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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 2d

Yea you do!

Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 2d

The knowledge is useful but yes spite/ a prosecutor trying to file something and how no one notices is really what gets us up in the morning.

John @johnmcgivney.bsky.social · 2d

cbs paying weirdos $150 mil to wreck journalism and @seamushughes.bsky.social out here breaking massive stories using wizard levels of PACER knowledge, paid subscriptions and spite as far as I can tell

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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of performative posts on this site. Meanwhile we grind every week for the last 3 years to tell stories in the US courts that no one else does. Decide to do more than performative posts, put your resources towards a news site that has a track record of impact.

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Court Watch @courtwatch.bsky.social · 2d

You: I don’t want to pay for another newsletter.

Us: we offer no hot take opinions, we’re just singlehandedly forcing the courts to operate transparently, maybe throw in 8 bucks a month my guy.

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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 4d

Best part of it all is the AO cites 18f work.

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Response to Sen. Wyden Re Cybersecuirty Incident Involving CM ECF Sept 30 2025

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Court Watch @courtwatch.bsky.social · 4d

In the last two months, federal courts and prosecutors have dramatically changed how they file documents leaving the public in the dark on hundreds of court filings and dockets that should be open and accessible.

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Exclusive: Chief Justice “Stonewalls Congress" on PACER Hack, Senator Says

The Courts sidestep a congressional request for independent review. Post-hack procedures have significantly reduced transparency in the judicial system.

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Court Watch @courtwatch.bsky.social · 5d

“Chief Justice Roberts continues to stonewall Congress and cover up the judiciary’s gross negligence that has enabled these hacks,” Senator Wyden tells us in our exclusive reporting.

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Exclusive: Chief Justice “Stonewalls Congress" on PACER Hack, Senator Says

The Courts sidestep a congressional request for independent review. Post-hack procedures have significantly reduced transparency in the judicial system.

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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 5d

“The PACER system, which charges a fee for each item downloaded, does not exclude the required payment for accessing the clerks’ placeholder documents.”

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Exclusive: Chief Justice “Stonewalls Congress" on PACER Hack, Senator Says

The Courts sidestep a congressional request for independent review. Post-hack procedures have significantly reduced transparency in the judicial system.

www.courtwatch.news

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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 5d

Exclusive: Chief Justice “Stonewalls Congress" on PACER Hack, Senator Says

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Exclusive: Chief Justice “Stonewalls Congress" on PACER Hack, Senator Says

The Courts sidestep a congressional request for independent review. Post-hack procedures have significantly reduced transparency in the judicial system.

www.courtwatch.news

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 9d

Want some nonfictional but often weird short reads from US justice system? @courtwatch.bsky.social have got weekly newsletters and cases on the website. Rabbit hole territory but so interesting. 🐇 ⚫ 📖 👀 #LawCases
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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 5d

Who would have thought that a newsletter subscription may well be the last best chance to keep our constitutional system of checks and balances alive?

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#146: We’re (Probably) Singlehandedly Keeping the U.S. Courts Open.

You’re welcome, Article III. Plus: Judge opens his mailbag, gets preachy and pro-sey. A journalist must reveal sources, and MAGA burgers.

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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 6d

Apologies in advance for drafting the greatest lede of our time for tomorrow’s newsletter

“Not all news organizations wear capes. Some simply pay their PACER fees.”

Subscribe here to get our weekly roundup in your inbox tomorrow morning. www.CourtWatch.news/subscribe

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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 7d

U.S. Attorney's office in Maryland throws out the temporary towel for civil cases.

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In re Lapse of Appropriations on October 1, 2025, 1:25-mc-00601 - CourtListener.com

Docket for In re Lapse of Appropriations on October 1, 2025, 1:25-mc-00601 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 7d

You’re allowed a few hours (I believe 4) to wrap up stuff

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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 7d

Stay requests coming in waves now.
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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 7d

And so it begins.
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Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 8d

Right, to clear up this 'FBI hacked Telegram' narrative.

Here's the snippet from the warrant that shows it's using access to the subject device and the relevant passwords to get info from the account.

cc @seamushughes.bsky.social @vxundergroundre.bsky.social @zackwhittaker.com

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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 10d

Oh. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 10d

Yes. Think it falls into the dozen or so law enforcement disclosure moments in their yearly transparency report

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victorytwin.bsky.social @victorytwin.bsky.social · 10d

Chock full of extremely interesting cases especially the one the “never” seen!

Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 10d

“We’ve been looking at dockets for twenty years, and we’ve never seen this charge before”

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#145: Biking Across America to Murder a Governor

Man arrested heading to Charlie Kirk memorial. Plus: Comey indicted, airline employees smuggling, DOJ legally hacking Telegram, Meta barred from narc'ing.

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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 10d

“We’ve been looking at dockets for twenty years, and we’ve never seen this charge before”

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#145: Biking Across America to Murder a Governor

Man arrested heading to Charlie Kirk memorial. Plus: Comey indicted, airline employees smuggling, DOJ legally hacking Telegram, Meta barred from narc'ing.

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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 12d

Citing, in part, Telegram’s general refusal to respond to most law enforcement requests, a U.S. Attorney’s Office sought and received remote access to Telegram’s servers.

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#145: Biking Across America to Murder a Governor

Man arrested heading to Charlie Kirk memorial. Plus: Comey indicted, airline employees smuggling, DOJ legally hacking Telegram, Meta barred from narc'ing.

www.courtwatch.news

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Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · 12d

This is hands-down the most action-packed @courtwatch.bsky.social issue yet, right from the get-go with a lawsuit about airline employees trafficking drugs and framing passengers in the process 👀 Subscribe and give @seamushughes.bsky.social your money if you can!

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#145: Biking Across America to Murder a Governor

Man arrested heading to Charlie Kirk memorial. Plus: Comey indicted, airline employees smuggling, DOJ legally hacking Telegram, Meta barred from narc'ing.

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 12d

Interesting disclosure of a possible NIT, per the DOJ: "I request approval for law enforcement to use a remote access search technique to send one or more communications to the servers of the online company Telegram Messenger..."

Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 12d

(whispers) we buried the lede.

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