It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

let's take stock here: (Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it. Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷‍♀️ YOLO?

"Jonathan Caravello...was reportedly “piled on by multiple agents all at once” as “he tried to help a man in a wheelchair” who was having difficulty moving after...[ICE] agents threw canisters of tear gas" our colleague is still missing as of the last info I got dailynous.com/2025/07/12/p...

"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"

Last fall, the Wisconsin Innocence Project (WIP) achieved the release of two clients, both incarcerated for 25+ years. Learn more about how WIP is changing lives for students and the wrongfully convicted in our magazine feature: bit.ly/45cureM @rachelburg.bsky.social @christopher-lau.bsky.social

The arrest of judge Dugan in Wisconsin underscores the central role that local courts and judges are expected to play in upholding the carceral state. www.californialawreview.org/print/courts...

In the push by Gov. Hochul and DAs to roll back discovery reform in New York, they have been missing one ironic thing: evidence. Where they do attempt to claim that serious crimes are dismissed on “minor technicalities,” they don’t hold up. Sounds familiar. nysfocus.com/2025/04/08/d...

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Amidst the demise of civilization, excited to share that my next article, "Shadow Forensics: Uncovering 911 Call Analysis" will be published in Volume 111 of the Cornell Law Review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Again, the Secretary of State has no authority to “revoke” green cards.

re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

No big deal, just @slwashington.bsky.social winning another award for her scholarship.

@rachelburg.bsky.social did amazing work to make this happen.

NEWS: The Wisconsin Innocence Project has received the largest grant in its history to investigate cases that could benefit from recent advancements in DNA testing. law.wisc.edu/newsletter/a... @christopher-lau.bsky.social @rachelburg.bsky.social

31,000 children affected across 21 states: 2024 school shootings in numbers www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...

Had the chance to speak to @publicnewsservice.bsky.social about recent Wisconsin Innocence Project victories and deeper structural issues in the criminal legal system www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-12-11/c...

Loved seeing Channel 3000's coverage of Manuel Cucuta's release, and particularly the critical role that clinic students, Gabriella Marquez and Noemi Reyes, played in his case. www.channel3000.com/video/judge-...

This Giving Tuesday, please consider contributing to our client, Manuel, who was just released after 27 years of incarceration www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...

Thrilled to share that our client, Manuel Cucuta, was released yesterday after serving nearly three decades in prison. Just in time for his first Thanksgiving with family in 27 years. law.wisc.edu/newsletter/F...