The Supreme Court is dismantling democracy. There will be no path out if we don’t enact court reform.

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SCOTUS is just vibes now @skennedy2504.bsky.social in @ballsandstrikes.org "...Kavanaugh instinctively replicates the form & reasoning of early Marshall Court decisions: assumptions in search of authority, conclusions without argument, & outcomes he frames as self-evidently reasonable & correct."

SCOTUS handed down another emergency shadow docket decision that concentrates power in the hands of the president. They're giving more and more power to Donald Trump—power that they know he'll use to further dismantle democracy.

Perkins Coie stood up to Trump’s Big Law extortion attempt, but it seems we've found the limit to their courage. If Perkins Coie is willing to fire attorneys for speaking the truth while decrying gun violence, it's clear they are more committed to their bottom line than they are to democracy.

⚖️Through forced arbitration, employers & corporations have created a private system of justice where the constitutionally created protections of our legal system don't apply. That’s why consumers, workers, and small biz need the #FAIRAct @consumeradvocates.bsky.social

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor urged a greater emphasis on civic involvement and education, questioning whether some Americans had been clearly taught the difference between a president and a king: https://cnn.it/3InS0Im

On #ConstitutionDay, and every day, we must remember that the Constitution belongs to the people. As Trump's constitutional violations jeopardize every American's freedoms, it is our collective responsibility to enforce the Constitution. ICYMI: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...

🚨 We’ve seen what happens when powerful interests influence our courts. Judges, and the politicians who appoint them, are on the ballot. Our votes are the last line of defense. Register today & protect fair courts: iwillvote.com #NationalVoterRegistrationDay

The administration’s decision to launch another extrajudicial attack against alleged drug runners in the Caribbean is a lawless act—or at least it used to be.

The court has, in effect, created a special legal zone around the presidency—as well as executive agents writ large—in which actions, even when blatantly illegal, are immunized from consequences: @skennedy2504.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com

👉 A new study reveals that between 1976 and 1999, nearly half of U.S. federal judges took economics courses at a conservative institute - which shaped how they behaved on the bench: more pro-business rulings and harsher sentences. #JudicialBias #CourtCapture #CourtReform #JusticeOrProfit

🏦State courts handle ~95% of all US legal cases, but have long been overlooked in the fight for democracy & justice. In their recent OpEd in @msmagazine.com, Mercedes Fulbright & Sandra Castro Solís at @repower.org say it's time "to treat state courts not as a footnote, but as a headline.”

📣 Another dispatch in the Big Law cohort of the dishonorable: Skadden & other Big Law cowards hope we won't notice that they are quietly giving $1 billion in pro bono work to right-wing organizations, ICE, & other pet projects of the Trump admin.

The Supreme Court’s ruling that the State can terrorize people based on their race, ethnicity, or immigration status is horrific.

1/2 “Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this Administration always wins,” said Justice Jackson, in her dissent on one of SCOTUS’s latest baffling rulings. This new #SCOTUS playing field is anything but level.

In a sign of the widening rift between lower courts and #SCOTUS, a dozen federal judges - both GOP and Dem appointees - accuse the Supreme Court of playing politics to the benefit of Trump, undermining their authority and even putting their lives at risk. #RuleOfLaw

There is a growing movement to organize and push back against Big Law capitulation to authoritarianism. Check out our Big Law Organizing Guide and share with any legal professionals & law students you know. peoplesparity.org/dont-bend-th...

In August, under Trump "union-buster-in-chief," 9 federal agencies terminated union contracts for over 445,000 workers, stripping them of their ability to collectively bargain. Working people deserve a voice on the job - and we need to step up to protect it.

It is laughably ironic for Justice Rebecca Bradley to criticize judicial activism given her long-standing habit of using the bench to enact her extreme far-right agenda. If nothing else, her hypocrisy might finally clear the way for a justice who puts the law first. sasknow.com/2025/08/29/a...

✊This #LaborDay, as we honor the contributions of all workers, we must recommit to protecting our rights on the job. In the face of Trump's relentless attacks against unions and the NLRB, now more than ever we must organize, stand together, and elect leaders who will fight for working people.

1/2 This week, the GOP’s blatant attempts to tilt the midterms in their favor through congressional district gerrymandering continued, as Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a brief in the US Supreme Court to end any race-based considerations in redistricting. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

⚖️While Paul Weiss & Kirkland continue to do Trump's bidding, hiding behind "pro bono" work," other Big Law firms like Simpson Thacher & Bartlett show that some firms still have a backbone to do what's right, even in the face of maximum political pressure. www.abajournal.com/news/article...

✅⚖️ #maryland #judges

BREAKING: In a massive win for democracy, a Utah judge struck down the GOP’s gerrymandered congressional map. Utah voters demanded fairer maps and politicians must now deliver.

A Brennan Center study of 33 cities found no evidence linking bail reform to increases in crime. bit.ly/4dkG58o

UPDATE: A federal judge in D.C. blocks Abrego Garcia’s immediate deportation to Uganda and orders that he remain detained in a Virginia ICE facility until a hearing Friday.

Trump’s chilling effect on Big Law firms taking on pro bono work has “been a nightmare,” said the president of a small nonprofit that investigates civil rights violations. “People don’t want to stand up, and because of that, people are suffering.”

[R]ight when the Judiciary should be hunkering down to do all it can to preserve the law’s constraints, the Court opts instead to make vindicating the rule of law and preventing manifestly injurious Government action as difficult as possible: Justice Jackson dissents.

“The chief justice has no higher obligation than to protect the federal judiciary from attacks by this president, and in my view he has utterly failed.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

BREAKING: Court blocks the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful attempt to gut the Affordable Care Act, protecting health care for millions of Americans. We’ll continue fighting until President Trump’s new rule is permanently struck down and the ACA’s core protections are preserved.

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Big Law firms are quiet quitting "politically sensitive" pro bono work. Our new Big Law Organizing Guide covers pro bono, recruitment & more for current and future Big Law associates who are navigating this minefield 👇https://peoplesparity.org/dont-bend-the-knee-a-toolkit-for-big-law-organizing/

The idea that the FBI would be weaponized to hunt down democratically elected lawmakers because they are standing in the way of President Trump’s partisan political agenda should alarm every American.

The U.S. Constitution belongs to the people. Trump doesn’t get to just remove the parts he doesn’t like.

Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitution—which limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpus—have disappeared from Congress’s website. They claim a coding error is to blame.

Everyone in DC knows that if you want to hide something, announce it on a Friday in August. Better yet, make it nearly impossible to track down. That's exactly what SCOTUS did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: SCOTUS has decided it's time to destroy the Voting Rights Act.

Reason #️⃣5️⃣9️⃣,2️⃣1️⃣8️⃣ Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" will deepen inequality Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Will Make Law School Unaffordable For People Who Are Not Already Rich @skennedy2504.bsky.social & Heather Atherton in @ballsandstrikes.org

Texas is leading the charge on gerrymandering, a move that could cause great harm to voters of color. With recent SCOTUS rulings, the high court seems set to further empower the GOP’s power grab with minority voters paying the price, writes @billycorriher.bsky.social.

BREAKING: A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to answer for its anti-voting executive order — and fast. The court asked the government to explain what it's done to enforce Trump's executive order which targets mail voting and more.

😬The Supreme Court will consider whether the intentional creation of a majority-minority congressional district violates the 14th or 15th Amendments. If the answer is yes, SCOTUS will effectively declare that what remains of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. This is very, very ominous.

Senate Republicans confirmed Emil Bove to a lifetime federal judgeship. The vote came despite: ✅ Whistleblowers revealing he’d defy court orders ✅ 900+ former DOJ prosecutors and judges opposing his nomination ✅ Bove defending Trump in criminal cases

Sitting judges targeted for impeachment or misconduct complaints by the Trump admin are speaking out publicly — some for the very 1st time — because the danger to judicial independence, they say, is now “unprecedented” and growing terrifyingly and intimately violent. www.huffpost.com/entry/judges...

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Republican Senators have not just made mockery of the judicial nomination process, they have taken our democracy one step closer to full blown authoritarianism ~ @mollycoleman.bsky.social on Bove confirmation. 1/4