There was a liberal court for a few years in the mid 20th century and the right wing response was to delegitimize for DECADES right up to the point they had a supermajority, at which point it became Wrong to do so. These people think you are stupid bsky.app/profile/chri...

And the New York State Constitution requires no less.

If I told you that Mike Lee clerked for Sam Alito twice, you’d know everything you need to know about both Mike Lee and Sam Alito.

@justinlevitt.bsky.social, got a few minutes to talk offline about a redistricting thing? Could use a quick sanity check on kind of a fraught point.

It is hard to explain—because it is sheer lunacy—how extremely different it is to hold federal officials liable for violating anyone’s constitutional rights and to get recompense for victims. Pass laws to give the People a cause of action to hold lawless agents like Bovino accountable.

I have a review of Justice Barrett's recent book, "Listening to the Law,"in the LA Review of Books. Check it out! lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...

while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

I’ve gotten asked repeatedly why the district courts matter if SCOTUS is going to do what it does. And it’s because the facts matter and, if nothing else, the district courts are memorializing the brutal facts and federal officials’ serial lies about their savage treatment of Americans.

This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice. #KavanaughStop

NOW UPDATED: @meganpiont.bsky.social's "How to report ICE" zine includes the ✨new ICE hotline number for NYC✨ For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.

If you had any doubt that doing jury duty is at least as important an act of political participation as voting at the ballot box, just look at how DC’s juries have thwarted some of the federal government’s abusive prosecutions.

Poetry.

This is a great job with some outstanding lawyers who are also the best kind of people.

There’s a converse 1983 bill recently introduced in NYS: The New York Civil Rights Act, S.8500 (Myrie)/ A.9076 (Romero). @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social @sifill.bsky.social (www.nysenate.gov/legislation/...)

Election officials get flack when things go wrong and should get credit when things go well. We had an extremely high turnout election in NYC with strong mail-in voting, early voting, and Election Day voting. And it was smooth. Thanks to the NYC Board of Elections and all of the poll workers.

Accepting private payment for servicemembers is an off-the-charts constitutional violation. The founders were so concerned about a standing army’s loyalty to a king that the constitution only allows Congress to raise and support armies with appropriations that can’t be longer than 2 years.

Absolute immunity from criminal law is non-existent under American law. Even SCOTUS's decision in Trump v US limits presidential immunity to "official acts." States have prosecuted federal officials for violations of state law for over 200 years. 1/

LAW STUDENTS: The ACLU's State Supreme Court Initiative has an internship posting for Spring 2026. www.aclu.org/careers/inte...

"In the first 10 days of June 2025, ICE agents in NYC made 495 arrests — more than twice the arrests it made in all of June last year." The influx of ICE agents at courthouses undermines our right to due process and traumatizes immigrant families. None of this makes New Yorkers safer.

A friendly reminder that this is (still) unconstitutional, whether the federal courthouse doors are open to hear the claim or not. bsky.app/profile/thet...

Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable.

There will now be 10,000 new ICE agents & 100,000 new detention beds--and few safeguards protecting people from constitutional violations by the feds. Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Lander: "It's just gross, racist bigotry. Meanwhile he's running an optimistic, upbeat campaign for a NY where everybody belongs, and I feel proud as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in NYC to be supporting somebody who would be the first Muslim mayor—what could be more NYC than that?"

And if the claim is that because he's Muslim, he has a special obligation to prove it: Stop and think about what you're saying. 3) Many, many Jews support Mamdani. Starting with Brad Lander. So there's no claiming "Jews in NYC feel X." Please take from this, FINALLY, that we are not a monolith. >

Worth noting that Erez Reuveni has vigorously defended the government’s immigration policies over the last decade, as it was his job to do. This letter’s allegations are shocking (though not surprising, alas) and should be taken with the utmost seriousness.

Hope and solidarity won tonight, and will win again in November. Congratulations, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

BREAKING: We are suing Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman over his unlawful unlawful 287(g) agreement with ICE, which gives Nassau police the authority to stop, question, and arrest any resident they believe is in the U.S. illegally. This agreement is in blatant defiance of state law.

The Polls Are Open! If you did not early vote today is the last day to vote in NYC. Find your polling site at findmypollsite.vote.nyc Stay hydrated, stay cool and GO VOTE!!!

Good morning, NYC! It’s Election Day — and polls are open until 9 PM. Together, we can deliver a more affordable and safer city. But first, we gotta vote for it! findmypollsite.vote.nyc

TOMORROW'S Election Day, and we created an interactive demo where you can rank your choices and see how your vote counts! zellnor4.nyc/rcv REMEMBER: * VOTE JUNE 24 * RANK ZELLNOR #1 * RANK UP TO 5 CANDIDATES FROM WFP SLATE * DON'T RANK CUOMO

This is great. @zellnor.bsky.social is running two anti-Cuomo ads per hour on every Black radio station in NYC through 8pm Election Day.

Trump’s reckless & unconstitutional strikes against Iran are a dangerous escalation of war — and threaten countless Iranian, Israeli & American lives. My thoughts are with families fearing for their safety, and the thousands of New Yorkers worrying tonight about loved ones in Iran.

If y’all see the water kids outside today and tomorrow tell them I got some paid work for them on Election Day.

As a Jewish person I also think it really fucking sucks to smear the first Muslim mayoral candidate as an antisemite!!! www.thehandbasket.co/p/smearing-z...

Local and state prosecutors have the power to enforce state criminal laws. There are a lot of state criminal laws. Working for ICE does not confer magical immunity from them. State crimes are not pardonable by the president. Sorry to be a broken record.

Good morning, NYC! I'll be visiting polling sites across the city 🗳️🌆 Polls are open from 9 AM to 5 PM — come say hi!

Every argument from Robin Vos to Chris Rufo to Trump arguing that universities need more "viewpoint diversity" is, implicitly or explicitly, a call to normalize & tolerate stuff like this in the classroom. It's fundamentally incompatible with running serious universities. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Michael Pham fled Vietnam at the age of 13. He was named bishop of San Diego a month ago. Today, he stood watch at a courthouse: ICE agents were “standing there covered with masks as we walked toward the courtroom. Eventually the agents scattered and went away” timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/06...

Early voting is still on in New York City! Beat the heat and get out the vote ☀️ ⤵️

We are one week away from Election Day! Do you have a voting plan yet? Share it with three of your friends!

Excellent reporting here. Do read.

A friend just texted me from LA that this was happening at the park she was at

We feed you. They hunt us.

First, those cities MAGA wants you to think are on fire? Seeing murder hit historic lows; NYC heading for lowest *ever recorded.* Second, the decline has happened as the number of cops has FALLEN. Third, Jeff joins @johnkroman.bsky.social and others in pointing to SOCIAL investment as a driver

kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes

This is so jarringly unAmerican that I sort of hope it wakes some normies up. It is occurring in a context where military-style equipment is being used to enforce immigration roundups and conveys the notion that we are increasingly living in a police state.

I mean this is just straight up cheerleading for fascism.