Well, *DOJ* says they can be fired. It's useful context that it's not a recent opinion, but DOJ OLC opinions are binding law only in the sense that the rest of the executive branch has to follow them. It's still just a legal opinion from DOJ about the extent of executive branch power.

After a 16-year-old complained his zip-ties were too tight at a an ICE/FBI raid in southwest Idaho, an officer laughed and tightened them, the ACLU alleges in a new lawsuit. He still has scars, months later.

I was on Paula Poundstone's podcast talking about the First Amendment. Listen for a shout-out to anti-SLAPP laws, an explanation why "can't shout fire in a crowded theater" is NOT the law, and a caution to think twice about overruling Citizens United. (My segment starts ~39ish minutes in.)

UPDATE: Kinsella has been fired.

Look, you build a bridge you're gonna attract a troll.

I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.

Hast du etwas Zeit für mich? Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich Von 99 Luftballons Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont Denkst du vielleicht grad an mich? Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich Von 99 Luftballons Und, dass sowas von sowas kommt 🎈🎈🎈 apnews.com/article/faa-...

NEW: Opening up the Trump admin's attack on Minnesota refugees to greater public scrutiny. On Tuesday, Law Dork, with Public Justice, filed a motion to improve access to a key court case challenging ICE's new effort to detain thousands of law-abiding refugees.

"Trump no longer has the bandwidth to enforce his own edicts. His popularity is in free fall, Ds are over-performing in every election, and, while he can certainly punish Rs who fail to parrot his increasingly unhinged narratives, he can’t make them commit political suicide." — @lizdye.bsky.social

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

Only @lizdye.bsky.social could turn Trump's effort to steal $10 billion in taxpayer money into the world's worst game show... And you know you want to play along! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dqm...

Stupid Bridgegate aaronrupar.substack.com/p/trump-gord...

It's always rewarding to see a US Attorney's Office that cares so much about its employees' work-life balance that they work a reduced schedule and take naps in the afternoon. @lizdye.bsky.social @andrewtorrez.bsky.social @legaleagle.tv

Imagine telling Biden that 130,000 jobs/month was all you had to do to get a “stronger-than-expected” report.

Admission to a capricious abuse of power based on petty grievance—a power usurped from Congress.

The FBI investigation is focused on 5 "deficiencies or defects" with the election + subsequent tabulation. But those claims include allegations that have been investigated and unsubstantiated by state officials. (and that I reported on... 5 years ago)

Maybe they’ll have better luck with a DC Superior Court grand jury

NEW: The DOJ affidavit that led to the FBI raid of Fulton County elections is based on "research" from election denial activist Kevin Moncla, who is detailed here. Moncla was once found guilty of illegally recording visitors to his home with a bathroom camera. More to come.

Oh god, Mollie Hemmingway is dropping a fellacious bio of Alito in April. Folks, this man is *so* going to retire at the end of the term. Senate Democrats, PLEASE staff up. This is *going to happen.* www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/molli...

The affidavit in support of the Fulton County warrant is some Sidney Powell-level horseshit. Also, the statute of limitations for both these putative "crimes" is in the rearview. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: Interfaith Ailliance sues Trump's Religious Liberty Commission, alleging lack of balance (mostly Christian & 1 Orthodox Jewish) and lack of transparency required by Federal Advisory Committee Act #FACA. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

New: ICE is now holding immigrants on MULTIPLE floors at 26 Federal Plaza, in addition to the infamous 10th floor cells. A federal judge, tasked with overseeing the facility's conditions, had no idea. More @courthousenews.bsky.social

Well, I'm sure that Judge Jia Cobb will be very understanding about Kristi Noem putting out a THIRD memo defying the court's order.

It's an all computer and gaming day on the pod. @andrewtorrez.bsky.social has got some premium nerdassery for you guys. Take a listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart 1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks 2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections

JUST IN: DOJ is trying to help Steve Bannon erase his conviction for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. Motion has no career prosecutor on it, just signed by US Attorney Pirro. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Freedom of the Press Foundation files a disciplinary complaint against the federal prosecutor who signed the search warrant of WaPo reporter Hannah Natanson, arguing he failed to cite a federal law barring the application. Letter buff.ly/xDHJIy4

So even Trump didn’t watch TPUSA’s

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The attorneys willing to join for Trump's DOJ now are basically the Kid Rocks of the legal profession, whereas what America truly needs are more Bad Bunnies.

Kid Rock on C-span is some bath salts madlibs shit

Judge Kai N. Scott went a step further and compared her and her colleagues on the bench squaring off with the Justice Department in a manner similar to Heracles’ confrontation with Hydra, the serpentlike monster that grew two heads every time one was chopped off.

Yesterday at the ICE detention facility I met Maria, an amazing woman who was going to the store when armed and masked ICE agents surrounded her car, broke her window, dragged her out, and locked her up even though she has absolutely no criminal record.

"The Professor Is in," is my attempt to step back from the news cycle and teach a bit of economics. This week: AI and the labor market. There's always more to say, but hopefully it lays out the key issues Full clip is on my youtube channel (subscribe!) here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGN6...

jfc this was on my fucking exam now I need to change the exam

Bet, a collection like this is likely to be under 702, and Trump is going to soooo fuck up 702 renewal as a result of it.

Remember Project 2025? The radical plan to destroy our democracy & replace it with a right-wing unitary executive that Trump managed to complete MORE THAN HALF OF in just his first year in office? Well @lizdye.bsky.social remembers at @legaleagle.tv Watch & share! www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2oc...

The Washington Post—for which I wrote editorials for nearly a decade—has closed its Kyiv bureau. @lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not. We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post. Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving

Enjoy geeking out on legal matters? Here is what @andrewtorrez.bsky.social has to say on copyright, video games, computers, and even some telecom monopoly history! Listen here www.lawandchaospod.com/p/ep-202-fro... It was a lot of fun and we missed you LD!

Now seeing lawyers take over MN Criminal cases w/no record in PACER (so perhaps the JAGs we've heard about).

I’m flying solo on today’s show, so… it’s 1982 all over again! If you’d like to play a game of KC MUNCHKIN or reminisce about the phone company or be horrified at the idea of not owning your own computer, listen up! @lizdye.bsky.social is out but will be back! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

JUST IN: Federal prosecutors in Chicago move to dismiss charges against another defendant tied to Operation Midway Blitz. Erik Meier faced trial 3/9 for resisting a federal officer. Once the motion is granted, he will be the 16th of 32 known defendants cleared. No known convictions.

EXCLUSIVE: Previously unreported remarks from the Civil Rights Division AAG, @HarmeetKDhillon run directly counter to what the President said recently, Congressional Republicans’ SAVE Act, and the conduct of her own office. mimsnewspod.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

Check out today’s blog post, where we talk about the continued hollowing out of Trump’s Department of Justice such that no one is even there to *do the work.* That’s one way to throw a spanner in this admin’s evil work! With @lizdye.bsky.social www.lawandchaospod.com/p/ice-melts-...

The Washington Post but it’s ‘The Traitors’

quite seriously: AUSAs are going to start filing briefs written with ChatGPT and the sanctions situation is going to be like nothing we’ve ever seen

JUST IN: 2 school systems in MN file suit to block ICE enforcement near schools. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Me: <orders a transcript of yesterday's hearing (where I won) with a superfast turnaround time expecting to pay a couple hundred dollars> Court reporter: Here's your transcript. That'll be $20 (the rate for a second copy of a transcript already ordered by someone else). Me: