I have been working in Cleveland under two years with @markpuente.bsky.social and @douglivingston.bsky.social. We’ve reported on four deaths in the custody of the Cuyahoga County Jail. The most recent being Tasha Grant whose death was ruled a homicide. 🧵 www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/25/c...

The fact that an agent literally said "fuck them kids" is just icing on the unconstitutional cake. They enjoy being able to play badass while they terrorize neighborhoods.

It's worth asking how differently things might look on the ground right now if #SCOTUS hadn't eviscerated Bivens—and made it all-but impossible to bring damages suits against federal officers (like ICE agents) who violate our constitutional rights. This is from my rebuttal in Hernández v. Mesa:

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In a recent piece, Kelsey Dodson shares what it's like to menstruate in prison. One woman says she was forced to bleed through her underwear, her pants, and finally her white blanket during an hour-long count. This piece was co-published with @theguardian.com. Please give it a read.

Reminder that Miller once asked an admiral “When a boat full of migrants is in int’l waters, they aren’t protected by the U.S. Constitution, right?” When admiral said that’s technically true, but int’l law still applied, Miller replied: “why can’t we use a Predator drone to obliterate that boat?”

Just a reminder that in the Los Angeles ICE case, Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence played up the extent to which those *not* properly subject to immigration arrest were detained "briefly" and released "promptly." www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-177-... That wasn't true in L.A., and it isn't true here.

Death County is a Signal Award finalist. If you’re so inclined, please go vote for it for listener’s choice. vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

A lawsuit laying out, step by step, just how cluelessly, dangerously wrong Justice Brett Kavanaugh's opinion and the majority's vote from earlier this month were. www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-tru...

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

One of those "brief investigative stops" Brett Kavanaugh was talking about...

There’s no evidence that any leftist group or network had anything to do with Kirk’s murder. Even Cox said he acted alone. They’re going to try to claim the people who celebrated his death or ridiculed him are supporting terrorism, map out any groups they’re affiliated with, and work backward.

How can Kavanaugh fix his pen to write this? www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court — over the objection of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson — allows the Trump administration’s racial profiling of people working certain types of jobs in its immigration raids during litigation.

“They’re throwing the entire federal apparatus at one father of three to prove that no one should dare challenge their authority.”

"The judges really enjoy and cherish their appointment power,” Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers President Blaise Katter told the commission...It’s 'a system that rewards attorneys who do not try cases and do not tie up the court system with multiple hours."

I decided to look at all 66 prosecutor elections this fall. Why? Prosecutors have huge power over sentencing, charging, second chances, and even immigration implications. Here's everything you need to know, from East to West Coast. New from me:

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation. Which is why it makes my head explode when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics.

Texas GOP locks the doors to push through redistricting: TX State Rep. Hinojosa: “Is there still a call on the House that compels attendance and restricts our freedom?” Speaker Burrows: “Yes, until House Bill 4 passes.”

My own experience with the character and fitness exam: I was nervous until I got to my interview, which was conducted by a middle-aged white guy who mostly wanted to shoot the shit about college football. And even at the time I remember thinking, "Huh, this feels...not entirely on the up-and-up."

Two Black Mom’s. Two Texas moms were forced to wait for urgent care after pregnancy loss. They died - The Dallas Morning News apple.news/Ar4R4ruBOT8K...

NEW from DSM: A video published on YouTube showed a documentary filmmaker ordered to back away while filming the Eugene Police and subsequently learned that the department has its own "press." We've spoken to experts who agree this is very bad. Read about it ⤵️

Collier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.

Most of us believe voters pick our leaders – politicians should not pick which voters to heed and which to silence. But this MAGA regime of the bullies for the billionaires is attempting to silence Americans by carving our country up into districts that allow them to seize permanent power.

San Francisco Public Defender's immigration unit offers free legal defense to S.F. immigrants facing deportation. A recent $3.4M grant is expanding this vital work. Justice for all means everyone has access to a lawyer. #ImmigrantJustice

We must learn from history. By sending the Ohio National Guard to help Trump suppress peaceful protesters, Governor Mike DeWine is betraying Ohioans who said #NeverAgain after the #KentStateMassacre. Ohio’s National Guard Members didn’t sign up to be used so dangerously as political pawns.

“Domestic law enforcement operations, in particular, are also broadly unpopular among military personnel, who did not enlist in the armed services to police their fellow citizens.” www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

New in PN: The slide toward "competitive authoritarianism" "Orbán subverted Hungary’s democracy with gerrymandering and by creating a nationwide right-wing media network. He put loyalists in the public prosecutor’s office, ensuring the judicial system would go after his enemies. Sound familiar?"

“Cincinnati Rep. Cecil Thomas organized the press conference and is the one leading the call for accountability. The group gave city leaders an ultimatum Monday: charge the white individuals involved in the fight, too, or drop all charges against the seven Black individuals previously arrested.”

This is what happens when we make "the law" the ultimate arbiter of right and wrong, instead of recognizing that "rule of law" is merely what the rulers claim the law to be. We change our laws to comport with our values, not the other way round.

BBC: “Al Jazeera’s entire team in Gaza city has been killed.”

OK, Trump can't actually cancel the 2026 midterms, but Texas redistricting scheme (and plans to bring it to FL, IN, etc.) is essentially that, deciding the election by a computer instead of a campaign the GOP will lose The plan to nullify Congress. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/texa...

Atlanta Dream shared this on their stories. This league is so important man.

POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.

"Stewart, an attorney, said he 'assumed' the AI vendors have some means to screen out the lawyers’ calls with inmates. But he’s not worried about it, given the words would likely be found inadmissible as evidence."

The FBI agent’s claim in this case is astounding - that face shields designed to protect against police tear spray and rubber bullets are typically used only by “violent” protesters. theintercept.com/2025/07/23/f...

I wrote about the steps local, state and federal agencies are supposed to take when someone dies in a jail in Ohio. We also included what records in those investigations should be available to the public. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/07/24/c...

The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]

Important new piece from @brittanyhailer.bsky.social @themarshallproject.org

When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.

The Department of Homeland Security still has not explained why they are arresting and detaining American citizens. It’s unjustifiable.

The Florida Supreme Court concluded that a racial gerrymander designed to DILUTE the voting power of Black Floridians is perfectly legal, while a new map drawn to PROTECT the voting power of Black Floridians would be unconstitutionally racist. We are fully through the looking glass here.

Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview. Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.

Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”

Presidents of both parties have muddied the water on unilateral presidential military action, but an attack on a sovereign nation with barely even a pretext of a lawful reason, no congressional involvement or even interest, and no UN involvement would be a new low for “checks and balances.”

Not at all clear this is required by SB 1 (which is not yet in effect) -- it's another frustrating choice OSU is making.