Chris Geidner

Chris Geidner

Legal commentator · Bluesky · Substack

Supreme Court and legal journalist who writes Law Dork.

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418 posts in the last 8 weeks peak 22 in a day
Sep 14: 12 postsSep 15: 7 postsSep 16: 2 postsSep 17: 16 postsSep 18: 5 postsSep 19: 3 postsSep 20: 3 postsSep 21: 6 postsSep 22: 12 postsSep 23: 12 postsSep 24: 11 postsSep 25: 5 postsSep 28: 3 postsSep 29: 11 postsSep 30: 11 postsOct 1: 11 postsOct 2: 5 postsOct 3: 2 postsOct 4: 2 postsOct 5: 3 postsOct 6: 9 postsOct 7: 9 postsOct 8: 6 postsOct 9: 12 postsOct 10: 2 postsOct 11: 11 postsOct 12: 10 postsOct 13: 4 postsOct 15: 6 postsOct 19: 12 postsOct 20: 8 postsOct 21: 7 postsOct 22: 9 postsOct 23: 11 postsOct 24: 8 postsOct 25: 9 postsOct 26: 11 postsOct 27: 13 postsOct 28: 4 postsOct 29: 10 postsOct 30: 20 postsOct 31: 3 postsNov 2: 22 postsNov 3: 15 postsNov 4: 8 postsNov 5: 13 postsNov 6: 14 postsNov 7: 10 posts
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Democrats flip Mississippi legislative seats in close results

Grouped with voices who said: This is a historic Democratic breakthrough in Mississippi

1. Blississippi is a state of mind. 2. Colom is and has been leading. 3. Colom's lead expanded this morning. View on Bluesky

Supreme Court rejects DOJ bid to segregate California ballots

Grouped with voices who said: Reporting on the unfolding legal dispute

HUGE: As DOJ's SG goes to SCOTUS asking to use this list to force an order that California segregate ballots of people on the list, an AUSA for DOJ in California says it is "fair"… View on Bluesky

Judge rejects DOJ bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots

Grouped with voices who said: Tracking the legal procedure and next steps

So, I am but a humble Law Dork, but I *think* that Carter’s next-steps planning here is setting a groundwork for why DOJ’s inevitable appeal of his inevitable TRO denial should… View on Bluesky

Ninth Circuit hears DOJ bid to block California noncitizen voters

Grouped with voices who said: The appeals court is poised to reject DOJ's lawsuit

In rare Sunday arguments, appeals court judges skeptical of DOJ’s California election lawsuit. The lawsuits in California and Alaska are expected to fail — but they also show how… View on Substack

DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification over dual Sullivan names

Grouped with voices who said: The lawsuit is a lawless power grab

“After nearly two hours of rare Sunday arguments at the West Coast federal appeals court, there did not appear to any path to the panel siding with the Justice Department at this… View on Bluesky

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Public posts, grouped by what was said, not by who said it. Every quote links to the post. Updated Nov 8, 2026. How it works · Corrections: jack@newsreel.co