RodeoNew
@rodeonew.bsky.social
Commercial litigator in the Southwest; very unenthusiastic member of the SCOTUS bar. Nullius in verba.
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AFGE Demands Resignation or Termination of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller for Smearing Slain AFGE Member Alex Pretti as “Domestic Terrorist”
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union representing 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas.
www.afge.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
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The Gestapo in Nazi Germany was so cruel because people called them the “Gestapo.”
January 25, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The Gestapo in Nazi Germany was so cruel because people called them the “Gestapo.”
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Yes, the tally I've got since July is roughly 2,400-100.
And the breakdown of judges is about 347 against the DOJ position to 20 in favor of the DOJ position.
And the breakdown of judges is about 347 against the DOJ position to 20 in favor of the DOJ position.
January 25, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Yes, the tally I've got since July is roughly 2,400-100.
And the breakdown of judges is about 347 against the DOJ position to 20 in favor of the DOJ position.
And the breakdown of judges is about 347 against the DOJ position to 20 in favor of the DOJ position.
JFC
Here's another ruling in Minnesota, also yesterday, releasing a man who was forcefully detained by ICE despite having *active* refugee status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 8:06 PM
JFC
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I get the impulse to push for more, harder, faster, but it's worth noting here: the lawyers for both the state and various other plaintiffs have been working their asses off at absolute breakneck speed today.
JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I get the impulse to push for more, harder, faster, but it's worth noting here: the lawyers for both the state and various other plaintiffs have been working their asses off at absolute breakneck speed today.
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BREAKING: MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension & Hennepin DA file fed lawsuit dmeanding immediate access to federal evidence in DHS agent's deadly shooting of observer during immigration enforcement operation Sat. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
#1 in Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-00628) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against All Defendants (filing fee $ 405, receipt number AMNDC-12575332) filed by Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Filer requests summons issued....
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January 25, 2026 at 3:50 AM
BREAKING: MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension & Hennepin DA file fed lawsuit dmeanding immediate access to federal evidence in DHS agent's deadly shooting of observer during immigration enforcement operation Sat. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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January 19, 2026 at 5:45 AM
January 14, 2026 at 3:50 AM
One final word: Portuguese Bend / Mariineland/ Trump Golf Course is miles away from PVE, close to San Pedro. There's ample agricultural land there. Not in PVE.
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
One final word: Portuguese Bend / Mariineland/ Trump Golf Course is miles away from PVE, close to San Pedro. There's ample agricultural land there. Not in PVE.
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I teach "Mapping, Space, and Power" starting tomorrow. This 1942 LAT map came into my head from my grad school days and I spent hours reviving an old hard drive to find it. I can't believe it isn't *everywhere* in lit about understanding the power of maps but it is surprisingly hard to find online.
January 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I teach "Mapping, Space, and Power" starting tomorrow. This 1942 LAT map came into my head from my grad school days and I spent hours reviving an old hard drive to find it. I can't believe it isn't *everywhere* in lit about understanding the power of maps but it is surprisingly hard to find online.
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SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
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ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
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January 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.”
Via Alpha News
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This comment from the Auschwitz Maemorial FB page is VERY important to read today in America.
January 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
This comment from the Auschwitz Maemorial FB page is VERY important to read today in America.
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So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact.
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact.
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
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The ICE agent is right-handed. This is murder, the physics and geometry actually don’t allow it do be anything else
January 7, 2026 at 11:17 PM
The ICE agent is right-handed. This is murder, the physics and geometry actually don’t allow it do be anything else
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The issue at stake in 1686 was whether the king was bound by the law.
How are we back here again?
How are we back here again?
In The New Republic, historian Holly Brewer compares the Court's decision to Godden v. Hales, a 1686 case affirming that James II was above the law – which was only repudiated when James II was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution. newrepublic.com/article/1833...
March 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The issue at stake in 1686 was whether the king was bound by the law.
How are we back here again?
How are we back here again?
This thread…
Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.
January 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
This thread…
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We should question a system that made this dolt the richest man in the world.
He really doesn’t understand any of the most basic biology concepts at all, huh
December 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We should question a system that made this dolt the richest man in the world.
If a president signs a criminal law passed by Congress and another president violates that law, what sense does it make to immunize the latter president?
I can see an argument for immunity if Congress overrode a veto
But voluntarily signing a law seems to be a waiver of immunity arguments
I can see an argument for immunity if Congress overrode a veto
But voluntarily signing a law seems to be a waiver of immunity arguments
November 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If a president signs a criminal law passed by Congress and another president violates that law, what sense does it make to immunize the latter president?
I can see an argument for immunity if Congress overrode a veto
But voluntarily signing a law seems to be a waiver of immunity arguments
I can see an argument for immunity if Congress overrode a veto
But voluntarily signing a law seems to be a waiver of immunity arguments
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Expert Explains Why, Essentially, You’re Fucked
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Expert Explains Why, Essentially, You’re Fucked
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This formulation is popular: contrasting SCOTUS' intolerance of race as an admissions factor with SCOTUS' tolerance of race as a detention factor. There are, in fact, doctrinal, historical, and logical distinctions between the positions, that one could use to dismiss this comparison.
But...
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But...
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"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
September 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This formulation is popular: contrasting SCOTUS' intolerance of race as an admissions factor with SCOTUS' tolerance of race as a detention factor. There are, in fact, doctrinal, historical, and logical distinctions between the positions, that one could use to dismiss this comparison.
But...
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But...
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Federal appeals normally take over 2 YEARS, start to finish.
Here, the circuit court moved heaven and earth and produced its unanimous 61-page order, affirming the district court, less than 3 WEEKS after the district court's.
The Supreme Court just nuked it without a syllable of explanation.
Here, the circuit court moved heaven and earth and produced its unanimous 61-page order, affirming the district court, less than 3 WEEKS after the district court's.
The Supreme Court just nuked it without a syllable of explanation.
The Supreme Court's ruling brushed aside, with no reasoning from the court, the district court's 52-page order and the circuit court's 61-page order affirming it.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court — over the objection of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson — allows the Trump administration’s racial profiling of people working certain types of jobs in its immigration raids during litigation.
September 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Federal appeals normally take over 2 YEARS, start to finish.
Here, the circuit court moved heaven and earth and produced its unanimous 61-page order, affirming the district court, less than 3 WEEKS after the district court's.
The Supreme Court just nuked it without a syllable of explanation.
Here, the circuit court moved heaven and earth and produced its unanimous 61-page order, affirming the district court, less than 3 WEEKS after the district court's.
The Supreme Court just nuked it without a syllable of explanation.
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At this point abolishing ICE and reforming the Supreme Court have to be non-negotiables for every 2028 Dem.
September 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
At this point abolishing ICE and reforming the Supreme Court have to be non-negotiables for every 2028 Dem.
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits