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Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

“I think every election, including retention elections, going forward, we’ll see a huge influx of spending and politicking. And we’re going to have to do this again in a couple years.” 

Me in Bolts Magazine on PA’s critically important Supreme Court races. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

Dispatch from Pennsylvania on a highly unusual state Supreme Court election—one of the few most consequential matters on the ballot anywhere in the country next month. New from me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

“But Aliza Shatzman, a Pennsylvanian who founded the national Legal Accountability Project @thelap.bsky.social to root out corruption and misconduct in courts, believes this cycle heralds a new era of attention and money in retention races…

“Even the federal judiciary's own climate survey revealed at least 106 law clerks were mistreated in 2023 — meaning as many as 106 judges committed actionable misconduct that year — yet just 3 clerks filed complaints in 2023.” @alizashatzman.bsky.social in GovTrack 👇
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“Even the federal judiciary's own climate survey revealed at least 106 law clerks were mistreated in 2023 — meaning as many as 106 judges committed actionable misconduct that year — yet just 3 clerks filed complaints in 2023.” @alizashatzman.bsky.social in GovTrack 👇
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@thelap.bsky.social created #accountability through #transparency: there's nothing imperious judges hate more than negative feedback they cannot see, dispute, or silence clerks from sharing through threats of retaliation.

My latest in GovTrack.👇
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Federal Judiciary Says ‘F.U.’ To Public Defender In A Win For … Justice? - Above the Law Why are judges still above the law?

The federal courts have effectively chilled judicial misconduct complaints by making it nearly impossible for employees to safely file them: they boast about low complaint numbers while actively suppressing them, @alizashatzman.bsky.social in @abovethelaw.com .

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@alizashatzman.bsky.social is covering some great stuff these days that’s not getting a lot of attention with everything else going on. Her coverage of these issues deserves your read.

Federal Judiciary Says ‘F.U.’ To Public Defender In A Win For … Justice? - Above the Law Why are judges still above the law?

The federal courts have effectively chilled judicial misconduct complaints by making it nearly impossible for employees to safely file them: they boast about low complaint numbers while actively suppressing them, @alizashatzman.bsky.social in @abovethelaw.com .

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Federal Judiciary Says ‘F.U.’ To Public Defender In A Win For … Justice? - Above the Law Why are judges still above the law?

Refusing to implement workplace reforms is part of a concerted effort by the federal judiciary to maintain the broken status quo + shield abusive judges from accountability, I argue in @abovethelaw.com .

WHY are judges STILL above the law? @thelap.bsky.social

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🍁Since it’s the unofficial end of summer, this marks the 4th school year running ⚖️ @thelap.bsky.social ! 🎉

✨It’s been a wild ride🚂 - delivering tangible impact for tens of thousands of students 📚 + clerks, & achieving broad systemic change in the #legalindustry + #judiciary, + society generally. 💪

If you’re not following @alizashatzman.bsky.social you should be. #LadyLawyerDiaries

Ex-public defender loses appeal in sexual harassment case against US judiciary A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by a former public defender in North Carolina to overturn her trial loss in a lawsuit alleging U.S. federal judiciary officials mishandled a sexual harassment complaint she lodged against her supervisor.

The federal judiciary cannot “self police” on workplace misconduct.

There’s no reason 30K judiciary employees - incl permanent staff, public defenders, + law clerks - are exempt from TitleVII + all federal anti discrim laws. ‼️

Drumbeat for reform grows louder.

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Happy National Nonprofit Day! 🎉

Federal judges are above the law, exempt from Title VII + all federal anti-discrimination laws, and *rarely* disciplined for misconduct, I argue in @abovethelaw.com.

Congress must act. Members don’t have to wait until they’re in the majority + there’s a new president; those are just excuses.

Reassigning Judicial Law Clerks Is A Band-Aid Over A Bullet Hole - Above the Law We cannot allow the courts to quietly reassign clerks year after year while shielding judges from accountability.

‼️2 law clerks were reassigned through 2026 to address a “workplace conduct issue.”

We cannot allow the judiciary to quietly reassign clerks year after year while failing to solve systemic issues that necessitate these reassignments, I argue in @abovethelaw.com .
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Creating Judicial Accountability Where Before There Was None - Above the Law So, you want to clerk -- how will you avoid judges who harass their clerks?

It’s not that all judges are bad—but the bad ones are shielded by colleagues from #accountability.

In @abovethelaw.com , why students + clerks should participate in @thelap.bsky.social nationwide transparency effort. 👇

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Supporting The Legal Accountability Project Because Transparency Shouldn’t Be Controversial Podcast Episode · The Former Lawyer Podcast · 06/02/2025 · 9m

Sarah Cottrell (Former Lawyer) on supporting @thelap.bsky.social to cover the Clerkships Database cost for students at her alma mater, UChicago Law, because transparency shouldn’t be controversial. 🎙️🎧👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

✍️ Federal judges are, too often, ‘above the law.’ We can stop it. Me in @inquirer.com .