![]() So: though the site slumbers, it is not dead. The people who voice it are so honest, and of such good faith, that I’m confident it will be coming. And I may develop some projects to write about here more regularly. Popehat I’m just going to sit here and wait for the outrage that I’m accustomed to hearing when protesters shut down highways. For those of you with good judgment who don’t browse Twitter, Popehat is a popular twitter account run mostly by Ken White, a LA-based lawyer who used to run a very popular legal blog by the same name mostly focused on free speech issues. If I judge there is interest, I may start posting links to the Atlantic pieces and ATPL podcasts here for debate, in part so I can hear more regularly how much the site sucks now that I am Deranged By Trump/In The Tank For Trump. Katie posted this on Twitter earlier, asking why people like Popehat. DOJ Demands Info on Popehat and Others Tagged in Smiley Emoji Tweet The feds are now going after social-media users for being tagged by Twitter accounts they dont like. And, though it seems I have abandoned the Make No Law podcast, I haven't - those podcasts are just incredibly time consuming to produce. My creative outlets are my new gig as a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the weekly All the President's Lawyers radio show and podcast on KCRW. I’m a writer, but the platforms that publish me are not affiliated in any way with this newsletter.One of the most justifiably ridiculed type of blog posts is the "hey guys I haven't posted in a long time" non-substantive blog posts, but nonetheless, here I am with a hey-guys-I-haven't-posted-in-a-long-time blog posts. I’m a podcaster, but this newsletter is not affiliated with KCRW or Legal Talk Network and those entities do not manage, approve, or support its content. ![]() I’m a lawyer, but this newsletter is not sponsored, funded, endorsed, or affiliated with my law firm, which has no role in its content or management. Please feel free to write me at Disclaimer Popehat is a reference to that attitude of infallibility that seems to be a prerequisite to writing online.ĭo You Have Suggestions, Questions, Threats, Or Abuse? A friend make origami miters and wore them playing poker. ![]() I don't even like talking to them on the phone. I'm not in Riverside County and I don't like people to visit me. But the name “Popehat” is an inside joke among online friends and not an actual reference to religion. DOJ Demands Info on Popehat and Others Tagged in Smiley Emoji Tweet The feds are now going after social-media users for being tagged by Twitter accounts they don't like. If anyone knows any volunteer orgs in Riverside County, CA (especially out near Banning) that visit the elderly, please drop me a DM. The Popehat Report By Ken White A newsletter about law, liberty, and leisure. He writes about criminal justice and free speech issues. Īs for social media, I am on Mastodon, Post.news, and Facebook. Ken White popehat Ken White is a criminal defense attorney and civil litigator in Los Angeles. I also do speeches and debates on free speech and criminal justice issues. I’m the host of the First Amendment podcast Make No Law, and I was the cohost of KCRW’s All the President’s Lawyers, a podcast about the Trump Administration’s legal travails, also with Josh Barro. I co-host the podcast Serious Trouble with Josh Barro - it’s about the legal travails of famous and infamous people. ![]() I’ve been published in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Reason Magazine, and I’ve been a Contributing Writer at The Atlantic. For years I wrote a lot on Twitter until I left it. Since 2004, I wrote at the blog Popehat, which is now mostly defunct. I’ve written a lot about federal criminal law, the criminal investigations surrounding the Trump Administration, First Amendment disputes and adjacent cultural disputes, and the intersection of free speech law and the internet. I also like to talk about the gulf between what the law is supposed to do and what it actually does. I enjoy writing “lawsplainers” - attempts to make somewhat esoteric legal issues clear and entertaining to non-lawyers (and to reasonably tolerant lawyers). I mostly write about criminal justice and free speech issues. I’m also a husband of 25 years and a father to three children, all adopted internationally. I began my career as a federal prosecutor, and for the last twenty years have defended people in state and federal criminal proceedings and represented them as both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of civil matters, with a growing focus on First Amendment issues. ![]() I’m an attorney in Los Angeles, California, where I’m a partner in a small firm practicing criminal defense and civil litigation. ![]()
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