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Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to sanction Trump administration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 608
Jury Nullification Gut Check 2 ck4829 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 925
Hearing before Judge Breyer on Governor Gavin Newsom's request for a temporary restraining order 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 9 842
Thou shalt not ignore the law: Illinois county sued over Ten Commandments monument 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 8 781
About 500 National Guard troops in LA are trained to accompany agents on immigration raids 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 1045
"It's not just that it's clearly intentional, it's that it's clearly intentional knowing that he's being recorded." 16 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 53 4107
Alabama sheriff arrested for hiring uncertified officers, including one accused of violence 0 Eugene Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 741
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 2025 Jun 2025 4 663
BREAKING: Federal judge denies Corporation for Public Broadcasting's request for a preliminary injunction ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 8 947
'Remember the Ladies': Attacks on Gender Equity Remain a Core Feature of Surging Authoritarianism 3 niyad Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 928
Trump Can Restrict A.P. Journalists' Access, Appeals Court Rules 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 903
Immigration lawyer says return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was calculated 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 49 2073
"So the conservative justices who had a meltdown over their 'privacy' being violated by Dobbs protests in front of ..." 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 51 2634
An hour before being blocked, State told consulates to reject Harvard visas 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 804
Ken White: "Pam Bondi is thug scum." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 10 1011
The Trump admin's quiet (but deadly) attack on repro rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 700
"Kafka name-checked three words in" feels like the lawyer equivalent of noticing a small red dot appearing between ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 7 891
Unsealed records in Abrego Garcia case offer few details that are new, unknown 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 785
Arlington man describes terrifying weeks in ICE custody 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 9 799
Trump seeks to reshape judiciary as first nominees face Senate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 689
FBI shows up at Charlottesville public defender's home unannounced after ICE raid 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 12 1609
"Against all odds, Joni Ernst has made it worse." 10 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 Jun 2025 8 1787
US files motion to dismiss lawsuit over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 5 799
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 2025 May 2025 3 696
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as ..." 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 8 1352
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals 9 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 24 2258
Bill Burr on ICE 4 Mosby May 2025 May 2025 13 1316
Here is Harvard's new lawsuit, over the international student revocation ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 10 1249
Republican Bill Would Limit Judges' Contempt Power 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 886
Georgetown scholar recalls terror and 'mockery of due process' in immigration jail 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 14 943

Civil Liberties Continued...

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El Salvador arrests rights lawyer helping deported migrants 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 8 881
Trump's Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him 'remove people from this country' 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 4 897
Someone on X described Alina Habba as "the Jenna Ellis of Ed Martins." 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 804
Wait, the GOP put a culture warrior -- who literally wrote in his application to Trump that he would "Fight back ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 3 848
Matt Kacsmaryk shouldn't be a judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 11 861
Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution--and Congress Says Fine 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 8 967
Jeff Bezos Abandons Khashoggi to Cut Deal With MBS 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 12 1155
For "One First," I took a deeper dive into Friday afternoon's *very* significant #SCOTUS Alien Enemies Act ruling 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 786
Military ordered to identify troops with "symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria" to kick out 3 littlemissmartypants May 2025 May 2025 3 1046
'Unconstitutional': Immigration experts knock Florida 'blueprint' for mass deportation 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 2 659
Autopsies misclassified deaths in police custody that were homicides, Maryland officials say 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 9 852
James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in Mass. history. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 5 950
Trump DOJ Defunds National Prison Rape Resource Center 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 779
DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says 8 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 13 1711
NEWS: Paul Clement tells the court that two WilmerHale attorneys had their security clearances pulled under the Trump EO 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 1 791
Regent University School of Law FTW 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 7 1101
Montana court strikes down ban on health care for trans youth, finds it unconstitutional 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 723
(Over 100) deported Venezuelans believed held at El Salvador mega-prison, UN says. (Fate of 275 deportees unclear) 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 4 601
BREAKING: Trump-appointee Fed judge in PA finds that Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation is properly invoked, but ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 2 1119
Trump uses Supreme Court birthright citizenship case in bid to limit judges' power 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 5 5196
Judges have a warning about Trump's rapid deportations: Americans could be next 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 7 882
Why Trump's demand that protests at the World Cup are 'reasonable' is alarming 1 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 4 893
Lawfare: Our Reporters' Notes on the May 7 Hearing in the J.G.G. Case 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 2 651
In the Mahmoud Khalil case, Judge Farbiarz orders the government to give him a COMPLETE LIST of every time since 1975 ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 13 1454
We should understand this for what it is: an effort to build public consent for Trump to ignore the Supreme Court 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 5 979
Big things are happening this week in Garcia v. Noem. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 7 1006
NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 10 1239
We Hold These Truths... 3 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 6 1049
WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution? TRUMP: I don't know 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 6 1210
How Trump's America Is Normalizing Violence Against Women (trigger warning) 4 niyad May 2025 May 2025 12 1127

Civil Liberties Continued...

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The Story of the 'Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man' 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 858
No such thing as low-key fascism. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 3 802
In Suits and Ties, Lawyers Protest Trump's Attacks on the Legal System 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 3 719
Orders to Investigate Columbia Protesters Raised Alarms in Justice Dept. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 2 732
Wheelchair-using UNC student activist doxxed, criminally charged; loses scholarship. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 10 1109
2006: Charlie Swift's War: Detainees' Military Lawyer Forced Out of Service 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 2 622
Federal judge says local police must follow order to halt enforcement of Florida immigration law 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 712
Iowa immigrant group is alarmed by a state lawmaker's demand for confidential information 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 637
Trump administration forced to reveal its ham-handed operation to terminate immigration records of thousands of students 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 606
Judge Xinis DENIES an additional request by the government to further stay discovery in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 10 741
Stephen Miller mentor David Horowitz dies of cancer, age 89 6 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 1376
Supreme Court to consider bid for first religious charter school 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 756
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from cutting off funds for "direct legal representation services 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 753
Did the New England Patriots team plane just fly to Guantanamo? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 681
"This line is going to stick with me for a very long time." 20 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 188 8272
ACLU Asks Court To Make Trump Bring All Migrants Labeled 'Alien Enemies' From El Salvador Prison 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 688
Trump's deportations may face challenge as prison punishment without a trial 4 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 1008
I was working from home at around 11:30 when I got a notice that my VPN had gone down 13 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 42 2723
If you're attending the White House Correspondents Association dinner tonight, be sure to come prepared with a joke ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 870
Trump administration appears to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 10 964
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