Elizabeth Franklin-Best
@efranklinbest.bsky.social
Criminal defense lawyer. ⚖️ Mom. ❤️Seeker of justice. 👊
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear robes. . . In the middle of the night. ❤️
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Sparkle Sooknanan holds an emergency hearing as the Trump admin is reportedly trying—imminently—to deport hundreds of Guatemalan children without required process or access to representation. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71240...
August 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear robes. . . In the middle of the night. ❤️
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A note of hope: after the McCarthy scare era, with the Blacklist, and some of the same tactics we are living through today, came 40 years of incredible progress.
It is always darkest before the dawn. Keep hope.
It is always darkest before the dawn. Keep hope.
July 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A note of hope: after the McCarthy scare era, with the Blacklist, and some of the same tactics we are living through today, came 40 years of incredible progress.
It is always darkest before the dawn. Keep hope.
It is always darkest before the dawn. Keep hope.
Okay, seriously, someone please explain Kagan to me.
July 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Okay, seriously, someone please explain Kagan to me.
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There really is something special about what Zohran and Brad are showing the rest of the world what it still means to be a New Yorker and an American.
A Jew and a Muslim modeling a politics of mutual respect, rejecting cynicism. Human decency has been taking a beating but she's not out just yet!
A Jew and a Muslim modeling a politics of mutual respect, rejecting cynicism. Human decency has been taking a beating but she's not out just yet!
June 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
There really is something special about what Zohran and Brad are showing the rest of the world what it still means to be a New Yorker and an American.
A Jew and a Muslim modeling a politics of mutual respect, rejecting cynicism. Human decency has been taking a beating but she's not out just yet!
A Jew and a Muslim modeling a politics of mutual respect, rejecting cynicism. Human decency has been taking a beating but she's not out just yet!
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We don't talk enough about the total financial ruin defendants face when the state brings an absurd case like this. They prosecuted Karen Read for years while law enforcement engaged in blatant misconduct—and she lost both her jobs, her home, and her life savings. It's bullshit.
June 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We don't talk enough about the total financial ruin defendants face when the state brings an absurd case like this. They prosecuted Karen Read for years while law enforcement engaged in blatant misconduct—and she lost both her jobs, her home, and her life savings. It's bullshit.
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Kicking 10.9 million people off their healthcare is not going to cut it. If I were in the Senate instead of Lindsey Graham, I would make sure this “Big Beautiful Bill” never passed.
June 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Kicking 10.9 million people off their healthcare is not going to cut it. If I were in the Senate instead of Lindsey Graham, I would make sure this “Big Beautiful Bill” never passed.
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Finally, some good news.
May 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Finally, some good news.
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A rare photo of Stephen Miller shortly after he hatched.
April 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A rare photo of Stephen Miller shortly after he hatched.
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Gun registry? No. Autism registry? Yes?
Fuck ALL the way off.
Fuck ALL the way off.
April 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Gun registry? No. Autism registry? Yes?
Fuck ALL the way off.
Fuck ALL the way off.
Wow! This is Columbia, SC, people!
April 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Wow! This is Columbia, SC, people!
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🚨 🚨 🚨 the North Carolina state court is going along with Jefferson Griffins request to disenfranchise tens of thousands of NC voters by throwing out their votes. And thereby hand the seat on the NC SCT to Griffin when Justice Allison Riggs won the election. This is a HUGE deal.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: the Republican-majority on the N.C. Court of Appeals rules to overturn the decision of the Wake County Superior Court (and the voters in the state) in a 2-1 decision to disenfranchise more than 65,000 voters from LAST year’s election. ⬇️
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
N.C. Appellate Courts
https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?c=2&…
April 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨 🚨 🚨 the North Carolina state court is going along with Jefferson Griffins request to disenfranchise tens of thousands of NC voters by throwing out their votes. And thereby hand the seat on the NC SCT to Griffin when Justice Allison Riggs won the election. This is a HUGE deal.
DeepL, cleaning up my language. Nice try, but I know that’s not accurate!
April 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
DeepL, cleaning up my language. Nice try, but I know that’s not accurate!
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I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy.
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT: Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court Lawyers
www.whitehouse.gov
March 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy.
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Don’t try this one at home, people.
!!! NEW: DOJ tells Judge Boasberg that he should CANCEL the 5 p.m. hearing "because there has been no violation of the Court's orders, and because the government is not prepared to disclose any further national security or operational security details." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Don’t try this one at home, people.
This should be an interesting argument to make in a court of law. Would love to be a 🪰 on the wall!
Karoline Leavitt claims that a judge's verbal order doesn't matter as much as a written order.
"Well, there's actually questions about whether a verbal order carries the same weight as a legal order -- as a written order. Our lawyers are determined to ask and answer those questions in court."
"Well, there's actually questions about whether a verbal order carries the same weight as a legal order -- as a written order. Our lawyers are determined to ask and answer those questions in court."
March 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This should be an interesting argument to make in a court of law. Would love to be a 🪰 on the wall!
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Ignoring a court order on the grounds that “ah-ah-ah, the law doesn’t apply once you get to international waters!!” is absolutely sanctionable. 8th grade-ass lawyering. Completely unserious.
March 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Ignoring a court order on the grounds that “ah-ah-ah, the law doesn’t apply once you get to international waters!!” is absolutely sanctionable. 8th grade-ass lawyering. Completely unserious.
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bsky: flyingdutchfella.bsky.social all credits to Dutch for making this kick ass video
March 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
bsky: flyingdutchfella.bsky.social all credits to Dutch for making this kick ass video
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Ides of March, I'm so disappointed in you.
March 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Ides of March, I'm so disappointed in you.
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YESTERDAY:
"There is no substitute for Starlink."
--Elon Musk, bragging about how dependent Ukraine is on his product.
TODAY:
"We are shipping 40,000 units to Ukraine to replace Starlink."
--Eutelsat, a French satellite company.
"There is no substitute for Starlink."
--Elon Musk, bragging about how dependent Ukraine is on his product.
TODAY:
"We are shipping 40,000 units to Ukraine to replace Starlink."
--Eutelsat, a French satellite company.
March 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
YESTERDAY:
"There is no substitute for Starlink."
--Elon Musk, bragging about how dependent Ukraine is on his product.
TODAY:
"We are shipping 40,000 units to Ukraine to replace Starlink."
--Eutelsat, a French satellite company.
"There is no substitute for Starlink."
--Elon Musk, bragging about how dependent Ukraine is on his product.
TODAY:
"We are shipping 40,000 units to Ukraine to replace Starlink."
--Eutelsat, a French satellite company.
Vrai.
French President Macron says in a primetime address to his nation that Europe must be prepared to go it alone in defending Ukraine, without further assistance from the U.S. under the Trump administration.
Emmanuel Macron says Europe must be ready to defend Ukraine without U.S. assistance
Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have teamed up after Friday’s extraordinary shouting match between President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vice President JD ...
nbcnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Vrai.
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An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
March 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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A brilliant Banksy.
March 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A brilliant Banksy.