Can I ask for a favor?
Dear reader,
Law Dork — Chris Geidner — here!
It’s been 135 days since President Donald Trump took an oath of office that he has regularly made clear is being regarded as more of a suggestion — at best.
In that time, I’ve published more than 85 reports at Law Dork on the Trump administration’s actions and related litigation.
Law Dork has been covering the legal consequences of the Trump administration nonstop. I’ve covered challenges in district courts from Seattle to Boston and appeals up to the U.S. Supreme Court. I’ve reported on Trump’s efforts to target agencies and dismantle offices. I’ve talked to workers affected by actions in the Justice Department and elsewhere and the lawyers facing off against DOJ in court.
That journalism takes money to produce and protect. You can help Law Dork do this work by upgrading to a paid subscription today. Please, consider it now.
With some overlap, I’ve also published 50 reports so far this year on the U.S. Supreme Court. (We all now how often the Trump administration has run to the Supreme Court.)
And now, we’re in June.
As I wrote on Sunday, the Supreme Court has 34 decisions expected in the coming weeks — including high-profile decisions relating to anti-transgender discrimination and Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship.
The next decisions are coming on Thursday.
I’ll be covering them, but I need your help. A paid subscription to Law Dork helps to make this work possible — and keeps this essential reporting available for free to those who can’t afford a paid subscription.
As I’ve been covering the Trump administration and Supreme Court, I’ve worked hard whenever possible to keep up with the other coverage that I am known for.
My coverage of LGBTQ legal issues has remained front and center in light of the Trump administration’s harshly anti-LGBTQ (particularly, anti-trans) actions, as has my immigration coverage and broader coverage of democracy-related questions for similar reasons. Where possible, I’ve also tried to continue covering criminal justice news and ongoing abortion-related developments when they arise and I have particular insight to add.
On June 21 — right in the middle of the Supreme Court’s end-of-term decisions — Law Dork will have its third birthday. It’s incredible to me that all of you have supported this dream of mine, not only making Law Dork happen but helping it to flourish.
The key to Law Dork’s success is that I have had the freedom to write what needs to be written — to tell the stories that need to be told in the way that I know they need to be told.
That is only possible because individual readers like you make it possible. As we make our way forward, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription today.
Thanks,
Chris