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US judge rules Abrego's challenge to wrongful deportation can proceed 1 Eugene Jul 8 Jul 8 4 552
Trump admin now again calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation "a one off mistake...an administrative error." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 7 Jul 7 13 826
Breaking: Judge issues administrative stay stopping South Sudan deportations 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 3 660
'Fidelity' to Trump policies now part of criteria for Foreign Service promotions 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 3 632
"The '60 Minutes' team is aghast after Shari Redstone's payout to Donald Trump ..." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 3 Jul 3 8 900
"Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks the Tennessee criminal court to order the govt to stop making extrajudicial statements ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 3 Jul 3 15 720
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 6 663
7th CIr.: no 1A violation for school district to fire counselor who gave a profanity-laden speech at an anti-trans rally 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 1 634
DOJ memo pushes for broader effort to revoke naturalized US citizenship 3 Eugene Jul 2 Jul 2 5 595
"When future historians grapple with how Trump managed to so quickly and so thoroughly dismantle American democracy, ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 1 Jul 1 11 900
DOJ files court-required notice ... re: Executive Order 14160 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 1 Jul 1 1 784
"... 4th Circuit rejects the Trump administration to put Badar Khan Suri back in detention ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 1 Jul 1 4 594
NOW: Emergency conference before Judge Paula Xinis on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's motion to be returned to MD from TN 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 26 Jun 29 6 780
"DOJ asks appeals panel that stayed Judge Boasberg's criminal contempt proceedings against DOJ to disregard ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 29 Jun 29 3 719
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego Garcia was due to be deported. Now he's being freed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 29 Jun 29 15 824
The ICE List: Tracking Deportation Agents Across America 1 cbabe Jun 26 Jun 26 5 1840
Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump's Judicial Nominees Off the Hook 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 4 567
The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: 'A police state' 2 Eugene Jun 25 Jun 25 13 1117
" Never seen this before -- the Justice Department is suing ... the entire federal district court bench in Maryland ..." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 27 1701
National Archives College Park MD facility to remain open to general public 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 25 9 1134
"Congratulations to John Roberts, who will now surely displace Taney as the most ... hated Chief Justice in history" 14 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 23 Jun 24 78 3023
California National Guard troops under federal control sent to LA are 130 miles east of the city doing drug busts 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 5 1047
"Judge William Young ... [denies] DOJ's request for a stay pending appeal in the NIH grants case." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 3 609
"A federal appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return a Salvadoran man ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 2 605
Judge chastises Trump administration in Voice of America hearing 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 23 Jun 23 4 970
The Big Billionaire Benefit Bill could slam the door on Justice!! 0 Ranting Randy Jun 19 Jun 19 2 593
Appeals Court to Consider on Tuesday if Trump Can Control National Guard in L.A. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 18 0 607
"It looks like Palantir is helping Trump build a mega-database of Americans' private information" 14 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 39 2116
Officers who cover their faces could be charged with a misdemeanor under California proposal 0 Eugene Jun 16 Jun 16 0 501
US seeks more time to show it complied with judge's orders in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Maryland lawsuit 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 16 Jun 16 5 777

Civil Liberties Continued...

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6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration's Attacks on Civil Liberties 1 usonian Jun 16 Jun 16 7 693
"... KOSA supporters say it out loud: ... they are really ... going after content." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 16 Jun 16 5 943
Pregnant in Power: U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen Confronts a System Built for Men 0 niyad Jun 14 Jun 14 3 664
Trump's Cartoonish Performance of Masculine Strength, from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. 0 niyad Jun 14 Jun 14 3 606
Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 3 690
The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 15 695
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to sanction Trump administration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 484
Jury Nullification Gut Check 2 ck4829 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 754
Hearing before Judge Breyer on Governor Gavin Newsom's request for a temporary restraining order 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 9 711
Thou shalt not ignore the law: Illinois county sued over Ten Commandments monument 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 8 635
About 500 National Guard troops in LA are trained to accompany agents on immigration raids 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 851
"It's not just that it's clearly intentional, it's that it's clearly intentional knowing that he's being recorded." 16 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 53 3649
Alabama sheriff arrested for hiring uncertified officers, including one accused of violence 0 Eugene Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 599
One of the two FTC commissioners Trump purported to fire in March resigned today because he hasn't been paid since then 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 522
BREAKING: Federal judge denies Corporation for Public Broadcasting's request for a preliminary injunction ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 8 821
'Remember the Ladies': Attacks on Gender Equity Remain a Core Feature of Surging Authoritarianism 3 niyad Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 745
Trump Can Restrict A.P. Journalists' Access, Appeals Court Rules 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 735
Immigration lawyer says return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was calculated 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 49 1899
"So the conservative justices who had a meltdown over their 'privacy' being violated by Dobbs protests in front of ..." 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 51 2334
An hour before being blocked, State told consulates to reject Harvard visas 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 674
Ken White: "Pam Bondi is thug scum." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 10 843
The Trump admin's quiet (but deadly) attack on repro rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 569
"Kafka name-checked three words in" feels like the lawyer equivalent of noticing a small red dot appearing between ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 7 740
Unsealed records in Abrego Garcia case offer few details that are new, unknown 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 641
Arlington man describes terrifying weeks in ICE custody 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 9 662
Trump seeks to reshape judiciary as first nominees face Senate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 553
FBI shows up at Charlottesville public defender's home unannounced after ICE raid 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 12 1346
"Against all odds, Joni Ernst has made it worse." 10 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 Jun 2025 8 1385
US files motion to dismiss lawsuit over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 5 666
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 2025 May 2025 3 556

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as ..." 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 8 1141
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals 9 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 24 1926
Bill Burr on ICE 4 Mosby May 2025 May 2025 13 1096
Here is Harvard's new lawsuit, over the international student revocation ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 10 1010
Republican Bill Would Limit Judges' Contempt Power 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 704
Georgetown scholar recalls terror and 'mockery of due process' in immigration jail 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 14 819
El Salvador arrests rights lawyer helping deported migrants 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 8 656
Trump's Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him 'remove people from this country' 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 4 727
Someone on X described Alina Habba as "the Jenna Ellis of Ed Martins." 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 646
Wait, the GOP put a culture warrior -- who literally wrote in his application to Trump that he would "Fight back ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 3 708
Matt Kacsmaryk shouldn't be a judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 11 723
Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution--and Congress Says Fine 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 8 812
Jeff Bezos Abandons Khashoggi to Cut Deal With MBS 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 12 987
For "One First," I took a deeper dive into Friday afternoon's *very* significant #SCOTUS Alien Enemies Act ruling 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 655
Military ordered to identify troops with "symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria" to kick out 3 littlemissmartypants May 2025 May 2025 3 824
'Unconstitutional': Immigration experts knock Florida 'blueprint' for mass deportation 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 2 528
Autopsies misclassified deaths in police custody that were homicides, Maryland officials say 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 9 668
James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in Mass. history. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 5 739
Trump DOJ Defunds National Prison Rape Resource Center 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 632
DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says 8 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 13 1365
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