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RockyMtnView

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Re typos I tend to forget 2-3 letter words. 4 letter words, not so much. I like nouns & verbs, not adverbs & adjectives—usually. Anti-Theist 💙🇺🇦 Todos Somos Kilmar y Liam Opinions are mine, unless you agree with them, then they’re yours Far left

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Susan Brown@sactowngrandma.bsky.social · 4d ago

Boomer here. Mom would stand on the porch at dinnertime and ring her cowbell. The adults at whatever homes we were in would tell whatever Browns were there (there were six of us) would say, “Browns, time for dinner, we heard the bell.”

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is wild: The Trump administration has provoked so many immigration habeas petitions, and has lost so many lawyers, that the Western District of Washington (Seattle, Tacoma, etc.) U.S. Attorney's Office can no longer *defend* the government in all of those cases, per this letter filed on 10/26:

Dear Judge Estudillo: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington (USAO) represents United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and ICE employees named in their official capacity, in immigration-related habeas corpus cases filed in the Western District of Washington under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. General Order No. 08-26 was intended to significantly improve and streamline the resolution of immigration-related habeas petitions (“§ 2241 Immigration Petitions”) that are being filed in the Western District of Washington. For the most part, the process has increased the expedition and uniformity with which habeas petitions are being resolved to the benefit of petitioners, the government, and the public interest. Since the General Order was first issued, however, the influx of § 2241 Immigration Petitions has continued to increase. The large volumes of petitions that are being filed, often copying from other petitions, has severely impacted the government’s ability to respond to specific petitions that require appreciable attorney time from the USAO to investigate and analyze. It has also negatively impacted the government’s ability to respond to other civil litigation filed against the government in the District. The USAO for the Western District of Washington reviews all these petitions in response to the Court’s issuance of a standard scheduling order, and the USAO determines how to respond on behalf of the government, in the interests of justice.Entering AUSA appearances in each and every such case, however, often initiates protracted litigation and consumes substantial AUSA time, even after the petitioner has been released or received a bond hearing. For example, AUSAs often are required to prepare and file status reports, supplemental briefing, and oppose EAJA motions. More recently, we have all too frequently been required to respond to motions and orders to show cause stemming from what are often technical violations of the scheduling order. The USAO unfortunately does not have the available resources, at this juncture, to continue entering AUSA appearances in every one of the dozens of § 2241 Immigration Petitions filed each week. Thus, going forward, in order to conserve resources, there will be many habeas cases in which the USAO will no longer assume responsibility for providing a defense on behalf of the respondents. On the other hand, for the time being, the USAO will continue to review Petitions and scheduling orders as they are filed, will transmit the scheduling order to the appropriate persons at ICE, and will enter AUSA appearances and file returns to specific petitions as the USAO determines appropriate. However, henceforth, if the USAO does not file a Notice of Appearance in a case within seven court days of the issuance of a standard scheduling order, the Court may assume that the USAO will not be filing a response to the Petition and the Court may proceed to rule on the merits of the petition based on the papers filed by the petitioner. In this latter group of cases, the USAO will take no responsibility for facilitating the processing of the case through the District Court nor will it serve as a conduit for communications between the District Court and respondents in the case. That said, the USAO reserves the right to enter an appearance in a case on behalf of the government at any time as it deems necessary. This change is expected to significantly streamline and expedite the resolutio…
Bluesky Fanatic@blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 5d ago

per Meidas Touch: CNN projects Democrat Eileen Laubacher has defeated the MAGA Republican in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, flipping the seat BLUE. ================ What will Lauren Boebert do now? Is she trained in anything? -----------------------

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · last wk.

PSA: You don’t get to refuse to support Zohran and actively oppose Abdul and take money from AIPAC and oppose Medicare for All and be chicken shit about abolishing ICE… then turn around and act shocked that people don’t see you as leadership material. @SenSchumer @RepJeffries

Dray Wharton@draywharton.bsky.social · last wk.

If we want the change we voted for to have impact and meaning, we need new leaders. Schumer and Jeffries will step aside and be great allies in that change or they will make all of our efforts and votes meaningless. It’s really that simple.