Could I have a moment, please?
Before the end of the year, I wanted to stop and let you know a bit of what Law Dork has accomplished recently — and ask for your financial support to keep it going strong into 2024.
It’s been a nonstop news year, and I am incredibly grateful that so many of you trust me to report on the legal aspects of what’s going on and tell you what I’m thinking about all of it. Law Dork published more than 200 posts this year — covering the Supreme Court in depth, but also covering the anti-transgender legislative wave, continued use of the death penalty in a handful of states, ongoing post-Dobbs fallout at the ballot box and in the courts, democracy issues from redistricting to insurrection questions, and Donald Trump’s repeated indictments, among many other topics.
Law Dork has more than 25,000 total subscribers now, including free and paid subscriptions. The vast majority of subscribers have a free subscription, which I totally get. There’s a lot of media out there, and I certainly don’t want Law Dork to be your only news source. (Heck, I wouldn’t want Law Dork to be your only legal news source!)
I haven’t put my work behind a paywall because I think it’s important for everyone to be able to read about the stories I’m covering. But, if you have valued my work this year at $60 — or $6 a month — I’d ask you to consider a paid subscription today to support Law Dork — and me.
The work I’m doing here is being noticed.
Law Dork’s exclusive report from earlier this month on the Idaho attorney general’s decision to contract with the Alliance Defending Freedom to have the far-right Christian legal advocacy organization provide legal services “without charge” to the state in key anti-abortion and anti-transgender cases is being cited within the state to hold Attorney General Raúl Labrador accountable for his actions.
On Wednesday, Bryan Clark at the Idaho Statesman used Law Dork’s reporting for the basis of his column:
Holding government and other public officials accountable is a major goal of my journalism, so I am thrilled to see other journalists engaging with my work here at Law Dork — and using it to advance that accountability mission.
To support this sort of in-depth reporting, consider upgrading to a paid subscription before the end of the year to help ensure that I can keep building Law Dork in 2024.
Eighteen months in here, it’s also clear that Law Dork is established as one of the most reputable sources for Supreme Court news.
Among other TV, radio, and podcast appearances, I started off the fall being the 5-4 podcast‘s guest previewing the Supreme Court’s term and ended the year on Molly Jong-Fast’s Fast Politics podcast talking about what to expect from the court in 2024.
As part of the growth of Law Dork, though, and in order to do what’s needed to make this work as a full-time job — and a full-time publication — I’ve also cut down on freelance work this year.
To put it as the year of Barbie would insist: “My job is just Law Dork.”
And I need your financial support to make that work.
Thanks so much for considering upgrading to a paid subscription, but again, and as always, I totally understand if you can’t afford it or can’t prioritize it right now. I’m glad you’re reading.
And, to everyone, have a happy new year!
-Chris