I am taking on a new role as chief of the WSJ Law Bureau. Excited to work with so many talented colleagues to bring a great mix of coverage to the Journal. To my friends and sources over many years of legal affairs reporting, thanks for your trust and generosity. Keep in touch!

RT @WSJ: Joe Biden’s desire to cut short what he saw as disproportionately long drug sentences granted mercy to many with violent histories…

@dibartz Best wishes on your next adventure! Always enjoyed working alongside you.

RT @ceostroff: Today is my @WSJ friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich’s 32nd birthday. He’s spending it behind bars in Russia, where he is…

RT @FrancescaEbel: Happy 32nd birthday to our friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich, who has now been in prison in Russia awaiting trail on…

RT @paulwsj: Great showing by @WSJ DC bureau at the ⁦@JamesFoleyFund⁩ annual run. We ran for James’s legacy and for ⁦@evangershkovich⁩. Con…

Justices Thomas & Sotomayor are among the first products of affirmative action—and carry away very different views about both the legality and the value of higher education’s efforts to promote student diversity. via @JessBravin

RT @RichardRubinDC: New from me: The Supreme Court will take a rare dive into the 16th Amendment. The justices said Monday they will hear a…

America one year after Dobbs: Support for at least some measure of abortion rights, even in red states, has scrambled political dynamics and divided abortion opponents. via @LauraKusisto

RT @JosephMoreno: The mens rea (degree of intent) for charges against Trump is “willfulness”, which means he had to know his actions were i…

A bitter court fight over hedge fund compensation has spawned a side battle over public access to offensive emails exchanged among a financier, Donald Trump Jr. and other businessmen, including former RNC co-chair Thomas Hicks Jr. @coryramey @fanellijames

@KenGiglio @DavidDJJames @kylegoon @JDDsays Ha, I have been a few times, but remain deeply irritated they moved the left field wall. It’s a stain on Camden and an embarrassment.

RT @kristinapet: The law was meant to make life easier for people allergic to sesame seeds. Instead, the opposite occurred.

RT @erinmulvaney: From family law to evictions, some of the most common legal issues are the ones in which it's most difficult to find a la…

Third Circuit weakens ban on gun possession by people convicted of serious crimes, via @jacobgershman

RT @WSJ: Texas lawmakers are set to consider impeachment proceedings against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after a hearing where a team…

As state legislatures wrap up their first full sessions since SCOTUS overruled Roe, Republican-led bodies found the votes to pass new abortion restrictions, but not without considerable political turbulence along the way. @LauraKusisto @JenCalfas

A Tennessee man was released from prison after serving more than 20 years for a murder that a court found he didn’t commit, the latest in a series of convictions tossed after judges gave inmates more room to make fresh innocence claims. @MariahTimms

A Delaware federal judge is on a campaign to eliminate hidden funding of patent-infringement lawsuits, via @jacobgershman

Arkansas is home to a complex legal battle over how to reconcile school choice programs with earlier consent decrees meant to ensure equal education in a state where federal troops were called in to integrate schools in the 1950s. @MariahTimms

RT @AndrewRestuccia: Billionaire Harlan Crow took Clarence Thomas on lavish trips and more, and that’s shining a spotlight on U.S. gift tax…