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El Salvador arrests rights lawyer helping deported migrants 0 Eugene 7 hrs ago 7 hrs ago 7 238
Trump's Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him 'remove people from this country' 2 Eugene Yesterday Yesterday 3 266
Someone on X described Alina Habba as "the Jenna Ellis of Ed Martins." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 4 235
Wait, the GOP put a culture warrior -- who literally wrote in his application to Trump that he would "Fight back ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 3 333
Matt Kacsmaryk shouldn't be a judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 11 367
Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution--and Congress Says Fine 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 8 454
Jeff Bezos Abandons Khashoggi to Cut Deal With MBS 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 12 527
For "One First," I took a deeper dive into Friday afternoon's *very* significant #SCOTUS Alien Enemies Act ruling 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 4 288
Military ordered to identify troops with "symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria" to kick out 3 littlemissmartypants Friday Friday 3 334
'Unconstitutional': Immigration experts knock Florida 'blueprint' for mass deportation 0 Eugene Thursday Thursday 2 206
Autopsies misclassified deaths in police custody that were homicides, Maryland officials say 2 Eugene Thursday Thursday 9 264
James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in Mass. history. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 5 318
Trump DOJ Defunds National Prison Rape Resource Center 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 4 275
DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says 8 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 13 619
NEWS: Paul Clement tells the court that two WilmerHale attorneys had their security clearances pulled under the Trump EO 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 Wednesday 1 259
Regent University School of Law FTW 2 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 7 494
Montana court strikes down ban on health care for trans youth, finds it unconstitutional 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 May 13 4 203
(Over 100) deported Venezuelans believed held at El Salvador mega-prison, UN says. (Fate of 275 deportees unclear) 0 Eugene May 13 May 13 4 195
BREAKING: Trump-appointee Fed judge in PA finds that Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation is properly invoked, but ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 May 13 2 609
Trump uses Supreme Court birthright citizenship case in bid to limit judges' power 0 Eugene May 11 May 11 5 1038
Judges have a warning about Trump's rapid deportations: Americans could be next 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 10 May 10 7 411
Why Trump's demand that protests at the World Cup are 'reasonable' is alarming 1 Eugene May 9 May 9 4 404
Lawfare: Our Reporters' Notes on the May 7 Hearing in the J.G.G. Case 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 8 May 8 2 235
In the Mahmoud Khalil case, Judge Farbiarz orders the government to give him a COMPLETE LIST of every time since 1975 ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 7 May 7 13 659
We should understand this for what it is: an effort to build public consent for Trump to ignore the Supreme Court 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 6 May 6 5 491
Big things are happening this week in Garcia v. Noem. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 7 516
NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 10 530
We Hold These Truths... 3 hermetic May 4 May 4 6 459
WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution? TRUMP: I don't know 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 4 6 559
How Trump's America Is Normalizing Violence Against Women (trigger warning) 4 niyad May 3 May 3 12 458

Civil Liberties Continued...

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The Story of the 'Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man' 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 4 426
No such thing as low-key fascism. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 3 308
In Suits and Ties, Lawyers Protest Trump's Attacks on the Legal System 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 3 301
Orders to Investigate Columbia Protesters Raised Alarms in Justice Dept. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 2 320
Wheelchair-using UNC student activist doxxed, criminally charged; loses scholarship. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 10 650
2006: Charlie Swift's War: Detainees' Military Lawyer Forced Out of Service 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 2 238
Federal judge says local police must follow order to halt enforcement of Florida immigration law 1 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 4 269
Iowa immigrant group is alarmed by a state lawmaker's demand for confidential information 0 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 3 282
Trump administration forced to reveal its ham-handed operation to terminate immigration records of thousands of students 0 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 4 256
Judge Xinis DENIES an additional request by the government to further stay discovery in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 10 406
Stephen Miller mentor David Horowitz dies of cancer, age 89 6 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 5 708
Supreme Court to consider bid for first religious charter school 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 3 367
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from cutting off funds for "direct legal representation services 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 29 Apr 29 4 397
Did the New England Patriots team plane just fly to Guantanamo? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 29 Apr 29 5 356
"This line is going to stick with me for a very long time." 20 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 27 Apr 28 188 6596
ACLU Asks Court To Make Trump Bring All Migrants Labeled 'Alien Enemies' From El Salvador Prison 0 Eugene Apr 26 Apr 26 2 328
Trump's deportations may face challenge as prison punishment without a trial 4 Eugene Apr 26 Apr 26 3 372
I was working from home at around 11:30 when I got a notice that my VPN had gone down 13 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 Apr 26 42 1628
If you're attending the White House Correspondents Association dinner tonight, be sure to come prepared with a joke ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 26 Apr 26 4 438
Trump administration appears to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 25 Apr 25 10 555
DHS expands on its defiant middle finger to the Supreme Court ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 4 388
Trump administration moved Venezuelan (A.S.R.) to Texas for possible deportation despite judge's order 3 Eugene Apr 24 Apr 24 9 370
Inside The Fight To Return The Other Men Trump Sent To CECOT 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 10 300
How Sam Alito Inadvertently Revealed His Own Homophobia From the Bench 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 5 599
Once again, Project 2025 gets it wrong, and its hood ornament, Donald Trump. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 Apr 23 5 424
Trump's Road to Constitutional Perdition 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 7 364
Feds blame U.S. citizen for his arrest under suspended immigration law 1 Eugene Apr 22 Apr 22 1 396
Alleged ICE arrest outside Douglas County courthouse captured on video - Douglas County News Press 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 6 611
A Venezuelan Is Missing. The U.S. Deported Him. But to Where? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 4 343
DOJ asks Supreme Court to reject ACLU request to pause deportations 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 20 Apr 22 0 341

Civil Liberties Continued...

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The Supreme Court could be poised to hobble the Trump resistance 5 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 21 Apr 21 7 746
No university has yet sued over the arrest, detention, and threatened deportation of its foreign students. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 21 Apr 21 6 508
Over the next two weeks, SCOTUS is hearing three religious supremacy cases 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 21 Apr 21 3 401
The thrust of Alito's dissent is: Sure, maybe the Trump administration was going to defy our unambiguous ruling ... 19 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 20 Apr 20 57 3063
DOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum's Legal Status 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 20 Apr 20 4 449
A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 19 Apr 19 10 677
"A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I've ever read." 15 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 18 Apr 18 78 2933
Elon Musk is accessing his private network via a Starlink transceiver at GSA headquarters. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 Apr 18 18 790
Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee, assails the Trump admin's behavior in the Abrego Garcia case. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 Apr 18 1 359
Trump Is Talking About Finding Ways to Send U.S. Citizens to Salvadoran Prison 2 Eugene Apr 17 Apr 18 5 483
2022 statute could force disclosure of U.S.-El Salvador agreements connected to the facility where Garcia is detained. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 Apr 17 5 425
The plan for NIH is in, source with full 64 page proposal for all of HHS is linked. Reported in WaPo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 Apr 17 3 374
NEW: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt 6 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 16 Apr 16 8 644
Associated Press moves to enforce Judge McFadden's injunction 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 16 Apr 16 7 497
DOJ ends a key racial discrimination case, signaling an end to the Civil Rights Division as it existed 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 16 Apr 16 7 430
DOGE attempted to assign team to US nonprofit group Vera Institute of Justice 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 16 Apr 16 13 448
Ice deports Venezuelan teen (Merwil Gutierrez) despite reportedly knowing he was not a target 5 Eugene Apr 15 Apr 15 12 482
Status conference in Abrego Garcia et al v. Noem et al, 4:00 p.m. Tuesday 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 15 Apr 15 1 418
Washington Post Exclusive: DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 15 Apr 15 4 378
Woman says she was detained by Houston police and turned over to ICE after her car caught fire 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 15 Apr 15 12 725
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