Adam Pulver
@pulvinator.bsky.social
Public interest attorney- admin law, workers rights, consumer rights, civil rights- personal account/views my own - he/him
It's unfortunate that so much of the public's knowledge of what's going on in the courts these days is driven by self-aggrandizing lawyers' PR campaigns and self-promoting legal "journalists" on social media. And objective reporting gets attacked for "both-sides"ing. Sigh.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It's unfortunate that so much of the public's knowledge of what's going on in the courts these days is driven by self-aggrandizing lawyers' PR campaigns and self-promoting legal "journalists" on social media. And objective reporting gets attacked for "both-sides"ing. Sigh.
It seems very on the nose that my bus commute home is being stymied by black cars blocking the street for the Fed Soc dinner.
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It seems very on the nose that my bus commute home is being stymied by black cars blocking the street for the Fed Soc dinner.
Petition to ban any lawyer starting their own firm from referencing David and Goliath?
October 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Petition to ban any lawyer starting their own firm from referencing David and Goliath?
Somewhere, a former Special Assistant to the Assistant to the Deputy Director of Public Outreach with "#46" & "Biden/Harris political appointee" in their social media bios, who grew up summering in Kennebunkport is plotting leaving their job at Booz Allen for a Senatorial run as the voice of change
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Somewhere, a former Special Assistant to the Assistant to the Deputy Director of Public Outreach with "#46" & "Biden/Harris political appointee" in their social media bios, who grew up summering in Kennebunkport is plotting leaving their job at Booz Allen for a Senatorial run as the voice of change
Unfortunate when a nazi tattoo can outweigh a candidate's long record of no real experience, tons of problematic historical social media posts, but a cool demeanor in ads.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Unfortunate when a nazi tattoo can outweigh a candidate's long record of no real experience, tons of problematic historical social media posts, but a cool demeanor in ads.
Maybe allowing law professors to engage with each other on social media was a bad thing
October 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Maybe allowing law professors to engage with each other on social media was a bad thing
Signing off for the fast, but it seems like this may be relevant
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jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-cann...
The ADL Cannot Lead on Civil Rights
At its annual conference, the organization's Trump-aligned, right-wing Israel advocacy eclipsed its liberal agenda.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Signing off for the fast, but it seems like this may be relevant
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-cann...
jewishcurrents.org/the-adl-cann...
I've had a lot of people ask me if I'd just rant at Justices of the Supreme Court in oral argument. But my duty is to a client, and shouting at Supreme Court justices wouldn't help the client, me, or anything else even if it would make me famous on social media
There has got to a be several cases this term w a pre-determined conservative win.
In one, a lawyer should pull a Sen Whitehouse, who ignored a nominee at a hearing to just lecture abt FedSoc influence.
The lawyer should just quote Kav, and then read one ex after another of that being wrong.
In one, a lawyer should pull a Sen Whitehouse, who ignored a nominee at a hearing to just lecture abt FedSoc influence.
The lawyer should just quote Kav, and then read one ex after another of that being wrong.
18 days later, Justice Kavanaugh would write: “If the person is a U. S.
citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
September 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I've had a lot of people ask me if I'd just rant at Justices of the Supreme Court in oral argument. But my duty is to a client, and shouting at Supreme Court justices wouldn't help the client, me, or anything else even if it would make me famous on social media
Law professor who lacks strong predictive abilities as to political outcomes mocks political commentator for same thing, tonight at 10.
September 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Law professor who lacks strong predictive abilities as to political outcomes mocks political commentator for same thing, tonight at 10.
A reminder that if you are seeing a rash of decisions from long-pending motions in federal courts this week and next, it's because of the 9/30 cut-off for reporting deadline under the Civil Justice Reform Act www.uscourts.gov/data-news/re...
Civil Justice Reform Act Report
Gives data for civil cases in the district courts, by judicial officer, on motions pending more than six months, bench trials submitted more than six months, civil cases pending more than three years,...
www.uscourts.gov
September 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A reminder that if you are seeing a rash of decisions from long-pending motions in federal courts this week and next, it's because of the 9/30 cut-off for reporting deadline under the Civil Justice Reform Act www.uscourts.gov/data-news/re...
In a concurrence in a Title VII case today, one judge looks to ChatGPT in assessing whether a term is racially hostile. What could go wrong? www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov
September 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In a concurrence in a Title VII case today, one judge looks to ChatGPT in assessing whether a term is racially hostile. What could go wrong? www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
Reposted by Adam Pulver
if you're a law professor it should be in your labor contract that you're not allowed to become a public intellectual
September 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
if you're a law professor it should be in your labor contract that you're not allowed to become a public intellectual
Have filed two briefs already today, so making sure 5785 goes out with a bang!
September 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Have filed two briefs already today, so making sure 5785 goes out with a bang!
Bold: a party ordered to pay attorney's fees argued that years spent as a judicial law clerk do not count as legal work experience. Neither the magistrate or the district judge agreed:
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September 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Bold: a party ordered to pay attorney's fees argued that years spent as a judicial law clerk do not count as legal work experience. Neither the magistrate or the district judge agreed:
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Every email I receive from lawyers crowing about the filing of an amicus brief as a sign of a massive achievement and act of heroism takes a year off my life.
September 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Every email I receive from lawyers crowing about the filing of an amicus brief as a sign of a massive achievement and act of heroism takes a year off my life.
The two American political institutions most dedicated to making me cry are the Supreme Court and the telemarketing firm that random Democratic congressional candidates use to send me epic text tomes.
September 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The two American political institutions most dedicated to making me cry are the Supreme Court and the telemarketing firm that random Democratic congressional candidates use to send me epic text tomes.
Yes I read that article in the Atlantic no I wont be commenting because I've been told not to say negative things on the internet
September 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yes I read that article in the Atlantic no I wont be commenting because I've been told not to say negative things on the internet
Yeah I just ordered 50 KN95 masks; this fall/winter is gonna be a blast.
August 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Yeah I just ordered 50 KN95 masks; this fall/winter is gonna be a blast.
The ever-intriguing concurrence joined by the entire panel in the 2nd Circuit's rejection of a challenge to Connecticut's restrictions on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov
August 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The ever-intriguing concurrence joined by the entire panel in the 2nd Circuit's rejection of a challenge to Connecticut's restrictions on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
Have been out of town the past week and the dread of returning home to work and to DC is far worse than it's been before. Sweden is lovely in summertime though.
August 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Have been out of town the past week and the dread of returning home to work and to DC is far worse than it's been before. Sweden is lovely in summertime though.
Just got an email about a data breach at Columbia.... Guess they were too busy looking for contrived incidents of anti-Semitism to remember cyber security
August 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Just got an email about a data breach at Columbia.... Guess they were too busy looking for contrived incidents of anti-Semitism to remember cyber security
I've had the honor of representing migrant agricultural workers as industry groups push an agenda to eliminate worker protections from H-2A & similar programs. Biglaw firms have suggested workers dont need access to medical care, so DJTs statement isnt surprising.
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Trump Bizarrely Claims Immigrants Are ‘Naturally’ Able to Do Farm Work in Bonkers Moment: ‘They Don’t Get a Bad Back!’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday made the utterly bizarre claim that immigrants are "naturally" able to do farm work in a way American citizens can't.
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August 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I've had the honor of representing migrant agricultural workers as industry groups push an agenda to eliminate worker protections from H-2A & similar programs. Biglaw firms have suggested workers dont need access to medical care, so DJTs statement isnt surprising.
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...
The great thing about the left is we can pivot from "prosecutors and cops are bad" to "former prosecutors will save us all what heroes they know everything about the law" on a dime.
August 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The great thing about the left is we can pivot from "prosecutors and cops are bad" to "former prosecutors will save us all what heroes they know everything about the law" on a dime.
Interesting breakdown in today's en banc 9th Circuit decision rejecting a challenge to COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Was a "conservative" en banc draw, but both majority and merits dissents written by Trump appointees. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov
July 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Interesting breakdown in today's en banc 9th Circuit decision rejecting a challenge to COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Was a "conservative" en banc draw, but both majority and merits dissents written by Trump appointees. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...