In sum, everyone who cares abt US science should also care about free speech, billionaires’ money, the academic and DC thinktank world, the conservative legal world, and the Supreme Court. All of these are linked. If interested in this, see @thelisagraves.bsky.social @courtacctability.bsky.social

NEW CAA: Marge Baker and Paul Gordon join Mike Sacks to discuss how the Roberts Court and lower federal courts have weakened workers' rights, boosted corporate interests, and what Trump's judicial nominees could mean if confirmed. @courtacctability.bsky.social @mikesacks.bsky.social

SCOTUS and Lower Courts TURBOCHARGE Trump's AFFORDABILITY DISASTER!!!

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From the SAVE America Act to Trump restricting mail-in voting, corrupt government officials are going all out to rig elections during pivotal midterms. @janainelson.bsky.social, the President & Director-Counsel of LDF joins us at @legalafmtn.bsky.social & urges voters to push back.

Public approval of the Supreme Court has fallen to a record low 33%. Meanwhile corruption under the Roberts Court has been sky high, which @alexaronson.bsky.social discusses on @majorityreport.bsky.social. Midterm candidates can't ignore the need for court reform this election cycle.

Chatted with the indispensable @janainelson.bsky.social, Prez of the @legaldefensefund.bsky.social, about how, post-Callais and mid-Trump, we have to *both* fight in the courts and work to reform them. Amen. @meidastouch.com @legalafmtn.bsky.social @courtacctability.bsky.social bit.ly/4pSa7Yo

Originalism isn’t Originalist! Loved talking with @jgienapp.bsky.social about the real history of how the founding generation understood who decides what our constitution means. Spoiler: not SCOTUS! @courtacctability.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @legalafmtn.bsky.social youtu.be/HikaHUknPMI

The Roberts Court is making Americans poor. On purpose. We should talk about that more.

Tune in and watch our Co-Founder @thelisagraves.bsky.social THIS THURSDAY to find out why we need to #BlockBlanche!

Block Blanche: A Livestream on Why Todd Blanche Is Unfit to Be Attorney General · Not Above the Law

Todd Blanche spent years as Donald Trump's personal defense attorney. Now, as acting Attorney General, he's turned the Department of Justice into a tool for political retribution — and the Senate is d...

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TOMORROW! Join this live webinar with our own @somilbtrivedi.bsky.social as we join Good Trouble Lives On to honor John Lewis' legacy and fight for our rights. Reserve your spot: www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-actions/event/990175/

Wanna honor the legacy of John Lewis, learn how the Supreme Court is trying to erase it, and organize to fight back? Join me & @courtacctability.bsky.social *tomorrow at 1:30* for a virtual event as part of the #GoodTroubleLivesOn Weekend of Action. Spread the word & sign up here. bit.ly/3Rcu0wn

Honoring John Lewis by Rescuing the Supreme Court · John Lewis Actions

We cannot honor the legacy of John Lewis and continue to protect and expand voting rights without addressing the Supreme Court and rebalancing democracy so that We, The People have the final say on ou...

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As our Advocacy Director & Senior Counsel @somilbtrivedi.bsky.social makes plain, Deputy AG Todd Blanche is being elevated to represent Donald Trump, not the American people. #BlockBlanche

Emails we obtained show that AG nominee Todd Blanche “diverted a significant complement of top lawyers” at DOJ to politically charged investigations and other Trump priorities, the New York Times reported. americanoversight.org/todd-blanche...

Records Detail Todd Blanche's Oversight of Justice Department "Weaponization" Efforts

New York Times: Attorney general nominee “diverted a significant complement of top lawyers” at DOJ to politically charged investigations, other Trump priorities

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Acting AG Todd Blanche finally says what he really believes: he represents Trump, not the American people.

Blanche slips! 😬 KENNEDY: Are you and President Trump friends? BLANCHE: I'm his lawyer. Was his lawyer.

Todd Blanche has “spent his entire tenure at the Justice Department proving that his loyalty is to one man, not to our laws.” - @thelisagraves.bsky.social #BlockBlanche

Amy Coney Barrett just told Congress that it would be inappropriate to explain the reasoning behind the Court’s unreasoned shadow docket orders. As if unreasoned judicial orders are a thing. They are not. The reasoning is the whole point.

Confirmation hearings to permanently install Todd Blanche to lead the DOJ start tmrw, despite undisputed reports that he helped conceal the Epstein files. He should never be considered to hold ANY public office, let alone lead the Justice Department. Watch @katiephang.bsky.social on his cover-up

Elie Mystal: The idea that the Supreme Court gets to tell us which laws are constitutional or not is not in the Constitution. The word "unconstitutional" does not appear in the Constitution. @courtacctability.bsky.social

11am. Today. @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app @leahlitman.bsky.social @elienyc.bsky.social @somilbtrivedi.bsky.social Join us.

Court Accountability Action@courtacctability.bsky.social · last mo.

The Roberts Court has proven it prioritizes the interests of an elite few over everyday people. Join us live tmrw on @legalafmtn.bsky.social at bit.ly/courtstream2026 as we expose the hyper-partisan Supreme Court and outline a path out of this disaster.

TODAY!

Mike Sacks@mikesacks.bsky.social · last mo.

11am. Today. @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app @leahlitman.bsky.social @elienyc.bsky.social @somilbtrivedi.bsky.social Join us.

Today’s decision(s) and this dark term of MAGA #SCOTUS once again underscores why every single Democrat running for President in 2028 and/or any federal office this year need to make rebalancing and reforming this Roberts SCOTUS a centerpiece of their agenda. Otherwise, nothing matters.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last mo.

Donald Trump came one vote away from getting the Supreme Court to say that the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented and temporary immigrants, a view held only by fringe far-right nativists until VERY recently. This is shocking. I am stunned.

This story is getting buried under Trump's manufactured culture wars. But here's what you should know about the Supreme Court ending their session by weakening campaign finance laws in favor of the Republican Party. #ConfrontingTheRobertsCourt

We should have never even gotten this far #TrumpvBarbara

This is going to be 🔥

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · last mo.

the Supreme Court is gonna release its last opinions of the term today and tomorrow, I'm gonna talk about this horror show w @elienyc.bsky.social, @leahlitman.bsky.social, & good folks at @courtacctability.bsky.social including @mikesacks.bsky.social you don't wanna miss it! bit.ly/courtstream2026

The Roberts Court has proven it prioritizes the interests of an elite few over everyday people. Join us live tmrw on @legalafmtn.bsky.social at bit.ly/courtstream2026 as we expose the hyper-partisan Supreme Court and outline a path out of this disaster.

Between this and Justice Alito’s no-show on the bench today, I am not having a good feeling about what is in the works.

Doug Lindner@douglindner.bsky.social · last mo.

MSNBC: Clarence Thomas why are you in the Capitol Building? Clarence Thomas: lol @ the mere concept of answering for the way i wield massive government power for 35 years and counting

The Supreme Court changes only when people make it. @courtacctability.bsky.social's Alex Aronson said it best at our event: the Court is the Wizard of Oz. They’re not deities, they are accountable to the people.

Four years ago today, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Beyond cruelly restricting women's reproductive freedom, it reflects the decades-long effort by conservative legal activists and political donors to reshape the federal judiciary. With a captured court, none of our rights are safe.

Billionaires don’t just spend big on elections. They’ve quietly invested in capturing the courts, including the Supreme Court, to dismantle our democracy and the power of the working class. Follow @CourtAcctablty as we expose this history and fight to reclaim our power. 1/

"All bets are off because we know the Roberts court has been actively, aggressively intervening in our elections while elections are underway." @thelisagraves.bsky.social on the Supreme Court's "self-serving interest" in helping Republicans: www.rawstory.com/supreme-cour...

Supreme Court has a 'self-serving' interest in helping the GOP win the midterms: expert

A Supreme Court expert warned on Sunday that the Court has a "self-serving" interest in helping Republicans hold their majority in Congress after the midterm election, and that this could influence ho...

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