UofL Brandeis School of Law Professor of Practice, Trial Attorney, Editorial Cartoonist. Opinions my own.https://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mvag2w4zxk2gThe smoke lingers. #91111 Sep 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvag2w4zxk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mv5z57krsk2bAll of the sudden this is right around the corner. Join me, Hannah, Josh and Sadiqa for this important conversation about our nation. 7pm Monday evening.10 Sep 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5z57krsk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3muzwte4jd22xFilming a quick promo for Louisville Bar Association Solo & Small Firm Networking event on October 7. Brandeis School of Law students and practitioners put it on your calendars! This meetup never disappoints.08 Sep 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzwte4jd22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3muxfpcpdik23Ai is many things and among them is theft. Theft from artists and other creators. Theft of work and livelihoods. Theft from the planet. Theft, as we are learning, from our students’ development. My letter on behalf of the AAEC to The Baltimore Sun.07 Sep 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxfpcpdik23https://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3muv5cmfm5k2dAn innocent young woman, mother, and neighbor of yours was abducted by #iCE weeks ago contrary to the Constitution and everything else this nation should stand for. #ArmelleBondonga is still in jail. Every minute she is behind bars is an insult to right-thinking people.06 Sep 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muv5cmfm5k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mupllplufk2vIn a functioning democracy, with a capable opposition party, a United States Senator would not have the privilege or the ability to disappear without a responsible explanation. The worst thing is, nearly everyone thinks it’s ok. “OK” is how we got here, with everything.04 Sep 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupllplufk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3muozaph2oc2iHe’s always been a very, very small man. #Bevin04 Sep 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muozaph2oc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mumfzmf3dk22The 3 1/2 miles that connect our law school with Louisville’s courthouse keeps shrinking. This Program will bring select students even closer to those courts and trials and litigation all over the country. And - check out these mentors. #AllStars03 Sep 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumfzmf3dk22https://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mudchghnf22jTwo questions: 1. Are you ready for some football? 2. What are we doing?30 Aug 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudchghnf22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3muccujf7bs2wI’ll stay in the US until I die to fight for it. I’m not afraid of Fascists, or MAGATs, or their private police, or their cowardly politicians and oligarchs. But are we going to have to resist from secure sites in Canada just so we can eat food? #FDA #RFK #recalls30 Aug 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3muccujf7bs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mtzbkfd2os2vThere’s a special place in Hell for GOP legislatures esPECIally in Appalachia who kneecapped everything she wanted to do and all of the people for whom she cared who now performatively “mourn her death and praise her works”. At least there’s a zero chance they’ll run into her in their afterlives.26 Aug 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzbkfd2os2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mtx5eu6fb224Always in tune. #dolly #dollyparton26 Aug 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtx5eu6fb224https://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mtqxeaua5s2xThere’s enough money. There is enough food. There is enough room. But instead the most powerful people in the world choose to slaughter and starve children.23 Aug 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqxeaua5s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mtoepbrq5c2dDoughnut hamburgers and livestock shows are great and all but have you ever tried living in a city that is complicit in unlawful abductions of innocent people? THAT’S the American Experience man. #armellebondonga22 Aug 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoepbrq5c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mtlredpsmc23Our anthology is now available at Carmichael’s. Get up, stand up, don’t give up our fight. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02CrrzmPo7CtqRaF5L31So2ik2FrvSZ9TUdcx9x2A2wQTg5u583QmagjowmRdRFhoPl&id=119448883421 Aug 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlredpsmc23https://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mthz5qtwu22g20 Aug 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthz5qtwu22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mtcuz3bqrs2oCome see us on September 14. Hannah Drake Josh Miller Sadiqa Reynolds and I will discuss the We The People Anthology with Rus Funk at All People’s on Brownsboro Road. All are invited. We can save this country. But you gotta’ show up. See you there.17 Aug 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcuz3bqrs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mtcmnbo6kk2bWe are all in there. Pawns. Garbage to him, and his people. Bait. Indentured labor to create their wealth. Fooled into fighting amongst ourselves over scraps when we should be fighting them. The Louisville Courier Journal political art.17 Aug 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcmnbo6kk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mt7a2oupb222The City of Louisville is fully on board with #ICE now. It’s a slippery slope with dead bodies, suffering families, and broken promises at the bottom.16 Aug 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7a2oupb222https://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mt4pzftavs2a“Marc” my legal mentor said on the speakerphone “grab yer Yella Pad and a pen and come on down. We’ve got work to do”. One of our greatest trial lawyers Frank Haddad, Jr. awaited me in his office. It was 1982. 44 years on these Yella Pads await our 1Ls for their first class on Monday morning.15 Aug 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4pzftavs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mt25s34lo22fEons ago dinosaurs died for our oil. Now it’s schoolchildren. Their blood is the red in our flag’s stripes.14 Aug 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt25s34lo22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3msyzy7jnfs24My guy Louie The Cardinal and I were discussing my other Louie - Brandeis- and agreed that the new 1Ls are already looking pretty good. L’s Up people - class begins at 8:30am on Monday. If you’re 5 minutes early you’re late. See you there.14 Aug 2026 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyzy7jnfs24https://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3msq5c3jcik2kIt’s one thing for the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the history of mankind to not make progress. It’s another thing when it regresses. The once greatest nation on earth that could do anything it chose to do . . . is still doing what it chooses to without regard to its people or the planet.10 Aug 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq5c3jcik2khttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3msjimci3lk2oA story of Hope, not Hate. A story of Possibility, not Surrender. https://marcmurphy.substack.com/p/with-liberty-and-justice-for-all?r=38f9wo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true07 Aug 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjimci3lk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3ms5im3yy2s2uThe Louisville Metro Police Department has not, in fact, changed.My latest for the Courier Journal.03 Aug 2026 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5im3yy2s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mrwyas4eek25“Book Tour”. We get it.31 Jul 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwyas4eek25https://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mrngl5knus2dClass of 2026 if you see this you’re scrolling and I’m glad. You’ve studied enough. You’re ready, enough. Next, put the phone down and take a walk. Take a walk after dinner, too. Think about the big picture. Rest, sleep, get there early. I’ll see you on the other side. Brandeis School of Law27 Jul 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrngl5knus2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mrncbj2zlk2wNational Democrats hide behind so-called rules that don’t exist. Republicans ignore actual laws and write new ones that subvert the Constitution itself. Democrats have brought Roberts Rules of Order to a gunfight for years and it’s a predictable massacre. My latest for the Courier Journal.27 Jul 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrncbj2zlk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mrkku52uw226Resist, America.26 Jul 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkku52uw226https://bsky.app/profile/murphycartoons.bsky.social/post/3mrijbust2c2o25 Jul 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:ekaskyr63obaicvdnwtbegrz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrijbust2c2o