as for the upshot of the decision, the republican court has put the citizen children of non-citizens in a position similar to that of free blacks during the antebellum period. their right to enjoy the privileges and immunities of american citizenship will vary according to state borders

Repeat after me children: “one [white, conservative Christian] nation, under God…”

Sotomayor points out the similarities between the Skrmetti ruling allowing discrimination against transgender people's medical care to Virginia's argument for its interracial marriage ban in Loving.

We’re not saying you can’t vote because of your racial status. We’re removing voting rights from everyone whose GRANDFATHER could not vote. This is about grandfathers.

[Exit King.]

No Kings. It’s just Common Sense. Claremont, CA.

I hope every elected official, business owner, university president, and media executive sees the millions of people out in the streets today and understands: If we fight back, this is the power on our side.

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

This will be on the history books as the start of a dictatorship backed by the military.

JUDGE BREYER: There is NO rebellion in Los Angeles justifying the federalizing of the California National Guard, the statutory requirement to issue orders though the governor was not followed, and the 10A warns against what the administration is doing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: Judge Breyer grants TRO to CA in national guard case, finds that Trump violated statute and the Tenth Amendment. Trump must relinquish control of the National Guard. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Sorry, Kristi. We’re not your poor hound. You can’t just take #LA out back, shoot us and throw us in a gravel pit.

WATCH: Sen. Padilla pushed to the ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie

Do not stop sharing this.

We don’t need the U.S. military to “liberate” our city from (checks notes for evidence of socialism) city parks, playgrounds, and giving free breakfasts and lunches to school kids.

When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.

Disappearing people. Arresting protestors. Arresting and shooting members of the press. Arresting a sitting Senator. Have we seen enough? The water is boiling.

Hey, Pete, I’ll save you the trouble. There is no provision in the constitution allowing for this. This is an unlawful exercise of power. Here in America we call that tyranny.

Thank you, #Chicago. We in #LA see you. ✊🏼

Thank you #Denver. We in #LA see you.

Thank you #NYC. We in #LA see you.

“The possible arrival of federal military forces in Los Angeles-absent clear coordination-presents a significant logistical and operational challenge for those of us charged with safeguarding this city.” - LAPD Chief (who was not notified)

I can hear the sirens coming down FWY 10. Trump has just deployed the Marines to Los Angeles. I hope this is the end of him and that good people do the right things in this moment. Turning the military against our entire city is beyond. Don’t let his attempt at martial law in CA be the playbook.

Trump is really good at inciting insurrections. Like, the best.

Solidarity from my Hometown Homies. We see you, Boston. Thank you from #LA.

There is a reason the 14th Amendment disqualifies anyone who swears an oath to support the Constitution but then engages in insurrection from holding public office.

Not “probably illegal” - this is ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY ILLEGAL.

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

Repeat after me: this is not normal, this is not necessary, this is un-American. Say it. Write it. Do not let them normalize sending the military into our cities. Taking to the streets to express dissent and opposition is not an “insurrection.” Do not be gaslit. Keep speaking truth #LA.

Words matter. Truth matters. A few hundred protestors exercising their constitutional right to assemble, speak and dissent is not a “violent mob” and it is not an “insurrection.” See this for what it is: a pretext to invoke the Insurrection Act and declare martial law in Los Angeles.

Re-upping this “One First” post from April asking—and trying to answer—five questions about the domestic use of the military:

Santa Monica Goebbels is laying the foundation for using the U.S. military to suppress lawful dissent.

I’d put it even more strongly. They are trying to create the conditions for invoking the Insurrection Act. They are doing this, with their own unlawful and vicious conduct. If they invoke the Insurrection Act, it will be illegitimate in every sense of the word.

It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.

What a pleasure to be in conversation about threats to and the promises of democracy with @dziblatt.bsky.social and @hollisbrusky.bsky.social!

Great to be back with old friends at Pomona college @pomonacollege.bsky.social with @democracyprof.bsky.social and @hollisbrusky.bsky.social discussing the state of democracy

The selection processes that operate in the Fed Soc—conserv lawyers’ way to get ahead is to work on ideas billionaires like—created an epistemic bubble that manufactured a fake “unitary executive” theory which, surprise!, says Trump can shred the civil service. No. /end 🧪

Feeling liberated… from the idea that I might ever retire. In the two days since #LiberationDay the #TrumpTariffs liberated our 401K of roughly $300K.

Finally we will be liberated from the tyranny of disposable income and a functioning economy

LWV County Convention Day! @hollisbrusky.bsky.social #lwv

Commit to doing so here! bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd

Restoring confederate monuments to the Smithsonian because people who literally seceded and went to war with the USA and killed hundreds of thousands of Americans represent… “pro-American ideology”?

Yes AND we need folks outside of academia to fight alongside us as allies. It’s going to take everyone to thwart this administration’s attacks on higher ed. Everyone. Join us.

Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."

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.

Despite the administration taking a (very unpopular) hard line approach to protestors on campus, our College still made this list. It’s almost like this is not about antisemitism at all…

today it's the edgier portions of pro-palestinian activism, tomorrow it's "gender ideology", a year later maybe it's "the climate hoax". you draw the line here or not at all.

NEW: Trump lashes out, acting as an authoritarian in attacks on perceived opponents. The Trump administration is testing out whether Trump can get away with taking a clearly more authoritarian path forward. We must respond accordingly. Tonight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...

We can overcome fascism! Please watch scholar & expert, Dr. Chenoweth, explain her findings showing sustained nonviolent civil resistance is far more successful than violent campaigns. We only need 3.5% (11.7 million) of our population to achieve our objectives. youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w?...