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NOW: Emergency conference before Judge Paula Xinis on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's motion to be returned to MD from TN 1 mahatmakanejeeves 3 hrs ago 1 hr ago 6 282

The ICE List: Tracking Deportation Agents Across America 1 cbabe 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 5 285

Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump's Judicial Nominees Off the Hook 0 mahatmakanejeeves 21 hrs ago 21 hrs ago 4 241

The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: 'A police state' 2 Eugene Yesterday 23 hrs ago 13 728

" Never seen this before -- the Justice Department is suing ... the entire federal district court bench in Maryland ..." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 27 1229

National Archives College Park MD facility to remain open to general public 3 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Yesterday 9 636

"Congratulations to John Roberts, who will now surely displace Taney as the most ... hated Chief Justice in history" 14 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Tuesday 78 2153

California National Guard troops under federal control sent to LA are 130 miles east of the city doing drug busts 6 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 5 569

"Judge William Young ... [denies] DOJ's request for a stay pending appeal in the NIH grants case." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 3 280

"A federal appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return a Salvadoran man ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 300

Judge chastises Trump administration in Voice of America hearing 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 4 679

The Big Billionaire Benefit Bill could slam the door on Justice!! 0 Ranting Randy Thursday Thursday 2 282

Appeals Court to Consider on Tuesday if Trump Can Control National Guard in L.A. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 18 0 289

"It looks like Palantir is helping Trump build a mega-database of Americans' private information" 14 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 39 1311

Officers who cover their faces could be charged with a misdemeanor under California proposal 0 Eugene Jun 16 Jun 16 0 189

US seeks more time to show it complied with judge's orders in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Maryland lawsuit 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 16 Jun 16 5 370

6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration's Attacks on Civil Liberties 1 usonian Jun 16 Jun 16 7 352

"... KOSA supporters say it out loud: ... they are really ... going after content." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 16 Jun 16 5 615

Pregnant in Power: U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen Confronts a System Built for Men 0 niyad Jun 14 Jun 14 3 348

Trump's Cartoonish Performance of Masculine Strength, from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. 0 niyad Jun 14 Jun 14 3 315

Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 3 409

The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 15 424

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to sanction Trump administration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 4 257

Jury Nullification Gut Check 2 ck4829 Jun 12 Jun 12 3 429

Hearing before Judge Breyer on Governor Gavin Newsom's request for a temporary restraining order 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 9 455

Thou shalt not ignore the law: Illinois county sued over Ten Commandments monument 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 8 391

About 500 National Guard troops in LA are trained to accompany agents on immigration raids 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 11 Jun 11 1 493

"It's not just that it's clearly intentional, it's that it's clearly intentional knowing that he's being recorded." 16 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 53 3062

Alabama sheriff arrested for hiring uncertified officers, including one accused of violence 0 Eugene Jun 9 Jun 9 4 364

One of the two FTC commissioners Trump purported to fire in March resigned today because he hasn't been paid since then 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 4 289

Civil Liberties Continued...

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BREAKING: Federal judge denies Corporation for Public Broadcasting's request for a preliminary injunction ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 8 582

'Remember the Ladies': Attacks on Gender Equity Remain a Core Feature of Surging Authoritarianism 3 niyad Jun 7 Jun 7 3 429

Trump Can Restrict A.P. Journalists' Access, Appeals Court Rules 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 3 434

Immigration lawyer says return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was calculated 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 49 1625

"So the conservative justices who had a meltdown over their 'privacy' being violated by Dobbs protests in front of ..." 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 7 51 1899

An hour before being blocked, State told consulates to reject Harvard visas 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 4 438

Ken White: "Pam Bondi is thug scum." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 10 580

The Trump admin's quiet (but deadly) attack on repro rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 1 337

"Kafka name-checked three words in" feels like the lawyer equivalent of noticing a small red dot appearing between ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 4 7 507

Unsealed records in Abrego Garcia case offer few details that are new, unknown 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 4 3 431

Arlington man describes terrifying weeks in ICE custody 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 4 9 471

Trump seeks to reshape judiciary as first nominees face Senate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 3 Jun 3 1 371

FBI shows up at Charlottesville public defender's home unannounced after ICE raid 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 2 12 979

"Against all odds, Joni Ernst has made it worse." 10 mahatmakanejeeves May 31 Jun 1 8 911

US files motion to dismiss lawsuit over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 5 448

VOA plaintiffs, in the two cases against Kari Lake/USAGM, filed this morning a motion with the DC Circuit Ct. of Appeals 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 3 372

Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as ..." 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 8 823

RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals 9 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 24 1508

Bill Burr on ICE 4 Mosby May 23 May 23 13 791

Here is Harvard's new lawsuit, over the international student revocation ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 10 719

Republican Bill Would Limit Judges' Contempt Power 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 4 474

Georgetown scholar recalls terror and 'mockery of due process' in immigration jail 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 14 628

El Salvador arrests rights lawyer helping deported migrants 0 Eugene May 21 May 21 8 456

Trump's Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him 'remove people from this country' 2 Eugene May 20 May 20 4 499

Someone on X described Alina Habba as "the Jenna Ellis of Ed Martins." 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 20 May 20 4 444

Wait, the GOP put a culture warrior -- who literally wrote in his application to Trump that he would "Fight back ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 19 May 19 3 541

Matt Kacsmaryk shouldn't be a judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 19 May 19 11 567

Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution--and Congress Says Fine 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 18 May 18 8 658

Jeff Bezos Abandons Khashoggi to Cut Deal With MBS 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 12 764

For "One First," I took a deeper dive into Friday afternoon's *very* significant #SCOTUS Alien Enemies Act ruling 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 4 471

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Military ordered to identify troops with "symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria" to kick out 3 littlemissmartypants May 16 May 16 3 589

'Unconstitutional': Immigration experts knock Florida 'blueprint' for mass deportation 0 Eugene May 15 May 15 2 389

Autopsies misclassified deaths in police custody that were homicides, Maryland officials say 2 Eugene May 15 May 15 9 497

James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in Mass. history. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 5 539

Trump DOJ Defunds National Prison Rape Resource Center 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 4 464

DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says 8 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 13 969

NEWS: Paul Clement tells the court that two WilmerHale attorneys had their security clearances pulled under the Trump EO 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 May 14 1 443

Regent University School of Law FTW 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 7 718

Montana court strikes down ban on health care for trans youth, finds it unconstitutional 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 May 13 4 386

(Over 100) deported Venezuelans believed held at El Salvador mega-prison, UN says. (Fate of 275 deportees unclear) 0 Eugene May 13 May 13 4 376

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 2 809

Trump uses Supreme Court birthright citizenship case in bid to limit judges' power 0 Eugene May 11 May 11 5 4934

Judges have a warning about Trump's rapid deportations: Americans could be next 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 10 May 10 7 579

Why Trump's demand that protests at the World Cup are 'reasonable' is alarming 1 Eugene May 9 May 9 4 584

Lawfare: Our Reporters' Notes on the May 7 Hearing in the J.G.G. Case 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 8 May 8 2 398

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 13 958

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 5 670

Big things are happening this week in Garcia v. Noem. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 7 686

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 10 774

We Hold These Truths... 3 hermetic May 4 May 4 6 699

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