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Jamie Baker Roskie

@whenisayj.bsky.social

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Lawyer. Former director, UGALaw Land Use Clinic. Buddhist practitioner. Long ago immigration practitioner. Coloradan, my people are Montanans. No one is free unless all are free.

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Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 29d

“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”
― Siddhārtha Gautama, The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 18h

Important discovery fight taking shape in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal case.

The question: Can the government assert privilege to avoid handing over documents that may be relevant to a defendant's vindictive prosecution claim?

Abrego's counsel says no.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

www.documentcloud.org

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Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 17h

Your boss is wrong.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17h

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 22h

More than half of DOJ attorneys in the office responsible for prosecuting polluters have been pushed out.

Justice Connection member Andrew Mergen told @bloomberg.com, “I’ve seen extensions... filed by the govt saying something like ‘we are under-resourced & so we need more time to reply.'”

DOJ Legal Delays Slow Environmental Cases and Frustrate Lawyers

Staff shortages, turnover, and new priorities at the Department of Justice are stretching legal staff handling environmental issues and causing unusual delays—even before the government shutdown.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 22h

Lol, this might work.

Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 23h

We all are. Is there such a thing as sane pills and, if so, how do we give them the rest of Congress?

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Garrett Epps @garrettepps.bsky.social · 1d

Nelson seems to think that sending in the military is justified because the city of Portland issued a zoning violation to the ICE facility for boarding up its windows.

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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 1d

Over 100 immigration judges have been ousted since January and those who remain are being told to prioritize deportations while ICE roams courthouse hallways.

All of this threatens due process rights.

“Fired for no reason”: Former immigration judges speak out against Trump’s assault on the courts

The Trump administration’s push for more deportations is upending immigration courts. Recently terminated judges fear the changes imperil due process.

www.motherjones.com

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 1d

"Before Paxton first ran for public office in 2002, his only listed assets were a handful of stocks and a house with a mortgage, with a combined value of less than $175,000...The Paxtons now own at least 11 residential properties around the U.S. with an assessed value of $7.5 million."

Exclusive | How Ken Paxton, a Rising MAGA Star, Got Rich as a Texas Politician

The state’s attorney general, who is vying to be the GOP nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, became a multimillionaire as a public official.

www.wsj.com

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · 23h

ACLU, Colorado law firms sue ICE to stop “indiscriminate” arrests and detentions

ACLU, Colorado law firms sue ICE to stop "indiscriminate" arrests and detentions

Caroline Dias Goncalves, a 19-year-old college student detained by ICE in June, is one of the plaintiffs

coloradosun.com

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 23h

👀"Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.” - GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt, the current chairman of the National Governors Association.

Maybe @governor.ca.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov's notices to the NGA are having impact?

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 1d

Louisiana sues Food & Drug Administration to stop mailing of abortion medication lailluminator.com/2025/10/09/f...

Louisiana sues Food & Drug Administration to stop mailing of abortion medication • Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed a lawsuit this week that calls on the federal government to strike down rules that allow the distribution of abortion drugs without an in-person doctor’s v...

lailluminator.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 1d

Due process applies to lots of things, including how the government controls how you can use your land, or whether you can be involuntarily committed for treatment. But apparently some folks are fine with the government doing whatever the hell it wants with no constraints.

Dan Izzo @izzos.us · 1d

This is wrong. "Due Process" is not specific set of things that applies in criminal prosecutions .

It is just "what is the process the govt is required to go through to be able take a certain action against a person."

So yes, criminal due process is different from deportation due process.

Carceral Urbanist @chinationalist.bsky.social · 1d

Due process right only apply to noncitizens in criminal prosecutions, and illegal alien removal is not a criminal proceeding (Fong Yue Ting v. US; Padilla v. US)

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 1d

John Paulson, one of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street, owns a stake in the tiny mining business whose value tripled overnight after the news that the US government invested $35.6 million in the company.

Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals

One of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street owns a stake in the tiny mining business that tripled overnight on news of the government’s investment.

www.forbes.com

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Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 1d

The Super Duper Supreme Court

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Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1d

See Texas v. Johnson (1989).

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Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court has specifically said you can burn a flag.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 1d

If he somehow baits Trump into arresting him, that would be a bonanza.

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Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 2d

*pay sufficient attention

Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone loves to blame corporate real estate interests and developers for our problems, and I'm not saying they don't deserve their share of the blame. But I've been a land use lawyer for 25 years and I've seen more damage done by angry neighbors than any other group.

Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 2d

This is such a critical angle. Capitalism uses immigration enforcement as a method of enrichment and we don't sufficient attention.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

We know more about the massive military-style raid on a Chicago housing complex thanks to the reporting of @southsideweekly.bsky.social, @blockclubchi.bsky.social, and neighborhood resident Eboni Watson who chronicled the event. Among the emerging questions: what's real estate's role in this?

section of text from South Side Weekly's coverage, which says: "The building was purchased by Wisconsin-based investor Trinity Flood in January 2020, according to Cook County records. On October 1, the day after the raid, a judge reviewed an emergency motion from Wells Fargo seeking to appoint Matthew Tarshis of Frontline Real Estate Partners as the property’s receiver.

Flood purchased three multifamily properties in South Shore in 2020. The neighborhood, which had the highest number of eviction filings in Chicago from 2015-2019 according to the Law Center for Better Housing, has seen a rise in outside real estate investors since the 2017 announcement of the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in the neighboring Jackson Park.

Wells Fargo Bank foreclosed on the building in mid-2024, bringing a $27 million lawsuit against Flood for missed loan payments. In late 2024, the City began closing its largest migrant shelters and, through state funding assistance distributed via Catholic Charities and moving support from New Life Church, relocated many families to buildings such as this one."

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 2d

Roberts Court to invent inalienable right to impose disabilities on LGBTQ people www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/10/robe...

Roberts Court to invent inalienable right to impose disabilities on LGBTQ people - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Apparently in consecutive terms the Republican Six are going to rule that states can ban medical treatments for trans people that doctors think are appropriate but cannot ban “gender conversion” thera...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Jamie Baker Roskie @whenisayj.bsky.social · 2d

And also NIMBYs will always try to circumvent the results of these task forces, study groups, etc. if they don't like they come out.

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