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Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social · 18h

New: As Trump pursues Gaza peace, he incites civil strife at home

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War and peace: As Trump pursues Gaza peace, he incites civil strife at home

‘A Trump-led deployment of federalized Guard & active-duty troops to quell a fabricated insurrection inside American cities should only be understood as a war on the American people,’ ex Navy Undersec

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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 5d

On why Trump's determination that the U.S. is engaged in an armed conflict with drug cartels is (i) wrong; and (ii) insufficient, in any event, to make legal the strikes against vessels in the Caribbean.

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Legal Flaws in the Trump Administration’s Notice to Congress on “Armed Conflict” with Drug Cartels

Top legal expert analyzes the Trump administration's notice to Congress of an "armed conflict" with drug cartels.

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Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social · 5d

Overheard. Elegantly dressed woman standing on the side walk as the man finishes parking the car and gets out. “There may be some hors d’oeyvres” he tells her. She gives him a look of incredulity. “At the temple?”

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Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social · 7d

New: Trump’s horrifying speech to U.S. generals envisions war at home

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Trump’s horrifying speech to U.S. generals: ‘It’s a war from within’

Trump tells U.S. generals that he plans to primarily use the U.S. military to fight “the enemy within,” in American cities.

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Andy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social · 8d

Also he bookends the opening:

I hope you found this
helpful. Thanks for writing.
It shows you care. You
should.
Sincerely & respectfully,
Bill Young
P.S. The next time you’re in
Boston [the postmark on the card
is from the Philadelphia area]
stop in at the Courthouse and
watch your fellow citizens, sitting
as jurors, reach out for justice.
It is here, and in courthouses
just like this one, both state and
federal, spread throughout our land
that our Constitution is most vibrantly
alive, for it is well said that “Where a
jury sits, there burns the lamp of
liberty.”

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Andy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social · 8d

Judge Young—who has been on the bench for as long as I have been alive—calls it the most important case he has ever considered.

This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall within
the jurisdiction of this district court –- squarely presents the
issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in United
States actually have the same free speech rights as the rest of
us. The Court answers this Constitutional question
unequivocally “yes, they do.” “No law” means “no law.”

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Andy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social · 8d

AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ahead of the case caption, a handwritten note: "Trump has pardons and tanks . . . . what do you have?" Judge Young's reply: "Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous,
Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States –- you and me --
have our magnificent Constitution.
Here’s how that works out in a
specific case –- "

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8d

To explain:

At the start of his opinion, Judge Young includes an anonymous note received by his chambers, which reads “Trump has pardons and tanks..what do you have?”

Responding to the note, Young says we have our “magnificent Constitution” and “here’s how that works out in a specific case —“

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8d

Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:

Case 1:25-cv-10685-WGY Document 261
Filed 09/30/25
Page 1 of 161
Post card dated June 19, 2025
(On file in Chambers)
1 9/S UNE 2025
TRUMP HAS PARDONS
AND TANKS..
WHAT DO
You
HAVE?
Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States -- you and me --have our magnificent Constitution.
Here's how that works out in a
specific case --
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS -- HARVARD FACULTY CHAPTER, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AT NEW
YORK UNIVERSITY, RUTGERS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS-AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, and
MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION,
Plaintiffs,
)
CIVIL ACTION NO.
25-10685-WGY
v.
MARCO RUBIO, in his official capacity as Secretary of State, and the DEPARTMENT OF STATE, KRISTI NOEM, in her official
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 8d

The military oath is to the Constitution. Not to the President or the buffoon he has as temporary Secretary of Defense. I know these flag officers will remember that. They've served from 30 to 40 years to attain their rank. They know they'll be held accountable for failing to hold the line.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 8d

NEW: "The generals understand that Trump sees their fellow Americans as his enemies. And they must now realize that at some point, they are likely to be forced to choose between Trump and their oaths to defend the Constitution."

www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...

“It’s a war from within.”

Trump prepares the generals for what comes next.

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Hupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 8d

"Training ground" for what?

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Hupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 8d

I suggest we figure out how to put the toothpaste back in the tube.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 8d

President Trump hailed the use of military force to police American cities, telling generals and admirals in an address that it was important to quell “the enemy within.”

Trump Tells Generals the Military Will Be Used to Fight ‘Enemy Within’

Cuts to military leaders and a shift in strategy to the Western Hemisphere form the backdrop of the short-notice meeting.

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brooklyntrolleydodger @bklyntrolleydodger.bsky.social · 8d

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 8d

Drop whatever you’re doing and read the last 15 pages of this 161-page opinion. I’m serious.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8d

Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 8d

"I fear President Trump believes the American people are so divided that today they will not stand up, fight for, and defend our most precious constitutional values so long as they are lulled into thinking their own personal interests are not affected.
Is he correct?"

Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 8d

Drop whatever you’re doing and read the last 15 pages of this 161-page opinion. I’m serious.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 8d

Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 8d

Right now I'm very much "Fuck you, I'm gonna write some really cool shit just to spite you fascist motherfuckers" mode

Gennifer Hutchison @gennhutchison.bsky.social · 8d

:checks increasingly terrifying news:

uhhh... guess i'm gonna, um, get to work on this rewrite...

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 8d

quite something that almost every court in the land except like one in Amarillo and the highest in the land routinely tell Trump to go pound sand

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 8d

Thinking of moving somewhere colder just to be able to wear all my fall and winter jackets....

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Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social · 8d

You were right. It was worse

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 8d

Working on a new book, “The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government.” Drawing from my experience as a prosecutor, the book offers ideas to take back our democracy and a vision for the future. Available June 9, 2026. Here’s the cover. What do you think?

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Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social · 10d

“In a backsliding democracy,…it is really public mobilization that is the guardrail.” It also has the capacity to impose costs, not just on the administration, but on the enablers

Hardy Merriman @hardymerriman.bsky.social · 11d

I interviewed with the New Yorker on the power of civil resistance to counter authoritarianism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure

Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 09/27/2025 · 44m

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Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social · 10d

“Start thinking like a team”

Evan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 10d

The successful public backlash against silencing Jimmy Kimmel contains some big lessons on what works in the face of autocracy, as expert Hardy Merriman explains in this fascinating episode with my co-hosts @janemayer.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...