Rebecca LeGrand
@rlegrand.bsky.social
legrandpllc.com Attorney and avid sleeper. Also into birds of the Mid-Atlantic, the geology of Prince George's County, and Solar Cycle 25.
The White House attack on the Smithsonian is nuts. It slams an 11 YO girl, calls Toni Morrison "an anti-white activist," and criticizes an exhibit that mentions women "bobbing their hair" for encouraging women to embrace "more masculine dress and hair styles." www.whitehouse.gov/releases/202...).
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Trump is preparing to fire the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, one of America's most prestigious scientific and historical research and education organizations. He wants in particular to censor the Smithonian's American History exhibits:
White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted
The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and hist...
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DOJ sent journalists a DRAFT superseding indictment before they sent anything to defense counsel. Or unsealed it. I can't even.
The $1.776B “anti-weaponization fund” announced today is a theft of our tax dollars and a fraud on the American people. Congress needs to step up and block this settlement before Trump helps himself to the rest of our tax dollars. Please share and help sound the alarm. youtube.com/shorts/4bnF4...
Trump’s $1.8B “anti-weaponization fund”
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Pretty sure you don’t need to quote ethics experts to say the $1.8bn slush fund is corrupt.
Well, at least one person in that room was ready to defend the Constitution.
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 2y agoNEW on how Mohsen Mahdawi was detained in a "trap." At a citizenship interview, he signed his pledge to “defend the Constitution." The official left to go “check” something. Said he'd be back. Then masked & armed agents came in, shackled Mahdawi, and tried to fly him 1000 miles away to Louisiana.
Thank you @sarakropf.bsky.social! Again, you set a great example. And I'm absolutely blown away by everyone working at our local federal courts. The DDC & DMd court staff, judges, clerks, everyone, are putting in heroic hours. And I'm so sorry for anything I eff up filing that creates more work.
Sara Kropf@sarakropf.bsky.social · 2y ago@rlegrand.bsky.social!
I really was clinging "to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos." Order at 6. And they would heed Judge Wilkinson's call to "summon the best that is within us while there is still time." But no.
Rebecca LeGrand@rlegrand.bsky.social · 2y agoI concur on Judge Wilkinson's remarkable decision. And said some things along those lines last night on CNN. The full decision is well worth reading. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Au...
As Judge Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee, wrote, rejecting Trump admin’s request to stay a lower court order to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia, this case is about whether our executive branch obeys the law.
I concur on Judge Wilkinson's remarkable decision. And said some things along those lines last night on CNN. The full decision is well worth reading. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Au...
Rebecca LeGrand spoke about due process with CNN's Omar Jimenez
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Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 2y agoThe opinion by Judge Wilkinson for the Fourth Circuit denying the government’s most recent request for a stay or mandamus against Judge Xinis’s rulings in the Abrego García case is especially powerful when you consider it was written by … Judge Wilkinson: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Banned: "The underground girls of Kabul: in search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan." Because criticizing the Taliban is too woke now I guess. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
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NEW from judge in Maryland immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case: "For the reasons discussed during today’s status conference, the Court finds that the [Trump admin] have failed to comply with this Court’s Order..." Next hearing: Tuesday, April 15 at 4 pm storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections. This particular decision was a fait accompli.
There are some very bad stories going around about the Mahmoud Kahlil case. The hearing today was before an immigration judge — which is located within the Justice Department. They are NOT a "federal judge" in the sense that anyone reading at least one nationwide story saying so thinks of it.
"Gone is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou’s transformative best-selling 1970 memoir chronicling her struggles with racism and trauma. Two copies of “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler are still on the shelves." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
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Proud to file an amicus brief in support of the Institute of Peace, an independent nonprofit created by Congress that DOGE lawlessly commandeered. The 113 military & foreign policy officials who signed the brief have seen the "blood and treasure" saved by the Institute's work, and know its worth.
Big Cases Bot@bigcases.bots.law · 2y agoNew filing: "US Institute of Peace v. DOGE (non-profit sues over DOGE takeover)" Doc #31: Amicus Brief Download PDF | View Full Case #CL69754533
During Abrego Garcia hearing right now, Judge Xinis asks the DOJ attorney (Drew Ensign) where is Mr. Abrego Garcia. Ensign: I don't have that info. My clients haven't given me that info as of today. Judge Xinis: Where is he? Ensign: I don't have that info.
No words. The lawlessness and cruelty is unfathomable. And these could be my neighbors. @thebaltimorebanner.com
Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 2y ago“Mommy, no. Mommy.” Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody. The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Really proud that our firm is on this list AND to have just filed an amicus brief on behalf of 346 former judges in support of Perkins Coie.
Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 2y agoNEWS: More than 500 law firms sign on to an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie amid the firm’s legal battle against Trump’s executive order targeting its business. Read the list of firms that signed the brief authored by former SG Don Verrilli: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
This matters. This is fighting. Make noise and yell and use every microphone you have. Way to go @booker.senate.gov
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y agoBooker, just minutes away from the speaking record: "This is when the most precious ideas of our country are being tested, where the Constitution and the question is being called -- Where does the constitution live? On paper? Or in our hearts? This is the moment."
A story. And then a question. In 2009, the Solicitor General lied to the Supreme Court in a critical brief, claiming that the government routinely paroles back into the United States noncitizens (aliens) who receive subsequent judicial relief from their removability. This was the Nken case.
When the government doesn't want to bother with due process its usually because they know they'd lose. This is awful. "'He’s in the torture prison in El Salvador,' Mark Prada, Reyes Mota’s lawyer, told Immigration Judge Jorge Pereira."
Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 2y agoNo criminal record, no gang ties, no tattoos, applied for asylum, father of a 9-year-old, government's case full of errors, sent to mega-prison anyway amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
I support forgiveness not schadenfreude, but occasionally we get to take a moment. @chescaleigh.bsky.social OMG thank you for the catharsis. And Ms. Piggott, thank you for speaking up. That is brave and I'm here for you if I can help (am trying to help government workers hurt by this cruelty).
Franchesca Ramsey@chescaleigh.bsky.social · 2y agoVirginia service worker Jennifer Piggott voted for Trump knowing others would suffer she just never thought… 🐆💀
I'm reading the affidavits filed by @aclu.org and @democracyforward.org in support of asylum seekers our government sent to rot in prison in El Salvador. Lots to be angry about, but as a Chicago native, this especially pisses me off.
