Dahlia Lithwick

Judge Furman: "[T]he Court holds that Comey is entitled to judgment as a matter of law on her central claims that she was terminated in violation of the constitutional separation of powers and federal law. It therefore grants her retroactive reinstatement and backpay . . ."

Well this is a big deal . . . A federal court has just ruled that the Trump administration's termination of Maurene Comey (an AUSA with the Southern District of New York) was unlawful.

With Prof Frank Bowman on the real costs and possible benefits of an impeachment push

Hail Mary full of Chutzpah @rickhasen.bsky.social

It was so fun to be able to connect my work drawing the courts with this conversation @slate.com has been having about popular constitutionalism! Thank you, Amicus team!

But enough with the anthropomorphic Constitution. Listen to this episode with @dahlialithwick.bsky.social, @daphnarenan.bsky.social, @ilyseh.bsky.social , and @staceyabrams.com because their perspectives are inspiring and there’s a knitter you’ll want to know about! slate.com/podcasts/ami...

🚨🚨🚨 Q: Is there any scenario in which DOJ would try to block states from certifying the election? AG TODD BLANCHE: Yes, of course. It is not DOJ's intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state certification process, but ...

Technically, a dictionary is a book of spells.

With less than two weeks left before the Election is over, we reran our test of major AI chatbots this past spring, to see if they've improved guardrails that could prevent the use of their products to spread election disinformation. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Very pleased to share this final installment of our By The People series, a live show on reclaiming constitutional meaning for the people themselves. Much needed insight and inspiration from @staceyabrams.com and @ilyseh.bsky.social and @daphnarenan.bsky.social.

Good that these interview reports are finally going to be released. This said, we already know a fair amount about why the torture tapes were made, who destroyed them, and why they were destroyed. A lot of this came out in ACLU FOIA litigation fifteen years ago. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

if you were wondering whether Alito's book is an embarrassing crock of shit, I can now officially answer your question with a resounding yes ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

Loved participating in this conversation with three inspiring women -- @dahlialithwick.bsky.social, @staceyabrams.com, and @ilyseh.bsky.social -- and many powerful stories from listeners about knitting the people back into the Constitution, one stitch at a time.

I've always been a fan of popular constitutionalism as a concept. @slate.com's new series hosted by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social makes me believe a real movement around it can ignite a vibrant next chapter in democratic freedom, rights and opportunity. Tune in to hear the conversation!

To challenge judicial supremacy, could America use a shadow court to issue advisory opinions alongside the Supreme Court? In this week’s Amicus episode, Dahlia Lithwick (@dahlialithwick.bsky.social) talks with Fordham Law Professor Julie Suk about her new book. via Slate (@slate.com)

I forgot to mention to y'all, @dahlialithwick.bsky.social had me on Amicus the other day and I got to spend a solid chunk of the podcast reading Alito for filth I promise that tuning in will be a better use of your time than reading Alito's book slate.com/podcasts/ami...

Donors of $333 million to the ballroom include "contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member." From @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4yiUDPx

If you’re worried about being fooled by misinformation this election season, we have you covered. Our online crash course will ensure you can spot fact from fiction ahead of the midterms. Sign up for the course today.

I’m writing a series of essays on Substack, revisiting what I wrote in my book about saving democracy, which came out a year ago, and assessing what has changed and what hasn’t as we look at those issues today—and, most importantly, what we can do about it. joycevance.substack.com/p/boiling-th...

“I’ve never seen a situation where all of the first set of cabinet departures have been of one gender — all women." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...

we have spent the summer reclaiming the constitution. Swing by and hear our brilliant guests explain how and why...

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This weekend @democracyforward.org alongside co-counsel & brave plaintiffs @commoncause.org secured a court order stopping the partisan Trump TV ads. Thread below on what we need you to do to make sure your voice is heard:

Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations. Because there were fewer bots. It’s pretty clear where those bots were."

With the brilliant Prof Julie Suk on all the ways judicial supremacy violates international norms and a couple of ways to fix it that don't require heavy constitutional lifting

Y’all, the preorder links for The Political Supreme Court are here! Direct from UNC Press: uncpress.org/978146969713... Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... Amazon: a.co/d/08lXOMa7 Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-politi...

This morning US Judge Rochon of Manhattan will hold a conference on a temporary restraining order sought to stop Trump's govt-funded partisan campaign ads. @commoncause.org, unions & a DSA candidate allege the ads are “breathtakingly unlawful.” 1/2 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

D.C. people: Come see @rachelshelden.bsky.social and me talk about her fantastic new book about #SCOTUS at @politicsprose.bsky.social (the Connecticut Avenue location) on Monday, October 26, at 7 p.m.: politics-prose.com/rachel-sheld...

A modern record: Measles Outbreak in Pennsylvania Is Now the Biggest in U.S. in 35 Years

Oh brother.

What to worry about and what to put down, election edition

Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."

Join ACS for a virtual event on 10/5 at 2pm ET titled Protecting Voters & Our Votes: State Attorneys General on Democracy’s Frontlines. Two state AGs will discuss their work protecting elections and how it has intensified under recent federal action. Register here: www.acslaw.org/event/protec...

The thing about the Tucker Carlson//Jacob Rees-Mogg interview is that Tucker is an American moron whose entire tactic is “assume the other guy won’t question my premises”, up against a British aristocrat that debates for fun at Oxford Union. Its like a small animal encountering an Apex predator

"Local community activists and faith leaders from Louisiana and beyond marched and prayed Thursday at the fenced-off barracks and trailers at the airpark site where the Trump Administration is preparing to open a privately-run facility to hold children..." religionnews.com/2026/10/02/a...

BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...

“Then we have Christa Pike, and it's like, oh, wait, this is a violent act. This is an atrocious act. Wait, we're doing this? Who is she? What is her story? If there's something good that comes of this, it will be spurring conversations like this one of not only how we kill, but whether we kill."

"The heart stops reluctantly. Before a person is ready to die on their own, it takes physical force to stop the heart from beating. It takes violence to stop the heart from beating, and it could be a car accident or a homicide or an execution, but it takes violence.”

Pleasure (complicated word but I'll allow it...) was truly mine. Thank you for showing us what's behind the closed blinds....

Hell yes, the Senate races matter - a lot. President Dipshit could nominate a rabid raccoon to replace Alito and a Republican senate will confirm. Guaranteed. 100 percent. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

ICE violated nearly 100 court orders in 1 month—now DOJ is attacking the MN federal judges who spoke out @ngertner.bsky.social, @rwpusa.bsky.social, Matthew Seligman & I authored a joint op-ed standing up for judicial independence Full op-ed @ContrarianNews.org 👇 -TN

On the insanity of the "medicalized" facade of the death penalty with @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social and SCOTUS versus all environmental protections, ever, with @whitehouse.senate.gov. Another non-curtainraiser show.

My piece in the New York Times today addresses the Trump Administration's latest attempt to turn fiction into fact through a prosecution of an ordinary citizen and asks, Who's next?

Trump and Ronny Jackson have a chuckle about the botched execution in Tennessee: "The medication didn't exactly work. He [Jackson] would answer it better than anybody. How does that happen? It shouldn't be very difficult."

How did Ghislaine Maxwell get transferred to a minimum-security prison—and why is the government withholding the explanation? I talk with Bloomberg investigative reporter Jason Leopold about his fight for the records, and how anyone can use FOIA to demand answers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fmN...

"Whether he is watching too much Fox News or acting for other reasons, Justice Alito seems to be emotionally unable to rationally examine the actual evidence in the cases before him to see if they support his voter fraud arguments." democracyproject.org/posts/exorci...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the legality of ICE's mandatory detention policy, weighing in on an issue that has been ovewhelmingly rejected by district and appeals courts but has nevertheless roiled the justice system nationwide. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...