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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 3d

Blow by blow of tonight’s emergency hearing re Trump’s ordering of federalized national guard to Oregon. Great work as always by @annabower.bsky.social and @lawfaremedia.org .

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

Ok, here we go.

The case is called and Judge Immergut explains the background. She says there were technical difficulties, which caused the delay.

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 5d

Commenting is easy to do from anywhere you can access the internet. Share your thoughts on this proposal here! www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA...

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 5d

📣 Your comment is NEEDED by Oct. 20 on a proposed rulemaking to require ‼️documentary‼️ proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. Millions of American citizens could be blocked from voting under a policy like this. Read more and comment! (link for how to comment below)

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Democracy's Future: Expanding Youth Voter Access

Explore proposals to expand youth voter registration and access, featuring solutions, model policies, and best practices for a new generation of engaged voters.

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 6d

Interested in clerking, but don't know where to begin? Join ACS on October 21st at 1 pm ET for The Basics of Clerkship Applications 2025, a virtual event covering all the steps of the application process. Anyone considering clerkships should attend.

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 7d

The Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ is moving fast—making major decisions with little explanation. One new case could even reshape presidential power. Here’s why you should be watching.

Listen to the latest episode of Broken Law:
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SCOTUS is making big legal moves in the shadows. Here’s why it matters.

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Michael J. Langley @mikelangleyfl.bsky.social · 8d

This afternoon, members of @fji-law.bsky.social's staff attended @acslaw.bsky.social South Florida Chapter's Welcome to the Judiciary Luncheon.

As a public interest nonprofit, FJI is diligent about educating the community by meeting them where they are. Access to justice requires it.

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 9d

🕐 Join us today at 1:00 p.m. ET for the Annual SCOTUS Preview moderated by @mjsdc.bsky.social and joined by panelists Carlos A. Ball, @ahoagfordjour.bsky.social, Pamela S. Karlan, and Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia.

ACS National Supreme Court Preview 2025-2026

Join ACS for our Annual National Supreme Court Preview, featuring a diverse group of constitutional and legal experts offering their insights into what we

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you to everyone who voted this month for ACS to receive grant money from ‪@credomobile.bsky.social‬! There are two days left in this campaign, so please vote and share the link to support a more just, inclusive, and democratic future!‬‬‬‬‬

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 11d

Beckwith said: "We have to stand up and insist the laws be followed.”

A career public servant being removed from her post is part of an extremely troubling pattern of this Administration going after US Attorneys courageously standing up for the rule of law and honoring the oath they took.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING NYT:

Trump just fired a U.S. attorney who insisted on following a court order.

Michele Beckwith, the top federal prosecutor in Sacramento, was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.

Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 12d

BREAKING: The Supreme Court greenlights Trump's "pocket rescission" of $4 billion in foreign aid appropriated by Congress.

Kagan, joined by Sotomayor and Jackson, has a sharp dissent. She says this "result conflicts with the separation of powers." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

deliberation. So the standard for granting emergency relief
is supposed to be stringent. The Executive has not come
close to meeting it here. And the consequence of today’s
grant is significant. I appreciate that the majority refrains
from offering a definitive view of this dispute and the questions raised in it. But the effect of its ruling is to allow the
Executive to cease obligating $4 billion in funds that Congress appropriated for foreign aid, and that will now never
reach its intended recipients. Because that result conflicts
with the separation of powers, I respectfully dissent

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 12d

Register here: www.acslaw.org/event/acs-na...

ACS Nashville: 2025 Annual U.S. Supreme Court Preview | ACS

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 12d

📣 Attention Nashville: Join us on October 8 to hear from one of the leading experts and profilic writers on the Supreme Court @stevevladeck.bsky.social! Registration link in reply.

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 13d

Today's bonus "One First" looks at how #SCOTUS's removal rulings have reconfigured the relationship b/w stare decisis and emergency relief.

"There may be persuasive justifications for such a bizarre reconfiguration of equitable relief. But, once again, the justices aren’t deigning to provide them."

Bonus 179: The Stare Decisis-Free Docket

The Court's recent treatment of Humphrey's Executor may only encourage lower-court judges to do exactly what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh purported to rail against in August: not follow precedents.

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 13d

This is a crucial point, which Congress ignores at democracy’s peril.

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 13d

in a sane world, this would be an impeachable offense & articles of impeachment would be drawn up tomorrow.

just as Jimmy Kimmel’s case wasn’t about Jimmy Kimmel - but about state sanctioned censorship - the Jim Comey case isn’t about Jim Comey. It’s about the rule of law versus authoritarianism.

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 13d

With new reporting that the DOJ is possibly targeting OSF for criminal prosecution, it bears repeating that any politically motivated investigation or prosecution risks the stability of our criminal legal system and ultimately our democracy.

Congress and courts must stop this lawlessness.

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 14d

If Congress continues to abdicate its constitutional duty to consider impeachment, it's even more important for courts and lawyers to serve as a bulwark against further lawlessness. (4/4)

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 14d

Trump's demand that DOJ seek reprisal through prosecution against political opponents, including for his prior impeachments, are themselves impeachable offenses for which legislators have a duty to hold him accountable. (3/4)

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 14d

For our system to survive the damage caused by these egregious departures from the rule of law, courts and individual lawyers will need to reject these politically motivated prosecutions and act according to the law and ethical obligations of the profession. (2/4)

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 14d

🧵 This is a death knell for DOJ prosecutorial independence central to a stable and nominally fair criminal legal system. Trump publicly calling on DOJ to pursue politically motivated prosecutions and firing prosecutors for a refusal to indict w/out evidence fatally delegitimizes that system. 1/4

Former FBI Director Comey expected to be indicted soon in Virginia federal court: MSNBC

James Comey reportedly is being investigated for possibly lying to Congress during testimony in 2020 about whether he authorized a leak of information.

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Alexis Hoag-Fordjour @ahoagfordjour.bsky.social · 15d

Join us virtually on Monday, Sept 29 @ 1pm ET for the @acslaw.bsky.social’s National Annual Supreme Court Preview. Register at the link: www.ali.org/news/article...

ALI Members to Speak at ACS National Supreme Court Preview

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 16d

ACS San Diego: 2025 Annual Dinner and Awards

Join the ACS San Diego Lawyer Chapter for its 2025 Annual Dinner featuring Ira Kurzban, Founding Partner at Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli & Pratt, renowned

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 16d

📣Attention San Diego: last chance to join ACS friends at the Annual Dinner on Friday to hear from Ira Kurzban and honor @usdlaw.bsky.social's Dean Robert Schapiro and Lorena Slomanson! Registration link follows.

Image of Ira Kurzban, Robert Schapiro, and Lorena Slomanson with San Diego in the backdrop.

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 19d

Over 600 organizations signed an open letter urging Trump to end his unjustified targeting of nonprofits.

Weaponizing the government doesn't prevent political division - it escalates it.

The President should be calling for unity, not deepening the country's divides.

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 17d

Law school chapters continue to inspire and show up.

Quotes this week:
"We had record attendance at both of our kickoff events."
"We ran out of food at our introductory event before the event even began."

Law students are ready to meet this moment. Join them & support ACS!

Image says: ACS has 250 chapters and we have clear momentum. Since January 2025, over 20 chapters launched or restarted.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 18d

Check out Justice Eddins’ complete repudiation of the Roberts Court here. It’s worth reading in full. It’s quite brave—and exceedingly rare—for a sitting judge to speak so candidly and scathingly about SCOTUS’ partisan contortions of law, history, and fact.
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The Supreme Court devalues democracy. Thirty-seven state
constitutions block public funds from supporting religious
entities. Richard Schragger, Micah Schwartzman & Nelson Tebbe,
Reestablishing Religion, 92 U. Chi. L. Rev. 199, 211 (2025) .
The Court aims to federally-repeal these state constitutional
provisions.
The Court's beliefs meddle with local and state
governments. Forcing states to send public funds to religious
entities federalizes public policy. By unprincipled fiat. See
also New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597
U.S. 1 (2022) (zero to superpower).
Taxpayer funds now flow to religious institutions. So, the
government collects money from nonbelievers (under the threat of
jail), and uses some of it to support religion. And since not
all religions will receive public funds, the government forces
minority faiths to support other faiths, or else.
The Court twists text, history, purpose, precedent, and
public meaning to offend the First Amendment's character-of-
government structure and the Constitution's separate sovereignty
structure.
As it steamrolls both, the Court says nothing about church-
state separation and federalism principles. The Court's
nevermind stance to the structural features of the Constitution
"has unfolded with little engagement with, and occasional

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American Constitution Society @acslaw.bsky.social · 19d

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Law Students Call on the Legal Profession to Defend the Rule of Law | ACS

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