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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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Moving detainees around to stymie habeus petitions is a result of the SC’s ruling in Trump v J.G.G. barring nationwide injunctions under the Alien Enemies Act, I think.
February 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Moving detainees around to stymie habeus petitions is a result of the SC’s ruling in Trump v J.G.G. barring nationwide injunctions under the Alien Enemies Act, I think.
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"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa
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Fantastic piece from @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @barryfriedman1.bsky.social on how to hold federal law enforcement accountable. As they note, an even better solution would be for Congress to codify Bivens.
In today's @nytimes.com, @barryfriedman1.bsky.social and I argue that, with no *other* means of pursuing accountability for lawlessness by ICE, local/state prosecutions become not just legally viable, but necessary—both to punish past abuses and to deter future ones:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Opinion | Local Prosecution Is the Answer to Federal Lawlessness
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Fantastic piece from @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @barryfriedman1.bsky.social on how to hold federal law enforcement accountable. As they note, an even better solution would be for Congress to codify Bivens.
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Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
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On Jan. 7, an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. @cshaplaw.bsky.social explores under what circumstances state and local officials could prosecute the agent for violating state law and identifies some obstacles Minnesota prosecutors will have to contend with.
Minnesota Can Prosecute Jonathan Ross—But It May Not Be Easy
States can prosecute federal officials for violating state law, depending on the specific facts and laws.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
On Jan. 7, an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. @cshaplaw.bsky.social explores under what circumstances state and local officials could prosecute the agent for violating state law and identifies some obstacles Minnesota prosecutors will have to contend with.
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i think powell's response here is a demonstration of the folly of the idea that democratic accountability requires presidential control. what if the president is not acting in the public interest? you want independent agencies to be able to push back and pursue their *congressional mandate*
Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM
i think powell's response here is a demonstration of the folly of the idea that democratic accountability requires presidential control. what if the president is not acting in the public interest? you want independent agencies to be able to push back and pursue their *congressional mandate*
It seems that a lot of pro-ICE commenters about the Twin Cities are the same folks that thought having to choose between health insurance or a penalty was tyranny.
January 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
It seems that a lot of pro-ICE commenters about the Twin Cities are the same folks that thought having to choose between health insurance or a penalty was tyranny.
It would be difficult to overstate the amount of anxiety in the Twin Cities now. The invasion of ICE is not limited to ethnic enclaves in the inner cities; suburban Targets and church parking lots are staging areas. The hatred and fear are palpable, but also the administration’s goal.
January 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
It would be difficult to overstate the amount of anxiety in the Twin Cities now. The invasion of ICE is not limited to ethnic enclaves in the inner cities; suburban Targets and church parking lots are staging areas. The hatred and fear are palpable, but also the administration’s goal.
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MAGA is treating the Minnesota fraud story with all of the dishonesty, hypocrisy and immigrant-bashing you've come to expect
Also... a lot of money was stolen, and anybody who cares about good government should be determined to find out why
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...
Also... a lot of money was stolen, and anybody who cares about good government should be determined to find out why
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...
The Real Story Behind the Minnesota Welfare Fraud Scandal
You don’t have to buy the MAGA narrative to worry about how government failed here.
www.thebulwark.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:29 AM
MAGA is treating the Minnesota fraud story with all of the dishonesty, hypocrisy and immigrant-bashing you've come to expect
Also... a lot of money was stolen, and anybody who cares about good government should be determined to find out why
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...
Also... a lot of money was stolen, and anybody who cares about good government should be determined to find out why
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...
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Sober, precise read of relevant law from Seth Stoughton (who I don't think is on here), a former colleague and the best police lawyer I know:
verdict.justia.com/2026/01/09/t...
verdict.justia.com/2026/01/09/t...
The Legality of Deadly Force: Three Critical Questions about the ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
University of South Carolina, Joseph F. Rice School of Law professor Seth W. Stoughton discusses the legal standards and critical factual questions surrounding the use of deadly force by a federal ICE...
verdict.justia.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Sober, precise read of relevant law from Seth Stoughton (who I don't think is on here), a former colleague and the best police lawyer I know:
verdict.justia.com/2026/01/09/t...
verdict.justia.com/2026/01/09/t...
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So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 AM
So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
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I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.
Read this morning about the USPS not postmarking on the day a letter is mailed unless you request it at the post office. I’d like to see serious analysis of how this will affect absentee voting. My guess is that it will disenfranchise many.
December 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Read this morning about the USPS not postmarking on the day a letter is mailed unless you request it at the post office. I’d like to see serious analysis of how this will affect absentee voting. My guess is that it will disenfranchise many.
A post script to all the posts about great Christmas movies: this gem from 1951, the original NBC broadcast of Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” with an introduction by the composer.
archive.org/details/Amah...
archive.org/details/Amah...
Amahl and the Night Visitors (Dec. 24, 1951) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Christmas Eve will be marked appropriately on television with all regular programs making some provision, and a number of special programs also planned. Among...
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December 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A post script to all the posts about great Christmas movies: this gem from 1951, the original NBC broadcast of Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” with an introduction by the composer.
archive.org/details/Amah...
archive.org/details/Amah...
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The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
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Article I is inoperative, haven’t you heard? The Supreme Court has replaced it with some Hamilton quotes about an energetic executive, and Congressional Republicans are afraid of primaries.
December 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Article I is inoperative, haven’t you heard? The Supreme Court has replaced it with some Hamilton quotes about an energetic executive, and Congressional Republicans are afraid of primaries.
Correction, David Axelrod - Janet Mills would not be the oldest person sworn in as a freshman to the US Senate. That distinction goes to Rebecca Felton, sworn in at age 87 in 1922. She served one day.
December 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Correction, David Axelrod - Janet Mills would not be the oldest person sworn in as a freshman to the US Senate. That distinction goes to Rebecca Felton, sworn in at age 87 in 1922. She served one day.
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1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | At the Supreme Court, Scenes From a Judicial Backlash
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Granted I’m a neophyte at this con law stuff, but why do the more conservative justices worry so much about presidential power while they seemingly care so little about Congressional power exercised with presidential blessing? And why is separation of powers formalism valued above flexibility?
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Granted I’m a neophyte at this con law stuff, but why do the more conservative justices worry so much about presidential power while they seemingly care so little about Congressional power exercised with presidential blessing? And why is separation of powers formalism valued above flexibility?
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remember, please.
the noise of evil in the world is always there.
it is noise. sometimes it is louder. sometimes less so.
but your job is to do good. be aware of the bad. but your job never, ever, changes.
do good.
the noise of evil in the world is always there.
it is noise. sometimes it is louder. sometimes less so.
but your job is to do good. be aware of the bad. but your job never, ever, changes.
do good.
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
remember, please.
the noise of evil in the world is always there.
it is noise. sometimes it is louder. sometimes less so.
but your job is to do good. be aware of the bad. but your job never, ever, changes.
do good.
the noise of evil in the world is always there.
it is noise. sometimes it is louder. sometimes less so.
but your job is to do good. be aware of the bad. but your job never, ever, changes.
do good.
The idea that the two shipwrecked Venezuelans were capable of “returning to the fight” would be an exception that swallows the rule, since all people in like circumstances could conceivably be rescued, recover from their injuries, and rejoin the “war.”
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The idea that the two shipwrecked Venezuelans were capable of “returning to the fight” would be an exception that swallows the rule, since all people in like circumstances could conceivably be rescued, recover from their injuries, and rejoin the “war.”
Graham: “and tell that guy you follow he’d better get on the right side of history, too.”
Lindsey Graham says the Pope better get on the “right side of history” and support Trump’s push to use military force to overthrow the government of Venezuela
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Graham: “and tell that guy you follow he’d better get on the right side of history, too.”
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$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
7: Years of his sentence
10,000: Victims of his fraud
1,000: Letters from victims to the court
13: Days he served
1: Pardon from Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Megan Kelly said Epstein was interested in the “barely legal” 15-year old girls. Wouldn’t it be closer to the truth to say he was interested in the barely illegal ones?
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Megan Kelly said Epstein was interested in the “barely legal” 15-year old girls. Wouldn’t it be closer to the truth to say he was interested in the barely illegal ones?