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alec karakatsanis@equalityalec.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The evidence of an illegal conspiracy is non-existent, but this is how the authoritarian dragnet targets those fighting against repression. Everyone should be learning about this case. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison

Activists accused of being part of antifa face harsh sentences in case seen as test of Trump’s crackdown on dissent

theguardian.com

ACLU@aclu.org · 2mo ago

There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 3mo ago

If you're a DOJ lawyer and your reaction to "okay, your job is to open a criminal investigation into the lady our boss sexually assaulted 30 years ago" is anything other than resigning on the spot, your choice to continue working there should haunt you for the rest of your life

There Are No Serious People In the Trump Justice Department

The nation’s top law enforcement agency is now a law firm that serves only the president’s personal interests, and bills its time to you and me.

ballsandstrikes.substack.com

Teeklin@teeklin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If you think that AI is useless, all it does it lie, or that it's a scam: please read this article from Firefox who just fixed more bugs in a month than they did in all of 2025 thanks to Mythos and Project Glasswing AI is not going anywhere and it's going to get MUCH worse So what do we do? 1/

Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

New details about what we found, and how agentic harnesses are now able to reproduce real bugs and dismiss false positives.

hacks.mozilla.org

Lawrence Solum@lsolum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Fish on Deportation in the Deep State Eric S. Fish (University of California, Davis – School of Law) has posted Deportation in the Deep State (forthcoming, Stanford Law Review) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Since 1997, low-level immigration agents have conducted fast-paced deportation hearings.…

Fish on Deportation in the Deep State

Eric S. Fish (University of California, Davis – School of Law) has posted Deportation in the Deep State (forthcoming, Stanford Law Review) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Since 1997, low-level immigration agents have conducted fast-paced deportation hearings. These hearings, called Expedited Removals, circumvent the formal immigration court process. They involve an immigration agent interviewing an immigrant and deciding whether to order them deported, with no opportunity for appeal.

legaltheoryblog.com

Popehat@kenwhite.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Criticizing Israel and its behavior and policies, even very sharply, isn’t bigoted. Reflexively responding to any mention of Jews, Judaism, Jewish history or culture, or the Jewish community with demands to denounce Israel is absolutely bigoted and also unhinged.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

AOC tells PabloReports that the reinstatement of the agent who shot Renee Good is a reminder of why Democrats should not give ICE and CBP a dime. AOC: Every single person that that man encounters is in just as grave danger as she was in.

Eileen Clancy 🧿@clancyny.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Huge! Supreme Court records online, for free. 1830-2019 Trial transcripts, evidence, and procedural documents that travel with each case Briefs: petitions, responses, amicus filings, and appendices submitted by litigants and by third parties Opinions for cases heard by the Supreme Court

The collection covers three kinds of materials: The first is the official records from the lower court(s): the trial transcripts, evidence, and procedural documents that travel with each case up through the federal judiciary. The second is the briefs: the petitions, responses, amicus filings, and supporting appendices submitted by the litigants themselves and by interested third parties. These briefs are the raw material of American constitutional argument. They capture the perspectives of individuals, corporations, civil society organizations, and government agencies pressing their cases before the nation’s highest court. The third category is the opinions (for cases that are heard by the Supreme Court): the ultimate decisions reached by the highest court in the United States, demonstrating the logic and reasoning of the court.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4mo ago

IMPORTANT: Under federal law, it's very hard, at times near-impossible, to sue federal law enforcement officers for civil rights violations. But legal theorists have said for decades that there is a possible way to sue under state law instead. This is a VERY big test case.

This case could re-establish an important legal avenue for people to bring claims against federal officers under a state civil rights act. The Maine Civil Rights Act allows people to bring claims against federal officers for violations of federal law. Specifically, it affords a cause of action for violations of “the rights secured by the United States Constitution” by “any person.” In general, claims against federal officials are brought against the United States, but there is a crucial exception in federal statute. The Westfall Act of 1988 states this limitation on remedies against federal officials “does not extend or apply to a civil action against an employee of the Government [] which is brought for a violation of the Constitution of the United States.” The Supreme Court allowed some types of actions against federal officers for federal constitutional violations in its 1971 Bivens decision, but the court has sharply narrowed that in recent years. Re-establishing the ability to bring claims under state law could reopen a crucial avenue for people to seek justice when the federal government violates their constitutional rights.
ACLU@aclu.org · 4mo ago

BREAKING: We're suing federal immigration agents on behalf of Juan Sebastián Carvajal-Muñoz, a legal U.S. resident who was racially profiled and violently abducted in Maine in January. Agents violated his Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights and must be held accountable.