"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

"Tonight was not our night. Tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani's night. I called him. I congratulated him." —Cuomo

NEW: The New York State Legislature passed a bill banning anonymous complaints to the state child abuse hotline. The change comes in the wake of a 2023 ProPublica investigation that showed how the hotline had been weaponized by people endlessly calling in baseless allegations against exes or rivals.

Out now, Family Regulation’s Consent Problem! In which I describe (some of!) the incredibly coercive & unconstitutional methods the state uses to extract families’ consent to home searches… columbialawreview.org/content/fami... (1/3)

"A reporter from @thecity.nyc had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, 'Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?'"

It’s not just that they normalize political violence. They also accuse the left of engaging in mostly imaginary violence, which gives unhinged right-wingers justification to “retaliate.”

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

As NYWFP works to consolidate support around its slate of candidates, we're proud to rank @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #1 🥳 To give voters clear guidance, we're ranking a full slate of 5 candidates. When we unite, we can defeat Cuomo & elect a mayor who fights for us. Let's get this done!

SCOTUS rules, 7-2, that detainees the Administration suspects of being TdA members, and wants to deport under the Alien Enemies Act, need more notice that was given and cannot at present be deported. Kavanaugh concurs. Alito & Thomas dissent. supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

bill de blasio in park slope, ordering his breakfast sandwich as “mi sandwich especial” and quoting the onion headline omg www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

My paper, Prosecuting Families, is out! As with so many good ideas, it began when a prosecutor said something to me in court that enraged me--this time, "Don't blame me, Ms. Arons, I'm just doing my job!" as she sought to separate 2 tiny kids from their mom. scholarship.law.upenn.edu/penn_law_rev...

ACLU filed a class habeas petition in the Southern District of New York following Monday's SCOTUS order that challenges to Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation must be brought in habeas. SDNY is where the two individual plaintiffs, at least when filed, were located. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...

My friend and former @nyulaw.bsky.social colleague @hdamonfeng.bsky.social has written an excellent and important piece in @slate.com highlighting more of the Trump administration’s cruelty. slate.com/news-and-pol...

@madeleinegyory.bsky.social highlights some regulatory changes reducing reproductive rights in the workplace that undermine recent legislation aimed at supporting pregnant workers, caregivers, and families.

Among the Trump administration’s ongoing assaults on lawyers is its very real threat to take away critical legal services from vulnerable kids. My write-up for @slate.bsky.social is below.

A small horror, among many - the federal Child Welfare Information Gateway has taken down its pages on racial disproportionality in the family regulation system. (& a moment to be grateful for @waybackmachine.bsky.social!)

Important people understand a part of the development of these projects is making sure the use case for the police is built in. We’re not getting ever more intrusive surveillance as a side effect of convenience but with the idea police departments etc will buy them for the purpose of surveillance.

Just another very normal day for New York's very normal mayor!

Ah, yes, the intersection of my interests: overcriminalization (of young Black men, no less!) and college sports.

Very happy to share that my article, Family Regulation's Consent Problem, will run in @ColumLRev! I argue that fam reg "consent" searches regularly violate the Constituion. . . & that the Constitution is a woefully incomplete solution to surveillance of marginalized communities.

NY DOC is putting everyone on lockdown and cancelling all visits during the eclipse. Dehumanization for dehumanization's sake. (And as just a little extra spice, also ordering eclipse glasses for everyone?)...

Delighted to share that Family Regulation Prosecutors will be published in @PennLRev. Thanks to all (including the prosecutors who inspired this when I was in practice. . .) who helped make this stronger! Draft is available here & comments are welcome!...

Every year, NYC’s family regulation agency searches the homes of tens of thousands of New Yorkers, almost all of them poor and Black or Latinx. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/nyregion/acs-nyc-family-trauma-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W00.TxLm.VSVJq3fFu5Qf&smid=tw-share...

Excited to share that my piece, "Thompson v. Clark & the 'Reasonable' Policing of Marginalized Families," is now out in @SocialChangeNYU. Many thanks to the editors, (particularly for letting me use scare quotes in my...

A beautiful and thorough piece by @strawburriez , laying out why a carceral approach to “child welfare” — punishing individual families for societal problems — has got to go. Very exciting to see abolition move in from the fringes!

TX (?!) passed a law requiring CPS to inform parents of their rights. Still time (beyond time) for NY to do the same! Pass the Family Miranda Notice of Family Rights Act (A.1980/S.901). https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-families-child-welfare-miranda-warning

Last month, I spoke on a panel w/ the ACS commissioner & he said, "I believe [parents'] constitutional rights are clear." This month, ACS lobbies to remove the word "rights" from a bill informing parents of their rights. Huh....

Thrilled that my article, The Empty Promise of the Fourth Amendment in the Family Regulation System, is now out in @WashULRev! (1/3) https://wustllawreview.org/2023/05/19/the-empty-promise-of-the-fourth-amendment-in-the-family-regulation-system/

This is absolutely not what prosecutors do in 99.9% of cases — they constantly overcharge to coerce pleas, charge after virtually no investigation, etc—and it’s absolutely wild, infuriating & irresponsible that @nytimes continues to run with this kind of narrative.

Three years on, the evidence is clear: children stayed just as safe during COVID without the massive family regulation apparatus. Why go back now? Grateful to Melissa Friedman and Daniella Rohr of @LegalAidNYC for carrying this lesson forward! ...

Help I was described as a manic pixie dream girl where did it all go wrong for me

@hqtrivia just began with a heartfelt tribute to MLK. Not sure what to do with that information, but I felt I should share.

@Swedishjerkface you’re getting the recognition you deserve!

@SheaSerrano I gave BAOT to my bro-in-law and he immediately gave it the highest honor.

Woman in line at Trader Joe's on the UWS: "You know how I can’t eat wheat? Except for wheat grown in New Zealand or Australia?" Help.

Aaaaand *click* But honestly what better to worship than a sausage roll???

I just changed into a jumpsuit in the bathroom of a moving Amtrak train on the way to a wedding so yeah I’m feeling ready for anything.

But I finally made it far enough into The Wire to see Ben Carson shouted out as a pediatric neurosurgeon, so I'll call the flight a wash.

Things you don't want to hear from the 4-year-old behind you on a plane: "Can I have some candy? I'm feeling nauseous!"

Man playing despacito on the steel drums in the 59th street station while train is stalled = peak NY summer.

TIL: my 13yo cool kid nephew communicates with his crushes via PINTEREST. Honestly genius, bc who would've EVER thought to check up on that?

Um the woman next to me on the train is texting Trey Anastasio and also rescheduling her colonoscopy on her phone. #goals

Hm I was on the fence about this dress before but this review addressed all of my most pressing concerns.

Client just texted me, "que haces mi amor?" Odds are even on whether I was the intended target.

On this bus to D.C., we literally are leaving a passenger at a rest stop in Delaware after the driver saw he had a beer. Driver don't play.

Ok I just got a beautiful haircut, ate some fro yo, and am en route to see F8 OF THE FURIOUS. This is the day Jesus would want for me.

Someone is playing a harmonica outside my apartment and I am ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED by it. Just FYI.

My proudest accomplishment on any given Monday is saying no to the siren call of free pizza at my gym. #humbrag

Dad: Wait, where are you? Must be bad reception, it sounded like you said you're in existential crisis. Me: ...no, that's what I said.