Police and prosecutors say "listen to victims" except when they don't like what the victims have to say. “It’s like his voice doesn’t matter.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...

Justice Eddins: “No US Supreme Court opinion has tackled the recording of custodial interrogations. If a case did though, we would still look to our state constitution first.” Hawaii's Const “offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections.”

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.

I've said this before, but I feel pretty strongly that the building of concentration camps - and now, the inevitable disappearance of 1,800 people from those camps - is the biggest story in American public health right now that isn't being treated like one

Professors seeking to leave the South www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

NEW: CBP has been funneling DNA from US citizens—including kids—into the FBI’s crime database. Nearly 2,000 Americans swabbed, many with no charges. Once for violent offenders, CODIS is becoming a mass-surveillance archive. analysis by @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social

"Cell phone images smuggled out of jails and prisons across the country reveal food that hardly looks edible, let alone nutritious. ...kitchen workers at prisons in Arizona, Oregon, and elsewhere reported seeing boxes of food that were served to prisoners marked: 'not for human consumption.'"

Fantastic, and sobering, read on what it's like to experience solitary confinement, which I again note is considered torture!

Apropos of nothing…

Trump is rescinding road safety grants all over the country, in blue states and red ones. The reason: those projects are "hostile" to cars. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

An alarming share of ICE arrests rely on collaborations with local law enforcement – even in places that are "sanctuary cities" Since January, 45% of all ICE arrests were transfers from local jails:

new from @kylietcheung.bsky.social in @teenvogue.com: recently, men have impersonated plainclothes ICE agents to assault women—only possible, she argues, because state agents commit violence with impunity. "To be clear, men wouldn’t be posing as ICE agents and assaulting women if ICE didn’t exist."

Thanks to Walter Pavlo & @forbes.com for highlighting my new report with @nacdl.org on the failures of criminal restitution. Rather than satisfactorily compensating crime victims, it enmeshes people owing restitution debt in the criminal legal system long past…1/2 www.forbes.com/sites/walter...

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Menstrual products can be a huge help, too! And are covered by FSA funds, in case you’re starting to think about use-it-or-loose-it season.

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Over the next 15 months, we can expect a coordinated campaign — backed by the full power of the executive branch — to undermine confidence in our election system. Here’s what to expect, and how key actors can be ready to respond: bit.ly/4fRIqtA

The Trump administration is trying to detain & deport some green card holders because of past crimes or political activity. We urge all green card holders to learn what the law says about who can be deported & make a safety plan if you might be at risk. Read our guide: www.nilc.org/resources/gr...

Federal criminal restitution often fails to benefit victims and throws defendants into a "Sisyphean struggle" with debt, with $100 billion in restitution deemed uncollectable, according to a report by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. www.law360.com/acces...

Thanks to @law360.bsky.social for covering the release of a new report on federal restitution I wrote with @nacdl.org highlighting the many ways in which restitution does not serve its intended goals, instead replicating other systemic issues in the crim legal system. www.nacdl.org/Document/Emp...

A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life. Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.

Hot off the presses! In conjunction with @nacdl.org, I’ve written a report that examines criminal restitution in the federal system. The report debunks prevailing myths about restitution & presents recommendations for reform. www.nacdl.org/Document/Emp... 1/2

Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues. www.justsecurity.org/120753/colle...

🧵 Thread: New Report by National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (@nacdl.org) Reveals How Federal Restitution Law Fails Both Defendants & Victims www.nacdl.org/newsrelease/...

The Women’s Refugee Commission Detention Pregnancy Tracker: A Critical Tool for Documenting the Treatment of Pregnant Women in Immigration Detention 🚨 Have you seen a pregnant woman in ICE custody? Submit a report today. -- Please share widely! austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-womens...

Law students! Want to put what you’ve been learning to work? Write a public comment in response to this proposed rule, which would allow the Department of Education to exclude anyone they want to from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program based solely on ideology. Last day to comment is Wed!

The Dept of Education is now accepting comments on a proposed rule that would overhaul Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and make it too expensive for students to go into work that threatens the Trump administration Folks have til *Sept. 17* to oppose the changes ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

I think we should take them at their word. "We're going to use every resource we have at the DOJ, Homeland Security & throughout this govt to dismantle & destroy these networks" "We're going after NGOs" "Terrorist sympathizers...Soros' OSF & the Ford Foundation" www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

"We're going to go after the NGO Networks" JD Vance and Stephen Miller openly outline how they are going to crackdown on civil society and use the government to crush political opposition.

IMPORTANT. The Truthout link I just posted about the proposed bill to revoke the passports of citizens is real news: it’s right there on the congressional website! The bill was proposed on September 11, 2025 by Rep. Mast. See Sec. 226. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

The threads that bind us together are tearing. We must remind ourselves that at the end of the day, we are all we’ve got. All we have is one another.

Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him do it for U.S. citizens.

If you are looking for support or to join with others in doing so please reach out www.interruptingcriminalization.com/health-care-...

Poor people in the United States are a primary target for policing, especially those forced to live on the streets. Data shows that more than 40% of unhoused people booked into jail were booked again within the year.

You cannot effectively delete what is posted publicly on Bluesky. Data scientists (not affiliated with Bluesky) and commercial companies capture it all live, every comma and em dash. Anything said in the heat of the moment could follow you to a job interview ten years from now. Capisce?

The facts of the Trump administration's lethal strike in the Caribbean continue to get worse. The vessel turning around further weakens an already very weak argument for self defense. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

I wrote this story because the case of the Guatemalan children hasn’t received nearly as much media attention as it deserves. I wanted to highlight the full extent of the government’s depraved conduct. I hope you’ll read and share. Don’t look away. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Want a clear explanation from a legit expert of what the Supreme Court did yesterday and why we’re all losing our minds about it? Here it is. Time and again, Professor Litman has been right about what to fear from this Scotus majority when all the now-don’t-be-hysterical dudes are wrong.

Outdated laws give presidents sweeping power to use the military at home to suppress protests and make mass arrests in times of war and domestic upheaval. Congress must repeal the Alien Enemies Act, close the loopholes in the Posse Comitatus Act, and reform the Insurrection Act. bit.ly/4oxXJLN

A sad story, but an important one about the importance of vaccines. Diphtheria was once considered a death sentence, especially for children. "During the 1920s, 100,000–200,000 cases of diphtheria (140–150 cases per 100,000 population) and 13,000–15,000 deaths were reported each year."

How to record ICE: 1) Record from a safe distance. DO NOT INTERVENE. 2) Put the DATE, TIME, & LOCATION on the video. 3) Ask for NAMES & BIRTHDAYS 4) CONTEXT, how many people were taken? What happened? How? 5) If possible, document vehicles used and agents, even if masked. @eltragon.bsky.social

While Kennedy once claimed that he was increasing the number of scientists and front-line workers, ProPublica found that more than 1,050 scientists, physicians and public health specialists left or were pushed out of the CDC from January to mid-August.

Seven countries currently get 100 percent of their electricity from renewable energy. Norway and Costa Rica are at 98 percent

Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas died in ICE custody on Aug. 31 while detained at the Central Arizona Correctional Complex in Florence, AZ. The Mexican immigrant was only 32 years old, and his cause of death is unknown. He is the 14th non-citizen to die in ICE custody since Trump took office in January

“I never saw an instance where he would deliberately defy a controlling opinion or legal statement from our court or from the Supreme Court,” Justice Breyer said. Justice Breyer Defends Judge Accused of Defying Supreme Court Order

If not for the deployment of the military, this would be the biggest story right now. Or at least it should be... "In recent weeks, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has doubled down on its sweeping bid to wrangle private voter data from states — including by threatening legal action."