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Short Circuit 405 | Judges as Employers - Institute for Justice What happens if you sue your employer and your boss’s boss is a federal judge? It’s kind of complicated. Aliza Shatzman of the Legal Accountability […]

Our Latest Podcast: Judges as Employers.

With @alizashatzman.bsky.social & @katrinmarquez.bsky.social!

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Serving On A State High Court: Justice David Wecht Podcast Episode · Original Jurisdiction · 12/03/2025 · 43m

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🐾Happy #GivingTuesday 🤲 everypawdy! Zeppo ShatzPaws, @thelap.bsky.social Pawalegal, here with an impawtant message.

We need YOUR help to continue serving Paw Students and Paw Clerks. I hope you’ll help sustain our impawtant work today! 👉 www.legalaccountabilityproject.org/donate-1

On #GivingTuesday, donate 🤲 to help sustain @thelap.bsky.social crucial work.

LAP ⚖️ has created unprecedented systems-level change, despite judiciary, congressional, and law school intransigence. 🫣🫣

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YouTube video by The Legal Accountability Project Holding the Judiciary's Feet to the Fire - Giving Tuesday

👀 The Legal Accountability Project holds the judiciary’s ⚖️ feet to the fire 🔥 every day, forcing change in one of the most unaccountable areas of our government.

On #GivingTuesday, DONATE 🤲 to help us sustain it!

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YouTube video by The Legal Accountability Project Holding the Judiciary's Feet to the Fire - Giving Tuesday

@thelap.bsky.social holds the judiciary’s ⚖️ feet to the fire 🔥, forcing change in one of the most unaccountable areas of our government.

On #GivingTuesday, DONATE 🤲 to help sustain it!

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When I hear Auntie Aliza say, “You don’t have to be in the majority in Congress to send an oversight letter,” for the gazillionth time 😬

HAPPY THAMKSGIVING ERRPAWDY 🍁🦃🐾

⚖️The federal judiciary gives only 1️⃣reason for opposing Title 7 protections for 30,000+ exempt employees: “judicial independence.”

❓What do they want to be independent from—the law? 🎤

Sharing @thelap.bsky.social transparency + accountability work w Philly 🏙️ area Dems.

Congress has abdicated its oversight responsibility over the ⚖️ judiciary.

🗳️Elections are how we hold Congress #accountable, to start holding the #judiciary accountable.

🎤🗣️Enjoyed discussing @thelap.bsky.social work in Mt. Airy, PA yesterday.

YouTube video by The Legal Accountability Project We The People Wednesdays: Holding Congress Accountable To Hold The Judiciary Accountable 11.19.25

Congress - including our PA delegation - has abdicated its oversight responsibility, while abusive judges flout their authority.

Elections 🗳️ are how we hold Congress accountable, to start holding the judiciary accountable!

🎥 from We The People Wednesdays 🎤 in Mt. Airy

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Former MAGA Judge Josh Kindred Finally Gets The Disbarment He So Richly Deserves - Above the Law How fast *can* you ruin a lifetime appointment?

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Didn’t know he was a “MAGA judge” + that’s not really relevant to the question of whether Kindred should be disciplined for abusive conduct.

Judges are *rarely* disciplined + the vast majority, sadly, get away w egregious misconduct.

LAP’s Pawalegal 🐾, Zeppo ShatzPaws, hard at work

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⚖️ Looking forward to speaking with UChicagoLaw students today during lunchtime about @thelap.bsky.social judicial accountability + #clerkship transparency work!

Honest info about clerking is notoriously difficult to find at law schools. 🤔

Fortunately, LAP built a solution! 🧑‍💻👩‍💻

Law Schools Are Lying To Students About Judicial Clerkships - Above the Law What do you call it when law schools withhold negative information about judges from students and try to prevent them from accessing candid clerkship information beyond the school’s approved resources...

The title speaks for itself.

Law schools should NOT be the only source of #clerkship info.

Fortunately, they don’t have to be! @thelap.bsky.social Clerkships Database provides an *honest* picture of clerking.

Shame on law schools that say otherwise.

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Law Schools Are Lying To Students About Judicial Clerkships What do you call it when law schools withhold negative information about judges from students and try to prevent them from accessing candid clerkship information beyond the school’s approved resources? Lying. 

Law Schools Are Lying To Students About Judicial Clerkships
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Federal judge accused of misconduct disbarred by Alaska Supreme Court The Alaska Supreme Court has ordered former federal judge Joshua Kindred to be disbarred from the practice of law in Alaska.

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Wishing a meaningful Veterans Day 🇺🇸 to all who served, and to their families. Thank you for your service. Freedom is not free.

“I can’t think of a more important time to have a fully functioning seven-person Supreme Court than now, heading into the 2026 midterms,” LAP’s President + Founder @alizashatzman.bsky.social told @boltsmag.org @burness.bsky.social about the significance of PA’s Supreme Court retention victories.

Democrats Retain Control of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court with Three-Seat Sweep The GOP mounted an unusual push to oust three supreme court justices and erase Democrats’ majority on the court. All three prevailed easily in Tuesday’s retention elections.

As of last October, total spending in last week’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention election had topped $14 million, making it one of the nation’s most expensive retention elections ever.

“I can’t think of a more important time to have a fully functioning seven-person Supreme Court than now, heading into the 2026 midterms,” I told @boltsmag.org @burness.bsky.social about the significance of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court retention victories. @thelap.bsky.social

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LAP’s President + Founder @alizashatzman.bsky.social in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social on the significance of Tuesday’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention victories

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LAP’s President + Founder @alizashatzman.bsky.social in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social on the significance of Tuesday’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention victories

Democrats Won PA Supreme Court Despite an unusual (and costly) GOP campaign, voters kept Democrats’ majority on the court for at least the next two years

“I can’t think of a more important time to have a fully functioning seven-person Supreme Court than now, heading into the 2026 midterms,” says Aliza Shatzman of Legal Accountability Project. 

“I can’t think of a more important time to have a fully functioning seven-person Supreme Court than now, heading into the 2026 midterms,” said LAP’s @alizashatzman.bsky.social .

“The Democratic majority on the court can be a bulwark against autocracy and federal overreach.”

I can’t think of a more important time to have a fully-functioning PA Supreme Court.

Thanks @boltsmag.org for including my perspective. Glad to offer my judiciary expertise through @thelap.bsky.social .

“I can’t think of a more important time to have a fully functioning seven-person Supreme Court than now, heading into the 2026 midterms,” said LAP’s @alizashatzman.bsky.social .

“The Democratic majority on the court can be a bulwark against autocracy and federal overreach.”

Democrats Retain Control of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court with Three-Seat Sweep - Bolts Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have defeated an unusually high-profile Republican bid to unseat them. They secured large statewide victories on Tuesday, following an histo...

Democrats have successfully defended three seats on the all-important Pennsylvania Supreme Court. This means the court will be controlled by Ds through the midterms, and almost definitely through 2028 as well.

My story on the result: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...