A photo of a Black woman surrounded by members of Patriot Front on a DC train on July 4 went viral. But what exactly is Patriot Front? Former federal prosecutor Mary McCord explains. The latest from our friends at @revealnews.org: tinyurl.com/4dfdtj6f

Mary McCord spent years at the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Both offices are shells of themselves under the Trump administration. Listen to our latest More To The Story: tinyurl.com/4jydm5j8

ICAP's Mary McCord joined MSNow for a full day of coverage on Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing. Watch the full segment here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB6X...

For a full day of coverage of Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing with ICAP’s Mary McCord, tune in to MSNow.

ICAP's Mary McCord's testimony from Pam Bondi's confirmation hearing in Jan. 2025 is even more relevant going into Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing tomorrow: the oath is to the Constitution, not to the President. Read it here:

ICAP's Mary McCord warns of the danger to First Amendment rights of targeting people for prosecution based on viewpoint:

The Trump administration vowed to go after 'Antifa.' Here's what that's looked like

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks former federal prosecutor Mary McCord about the Trump administration's vow to prosecute domestic terrorists and "Antifa."

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The Trump Administration wants to build a wall at holy site Mount Cristo Rey. We're fighting it on behalf of the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/u... Read our opposition here: tinyurl.com/mutzrw4z

A Diocese Tries to Protect Its 29-Foot Jesus From Trump’s Border Wall

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This morning at 10 am, ICAP's Mary McCord will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on the dangers of using the prosecutorial power to target people and organizations based on viewpoint. Watch the livestream: judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...

The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II

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After the horrific shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, ICAP's Mary McCord explains how using the "terrorist" label endangers constitutional rights and drives extremist violence: www.justsecurity.org/139553/domes...

The Domestic Terrorist Label Endangers Rights and Drives Extremist Violence

Prepared Senate testimony for hearing that was postponed. On risks of Trump administration's use of terrorist labels for domestic groups.

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Prepared Senate testimony for hearing that was postponed. On risks of the Trump administration's use of terrorist labels for domestic groups. By Mary McCord (@icapgeorgetown.bsky.social), former head of DOJ National Security Division

The Domestic Terrorist Label Endangers Rights and Drives Extremist Violence

Prepared Senate testimony for hearing that was postponed. On risks of Trump administration's use of terrorist labels for domestic groups.

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The president's unprecedented $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund raises serious concerns for the American people, says ICAP's Legal Director Rupa Bhattacharyya, drawing on years as a DOJ lawyer and special master of the 9/11 victims' compensation fund. More here: www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Trump DOJ creates $1.7-billion fund for victims of legal 'weaponization,' prompting outrage

Experts said Trump creating a fund for his political allies, to settle a lawsuit he had personally brought against his own government, was unprecedented and concerning.

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ICAP is honored to assist the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces in challenging the Trump administration's attempt to seize New Mexico land to extend the border wall. More details here:

Catholic diocese fights Trump administration plan to seize pilgrimage site for border wall

(RNS) — The land targeted by the federal government is at the base of Mount Cristo Rey, a mountain and pilgrimage site topped by a 29-foot-tall limestone statue of Jesus Christ.

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On Monday, May 11th, at 6:30 pm, join ICAP's Mary McCord for a timely conversation at @nyhistory.bsky.social with @tessbridgeman.bsky.social & @rgoodlaw.bsky.social. The discussion will focus on the global legal frameworks that govern war crimes & more. Purchase in-person or livestream tickets here:

Power Without Impunity: War Crimes and Illegal Orders | The New York Historical

When unlawful orders are given, whether in times of war or in moments of domestic unrest, who bears responsibility, and where does accountability truly lie?

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Starting soon! The event will begin at 1 p.m. ET. Register at the link in the post below.

Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection@icapgeorgetown.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Register now! On Thursday, April 30th at 1 p.m. ET ICAP's Kelsi Corkran will be featured as a panelist at @myconstitution.bsky.social's Home Stretch at the Supreme Court event in a discussion about the most significant cases of the SCOTUS term. RSVP: tinyurl.com/scvfmmut

Register now! On Thursday, April 30th at 1 p.m. ET ICAP's Kelsi Corkran will be featured as a panelist at @myconstitution.bsky.social's Home Stretch at the Supreme Court event in a discussion about the most significant cases of the SCOTUS term. RSVP: tinyurl.com/scvfmmut

Yesterday, more than 350 former USDOJ filed a letter explaining that a proposed rule that would allow the AG to indefinitely delay state bar investigations into allegations of professional misconduct against USDOJ attorneys is legally wrong & factually unsupported. Read the full letter:

"...the First Amendment protects the right to watch law enforcement do their jobs in public, to record their activities, and to publicly criticize what law enforcement is doing,” said ICAP's Seth Wayne. “Those same principles apply to federal law enforcement.”

Campaign Legal Center@campaignlegal.org · 4mo ago

NEW: 39 former DOJ civil servants filed an amicus brief calling on the court to hold ICE and other federal agents accountable for violations of protestors’ First Amendment rights in Minnesota. DOJ has held local police to this standard—the same must apply here. 1/

The DOJ, through investigations by the civil servants we’re representing, has routinely held local police accountable for violating protestors’ constitutional rights. Federal agents must be held to the same standard. 3/3

Campaign Legal Center and @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social are representing former career civil servants from DOJ's Civil Rights Division who worked to eliminate patterns of illegal conduct by law enforcement under Democratic and Republicans administrations alike. 2/

NEW: 39 former DOJ civil servants filed an amicus brief calling on the court to hold ICE and other federal agents accountable for violations of protestors’ First Amendment rights in Minnesota. DOJ has held local police to this standard—the same must apply here. 1/

Dozens of Former DOJ Staff Urge Accountability for First Amendment Violations by ICE, Other Federal Agents

Actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal law enforcement agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota that seek to quash dissent and retaliate against individuals for exercising...

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Pam Bondi did a disservice to the Department of Justice, crime victims, and the public. ICAP’s Mary McCord reflects on it here: www.ms.now/opinion/pam-...

Opinion | The embarrassing lesson of Pam Bondi's confirmation hearing

Mary McCord: Maybe now that she is out as attorney general, Bondi will reflect on where and why she went astray.

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ICAP is proud to represent legal ethics scholars warning of the ethical dilemma posed for lawyers at firms blacklisted by Trump's illegal executive orders and for lawyers at firms that cut a deal. Read our brief here: www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-cont...

Just published! ICAP's Mary McCord warns about DOJ's $1.25 million payoff to Michael Flynn:

Opinion | How Michale Flynn’s lies earned him a $1.2million settlement

While this result is far from just, perhaps more concerning is what it invites others to do.

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ICAP is honored to work with the MN AG and Hennepin County Attorney to seek justice for those harmed by the ICE surge in Minneapolis. Read the full complaint: www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-cont...

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty@hennepinatty.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO), the State of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension sued the federal government today for access to evidence related to the shootings of Renee Good, Julio Sosa-Celis, and Alex Pretti. www.hennepinattorney.org/news/news/20...

ICAP's Mary McCord writes that DOJ both embarrassed and exposed itself as a purely political actor in reversing its decision to dismiss the appeals of four court orders striking down POTUS's blacklisting of law firms. Read it here.

Opinion | What's exposed by the Justice Department's about-face on Trump's campaign against law firms

Mary McCord: Every lawyer knows that the federal court rulings were correct and that the president's executive orders are legally indefensible.

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CBP agents are threatening and coercing unaccompanied immigrant children to "voluntarily" return to their home countries, potentially facilitating a return to the danger and violence they initially sought refuge from. ICAP has filed a motion seeking to halt this unlawful practice. More here:

Legal advocates seek to halt CBP policy pressuring unaccompanied children to self-deport

Legal advocates are asking a judge to stop U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents from urging unaccompanied immigrant children to voluntarily deport themselves.

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"...the American people are on the hook for these claims if liability is assessed against the government." –– ICAP's Rupa Bhattacharyya on the president's request for the federal government to pay him billions of dollars. Read the full article at the link below!

NPR@npr.org · 6mo ago

President Trump is asking the federal government for billions of dollars in damages, putting his own Justice Department on the spot and creating an unprecedented ethical morass. n.pr/4rpUBTy

Last year we challenged DHS's rescission of the policy that restricts immigration enforcement in sensitive locations, including places of worship. Today ICAP's Kelsi Corkran will argue in the DC Circuit in our continued defense of the religious rights and freedoms of millions of Americans.

In a recent episode of the podcast @shortcircuitij.bsky.social, ICAP's Elizabeth Cruikshank shares insights from her years of work litigating on behalf of people behind bars. Listen now!

Short Circuit 409 | Obviously Unconstitutional - Institute for Justice

IJ’s Anya Bidwell interviews two civil rights lawyers for a wide-ranging conversation about what it’s like to litigate on behalf of people behind bars. She […]

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On Monday, a federal judge heard arguments on whether to expel ICE agents from Minnesota in an attempt to end the Trump administration's sweeping immigration enforcement. ICAP's Mary McCord joined @pbsnews.org to discuss the implications of this case and more. Listen now.

Federal judge hears Minnesota's arguments for ending ICE surge

A federal judge in Minnesota heard arguments on whether to expel ICE agents from the state and put an end to the Trump administration's sweeping immigration enforcement. The hearing comes as state and...

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