Ed Chaney
@edchaney.bsky.social
Counsel to #nonprofits and #philanthropy. Member, tortured photographer’s society. A dog in a human suit. Somehow married to @mandyhitchcock.bsky.social.
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Ed Chaney
@edchaney.bsky.social
· Sep 26
Just a reminder that in the Los Angeles ICE case, Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence played up the extent to which those *not* properly subject to immigration arrest were detained "briefly" and released "promptly."
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-177-...
That wasn't true in L.A., and it isn't true here.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-177-...
That wasn't true in L.A., and it isn't true here.
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Grade: C- Josh is very bright and quick of thought but often does not spend enough time on his assignments.
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Grade: C- Josh is very bright and quick of thought but often does not spend enough time on his assignments.
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On this day in 1830, North Carolina passed laws that criminalized teaching enslaved Black people to read and that made the repeated dissemination of anti-slavery pamphlets punishable by death.
Nov. 15, 1830 | NC Mandates Death Sentence for Dissemination of Anti-Slavery Pamphlet
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1830, North Carolina passed laws that criminalized teaching enslaved Black people to read and that made the repeated dissemination of anti-slavery pamphlets punishable by death.
Can confirm.
TPM spoke with executives at nonprofits advocating for immigration reform, action on climate change, democracy, civil rights, and other causes that are largely opposed by the administration.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-n...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-n...
How the Trump Admin Has Sown Fear Among Progressive Nonprofits
Private security details. Lawyering up. Moving assets overseas. Keeping comms on encrypted...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Can confirm.
A competent democrat with good messaging can parlay this into a victory in red districts.
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Trump’s Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse
It’s bad enough that Trump wants—and DOJ will likely fork over—this tribute payment. Now, get this: It can probably be done at first without even being revealed publicly.
newrepublic.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A competent democrat with good messaging can parlay this into a victory in red districts.
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Isn’t this also a national security nightmare? Exposing the bones of the White House for all to see?
Let's see how that government ban on White House demolition photos is going.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
October 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Isn’t this also a national security nightmare? Exposing the bones of the White House for all to see?
Guess it’s time to increase my rates.
Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.
As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.
(Published July with @texastribune.org)
As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.
(Published July with @texastribune.org)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...
www.propublica.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Guess it’s time to increase my rates.
Specifically, nonprofit clients.
Some of the nation’s largest law firms warn clients to prepare for politically motivated federal probes stemming from Trump’s domestic terrorism directive, which could be used to stifle dissent and revoke tax-exempt status from left-leaning nonprofits. https://bit.ly/4gXSqC8
‘Stakes Are High:’ Big Law Alerts Clients on Trump’s Domestic Terrorism Order
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Specifically, nonprofit clients.
The whole administration is now subject to arrest.
October 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The whole administration is now subject to arrest.
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The Trump Administration’s “Compact of Excellence” for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, it’s unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways.
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine and the Compact for Excellence
Members of the Trump administration love to say that federal funding is a privilege not a right and therefore something that can be granted or withheld based on changing administrative priorities.
blog.dividedargument.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The Trump Administration’s “Compact of Excellence” for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, it’s unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways.
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
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Posting this three hours before the start of Yom Kippur is quite a choice
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Posting this three hours before the start of Yom Kippur is quite a choice
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this is basically portland's version of a haka
Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
October 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
this is basically portland's version of a haka
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Just a reminder that in the Los Angeles ICE case, Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence played up the extent to which those *not* properly subject to immigration arrest were detained "briefly" and released "promptly."
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-177-...
That wasn't true in L.A., and it isn't true here.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-177-...
That wasn't true in L.A., and it isn't true here.
September 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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That needs a
Citation
That doesn’t
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So much depends
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A statement
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That needs a
Citation
That doesn’t
Exist
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A statement
Of fact
That needs a
Citation
That doesn’t
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Just a reminder that in the Los Angeles ICE case, Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence played up the extent to which those *not* properly subject to immigration arrest were detained "briefly" and released "promptly."
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-177-...
That wasn't true in L.A., and it isn't true here.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-177-...
That wasn't true in L.A., and it isn't true here.
September 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Chilling stuff.
Trump just signed an illegal executive order designed to target his political opposition by designating them terrorists and using the DOJ, IRS, FBI, and the JTTF to investigate and charge liberal organizations, funders, members, and protesters.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
September 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Chilling stuff.
Lawyer friends, consider volunteering and spreading the word. The eye of Sauron is turning to nonprofits and civil society.
nonprofitdefense.org
nonprofitdefense.org
Home Page - Nonprofit Legal Defense Network
nonprofitdefense.org
September 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Lawyer friends, consider volunteering and spreading the word. The eye of Sauron is turning to nonprofits and civil society.
nonprofitdefense.org
nonprofitdefense.org
I thought sketch comedy was illegal now.
Karl: “You've said that you restored free speech in America. Is that free speech, including for people who are harshly critical of you, for your political opponents, for people who say things you don't like?”
Trump: “You're not a wonderful person. Frankly, you're a terrible reporter.”
Trump: “You're not a wonderful person. Frankly, you're a terrible reporter.”
September 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I thought sketch comedy was illegal now.
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This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
Weirdly, I left Facebook for good the day Kirk was killed because I had noticed a disturbing increase of random content clearly created to foment divide. Someone is paying a lot of money to poison the well.
Someone just sent me a bunch of examples of these. Apparently the site is flooded with them.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
September 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Weirdly, I left Facebook for good the day Kirk was killed because I had noticed a disturbing increase of random content clearly created to foment divide. Someone is paying a lot of money to poison the well.
It has never been the “left” that fantasizes about civil war.
like this is the most irresponsible level of hysteria i’ve ever seen. most of these people are either paid by the republican party, or are high level advisors and allies. this is insane
September 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It has never been the “left” that fantasizes about civil war.
Kirk was vile but his assassination much more so.
Not being discussed yet: a head/neck shot at 200 yards requires skill, training, and the right equipment. This was not a random angry lefty.
Not being discussed yet: a head/neck shot at 200 yards requires skill, training, and the right equipment. This was not a random angry lefty.
September 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Kirk was vile but his assassination much more so.
Not being discussed yet: a head/neck shot at 200 yards requires skill, training, and the right equipment. This was not a random angry lefty.
Not being discussed yet: a head/neck shot at 200 yards requires skill, training, and the right equipment. This was not a random angry lefty.
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Kavanaugh in 2023 in the argument on Biden’s loan forgiveness:
“Some of the biggest mistakes in the Court’s history were deferring to assertions of executive emergency power. Some of the finest moments in the Court’s history were pushing back against presidential assertions of emergency power.”
“Some of the biggest mistakes in the Court’s history were deferring to assertions of executive emergency power. Some of the finest moments in the Court’s history were pushing back against presidential assertions of emergency power.”
The conservative majority simply blocks off reality to justify its ends. Today’s decision is as chilling as it gets.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
SCOTUS, ICE Raids & The Matter of Facts
There is a lot one can say about today’s Supreme Court order lifting the stay issued by a federal district court in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo,[i]. This is the case that challenges the constitutionality o...
open.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Kavanaugh in 2023 in the argument on Biden’s loan forgiveness:
“Some of the biggest mistakes in the Court’s history were deferring to assertions of executive emergency power. Some of the finest moments in the Court’s history were pushing back against presidential assertions of emergency power.”
“Some of the biggest mistakes in the Court’s history were deferring to assertions of executive emergency power. Some of the finest moments in the Court’s history were pushing back against presidential assertions of emergency power.”
Citation needed.
How can Kavanaugh fix his pen to write this?
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
September 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Citation needed.
Guess what? The endowment tax is unconstitutional for the very same reasons.
We won!!
“Defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities … Their actions have jeopardized decades of research and the welfare of all those who could stand to benefit from that research.”
“Defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities … Their actions have jeopardized decades of research and the welfare of all those who could stand to benefit from that research.”
September 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Guess what? The endowment tax is unconstitutional for the very same reasons.
Would resulting defamation suits necessitate the release of the Epstein files or could DOJ continue to withhold?
"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers
September 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Would resulting defamation suits necessitate the release of the Epstein files or could DOJ continue to withhold?
Bro, our ancestors also thought it was cool to own other people and force them to work at the pain of death.
man.
September 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Bro, our ancestors also thought it was cool to own other people and force them to work at the pain of death.