Martha Albertson Fineman
mlafineman.bsky.social
Martha Albertson Fineman
@mlafineman.bsky.social

Feminist author and professor. Mother, grandmother, and tourist in life. Founding Director of the Feminism and Legal Theory Project and the Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative (Emory University)

Martha Albertson Fineman is an American jurist, legal theorist and political philosopher. She is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law. Fineman was previously the first holder of the Dorothea S. Clarke Professor of Feminist Jurisprudence at Cornell Law School. She held the Maurice T. Moore Professorship at Columbia Law School. .. more

Political science 61%
Sociology 18%

NEW: Georgia's @allvotingislocal.bsky.social said the real reason for the seizure of Fulton County’s ballots is to fuel Trump’s false narratives — not to uncover an actual crime.

The response comes after the FBI raided the county’s election office this morning searching for 2020 election records.
‘Five alarm fire for democracy’: Dems, voting advocates voice outrage at FBI raid of Georgia elections office
Outrage and grave concern about the midterm elections followed in the wake of the FBI’s court-authorized raid of the Fulton County, Georgia elections office.
www.democracydocket.com

The President of the United States… To our shame

One year into Trump’s second term, some journalists have been “surprised” by the administration’s organized agenda. But Project 2025 was publicly available. Advocacy groups read it and warned us. The press read it and… 🤷‍♀️ www.readtpa.com/p/this-is-li...
This is Literally the Job
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don't know what Republicans are going to do.
www.readtpa.com

Really interesting piece on appropriation of history and memory
open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...
The Crisis, No. 4
On the uses of memory
open.substack.com

Judge Orders ICE Chief to Appear in Court Over Potential Contempt www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
Judge Orders ICE Chief to Appear in Court Over Potential Contempt
www.nytimes.com

Dozens of CDC databases are not being updated — most related to vaccines, study finds www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Dozens of CDC databases are not being updated — most related to vaccines, study finds
The agency plays a key role in tracking disease spread and vaccination rates. Last year, it seemed to back away from some of that work, according to new research.
www.nbcnews.com

Very interesting analysis… Trump and patrimonialism open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
America Is Now a Family Business
Trump is transforming the constitutional republic into a patrimonial regime before our eyes.
open.substack.com

NYT(David French)
“One of the saddest things about the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti is…neither of them seemed to know the danger until it was too late.They believed they were operating in some version of the normal state…where the police usually respond with discipline and restraint.”