William Snyder
@profsnyder.bsky.social
Teaching Professor of Law (ret.), former federal prosecutor. 15-yr DOJ veteran, taught National Security Law, Public Administration & Law, Counterterrorism Law, Federal Criminal Law, Federal Courts, Computer Crimes, Cyber Security Law & Policy, Evidence.
"Why did Putin not allow himself such brutal strikes on civilian infrastructure under Biden, whom Trump calls 'weak', but totally destroys peaceful cities and disregards the 'strong Trump'?" - Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk
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Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk says year under Trump brings highest civilian death toll
Ukrainian human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk has criticised US President Donald Trump over a rise in civilian war casualties in Ukraine since he took office in 20...
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February 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
"Why did Putin not allow himself such brutal strikes on civilian infrastructure under Biden, whom Trump calls 'weak', but totally destroys peaceful cities and disregards the 'strong Trump'?" - Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk
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"Trump for Europeans conjures up the pre-war era when what we now call populism but then was called fascism engulfed country after country and led to a continent-wide catastrophe that killed millions of people."
Anne Applebaum on Trump's betrayal of Europe
"They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen."
www.publicnotice.co
February 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM
"Trump for Europeans conjures up the pre-war era when what we now call populism but then was called fascism engulfed country after country and led to a continent-wide catastrophe that killed millions of people."
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He committed a crime, Trump pardoned him, he committed a new crime. Law and order president? Lol.
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Man pardoned in U.S. Capitol riot pleads guilty to threatening Hakeem Jeffries
A New York man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge in connection with a death threat aimed at U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries
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February 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
He committed a crime, Trump pardoned him, he committed a new crime. Law and order president? Lol.
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The Justice Department's OLC claims that assisting in war-sustaining activities amounts to direct participation, opening the individuals concerned to attack. It does not, as Charlie Trumbull and I explain
Charlie Trumbull & @mikeschmitt.bsky.social explain why DOJ Office of Legal Counsel’s assertion that civilians can be targeted in armed conflict for "assisting in war-sustaining activities” is erroneous, a dangerous precedent, and not too late to be corrected:
#LOAC #IHL
#LOAC #IHL
OLC Maduro Memo: Assisting War vs Participating in Hostilities
A recent OLC memo on U.S. use of force wrongly expands who can be targeted under the law of armed conflict, undermining civilian protections.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The Justice Department's OLC claims that assisting in war-sustaining activities amounts to direct participation, opening the individuals concerned to attack. It does not, as Charlie Trumbull and I explain
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These federal buildings have cells designed to hold a few people for a brief period; like a holding cell at a police station. Supposed to be 12 hours max, usually less.
People are being held in them for 7-10 days, jammed in like sardines. It’s a nightmare.
People are being held in them for 7-10 days, jammed in like sardines. It’s a nightmare.
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
These federal buildings have cells designed to hold a few people for a brief period; like a holding cell at a police station. Supposed to be 12 hours max, usually less.
People are being held in them for 7-10 days, jammed in like sardines. It’s a nightmare.
People are being held in them for 7-10 days, jammed in like sardines. It’s a nightmare.
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Millions of Republicans now see Canada and the EU as enemies.
The rapid recent rise in negative sentiment recalls the big rise in Republicans’ opinion of Vladimir Putin in 2016.
No consistency, no principle, no sense of national interest. Deeply cultish, ready to abandon anything on leader’s whim.
The rapid recent rise in negative sentiment recalls the big rise in Republicans’ opinion of Vladimir Putin in 2016.
No consistency, no principle, no sense of national interest. Deeply cultish, ready to abandon anything on leader’s whim.
And the trend goes both ways, by the way.
The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
February 7, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Millions of Republicans now see Canada and the EU as enemies.
The rapid recent rise in negative sentiment recalls the big rise in Republicans’ opinion of Vladimir Putin in 2016.
No consistency, no principle, no sense of national interest. Deeply cultish, ready to abandon anything on leader’s whim.
The rapid recent rise in negative sentiment recalls the big rise in Republicans’ opinion of Vladimir Putin in 2016.
No consistency, no principle, no sense of national interest. Deeply cultish, ready to abandon anything on leader’s whim.
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This is a shame
We teach many military students at the Kennedy School
Our curriculum is heavy on free market economics, statistics, ethics, and US constitutional foundations - the very stuff that conservatives say they want taught
We teach many military students at the Kennedy School
Our curriculum is heavy on free market economics, statistics, ethics, and US constitutional foundations - the very stuff that conservatives say they want taught
February 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This is a shame
We teach many military students at the Kennedy School
Our curriculum is heavy on free market economics, statistics, ethics, and US constitutional foundations - the very stuff that conservatives say they want taught
We teach many military students at the Kennedy School
Our curriculum is heavy on free market economics, statistics, ethics, and US constitutional foundations - the very stuff that conservatives say they want taught
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Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are already black holes for detention. Now obtaining release will be more difficult than ever. As more and more people are locked up, ICE will increase the pressure on those who are detained to give up.
The goal is an assembly line of coercion with no day in court.
The goal is an assembly line of coercion with no day in court.
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are already black holes for detention. Now obtaining release will be more difficult than ever. As more and more people are locked up, ICE will increase the pressure on those who are detained to give up.
The goal is an assembly line of coercion with no day in court.
The goal is an assembly line of coercion with no day in court.
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Maintaining the laser focus on the most important war: Culture War.
The Pentagon said Friday it is cutting ties with "woke" Harvard University, ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with the Ivy League institution.
Pentagon says it’s cutting ties with ‘woke’ Harvard, discontinuing military training, fellowships
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February 7, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Maintaining the laser focus on the most important war: Culture War.
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Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
February 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
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Trump: I am the least racist president you've had in a long time
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Trump: I am the least racist president you've had in a long time
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Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
Immigration process turns sour for an Antioch woman - Nashville Banner
Terez Metry, a dental assistant in Middle Tennessee with no criminal history, was detained by ICE during an interview as she followed legal steps toward citizenship.
nashvillebanner.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
February 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Federal judge: "The presumption of regularity that has previously extended to [the United States Government] that it could be taken at its word—with little doubt about its intentions and stated purposes—no longer holds."
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Federal judge: "The presumption of regularity that has previously extended to [the United States Government] that it could be taken at its word—with little doubt about its intentions and stated purposes—no longer holds."
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
This is in a case where the Trump admin sued Oregon.
He's very sick.
"He’s trying to leverage [the New York infrastructure project] for his own personal tribute and glorification....
His proposition to Schumer practically slaps you across the face in its degree of blatant self-dealing."
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"He’s trying to leverage [the New York infrastructure project] for his own personal tribute and glorification....
His proposition to Schumer practically slaps you across the face in its degree of blatant self-dealing."
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Analysis: Trump’s quest to name things after himself takes an even more desperate turn | CNN Politics
Donald Trump’s insatiable desire to name things after himself has been clear for a very long time. And as president, he’s rapidly pushed the envelope in that regard, naming things after himself in way...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:29 PM
He's very sick.
"He’s trying to leverage [the New York infrastructure project] for his own personal tribute and glorification....
His proposition to Schumer practically slaps you across the face in its degree of blatant self-dealing."
www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
"He’s trying to leverage [the New York infrastructure project] for his own personal tribute and glorification....
His proposition to Schumer practically slaps you across the face in its degree of blatant self-dealing."
www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/p...
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Republicans in Congress have unveiled a new bill that would impose the most extreme voting restrictions ever proposed at the federal level. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
New GOP anti-voting bill may be the most dangerous attack on voting rights ever
The MEGA Act represents one of the most catastrophic proposals for democracy in the United States.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Republicans in Congress have unveiled a new bill that would impose the most extreme voting restrictions ever proposed at the federal level. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A January 6, 2021, rioter, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to a harassment charge after being accused of threatening to kill U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Pardoned January 6 rioter pleads guilty to threatening US Democratic leader Jeffries
A January 6, 2021, rioter, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to a harassment charge after being accused of threatening to kill U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, prosecutors said on Thursday.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:20 AM
A January 6, 2021, rioter, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to a harassment charge after being accused of threatening to kill U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, prosecutors said on Thursday.
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For decades, the GOP has been almost as adamant about the Fourth amendment as the Second, you know, the one about people being being protected "against unreasonable searches and seizures." And, it's the word "people," not "citizens." But I guess it doesn't apply to all people.
Opinion | Republicans could really use a lesson on the Fourth Amendment
Philip Bump: Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., declared judicial warrants for ICE to be a “non-starter.” That’s a sign of the times for the GOP in the Trump era.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:26 AM
For decades, the GOP has been almost as adamant about the Fourth amendment as the Second, you know, the one about people being being protected "against unreasonable searches and seizures." And, it's the word "people," not "citizens." But I guess it doesn't apply to all people.
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Interested to see how this goes, as it could replace United States v. Kammersell in my Computer Crime Law casebook as the main case on statutory limits on the scope of federal computer crime laws. Kammersell was from '99, it's classic but getting a little old.
February 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Interested to see how this goes, as it could replace United States v. Kammersell in my Computer Crime Law casebook as the main case on statutory limits on the scope of federal computer crime laws. Kammersell was from '99, it's classic but getting a little old.
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Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
"Recently, a number of states have undertaken investigations into noncitizen voting, cross-checking voter rolls with citizenship status, and found it virtually nonexistent."
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Opinion | What’s Really Driving These Bogus Claims of Voter Fraud
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February 5, 2026 at 10:48 PM
"Recently, a number of states have undertaken investigations into noncitizen voting, cross-checking voter rolls with citizenship status, and found it virtually nonexistent."
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Still think he's sane?
Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible ... The first time they said I didn't win the popular vote. I did"
February 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Still think he's sane?
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The Justice Dept. unit responsible for prosecuting potential wrongdoing by law enforcement — including during the crackdown in Minneapolis — has lost two-thirds of its prosecutors and is under orders to scale back its investigations of excessive force, people familiar with its work told Reuters.
Exclusive: Justice Department unit on police misconduct sees staffing plunge and probes scaled back, sources say
The U.S. Justice Department unit responsible for prosecuting potential wrongdoing by law enforcement, including during the crackdown on illegal immigration in Minneapolis, has lost two-thirds of its p...
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February 5, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The Justice Dept. unit responsible for prosecuting potential wrongdoing by law enforcement — including during the crackdown in Minneapolis — has lost two-thirds of its prosecutors and is under orders to scale back its investigations of excessive force, people familiar with its work told Reuters.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.
February 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.