Kannon Shanmugam
@kannonshanmugam.bsky.social
Lawyer focusing on Supreme Court and appellate litigation. Better known as the husband of Vicki Shanmugam. Father of three boys. Proud Kansan. Cross-posts from X here.
It says a lot about the modern American economy that law firms are taking up 10% of all office space.
Law firms now make up more than a tenth of all leasing activity for U.S. office space, doubling their share since the pandemic as other sectors have pulled back, according to newly released data from brokerage Savills reut.rs/3KaTfeS
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It says a lot about the modern American economy that law firms are taking up 10% of all office space.
Very proud of @vickishanmugam.bsky.social and the important work of the NIH’s Office of Autoimmune Disease Research, which features here.
Why Autoimmune Diseases Rise Sharply After 50
Scientists are making progress in understanding and treating these disorders, which can go unrecognized for years.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Very proud of @vickishanmugam.bsky.social and the important work of the NIH’s Office of Autoimmune Disease Research, which features here.
Never have I been happier that a post aged badly! A gutsy, season-saving performance from #15.
This is the most brutal run for my sports teams in recent memory.
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Never have I been happier that a post aged badly! A gutsy, season-saving performance from #15.
This is the most brutal run for my sports teams in recent memory.
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is the most brutal run for my sports teams in recent memory.
Some consolation for the afternoon in New Haven: an evening in the world’s greatest city.
November 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Some consolation for the afternoon in New Haven: an evening in the world’s greatest city.
It’s all my fault, I know.
But seriously, so proud of Harvard for a memorable season. Hopefully a spot in the FCS playoffs awaits.
#GoCrimson
But seriously, so proud of Harvard for a memorable season. Hopefully a spot in the FCS playoffs awaits.
#GoCrimson
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It’s all my fault, I know.
But seriously, so proud of Harvard for a memorable season. Hopefully a spot in the FCS playoffs awaits.
#GoCrimson
But seriously, so proud of Harvard for a memorable season. Hopefully a spot in the FCS playoffs awaits.
#GoCrimson
The Yale Bowl for the 150th anniversary of The Game. Suddenly a glorious fall day here in New Haven. Fight fiercely, Harvard!
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Yale Bowl for the 150th anniversary of The Game. Suddenly a glorious fall day here in New Haven. Fight fiercely, Harvard!
Not just game day — it’s The Game day.
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Not just game day — it’s The Game day.
It was just a joy to see @judgedillard.bsky.social receive the Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence at tonight’s NCSC dinner. Such a worthy recognition of an exemplary ambassador for the American bench.
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It was just a joy to see @judgedillard.bsky.social receive the Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence at tonight’s NCSC dinner. Such a worthy recognition of an exemplary ambassador for the American bench.
Having started the day at one of Cass Gilbert’s federal courthouses, happy to end it at the other for the National Center for State Courts dinner.
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Having started the day at one of Cass Gilbert’s federal courthouses, happy to end it at the other for the National Center for State Courts dinner.
I think about this every time I walk to Foley Square.
Photo of the day: The Non-Intersection of Duane and Reade | Whitney Hess whitneyhess.com/blog/2010/02....
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I think about this every time I walk to Foley Square.
However today’s case comes out, it went better than my last visit to the Second Circuit, when (for the first time in my career) I had a horrible case of laryngitis and sounded like the appellate version of Patrick Mahomes…
Foley Square at sunrise. It’s an oral argument day here in New York.
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
However today’s case comes out, it went better than my last visit to the Second Circuit, when (for the first time in my career) I had a horrible case of laryngitis and sounded like the appellate version of Patrick Mahomes…
Foley Square at sunrise. It’s an oral argument day here in New York.
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Foley Square at sunrise. It’s an oral argument day here in New York.
So this is the very definition of fun… Kansas and Duke at Madison Square Garden.
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
So this is the very definition of fun… Kansas and Duke at Madison Square Garden.
So great to catch up over lunch with Bob Barnes, the retired Supreme Court correspondent for the @washingtonpost.com (and one of this town’s all-around good guys).
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
So great to catch up over lunch with Bob Barnes, the retired Supreme Court correspondent for the @washingtonpost.com (and one of this town’s all-around good guys).
Just the most wonderful dinner last night at the Inn at Little Washington — celebrating not just another trip around the sun, but 30 years of being an item with this glamorous lady.
November 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just the most wonderful dinner last night at the Inn at Little Washington — celebrating not just another trip around the sun, but 30 years of being an item with this glamorous lady.
On our annual hike in the Shenandoah, we climbed a mountain…
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
On our annual hike in the Shenandoah, we climbed a mountain…
The Saturday soundtrack is "The Bad Photographer" by Saint Etienne:
St Etienne - The Bad Photographer
Dailymotion video by Clad Strife
www.dailymotion.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Saturday soundtrack is "The Bad Photographer" by Saint Etienne:
Happy birthday to... Louis Brandeis! The great Supreme Court justice was born on this day in 1856 in Louisville, Kentucky (ahem, @epps.bsky.social).
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy birthday to... Louis Brandeis! The great Supreme Court justice was born on this day in 1856 in Louisville, Kentucky (ahem, @epps.bsky.social).
This note from the waitress on our date night rather made my day (it’s not my birthday yet, but it is Birthday Week™️…).
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This note from the waitress on our date night rather made my day (it’s not my birthday yet, but it is Birthday Week™️…).
This is… less than optimal.
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is… less than optimal.
It was great tonight finally to meet Drew Faust, Harvard’s 28th president (and surely one of its most gracious).
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It was great tonight finally to meet Drew Faust, Harvard’s 28th president (and surely one of its most gracious).
Widener Library, looking glorious on a dark and stormy evening.
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Widener Library, looking glorious on a dark and stormy evening.
Today is the 50th anniversary of the oral argument in Buckley v. Valeo. The lead plaintiff, James Buckley, had an interesting life — serving first as a senator and then a D.C. Circuit judge (and living to the ripe old age of 100). Obit here:
James L. Buckley, 100, Conservative Senator in Liberal New York, Dies (Published 2023)
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Today is the 50th anniversary of the oral argument in Buckley v. Valeo. The lead plaintiff, James Buckley, had an interesting life — serving first as a senator and then a D.C. Circuit judge (and living to the ripe old age of 100). Obit here:
“Melt me down; you will find no impurity in me.”
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Melt me down; you will find no impurity in me.”