Jo
@joricht.bsky.social
UC Berkeley Law. Broadly interested in how we can make society more equal and reduce poverty. Always on the hunt for a great book!
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I had no idea so many animals consider Christmas trees a tasty snack!
Where to recycle your Christmas tree: 'tigers love them'
Wildlife parks are appealing for Christmas trees so they can recycle them as animal toys and treats.
www.bbc.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I had no idea so many animals consider Christmas trees a tasty snack!
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Incredible. Federal prosecutors are seeing many cases of people accused of assaulting Border Patrol agents being turned down by grand juries!
Los Angeles federal prosecutors are privately saying it’s because CBP agents are just “arresting first and asking questions later.”
Los Angeles federal prosecutors are privately saying it’s because CBP agents are just “arresting first and asking questions later.”
![One of the three officials, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said concerns are growing among prosecutors about the accuracy of statements by federal immigration agents that serve as the basis for criminal charges.
"There are a lot of hotheaded [Customs and Border Protection] officers who are kind of arresting first and asking questions later.
We're finding there's not probable cause to support it," said the prosecutor, who requested anonymity over concerns of repercussions.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiahc7hwi2ptgxsauoiaw7l3w5unotqjrgaz3ym77qngvmlldq77na@jpeg)
July 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Incredible. Federal prosecutors are seeing many cases of people accused of assaulting Border Patrol agents being turned down by grand juries!
Los Angeles federal prosecutors are privately saying it’s because CBP agents are just “arresting first and asking questions later.”
Los Angeles federal prosecutors are privately saying it’s because CBP agents are just “arresting first and asking questions later.”
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Why bother even referring to immigration judges as "judges"?
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Trump OKs using National Guard as immigration judges at Florida detention center
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would approve Florida’s plan to expedite deportations by having qualified National Guard members work as immigration judges.
www.miamiherald.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Why bother even referring to immigration judges as "judges"?
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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“After months of negotiations, hearings, and community organizing, the most ambitious transit funding and reform bill Illinois has seen in decades was quietly killed. Not by voters, not by public outcry, but by notifications from Uber and Lyft.”
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chi.streetsblog.org/2025/06/13/u...
Uber and the road construction lobby just killed Illinois' transit funding bill, and your lawmakers let them - Streetsblog Chicago
By Ellen Steinke Ellen Steinke is a Chicago-based writer focused on transit, civic engagement, and systemic reform, with a background in science, comedy, and theology. After months of negotiations, he...
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June 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“After months of negotiations, hearings, and community organizing, the most ambitious transit funding and reform bill Illinois has seen in decades was quietly killed. Not by voters, not by public outcry, but by notifications from Uber and Lyft.”
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/06/13/u...
chi.streetsblog.org/2025/06/13/u...
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An ugly provision in Senate GOP version of the Big Beautiful Bill poses grave threat to fed courts' power to protect constitutional rights. My post highlights critique by Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick (previously a prominent public interest litigator):
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
GOP Senate Version of the Big Beautiful Bill Includes an Ugly Attack on Courts' Ability to Protect Constitutional Rights
A provision inserted into the Senate GOP version of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" would, if enacted, pose a serious threat to federal courts' ability to
reason.com
June 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
An ugly provision in Senate GOP version of the Big Beautiful Bill poses grave threat to fed courts' power to protect constitutional rights. My post highlights critique by Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick (previously a prominent public interest litigator):
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
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We could just house people instead.
"The drones won't just be eyes in the sky. They will be able to communicate with homeless people. The department said this will prevent officers from exposing themselves to potential risk, such as loose animals, terrain issues and other hazards until they are sure it is safe to move in."
Sacramento County to use drones to track homeless people on probation
The county's probation department said it needs the drones to contact homeless people who are on probation, specifically in hard-to-reach spots like along the American Parkway.
www.cbsnews.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We could just house people instead.
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We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so…
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June 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
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BREAKING: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds that those people sent to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15-16 had their due process rights violates and certifies them as a class. He orders that the government "facilitate" the ability for them to seek habeas relief.
![Plaintiffs' [103] Motion for Class Certification is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE
as to the Criminal Custody Class and GRANTED as to the CECOT Class with
modifications. The latter Class shall be defined as follows:
All noncitizens removed from U.S. custody and transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador on March 15 and 16, 2025, pursuant solely to the Presidential Proclamation entitled, "Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua"; and
3. By June 11, 2025, Defendants shall submit a Notice to the Court advising how they
intend to facilitate the ability of the CECOT Class to seek habeas relief.
Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 147 Filed 06/04/25
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Is/ James E. Boasberg
JAMES E. BOASBERG
Chief Judge](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiegro57s7lzrle7z3wkihicgxk235juacgst3gjze37jk2znmkbfe@jpeg)
June 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING: Chief Judge James Boasberg finds that those people sent to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15-16 had their due process rights violates and certifies them as a class. He orders that the government "facilitate" the ability for them to seek habeas relief.
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very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867
June 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867
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Trump Aide Hassett Reveals Coinbase Stake of at Least $1 Million www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Aide Hassett Reveals Coinbase Stake of at Least $1 Million
Kevin Hassett, one of President Donald Trump’s top economic officials, revealed holding a stake in Coinbase Global Inc. worth at least $1 million thanks to his work as an adviser for the US crypto exc...
www.bloomberg.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trump Aide Hassett Reveals Coinbase Stake of at Least $1 Million www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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🚨WOW. It turns out that a "Tren de Aragua gathering" the Trump admin said it broke up in March ... was just a BIRTHDAY PARTY.
None of the people arrested at the party seem to have any criminal record — and none have been charged criminally in the months since it happened.
Read the story below.
None of the people arrested at the party seem to have any criminal record — and none have been charged criminally in the months since it happened.
Read the story below.
June 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🚨WOW. It turns out that a "Tren de Aragua gathering" the Trump admin said it broke up in March ... was just a BIRTHDAY PARTY.
None of the people arrested at the party seem to have any criminal record — and none have been charged criminally in the months since it happened.
Read the story below.
None of the people arrested at the party seem to have any criminal record — and none have been charged criminally in the months since it happened.
Read the story below.
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A review by THE CITY of court documents involving the most sprawling harassment suit that emerged against former Governor Andrew Cuomo paints a striking picture of how intensely his legal team has come after any woman he sees as part of his downfall.
Inside Cuomo’s State-Funded Legal War Against the Women Who Accused Him of Sexual Harassment
A review by THE CITY of thousands of pages of court documents paints the most complete picture of how intensely he is battling the women who stepped forward.
buff.ly
June 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A review by THE CITY of court documents involving the most sprawling harassment suit that emerged against former Governor Andrew Cuomo paints a striking picture of how intensely his legal team has come after any woman he sees as part of his downfall.
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Good thread
The real problem with the Supreme Court’s expected Fed carve out is not that it lacks a principle but that the real principle isn’t articulated. The reason it will carve out the Fed is functional but it won’t say that. And its jurisprudence doesn’t leave room to ventilate the functional arg.(1/8)
May 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Good thread
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Would have been a good question for her confirmation hearing as well.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Would have been a good question for her confirmation hearing as well.
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My thoughts on @davidjbier.bsky.social's excellent @cato.org study showing that most Alien Enemies Act deportees had no criminal record and many (perhaps majority) entered US legally: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Most Migrants Deported to Imprisonment in El Salvador Under the Alien Enemies Act Had no Criminal Record and Many had Entered the US Legally
An important new study by my Cato Institute colleague David Bier shows that most of the Venezuelan migrants deported to imprisonment in El Salvador
reason.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
My thoughts on @davidjbier.bsky.social's excellent @cato.org study showing that most Alien Enemies Act deportees had no criminal record and many (perhaps majority) entered US legally: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
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yeah corruption is bad youtube.com/shorts/0kwml...
corruption
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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May 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
yeah corruption is bad youtube.com/shorts/0kwml...
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this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
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When my parents got married, their marriage was illegal in seven states. That’s how recent this shift is: my (still living) parents could not visit some states for the first four years of their marriage.
In the 1950s, polling on interracial marriage was at 4% approval in the United States. Loving v. Virginia is 1967. We hit an above 50% approval rating for the first time in the 1990s. In 2021, 94% of Americans approved of interracial marriage.
I say this for everyone who thinks that we just have to go along with what the public things: we don’t. The public can change their minds. They have in the past.
We can just do the right thing and then not end up looking like a horrific bigot in a handful of years.
We can just do the right thing and then not end up looking like a horrific bigot in a handful of years.
May 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
When my parents got married, their marriage was illegal in seven states. That’s how recent this shift is: my (still living) parents could not visit some states for the first four years of their marriage.
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Every parent knows that when your kids won't show you their homework, it's only because they've definitely done it, and they're protecting you from bursting with pride about their work.
And that's why I'm confident that the White House has definitely made a bunch of terrific trade deals.
And that's why I'm confident that the White House has definitely made a bunch of terrific trade deals.
May 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Every parent knows that when your kids won't show you their homework, it's only because they've definitely done it, and they're protecting you from bursting with pride about their work.
And that's why I'm confident that the White House has definitely made a bunch of terrific trade deals.
And that's why I'm confident that the White House has definitely made a bunch of terrific trade deals.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest member, denounced on Thursday what she described as "relentless attacks" on judges, and an environment of harassment that "ultimately risks undermining our Constitution and the rule of law."
Attacks on Judges Undermine Democracy, Warns Ketanji Brown Jackson
Speaking to a judicial conference, the Supreme Court justice said attacks were designed to intimidate and influence.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest member, denounced on Thursday what she described as "relentless attacks" on judges, and an environment of harassment that "ultimately risks undermining our Constitution and the rule of law."
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Every day a new monstrosity: This person who was in constant communication with family would certainly have called his family and is either incarcerated in a black site prison somewhere or dead. The govt is dumping people in random countries, and it is not revealing where.
April 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Every day a new monstrosity: This person who was in constant communication with family would certainly have called his family and is either incarcerated in a black site prison somewhere or dead. The govt is dumping people in random countries, and it is not revealing where.
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lol people hung up on birth rates forget that women, across the board, are punished for choosing motherhood. And this gets worse across racial lines. This is #TheDoubleTax.
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April 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
lol people hung up on birth rates forget that women, across the board, are punished for choosing motherhood. And this gets worse across racial lines. This is #TheDoubleTax.
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ICE agents stopped a car as they searched for a fugitive. The fugitive wasn't in the car, but agents decided to smash the car window to grab the family's father solely because his wife said he had applied for asylum. They're now detaining him instead of the fugitive!
April 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
ICE agents stopped a car as they searched for a fugitive. The fugitive wasn't in the car, but agents decided to smash the car window to grab the family's father solely because his wife said he had applied for asylum. They're now detaining him instead of the fugitive!
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The answer to the question in this headline is nothing, because arresting homeless people doesn't make them any less homeless www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/i...
Illegal camping arrests are soaring in S.F. What does it mean for the homeless crisis?
Illegal camping arrests are soaring in S.F. What does it mean for the homeless crisis?
www.sfchronicle.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The answer to the question in this headline is nothing, because arresting homeless people doesn't make them any less homeless www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/i...
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What an absolute joke. Everyone here is pretending. Bukele is pretending that he's incapable of releasing someone his own jail is holding at US expense, and Trump is pretending he can't just ask Bukele to release the guy. And meanwhile, Mr. Abrego rots in prison.
COLLINS: Can President Bukele weigh in on this? Do you plan to return Garcia?
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
BUKELE: How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous
TRUMP: These are sick people
April 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What an absolute joke. Everyone here is pretending. Bukele is pretending that he's incapable of releasing someone his own jail is holding at US expense, and Trump is pretending he can't just ask Bukele to release the guy. And meanwhile, Mr. Abrego rots in prison.