You should read everything Zohra Ahmed writes, but also & especially this post abt the criminalization of leftist solidarity by the Trump Admin through the use of material support laws & RICO (laws that are admittedly pernicious in most contexts but esp here) lpeproject.org/blog/guilty-...

"There just is no constitutional power for the president to really get involved in the election process at all. The framers of the Constitution clearly saw elections as a state function," says Professor Dan Farber: https://bit.ly/4dxEQWp @abc7news.bsky.social #BerkeleyLaw

Legal Aid clients have new champions in federal court! Attorneys Taryn Trujillo Risom and Matthew Hulstein joined the federal bar, sworn in this morning by Patrick J. Schiltz, Chief U.S. District Judge, Minnesota. Thank you, Matt and Taryn for increasing our clients’ access to justice at this level.

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“You’re Fired!, Pam Bondi” states DJT apnews.com/article/trum...

[Cilia] “Flores’ attorney noted that she is in need of an echogram as she is suffering from a mitral valve prolapse issue, or a heart condition.” lamag.com/crimeinla/ju...

“The US District Court for the District of Rhode Island today ruled that HUD and HUD Sec. Turner violated the law”… “when approving new funding restrictions that would have unlawfully conditioned access to federal housing grants on compliance with the Trump-Vance administration’s partisan agenda.”

A few thoughts ahead of the President’s speech tonight.

Milei rewriting the 1976 right-wing coup in Argentina with the leftists as the true villains. www.batimes.com.ar/news/argenti...

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A U.S. judge pressed the Trump administration Thursday about its basis for barring Venezuela’s government from paying former President Nicolás Maduro’s legal fees in the drug trafficking case that has put him behind bars in New York.” apnews.com/article/madu...

In general Great Lakes legal matters, “Enbridge has agreed to funnel money to U.S. law enforcement in anticipation of protests against its Line 5 pipeline reroute project, a move that has raised concerns about the depth of the company's influence in policing issues”. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

For those followers requesting to focus on Minnesota law, one of the most scrutinized statutes in Minnesota the past few years is what’s known as an anti-BDS law making it a crime in Minnesota to do business with any entities which discriminate against Israel. www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

LIVE NOW: Join us for a conversation about the Trump administration’s escalating attacks on the First Amendment, featuring @freepress.bsky.social’s @attorneynora.bsky.social, @knightcolumbia.org’s @jameeljaffer.bsky.social, and @aclu.org’s Ben Wizner, moderated by FPF’s @laurenleharper.bsky.social.

Jaw-dropping admission by DOJ to court. DOJ admits to having repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge - ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses! DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations." DOJ blames ICE (page 2)

NEW: Our lawsuit against DOGE and Elon Musk is moving forward. We're working to gain more information on how DOGE is currently operating to hold them accountable for disrupting federal agencies and slashing federal funding.

The Court heard argument today in United States v. Ali Danial Hemani, asking whether the federal ban on gun possession by unlawful drug users violates the Second Amendment as applied to the respondent.

The Supreme Court appears inclined to allow the Trump administration to reinstate a border policy blocking migrants from entering to seek asylum. bit.ly/4sypvtp

Join Master of Human Rights student Darlington Seghbean for a discussion about his new book. We Had to Run tells the story of the shared immigrant experience of living in the United States under Temporary Protected Status, through the lens of the Liberian community. cla.umn.edu/human-rights...

The Justice Department is defending Judge Aileen Cannon's injunction--which bars it from disclosing Jack Smith's Mar-a-Lago report--while selectively sharing information that's in the report. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

New filing: "Doe v. Noem (Securing Our Borders EO)" Doc #288: Judge Indira Talwani: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER entered. See attached.For the foregoing reasons, the clerk shall set Plaintiffs' Motion for an Order to Show Cause, or… [full entry below 👇] Download PDF | View Full Case #CL69695790

“The report released today by Francesca Albanese frames Israel’s alleged torture of Palestinians as ‘a structural feature of the ongoing Israeli genocide and broader settler-colonial apartheid’ (para. 1). Throughout, she employs expansive and imprecise language to broad…” unwatch.org/legal-analys...

Launching an extraordinary book “Redressing Rape in War” by Dr. Sunneva Gilmore at QUB Law today. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @qublaw.bsky.social @lukemoffett.bsky.social @kieran Brava !!

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“US federal law continues to allow for compulsory conscription under emergency or extraordinary security conditions outlined in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.” This would apply to able-bodied men between the ages of 17 and 45 U.S. citizens. www.newsweek.com/us-military-...

www.patreon.com/posts/153269... “Bondi v. ‘Antifa’ “

I can be wrong about things is always the best stance to approach being in the world.

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Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel has confirmed talks are taking place with the Trump administration. The talks are being led by Raúl Castro, who also led the negotiations with Barack Obama that led to the historic opening between the two countries.

MAGA’S accusations of fraud, especially of Somali citizens of MN? One of the Brad Brondi’s cases in the recusal question is their dismissal of “11 counts of wire fraud in September 2024”. 🤔🤨 news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...