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Fatima Saif, August 17th, 2026
Balls & Strikes is “a site for critical, progressive, and bullshit-free commentary about courts, judges, and the legal system they uphold.” They’re accepting pitches: “If you have a story idea in our wheelhouse—the Supreme Court, the legal profession, the federal judiciary, the last batch of election-denying freaks whom Senate Republicans are trying to ram through the judicial confirmation process before the midterms, and so on—please email me at pitches@ballsandstrikes.org so that I can pay you money to write it.” They typically pay $500 for essays of around 1,000 words. To learn more, refer to their post, this page, and their pitch guide.