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About 500 National Guard troops in LA are trained to accompany agents on immigration raids 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 11 Jun 11 1 458
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Alabama sheriff arrested for hiring uncertified officers, including one accused of violence 0 Eugene Jun 9 Jun 9 4 344
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 4 274
BREAKING: Federal judge denies Corporation for Public Broadcasting's request for a preliminary injunction ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 8 562
'Remember the Ladies': Attacks on Gender Equity Remain a Core Feature of Surging Authoritarianism 3 niyad Jun 7 Jun 7 3 399
Trump Can Restrict A.P. Journalists' Access, Appeals Court Rules 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 3 412
Immigration lawyer says return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was calculated 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 49 1606
"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 1872
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Ken White: "Pam Bondi is thug scum." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 10 560
The Trump admin's quiet (but deadly) attack on repro rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 1 320
"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 7 488
Unsealed records in Abrego Garcia case offer few details that are new, unknown 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 4 3 415
Arlington man describes terrifying weeks in ICE custody 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 4 9 455

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Trump seeks to reshape judiciary as first nominees face Senate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 3 Jun 3 1 355
FBI shows up at Charlottesville public defender's home unannounced after ICE raid 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 2 12 954
"Against all odds, Joni Ernst has made it worse." 10 mahatmakanejeeves May 31 Jun 1 8 875
US files motion to dismiss lawsuit over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 5 428
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 3 357
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as ..." 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 8 795
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals 9 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 24 1479
Bill Burr on ICE 4 Mosby May 23 May 23 13 765
Here is Harvard's new lawsuit, over the international student revocation ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 10 699
Republican Bill Would Limit Judges' Contempt Power 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 4 449
Georgetown scholar recalls terror and 'mockery of due process' in immigration jail 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 14 613
El Salvador arrests rights lawyer helping deported migrants 0 Eugene May 21 May 21 8 442
Trump's Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him 'remove people from this country' 2 Eugene May 20 May 20 4 476
Someone on X described Alina Habba as "the Jenna Ellis of Ed Martins." 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 20 May 20 4 428
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 3 520
Matt Kacsmaryk shouldn't be a judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 19 May 19 11 551
Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution--and Congress Says Fine 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 18 May 18 8 636
Jeff Bezos Abandons Khashoggi to Cut Deal With MBS 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 12 750
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 4 455
Military ordered to identify troops with "symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria" to kick out 3 littlemissmartypants May 16 May 16 3 560
'Unconstitutional': Immigration experts knock Florida 'blueprint' for mass deportation 0 Eugene May 15 May 15 2 371
Autopsies misclassified deaths in police custody that were homicides, Maryland officials say 2 Eugene May 15 May 15 9 476
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 5 516
Trump DOJ Defunds National Prison Rape Resource Center 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 4 449
DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says 8 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 13 938
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 1 420
Regent University School of Law FTW 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 7 692
Montana court strikes down ban on health care for trans youth, finds it unconstitutional 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 May 13 4 368
(Over 100) deported Venezuelans believed held at El Salvador mega-prison, UN says. (Fate of 275 deportees unclear) 0 Eugene May 13 May 13 4 360
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 2 789

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Trump uses Supreme Court birthright citizenship case in bid to limit judges' power 0 Eugene May 11 May 11 5 4916
Judges have a warning about Trump's rapid deportations: Americans could be next 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 10 May 10 7 557
Why Trump's demand that protests at the World Cup are 'reasonable' is alarming 1 Eugene May 9 May 9 4 569
Lawfare: Our Reporters' Notes on the May 7 Hearing in the J.G.G. Case 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 8 May 8 2 379
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 13 929
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 5 655
Big things are happening this week in Garcia v. Noem. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 7 672
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 10 754
We Hold These Truths... 3 hermetic May 4 May 4 6 672
WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution? TRUMP: I don't know 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 4 6 757
How Trump's America Is Normalizing Violence Against Women (trigger warning) 4 niyad May 3 May 3 12 671
The Story of the 'Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man' 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 4 588
No such thing as low-key fascism. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 3 489
In Suits and Ties, Lawyers Protest Trump's Attacks on the Legal System 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 3 467
Orders to Investigate Columbia Protesters Raised Alarms in Justice Dept. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 2 470
Wheelchair-using UNC student activist doxxed, criminally charged; loses scholarship. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 10 841
2006: Charlie Swift's War: Detainees' Military Lawyer Forced Out of Service 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 2 386
Federal judge says local police must follow order to halt enforcement of Florida immigration law 1 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 4 431
Iowa immigrant group is alarmed by a state lawmaker's demand for confidential information 0 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 3 425
Trump administration forced to reveal its ham-handed operation to terminate immigration records of thousands of students 0 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 4 396
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