posted their richest year on record.” It is time for #BigLaw to stop pursuing profits and start defending our democracy.⚠️ www.law.com/nationallawj...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Here's @mollycoleman.bsky.social from the streets of St. Paul, on the legal system that failed to prevent Trump's ICE occupation, and the people who stepped up to protect each other instead. "My neighbors have shown that the people of this country care about democracy enough to fight for it."

The legal system empowered Trump’s ICE rampage. It is people who have the power to stop it: PPP Executive Director & St Paul City Councilmember, @mollycoleman.bsky.social writes for @ballsandstrikes.org on the ICE occupation in her community. 1/14