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"It's not just that it's clearly intentional, it's that it's clearly intentional knowing that he's being recorded." 16 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday 18 hrs ago 53 2740
Alabama sheriff arrested for hiring uncertified officers, including one accused of violence 0 Eugene 20 hrs ago 20 hrs ago 4 248
One of the two FTC commissioners Trump purported to fire in March resigned today because he hasn't been paid since then 0 mahatmakanejeeves 20 hrs ago 20 hrs ago 4 196
BREAKING: Federal judge denies Corporation for Public Broadcasting's request for a preliminary injunction ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 8 467
'Remember the Ladies': Attacks on Gender Equity Remain a Core Feature of Surging Authoritarianism 3 niyad Saturday Saturday 3 283
Trump Can Restrict A.P. Journalists' Access, Appeals Court Rules 2 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 3 309
Immigration lawyer says return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was calculated 2 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 49 1494
"So the conservative justices who had a meltdown over their 'privacy' being violated by Dobbs protests in front of ..." 6 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Saturday 51 1712
An hour before being blocked, State told consulates to reject Harvard visas 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 4 342
Ken White: "Pam Bondi is thug scum." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 10 451
The Trump admin's quiet (but deadly) attack on repro rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 1 247
"Kafka name-checked three words in" feels like the lawyer equivalent of noticing a small red dot appearing between ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 7 401
Unsealed records in Abrego Garcia case offer few details that are new, unknown 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 345
Arlington man describes terrifying weeks in ICE custody 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 9 384
Trump seeks to reshape judiciary as first nominees face Senate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 289
FBI shows up at Charlottesville public defender's home unannounced after ICE raid 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 2 12 838
"Against all odds, Joni Ernst has made it worse." 10 mahatmakanejeeves May 31 Jun 1 8 733
US files motion to dismiss lawsuit over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 5 365
VOA plaintiffs, in the two cases against Kari Lake/USAGM, filed this morning a motion with the DC Circuit Ct. of Appeals 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 3 299
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as ..." 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 8 698
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals 9 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 24 1347
Bill Burr on ICE 4 Mosby May 23 May 23 13 685
Here is Harvard's new lawsuit, over the international student revocation ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 10 608
Republican Bill Would Limit Judges' Contempt Power 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 4 366
Georgetown scholar recalls terror and 'mockery of due process' in immigration jail 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 14 542
El Salvador arrests rights lawyer helping deported migrants 0 Eugene May 21 May 21 8 374
Trump's Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him 'remove people from this country' 2 Eugene May 20 May 20 4 407
Someone on X described Alina Habba as "the Jenna Ellis of Ed Martins." 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 20 May 20 4 372
Wait, the GOP put a culture warrior -- who literally wrote in his application to Trump that he would "Fight back ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 19 May 19 3 456
Matt Kacsmaryk shouldn't be a judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 19 May 19 11 491

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution--and Congress Says Fine 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 18 May 18 8 578
Jeff Bezos Abandons Khashoggi to Cut Deal With MBS 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 12 683
For "One First," I took a deeper dive into Friday afternoon's *very* significant #SCOTUS Alien Enemies Act ruling 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 4 401
Military ordered to identify troops with "symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria" to kick out 3 littlemissmartypants May 16 May 16 3 477
'Unconstitutional': Immigration experts knock Florida 'blueprint' for mass deportation 0 Eugene May 15 May 15 2 307
Autopsies misclassified deaths in police custody that were homicides, Maryland officials say 2 Eugene May 15 May 15 9 398
James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in Mass. history. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 5 430
Trump DOJ Defunds National Prison Rape Resource Center 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 4 387
DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says 8 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 13 814
NEWS: Paul Clement tells the court that two WilmerHale attorneys had their security clearances pulled under the Trump EO 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 May 14 1 353
Regent University School of Law FTW 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 7 620
Montana court strikes down ban on health care for trans youth, finds it unconstitutional 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 May 13 4 307
(Over 100) deported Venezuelans believed held at El Salvador mega-prison, UN says. (Fate of 275 deportees unclear) 0 Eugene May 13 May 13 4 291
BREAKING: Trump-appointee Fed judge in PA finds that Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation is properly invoked, but ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 May 13 2 722
Trump uses Supreme Court birthright citizenship case in bid to limit judges' power 0 Eugene May 11 May 11 5 3646
Judges have a warning about Trump's rapid deportations: Americans could be next 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 10 May 10 7 493
Why Trump's demand that protests at the World Cup are 'reasonable' is alarming 1 Eugene May 9 May 9 4 507
Lawfare: Our Reporters' Notes on the May 7 Hearing in the J.G.G. Case 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 8 May 8 2 320
In the Mahmoud Khalil case, Judge Farbiarz orders the government to give him a COMPLETE LIST of every time since 1975 ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 7 May 7 13 824
We should understand this for what it is: an effort to build public consent for Trump to ignore the Supreme Court 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 6 May 6 5 582
Big things are happening this week in Garcia v. Noem. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 7 608
NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 10 651
We Hold These Truths... 3 hermetic May 4 May 4 6 591
WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution? TRUMP: I don't know 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 4 6 685
How Trump's America Is Normalizing Violence Against Women (trigger warning) 4 niyad May 3 May 3 12 584
The Story of the 'Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man' 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 4 526
No such thing as low-key fascism. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 3 415
In Suits and Ties, Lawyers Protest Trump's Attacks on the Legal System 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 3 407
Orders to Investigate Columbia Protesters Raised Alarms in Justice Dept. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 2 412
Wheelchair-using UNC student activist doxxed, criminally charged; loses scholarship. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 10 772

Civil Liberties Continued...

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2006: Charlie Swift's War: Detainees' Military Lawyer Forced Out of Service 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 2 329
Federal judge says local police must follow order to halt enforcement of Florida immigration law 1 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 4 369
Iowa immigrant group is alarmed by a state lawmaker's demand for confidential information 0 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 3 369
Trump administration forced to reveal its ham-handed operation to terminate immigration records of thousands of students 0 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 4 342
Judge Xinis DENIES an additional request by the government to further stay discovery in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 10 494
Stephen Miller mentor David Horowitz dies of cancer, age 89 6 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 5 863
Supreme Court to consider bid for first religious charter school 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 3 468
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from cutting off funds for "direct legal representation services 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 29 Apr 29 4 484
Did the New England Patriots team plane just fly to Guantanamo? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 29 Apr 29 5 450
"This line is going to stick with me for a very long time." 20 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 27 Apr 28 188 6914
ACLU Asks Court To Make Trump Bring All Migrants Labeled 'Alien Enemies' From El Salvador Prison 0 Eugene Apr 26 Apr 26 2 429
Trump's deportations may face challenge as prison punishment without a trial 4 Eugene Apr 26 Apr 26 3 523
I was working from home at around 11:30 when I got a notice that my VPN had gone down 13 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 Apr 26 42 1829
If you're attending the White House Correspondents Association dinner tonight, be sure to come prepared with a joke ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 26 Apr 26 4 549
Trump administration appears to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 25 Apr 25 10 652
DHS expands on its defiant middle finger to the Supreme Court ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 4 481
Trump administration moved Venezuelan (A.S.R.) to Texas for possible deportation despite judge's order 3 Eugene Apr 24 Apr 24 9 499
Inside The Fight To Return The Other Men Trump Sent To CECOT 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 10 392
How Sam Alito Inadvertently Revealed His Own Homophobia From the Bench 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 5 753
Once again, Project 2025 gets it wrong, and its hood ornament, Donald Trump. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 Apr 23 5 517
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