At the district court level, most large law firms stayed silent in the cases about the administration's targeting of law firms. Now the cases are up on appeal, and I hope more firms will show ethical leadership by making clear that this kind of targeting is unethical and unacceptable.

Justice Department Denounces Federal Judges in Fight Against Law Firms

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Today, The New York Times published a guest essay by former federal judges Shira A. Scheindlin and John E. Jones III, introducing a new Keep Our Republic initiative: The Principles on Preserving the Independence of the Legal Profession. Read more here: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

Opinion | How the American Legal Profession Can Regain Its Dignity

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I've joined @keepourrepublic.bsky.social to work on defending the independence of the Legal Profession. The NYT published our guest essay today: nyti.ms/4bMkVC2 For attorneys: endorse and help here: keepourrepublic.org/what-we-do/i...

Republicans are shutting down the government to stop you from having healthcare—there’s the message!!!!

Getting autocrats to obey judicial decrees is tricky. It took ten plagues to get the Pharaoh to agree to “let my people go,” and even then his compliance was spotty at best. The Garcia case is similar. @normeisen.bsky.social and I discuss how courts can get compliance there, without the locusts. 👇

Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social · 2y ago

The courts ordered Trump to facilitate the return of a U.S. resident unlawfully sent to a Salvadoran prison 
Trump refused (& hinted he might keep refusing) 
We discuss what happens next & why Trump will lose @contrariannews.org!

Expressing my personal liberty in the free market @washingtonpost.com

Ben Mullin@benmullin.bsky.social · 2y ago

SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

Elon played Cyberpunk once on Easy and thought “let’s make America more like this”

The funniest possible outcome this weekend is if Trump pulls a William Henry Harrison by refusing to wear a coat to his inauguration in DC freezing weather then dies of hypothermia

BREAKING: New image of the UHC assassin just released!

In a bid to gain influence, corporations are buying the Trump cryptocurrency token and trying to get spots on Joe Rogan, while their lobbyists are instructing them to scrub their websites and corporate policies of language that favors Democrats and instead tout GOP issues www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

Corporate America Launches Unorthodox Campaign to Gain Trump’s Attention

Companies are looking at scrubbing left-leaning policies from their websites and scoping out appearances on conservative podcasts.

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