Kyle Barry
@kylecbarry.bsky.social
Director, State Law Research Initiative (SLRI) http://state-law-research.org; Formerly @theappeal.bsky.social, NAACP LDF, @afjustice.bsky.social. I write about state courts & dismantling mass incarceration. https://open.substack.com/pub/slri
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."
I'm here to tell you how insanely hard it is to get a judge to agree that something the govt does "shocks the conscience." It's a constitutional standard generally used to insulate barbaric govt practices like life in prison for stealing $200 (a real case) bsky.app/profile/heat...
Ellis: The use of force during the Trump administration's Operation Midway Blitz "shocks the conscience."
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I'm here to tell you how insanely hard it is to get a judge to agree that something the govt does "shocks the conscience." It's a constitutional standard generally used to insulate barbaric govt practices like life in prison for stealing $200 (a real case) bsky.app/profile/heat...
Doesn't say much for the Heritage Foundation "antisemitism taskforce" that it is only now realizing that MAGA is deeply antisemitic.
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Doesn't say much for the Heritage Foundation "antisemitism taskforce" that it is only now realizing that MAGA is deeply antisemitic.
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This quote from one of the 3 Democratic justices who won in Pennsylvania last night:
"We all campaigned on the basis of vindicating the Pennsylvania constitution’s free and equal elections clause, and we’re all committed to continuing to vindicate that right.” boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
"We all campaigned on the basis of vindicating the Pennsylvania constitution’s free and equal elections clause, and we’re all committed to continuing to vindicate that right.” boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
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...
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This quote from one of the 3 Democratic justices who won in Pennsylvania last night:
"We all campaigned on the basis of vindicating the Pennsylvania constitution’s free and equal elections clause, and we’re all committed to continuing to vindicate that right.” boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
"We all campaigned on the basis of vindicating the Pennsylvania constitution’s free and equal elections clause, and we’re all committed to continuing to vindicate that right.” boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Democrats in array
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Democrats in array
In a fucking blowout www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
California Prop 50 passes in clear rebuke of Trump
The close of polls at 8 p.m. marked the culmination of a remarkably short election season launched by Gov. Gavin Newsom over the summer in response to Texas Republicans' gerrymandering.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
In a fucking blowout www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
Reporter: So Republicans got hammered in elections last night and do you see that as a repudiation of --
Speaker Johnson: Let me stop you; this is the first I'm hearing of this. I have no idea. I am literally just--I just saw a headline as I was walking up. You need to ask the voters about this.
Speaker Johnson: Let me stop you; this is the first I'm hearing of this. I have no idea. I am literally just--I just saw a headline as I was walking up. You need to ask the voters about this.
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Reporter: So Republicans got hammered in elections last night and do you see that as a repudiation of --
Speaker Johnson: Let me stop you; this is the first I'm hearing of this. I have no idea. I am literally just--I just saw a headline as I was walking up. You need to ask the voters about this.
Speaker Johnson: Let me stop you; this is the first I'm hearing of this. I have no idea. I am literally just--I just saw a headline as I was walking up. You need to ask the voters about this.
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Gotta hit 'em with the ol' classic.
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Gotta hit 'em with the ol' classic.
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Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
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Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has won a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
With 92% of the vote in as of 9 p.m. Tuesday, DuPree led Republican Anna Rush in the special election for Mississippi Senate District 45 by a 71%-29%.
With 92% of the vote in as of 9 p.m. Tuesday, DuPree led Republican Anna Rush in the special election for Mississippi Senate District 45 by a 71%-29%.
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has won a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
With 92% of the vote in as of 9 p.m. Tuesday, DuPree led Republican Anna Rush in the special election for Mississippi Senate District 45 by a 71%-29%.
With 92% of the vote in as of 9 p.m. Tuesday, DuPree led Republican Anna Rush in the special election for Mississippi Senate District 45 by a 71%-29%.
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This is a HUGE win for civil rights & democracy in Pennsylvania, but also has major national implications.
The PA supreme court could very well become a national leader in the movement to use state constitutionalism as a bulwark against the extreme right SCOTUS www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
The PA supreme court could very well become a national leader in the movement to use state constitutionalism as a bulwark against the extreme right SCOTUS www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is a HUGE win for civil rights & democracy in Pennsylvania, but also has major national implications.
The PA supreme court could very well become a national leader in the movement to use state constitutionalism as a bulwark against the extreme right SCOTUS www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
The PA supreme court could very well become a national leader in the movement to use state constitutionalism as a bulwark against the extreme right SCOTUS www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
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ALERT: I've seen a lot of people who know better posting screenshots from court filings and/or orders/opinions this week with no links to the actual document. DO BETTER!
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
ALERT: I've seen a lot of people who know better posting screenshots from court filings and/or orders/opinions this week with no links to the actual document. DO BETTER!
1/ Louisiana's AG is pushing for SCOTUS to overrule its bar on executing youth so she can reinstate a child's death sentence.
Why now?
Because "the conservative vs. liberal justices" balance has shifted, prosecutors told a state district court. state-law-research.org/wp-content/u...
Why now?
Because "the conservative vs. liberal justices" balance has shifted, prosecutors told a state district court. state-law-research.org/wp-content/u...
November 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
1/ Louisiana's AG is pushing for SCOTUS to overrule its bar on executing youth so she can reinstate a child's death sentence.
Why now?
Because "the conservative vs. liberal justices" balance has shifted, prosecutors told a state district court. state-law-research.org/wp-content/u...
Why now?
Because "the conservative vs. liberal justices" balance has shifted, prosecutors told a state district court. state-law-research.org/wp-content/u...
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
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The Jewish right discovering in real time that the Trumpist right, and the open bigotries it has unleashed upon the US body politic, is not in fact going to spare Jews, is quite a trip.
October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Jewish right discovering in real time that the Trumpist right, and the open bigotries it has unleashed upon the US body politic, is not in fact going to spare Jews, is quite a trip.
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NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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As someone who has seen the best and worst of judges’ 👨⚖️👩⚖️conduct behind the bench, these are exactly the type of jurists we want ON the bench. ⚖️
My latest in @abovethelaw.com abt PA’s critically important Supreme Court races. #VoteYes ✅
My latest in @abovethelaw.com abt PA’s critically important Supreme Court races. #VoteYes ✅
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
As someone who has seen the best and worst of judges’ 👨⚖️👩⚖️conduct behind the bench, these are exactly the type of jurists we want ON the bench. ⚖️
My latest in @abovethelaw.com abt PA’s critically important Supreme Court races. #VoteYes ✅
My latest in @abovethelaw.com abt PA’s critically important Supreme Court races. #VoteYes ✅
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Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association.
I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
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It’s fun to look at this ai slop nazi propaganda and then remember what these guys actually look like. This isn’t what they (or america) looks like and far from loving america, this is an expression of severe self loathing bsky.app/profile/geof...
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It’s fun to look at this ai slop nazi propaganda and then remember what these guys actually look like. This isn’t what they (or america) looks like and far from loving america, this is an expression of severe self loathing bsky.app/profile/geof...
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May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
October 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
May I present a former clerk to Justice Gorsuch.
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This is the thing that the President and Vice-President routinely joke about
In Trinidad and Tobago, fishermen are staying home and a family mourns following U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug boats.
Fear Grips a Caribbean Nation in the Shadow of U.S. Boat Strikes
In Trinidad and Tobago, fishermen are staying home and a family mourns following airstrikes on alleged drug boats.
on.wsj.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is the thing that the President and Vice-President routinely joke about