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Montanan in exile
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Matthew Segal
30 days ago
I know this isn't a quick fix, particularly in Virginia, but remember: SCOTUS probably isn't riding to the rescue. Rights and liberties increasingly depend on state courts. You can help: *Clerk in state courts! *Practice in state courts! *Try to become a state court judge!
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David Noll
about 2 months ago
Here is a more serious take: confidentiality is one of those norms that is respected within systems in which everyone agrees on the rules of the game and trusts that others are following the rules in good faith.
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A little explainer to go with the most recent piece from Arkadi and Gerney and me on the power of states in the time of Trump.
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Bridget Lavender
3 months ago
But the takeaway is that, despite many academic commentators saying that mask bans are destined to lose, the federal district court found that they are actually constitutional so long as they apply to all levels of government and do not discriminate against the federal government. 3/
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Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction – #63 in United States v. State of California (C.D. Cal., 2:25-cv-10999) – CourtListener.com
(IN CHAMBERS)-PLAINTIFF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Dkt. 11, filed on November 25, 2025) by Judge Christina A. Snyder: In accordance with the foregoing, the Court...
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.995805/gov.uscourts.cacd.995805.63.0_29.pdf
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Sherrilyn Ifill
4 months ago
We need this in Maryland.
nj1015.com/nj-ice-porta...
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NJ ICE Video Portal Sparks Fury and Praise Across the Garden State. Here is how it works.
New Jersey's new portal encourages residents to upload video of ICE interactions. Here is how the site works, and what it does and does not do.
https://nj1015.com/nj-ice-portal-how-it-works/
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Reupping this here:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Great, clear piece by
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Roger Parloff
4 months ago
It seems timely to re-re-up this crystal clear Nov. 2025
@lawfaremedia.org
article explaining precisely when federal officers can and cannot be criminally prosecuted by state authorities. It's by
@bgodar.bsky.social
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/are-...
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Are Federal Officials Immune From State Prosecution?
Contrary to recent assertions, federal officers do not have blanket immunity from criminal prosecutions brought by states.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/are-federal-officials-immune-from-state-prosecution
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Chris Geidner
4 months ago
"I insisted that the agents let me assess him. Normally, I would not have been so persistent, but as a physician, I felt a professional and moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him."
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Jake Charles
4 months ago
Honestly this is one of the most profoundly *original* American sentiments, echoing everything that occupied Bostonians expressed in the pivotal mid-1770s.
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Brendan Nyhan
4 months ago
Heartbreaking
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great piece 👇
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Jay Rosen
5 months ago
Over at
@status.news
they're putting into the same frame the weakness of Tony Dokoupil, the new anchor at CBS, and the politics of Larry Ellison, "the billionaire Oracle co-founder who bankrolled his son’s takeover of CBS News’ parent company, Paramount."
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑
5 months ago
Thread of Montana vigils taking place this weekend for Renee Good and the victims of ICE's reign of terror 👇
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Anat Shenker-Osorio
5 months ago
You cannot tell voters that this regime is an existential threat one day and aid and abet it every other day. Either you're lying or you are complicit, neither of which makes you fit for office.
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Truly brilliant way to ring in the new year
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Carolyn Shapiro
6 months ago
This is very good news. Also, apparently Kavanaugh wants to clarify (or retract?) his opinion in Noem v. Perdomo. See footnote 4 of his concurrence.
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Tim Carvell
6 months ago
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5h9xjrqc
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Said it before and will say it again: support Chris' indispensible journalism with your good money!
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Chris Geidner
6 months ago
NEW: The two shot National Guard troops never should have been in DC. More troops is no answer. The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position. Tonight, at Law Dork:
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The two shot National Guard troops never should have been in DC. More troops is no answer.
The violence is horrible and unacceptable. Trump, Pete Hegseth, and West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey never should have put the troops in this position.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/the-two-shot-national-guard-troops
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Anil Kalhan
7 months ago
Chaser: Washington DC
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Anil Kalhan
7 months ago
Shot: Chicago
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Josh Marshall
7 months ago
the one part of this awful video I found inspiring is the moment when the cam pans back and you see an array of upstanding Americans with their smartphones out filming these gutter thugs. that's really the symbol of the opposition. the smartphone and its embedded video cam.
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More of this 👇
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Ryan Goodman
7 months ago
"It's disheartening to be forced to go against your community members and your neighbors." "It feels illegal. This is not what we signed up to do." - Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek 2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"
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2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"
Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek and Capt. Dylan Blaha say they'll defy federal orders regarding Trump's immigration enforcement operation in Chicago.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illinois-national-guard-members-speak-out-i-wont-turn-against-my-neighbors/
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New York Attorney General Letitia James
8 months ago
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
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Daphne Keller
9 months ago
This kind of repudiation of the Supreme Court by a state Supreme Court justice is very rare. But — speaking as a former Alaska Supreme Court clerk — this is also part of their structural purpose. There’s a reason our rights can be, and often are, given *better* protection under state constitutions.
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Andy Craig
9 months ago
It absolutely matters here that Pritzker was effective at sounding the alarm and plainly stating this would be unconstitutional in a profoundly radical and fundamental way, and showing he could rally practical popular opposition, which then gets spun as backing out over "legal headaches."
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie
9 months ago
omg it's finally happening occasionally former judges speak out about the Supreme Court but I have long wished current judges would do so a sitting judge saying it is "inexcusable" that "sweeping rulings arrive with breathtaking speed but minimal explanation" feels like an important door opening
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James Fallows
10 months ago
The full 12 minutes of
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
speech today, which was superb. (Via Nicole Wallace /
@msnbc.com
segment.)
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
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'We are watching and taking names': Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to Trump's threats to Chicago
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker holds press conference in response to recent threats made by President Donald Trump to send the national guard to Chicago, in a similar manner that he has done so in Los ...
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/-we-are-watching-and-taking-names-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-responds-to-trump-s-threats-to-chicago-245738565850
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Josh Marshall
10 months ago
it will take years to undo the damage from this lawless, criminal conduct. business as usual once Democrats reclaim executive power will unacceptable. no turning the page without repairing the damage
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Great piece on the power and importance of rhetoric and the poverty of popularism.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/against-vu...
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Against Vulgar Positivism
A Reply to Eric Levitz
https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/against-vulgar-positivism?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Kate Ross
10 months ago
Democrats writing letters
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Jen Bendery
10 months ago
"Free D.C.! Free D.C." Chants of protest against Trump break out in the 51st minute of tonight's Washington Spirit game at Audi Field.
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Josh Marshall
10 months ago
If you live in/represent a Blue State, want to gerrymander the FUCK out of your state, support and are willing to fight for a national anti-gerrymandering law you are principled, consistent and doing exactly the right thing.
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Arkadi Gerney and I argue for maximum deterrence as our best path forward in
@washingtonpost.com
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Jay Willis
10 months ago
“Impeach Judge Bove and then prosecute him for his crimes” should be table stakes for Democratic candidates in 2026, he has broken the law more egregiously than like 90 percent of the people who will come before him in his courtroom
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Carolyn Shapiro
11 months ago
I *am* a constitutional scholar and you are correct.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
11 months ago
If a Democrat wins the presidency in 2028, investigating Bove for criminal obstruction of justice as relates to the court orders in the J.G.G. case should be a priority. Statute of limitations is five years.
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Sherrilyn Ifill
11 months ago
I have no words. Everyone prepared for the constitutional crisis of the President defying the SCOTUS. The crisis is the SCOTUS being fully aligned with Trump’s vision of presidential power. So here we are.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie
11 months ago
I'm not convinced this is quite right--my read is that they think it's popular in red states to 'own the libs' So part of the appeal of visibly cruel ICE raids is inflicting harm on their perceived enemies in blue states
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