Lane
@heylookatlane.bsky.social
I teach at the Indiana Maurer School of Law
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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Will someone who loves and cares about Jerry Smith take away his Fox News machine
Texas Gerrymandering Case Prompts Fifth Circuit Judge to Crash Out In Alarming, Antisemitic Fashion
Someone needs to take the Fox News machine away from Jerry Smith’s chambers.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Will someone who loves and cares about Jerry Smith take away his Fox News machine
Apropos of Judge Jerry Smith, but also applicable to a whole swath of the federal bench currently.
Although we have probably had enough of it by now, it is a good thing to be once again reminded that esteemed members of the bench—people of substance, of letters—can have their brains fricasseed by Facebook just like your uncle with the GED.
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Apropos of Judge Jerry Smith, but also applicable to a whole swath of the federal bench currently.
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The destruction of US science will be felt worldwide for decades. Take it from @msier.bsky.social, who was the lead program director for the Biological Oceanography program at the US National Science Foundation.
I don’t think people understand how wrecked it is or how hard it will be to rebuild.
November 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The destruction of US science will be felt worldwide for decades. Take it from @msier.bsky.social, who was the lead program director for the Biological Oceanography program at the US National Science Foundation.
The what now
White House aggressively posting “trump is straight” content amid the blow job e-mail
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The what now
Whe I try to motivate my students I tell them not to focus on everything. That way lies madness. Instead, find one specific way to make the world better.
This person (whose name is Person!) has found a highly specific and deeply wonderful way to make the world better.
This person (whose name is Person!) has found a highly specific and deeply wonderful way to make the world better.
Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Whe I try to motivate my students I tell them not to focus on everything. That way lies madness. Instead, find one specific way to make the world better.
This person (whose name is Person!) has found a highly specific and deeply wonderful way to make the world better.
This person (whose name is Person!) has found a highly specific and deeply wonderful way to make the world better.
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When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Every “AI replaces cognition” claim seems to come without a single impressive example of that happening at scale in any specifically useful way.
The plow, the steam engine, electricity — all replaced muscle. AI replaces cognition. If you spend your day “reading lots of stuff and turning it into straight English,” well… so does the machine. The goal now is to learn from history and cushion the blow better than last time.
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Every “AI replaces cognition” claim seems to come without a single impressive example of that happening at scale in any specifically useful way.
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quick question is this guys reputation and livelihood and legacy tied up on people believing this hype or is he an uninvolved expert with a neutral analysis of the situation
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
quick question is this guys reputation and livelihood and legacy tied up on people believing this hype or is he an uninvolved expert with a neutral analysis of the situation
This is very insightful and helpful, at least to me, since I’m on the outside looking in.
I always learn from @davekarpf.bsky.social . His response to the NYT piece on the Sierra Club is very enlightening, not just (or even especially) as media criticism, but more as a discussion of civic associations and progressive advocacy at this moment. open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
Every generation gets to recreate the environmental movement to suit its own purposes
Some big-picture reactions to a recent NYT piece
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is very insightful and helpful, at least to me, since I’m on the outside looking in.
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dystopian ass weather report
Chicago may experience less tear gas use as Operation Midway Blitz winds down. Cold and wet weather reduce effectiveness, while wind adds unpredictability.
Wind, cold temps can change the impact of tear gas and pepper balls, experts say
chicago.suntimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
dystopian ass weather report
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we need a department of kerning
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
we need a department of kerning
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
Eight Democrat Senators are willing to throw away a decade or more of political success so that they can more easily fly home on the weekends.
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Eight Democrat Senators are willing to throw away a decade or more of political success so that they can more easily fly home on the weekends.
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Senator King cites the SNAP benefits as an example of Trump gathering more executive power and leverage during the shutdown. But the cut-off of SNAP benefits had nothing Germaine to do with the shutdown! It was illegal!
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Senator King cites the SNAP benefits as an example of Trump gathering more executive power and leverage during the shutdown. But the cut-off of SNAP benefits had nothing Germaine to do with the shutdown! It was illegal!
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Excited to see the whole Bluesky feed saying the name of my state in the context of something other than unconstitutional governmental oppression
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Excited to see the whole Bluesky feed saying the name of my state in the context of something other than unconstitutional governmental oppression
Haha dammit what a game
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Haha dammit what a game
The administration of this University is so hostile and destructive I find myself actively rooting for Penn State to pop this bubble in the next few minutes.
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The administration of this University is so hostile and destructive I find myself actively rooting for Penn State to pop this bubble in the next few minutes.
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initially thought that this was a shadow being projected on his face. didn’t realize he was in blackface
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
initially thought that this was a shadow being projected on his face. didn’t realize he was in blackface
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The Supreme Court once again butchers equity and the law of stays in the course of making the world a worse place. And Justice Jackson is once again there to call them out on it with an opinion that will be a must-teach in any Remedies class
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The Supreme Court once again butchers equity and the law of stays in the course of making the world a worse place. And Justice Jackson is once again there to call them out on it with an opinion that will be a must-teach in any Remedies class
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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i'm very glad this technology is being forced onto us everywhere on all levels
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
i'm very glad this technology is being forced onto us everywhere on all levels
It's amazing to me how good the Onion has been since it recently became worker-owned, and the print version is a real pleasure to read.
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's amazing to me how good the Onion has been since it recently became worker-owned, and the print version is a real pleasure to read.
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ICE is a team sport for guys who would otherwise be school shooters
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
ICE is a team sport for guys who would otherwise be school shooters
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I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.
I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.
But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.