Personal account. Former ACLU lawyer. From New Jersey. Living in San Francisco. New College of Florida alum. Newfie owner.
Who are the people that San Francisco places are named for? Find out about Panos Place in the first of this series. Robots, monsters, and shipwrecks await you.
Panos PlaceThe first in a series celebrating commemorative naming in San Franciscoopen.substack.com#jobs
Jake SnowCOME WORK at the ACLU! @aclu-norcal.bsky.social is hiring attorneys to work on tech and civil rights (my team) and the criminal legal/immigration system. These folks will work at the cutting edge of legal and policy efforts in California and beyond. Apply here: www.aclunorcal.org/jobs/staff-a...
Applications for the @aclu.org 2027-29 Brennan Fellowship are open! www.aclu.org/careers/appl... #jobs
Careers at ACLUJoin our team! We’re looking for committed, passionate people for open roles at the ACLU.www.aclu.orgMy take on the Supreme Court's geofence ruling: lots of ruling, not so much geofence. Read more:
Chatrie, Reverse Searches, General Warrants, and the Evolving Fourth AmendmentThe Supreme Court says geofence searches are searches but remands the hard questions for the Fourth Circuit to decide.open.substack.com#jobs
Knight First Amendment InstituteThe Knight Institute is seeking a communications associate to support urgent work on free speech, civil liberties, and the digital public sphere. The role will assist with social media, press, and other work tied to the Institute’s litigation, research, policy, and public education priorities.
Today I wrote my first personal Substack post. I’m planning to visit POPOs -- San Francisco parks and plazas that anyone can go to, but which are accessible only through private property. I started with the park at Salesforce tower. 10/10: find out why open.substack.com/pub/granick/...
Salesforce park visitThe first in a series of reviews of San Francisco's Privately Owned Public Open Spacesopen.substack.com#jobs
Knight First Amendment InstituteInternship alert: the Knight Institute is accepting applications for its fall 2026 Research, Policy, & Communications Internship. Open to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and @barnard-college.bsky.social students. Apply by July 17 at 5 p.m. ET: knightcolumbia.org/page/fall-20...
People say they want giant cars because they are "safer". Safer for whom? Weigh the fractional benefits to the passengers with the devastating consequences to pedestrians and bikes. No one wants to die OR kill someone else in an accident. Think about both before you buy.
The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.sThe vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.www.nytimes.comI guest-hosted @masnick.com’s podcast Ctrl-Alt-Speech. Doing anything with Mike is fun -- his expertise is unequalled. Here we talk about Internet bottlenecks and how even our vast internet can be regulated and censored if you pressure the right players. podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/epis...
Message in a Bottleneck - Ctrl-Alt-SpeechIn this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by civil liberties lawyer Jennifer Granick. Together they discuss:Kickstarter rol...podcast.ctrlaltspeech.comThese secret government investigations fly in the face of the Constitution www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | These secret government investigations fly in the face of the ConstitutionDigital searches have become the norm for police investigations. No knock required.www.washingtonpost.comI'm honored that Dark Reading has included me as one of the top 20 impactful people in Internet security. The company I'm keeping on that list is humbling. When I started in this field, I think I was the first lawyer entirely committed to protecting hackers from legal threats.
20 Leaders Who Built the CISO Era: 2 Decades of ChangeFor Dark Reading's 20th birthday coverage, we profile CISOs, founders, researchers, criminals, and policymakers who rewrote the enterprise risk playbook.www.darkreading.comBrooke Jenkins's SF DA's office won't file conspiracy or accomplice charges against police officers who participated in and/or covered up a sexual assault, but anti-genocide protestors on the bridge face conspiracy charges carrying potentially 14 years in prison. We said this would happen.
S.F. DA declines to charge Baltimore cops following sex assault probeIn a statement, prosecutors said the office will only file charges in cases they believe they can prove a crime was committed.www.sfchronicle.comSan Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins takes a law enforcement hatchet to demonstrators' rights in the streets and in the courtroom:
Jennifer Stisa Granick (@granick)Hey San Francisco residents who voted for DA Brooke Jenkins, here's what you got: An office that thinks that people should spend 14 years in prison for closing down the GG Bridge for four hours, and t...substack.comHere's a long article after a long hearing after eight years of advocacy.
Twenty-Nine Geofence Amicus Briefs, One Oral Argument, and a Whole Lot to SayGeofence searches delight and infuriate advocates before the Supreme Court. Who was right, who was wrong, and which one could make an impact?open.substack.comI read all the amicus briefs in United States v. Chatrie, the Supreme Court geofence case, so you don’t have to. An expert agrees this is the best one: open.substack.com/pub/granick/...
Technologists' Take Account of Geofence SearchesThe best brief of the twenty-seven filed in the United States v. Chatrie Supreme Court caseopen.substack.com