@ttaboada.bsky.social
Attorney | tweeting largely in hyperbole | clearly not giving legal advice | views are obviously my own and not that of my employer
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
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“This is a horror that is a parent’s worst nightmare ... All they want is for this little toddler and her dad to come home safe after they’ve been unlawfully detained by the government." - Irina Vaynerman, the CEO of Groundwork Legal and an attorney for the family.
ICE sends 2-year-old from Minneapolis to Texas, despite court order
ICE flew a detained Minneapolis 2-year-old and her father to Texas despite a court order that required the toddler’s release, a lawyer for the family said Friday.
sahanjournal.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
“This is a horror that is a parent’s worst nightmare ... All they want is for this little toddler and her dad to come home safe after they’ve been unlawfully detained by the government." - Irina Vaynerman, the CEO of Groundwork Legal and an attorney for the family.
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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Every single meeting I have with Pride organizers in red states is inspiring as hell. They’re forging ahead in the face of fascism, finding the best ways to protect their community while creating a space for both queer rage and queer joy.
January 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Every single meeting I have with Pride organizers in red states is inspiring as hell. They’re forging ahead in the face of fascism, finding the best ways to protect their community while creating a space for both queer rage and queer joy.
Save us LA Chargers save us
January 12, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Save us LA Chargers save us
There are exactly ZERO (0) reasons this game 🦅 should be this close 😑
January 12, 2026 at 12:12 AM
There are exactly ZERO (0) reasons this game 🦅 should be this close 😑
I have ONE (1) question: what, if anything, is impeachable
January 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I have ONE (1) question: what, if anything, is impeachable
Being a lawyer and having friends that are also lawyers means continuously promising to make plans, making those plans, then having to cancel those plans over and over again until you die.
January 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Being a lawyer and having friends that are also lawyers means continuously promising to make plans, making those plans, then having to cancel those plans over and over again until you die.
Happy new years to my fellow doctors (juris version). Here’s to another year of doing your level best by being really really annoying
January 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Happy new years to my fellow doctors (juris version). Here’s to another year of doing your level best by being really really annoying
Merry calculating your CLE credits to all
December 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Merry calculating your CLE credits to all
Buyer received non conforming goods. (Chinese restaurant sent me a Pepsi instead of the ginger ale I requested.)
December 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Buyer received non conforming goods. (Chinese restaurant sent me a Pepsi instead of the ginger ale I requested.)
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While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Okay friends in law… are we watching All’s Fair or nah
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Okay friends in law… are we watching All’s Fair or nah
When you’re a lawyer and your cat gets hurt and has trouble getting into the litter box on his own so you improvise a cat stepping stool
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
When you’re a lawyer and your cat gets hurt and has trouble getting into the litter box on his own so you improvise a cat stepping stool
They said “you can keep your 'rights’…for now”
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They said “you can keep your 'rights’…for now”
Siri what’s another way to say “respectfully” without it sounding like you are being disrespectful
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Siri what’s another way to say “respectfully” without it sounding like you are being disrespectful
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getting a cheesesteak tonight go birds
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
getting a cheesesteak tonight go birds
Rule #1 of legal practice: never label a document as “(final)” because it will undergo at least 7 more revisions
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Rule #1 of legal practice: never label a document as “(final)” because it will undergo at least 7 more revisions
Friday night billing and chilling
November 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Friday night billing and chilling
People forgot this is the city that decapitated a hitchhiking robot
When ICE comes to Philly it’s going to be brutal
Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight
October 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
People forgot this is the city that decapitated a hitchhiking robot
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When ICE comes to Philly it’s going to be brutal
Portland resists with whimsical improv theater, Chicago resists by screaming at weird jagoffs that don’t belong in the neighborhood. Every city brings its own strengths to the fight
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
October 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
When ICE comes to Philly it’s going to be brutal
Annoying how you have to give your body a certain amount of calories everyday for it to function correctly
October 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Annoying how you have to give your body a certain amount of calories everyday for it to function correctly
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Democracy Forward has filed a lawsuit in Tennessee state court, challenging the National Guard’s presence in Memphis as a flagrant violation of the Tennessee Constitution
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democracyforward.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Democracy Forward has filed a lawsuit in Tennessee state court, challenging the National Guard’s presence in Memphis as a flagrant violation of the Tennessee Constitution
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
Wait that’s my emotional support parenthetical
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Wait that’s my emotional support parenthetical