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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Aug 25

This week on Amicus: Pregnancy criminalization is sharply on the rise in the wake of Roe’s demise. I spoke with a lawyer on the frontlines of the battle against prosecutors—in red and blue states—charging women for their pregnancy outcomes. slate.com/podcasts/ami...

The Prosecution of Pregnant Women Is Amping Up Across the Country

Legislation prioritizing fetus’s rights over women’s rights is on the rise, threatening more people with jail over miscarriages and stillbirths.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · Aug 5

Not enough people know this - and they should!

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Eduardo Ferrer @eduardorferrer.bsky.social · Jul 30

Are you a rising 3L or recent law grad and an aspiring public defender? Want great supervision and training? If so, consider applying for the E. Barrett Prettyman fellowship and come work with us. apply.interfolio.com/170321

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Madalyn Wasilczuk @mkwasilczuk.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Madalyn Wasilczuk @mkwasilczuk.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thank you!

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Madalyn Wasilczuk @mkwasilczuk.bsky.social · Jul 2

Pleased to announce that effective August 16, 2025, I have been awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law. Thank you to the many friends, family, mentors, and colleagues who have supported me along this path.

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Amy Littlefield @amylittlefield.bsky.social · Jun 27

“Of all the outcomes Rachel Castor could have predicted from Idaho’s abortion ban, her teenage son being denied hospital admission during an asthma attack wasn’t on the list.”

Must-read by
@kelciemmorris.bsky.social

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/idah...

Idaho banned abortion. Three years later, minors and seniors struggle to get routine care.

Editor’s note: This report examines the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down the federal right to abortion three years ago.Of all the outcomes Rachel Castor could have predicted ...

www.newsfromthestates.com

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Madalyn Wasilczuk @mkwasilczuk.bsky.social · Jun 28

New article out highlighting how pregnant people are being prosecuted since Dobbs (hint: it’s not using abortion laws): www.law360.com/articles/235...

Pregnancy Loss Draws Police Scrutiny Following Dobbs - Law360

The nation's abortion debate has played out in civil courtrooms and state capitols across the country since the overturning of Roe v. Wade three years ago. But the battle is also emerging in another a...

www.law360.com

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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · Jun 24

I'm so proud that we're finally able to announce this and get it out into the world. Journalism professors in border states, hit me up!

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Jun 23

A new college journalism curriculum module created by EFF & @freedom.press in collaboration with The University of Texas at El Paso’s Multimedia Journalism Program & Borderzine teaches students how to protect themselves & their digital devices when working near & across the U.S.-Mexico border.

New Journalism Curriculum Module Teaches Digital Security for Border Journalists

SAN FRANCISCO – A new college journalism curriculum module teaches students how to protect themselves and their digital devices when working near and across the U.S.-Mexico border. “Digital Security 1...

www.eff.org

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Madalyn Wasilczuk @mkwasilczuk.bsky.social · Jun 19

Job opening for a youth defender in Albuquerque, NM: www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lopd...

DISCOVER YOUR POTENTIAL IN THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT | Law Offices of the Public Defender - New Mexico

www.governmentjobs.com

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · Jun 18

Full story on this news:

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Jennifer Oliva @jennoliva.bsky.social · Jun 6

Our latest on ways that states can provide better heath data sanctuaries to at-risk populations (spoiler alert: stop sharing data with health care criminalization states & stop collecting sensitive healthcare info). Thanks to my co-authors @lizchiarello.bsky.social & Wendy Bach

Four Things States Can Do To Further Protect Health Care Privacy | Health Affairs Forefront

As experts in health, law, and privacy, we wrote this essay to draw attention to prescription drug monitoring programs and their potential for harm.

www.healthaffairs.org

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · May 31

its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · May 31

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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Madalyn Wasilczuk @mkwasilczuk.bsky.social · May 31

actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

Stop the Execution of Stephen Stanko in South Carolina

South Carolina scheduled its 6th execution in 9 months. Stephen Stanko, 56, is scheduled to be executed on June 13, 2025 for the murders of Laura Ling and Henry Turner. Stephen has spent nearly twent...

actionnetwork.org

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Madalyn Wasilczuk @mkwasilczuk.bsky.social · May 30

So honored that me and my coauthors @jiseonsong.bsky.social and Wendy Bach were awarded the Ian Kerr Best Paper Award at the Privacy Law Scholars Conference today!

Ian Kerr Best Paper Award certificate awarded to Madalyn Wasilczuk for “The Interdisciplinary Policing of Pregnancy Criminalization”

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Madalyn Wasilczuk @mkwasilczuk.bsky.social · May 21

I'm so sorry. I lost my Cora late last year, and it's so hard. I hope that soon the memories of her sweetness will bring comfort and joy instead of heartache. Until then, I am sending wishes for comfort and peace.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · May 21

Map on the left is of Krasner's 2025 win, from the Philly inquiring. Map on the right is of Krasner's 2021 win, from my own work.

Basically the exact same outcome. Which means, as in 2021, Krasner won the area's that surely had the most (tho far less than in 2021!) violence.

Map of Philly, w green for Kranser, red for Dugan. The northeast and southeast are red, all the rest is green.

Map of Philly, Krasner in green, Vega in red. Northeast and southeast are red, rest is green.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · May 20

Please remember that these assholes walk stuff back when they get too much pushback, so PUSHBACK HARD.
Please rt the first post and get others to leave a comment.

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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · May 20

All jokes aside, if someone asks:

"If you are in custody, habeas corpus is the constitutional right to have a judge decide whether the custody is legal and, if it's not, to order you discharged."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect

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Adam Zimmerman @profadamszimmerman.bsky.social · May 14

1. A must-read thread. I'll highlight three more problems with this opinion, which is the only case to prevent people from using a class action to challenge US government renditions to El Salvador. I often write about complex litigation, with a focus on class actions involving government bodies.

Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · May 13

A NEW ALIEN ENEMIES PROBLEM (DENIAL OF HABEAS CLASS TREATMENT)

Remember when SCOTUS issued a 1 am order “not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees … until further order of this Court?”

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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · May 13

A NEW ALIEN ENEMIES PROBLEM (DENIAL OF HABEAS CLASS TREATMENT)

Remember when SCOTUS issued a 1 am order “not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees … until further order of this Court?”

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NPR @npr.org · May 1

ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center

ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · Apr 23

Trump has indefinitely withdrawn federal funding for:
• Investigating child sexual abuse and internet crimes against kids;
• Responding to reports of missing children;
• Preventing youth violence

New, @propublica.org

The Trump Administration’s War on Children

The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.

www.propublica.org

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Apr 15

Sarah Stillman investigates a widespread crisis of deaths by starvation in America’s county jails. Most of the victims she identified had been arrested in the midst of a mental-health crisis, often on petty charges tied to their psychiatric distress.

Starved in Jail

Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Apr 14

In a new report, Sarah Stillman investigates deaths related to starvation, dehydration, and neglect in county jails across the U.S.—a crisis that at times has been covered up by private health companies and government officials.
nyer.cm/hMT7u9R

A quote from Sarah Stillman that reads, “What I found . . . is hard to describe as anything other than a pattern of widespread torture of people with mental-health issues in county jails.”

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