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NEWS: Paul Clement tells the court that two WilmerHale attorneys had their security clearances pulled under the Trump EO 0 mahatmakanejeeves 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 1 200
Montana court strikes down ban on health care for trans youth, finds it unconstitutional 1 mahatmakanejeeves 8 hrs ago 7 hrs ago 4 176
(Over 100) deported Venezuelans believed held at El Salvador mega-prison, UN says. (Fate of 275 deportees unclear) 0 Eugene 9 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 3 154
BREAKING: Trump-appointee Fed judge in PA finds that Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation is properly invoked, but ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves 12 hrs ago 12 hrs ago 2 549
Trump uses Supreme Court birthright citizenship case in bid to limit judges' power 0 Eugene Sunday Sunday 4 681
Judges have a warning about Trump's rapid deportations: Americans could be next 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 7 387
Why Trump's demand that protests at the World Cup are 'reasonable' is alarming 1 Eugene Friday Friday 4 371
Lawfare: Our Reporters' Notes on the May 7 Hearing in the J.G.G. Case 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 2 220
In the Mahmoud Khalil case, Judge Farbiarz orders the government to give him a COMPLETE LIST of every time since 1975 ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 13 619
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 5 463
Big things are happening this week in Garcia v. Noem. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 7 495
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 10 487
We Hold These Truths... 3 hermetic May 4 May 4 6 422
WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution? TRUMP: I don't know 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 4 6 519
How Trump's America Is Normalizing Violence Against Women (trigger warning) 4 niyad May 3 May 3 12 424
The Story of the 'Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man' 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 4 395
No such thing as low-key fascism. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 3 276
In Suits and Ties, Lawyers Protest Trump's Attacks on the Legal System 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 3 284
Orders to Investigate Columbia Protesters Raised Alarms in Justice Dept. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 2 304
Wheelchair-using UNC student activist doxxed, criminally charged; loses scholarship. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 10 614
2006: Charlie Swift's War: Detainees' Military Lawyer Forced Out of Service 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 2 224
Federal judge says local police must follow order to halt enforcement of Florida immigration law 1 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 4 256
Iowa immigrant group is alarmed by a state lawmaker's demand for confidential information 0 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 3 263
Trump administration forced to reveal its ham-handed operation to terminate immigration records of thousands of students 0 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 4 238
Judge Xinis DENIES an additional request by the government to further stay discovery in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 10 391
Stephen Miller mentor David Horowitz dies of cancer, age 89 6 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 5 673
Supreme Court to consider bid for first religious charter school 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 3 353
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from cutting off funds for "direct legal representation services 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 29 Apr 29 4 383
Did the New England Patriots team plane just fly to Guantanamo? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 29 Apr 29 5 346
"This line is going to stick with me for a very long time." 20 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 27 Apr 28 188 6515

Civil Liberties Continued...

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ACLU Asks Court To Make Trump Bring All Migrants Labeled 'Alien Enemies' From El Salvador Prison 0 Eugene Apr 26 Apr 26 2 308
Trump's deportations may face challenge as prison punishment without a trial 4 Eugene Apr 26 Apr 26 3 337
I was working from home at around 11:30 when I got a notice that my VPN had gone down 13 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 Apr 26 42 1574
If you're attending the White House Correspondents Association dinner tonight, be sure to come prepared with a joke ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 26 Apr 26 4 421
Trump administration appears to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 25 Apr 25 10 532
DHS expands on its defiant middle finger to the Supreme Court ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 4 364
Trump administration moved Venezuelan (A.S.R.) to Texas for possible deportation despite judge's order 3 Eugene Apr 24 Apr 24 9 339
Inside The Fight To Return The Other Men Trump Sent To CECOT 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 10 283
How Sam Alito Inadvertently Revealed His Own Homophobia From the Bench 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 5 561
Once again, Project 2025 gets it wrong, and its hood ornament, Donald Trump. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 Apr 23 5 408
Trump's Road to Constitutional Perdition 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 7 349
Feds blame U.S. citizen for his arrest under suspended immigration law 1 Eugene Apr 22 Apr 22 1 376
Alleged ICE arrest outside Douglas County courthouse captured on video - Douglas County News Press 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 6 579
A Venezuelan Is Missing. The U.S. Deported Him. But to Where? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 4 325
DOJ asks Supreme Court to reject ACLU request to pause deportations 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 20 Apr 22 0 312
The Supreme Court could be poised to hobble the Trump resistance 5 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 21 Apr 21 7 709
No university has yet sued over the arrest, detention, and threatened deportation of its foreign students. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 21 Apr 21 6 477
Over the next two weeks, SCOTUS is hearing three religious supremacy cases 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 21 Apr 21 3 382
The thrust of Alito's dissent is: Sure, maybe the Trump administration was going to defy our unambiguous ruling ... 19 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 20 Apr 20 57 2974
DOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum's Legal Status 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 20 Apr 20 4 421
A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 19 Apr 19 10 654
"A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I've ever read." 15 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 18 Apr 18 78 2843
Elon Musk is accessing his private network via a Starlink transceiver at GSA headquarters. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 Apr 18 18 745
Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee, assails the Trump admin's behavior in the Abrego Garcia case. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 Apr 18 1 335
Trump Is Talking About Finding Ways to Send U.S. Citizens to Salvadoran Prison 2 Eugene Apr 17 Apr 18 5 448
2022 statute could force disclosure of U.S.-El Salvador agreements connected to the facility where Garcia is detained. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 Apr 17 5 399
The plan for NIH is in, source with full 64 page proposal for all of HHS is linked. Reported in WaPo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 Apr 17 3 354
NEW: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt 6 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 16 Apr 16 8 600
Associated Press moves to enforce Judge McFadden's injunction 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 16 Apr 16 7 470
DOJ ends a key racial discrimination case, signaling an end to the Civil Rights Division as it existed 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 16 Apr 16 7 403

Civil Liberties Continued...

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DOGE attempted to assign team to US nonprofit group Vera Institute of Justice 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 16 Apr 16 13 427
Ice deports Venezuelan teen (Merwil Gutierrez) despite reportedly knowing he was not a target 5 Eugene Apr 15 Apr 15 12 439
Status conference in Abrego Garcia et al v. Noem et al, 4:00 p.m. Tuesday 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 15 Apr 15 1 394
Washington Post Exclusive: DOGE is collecting federal data to remove immigrants from housing, jobs 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 15 Apr 15 4 353
Woman says she was detained by Houston police and turned over to ICE after her car caught fire 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 15 Apr 15 12 698
The Trump administration trapped a wrongly deported man in a catch-22 3 Eugene Apr 15 Apr 15 2 442
Trump administration says it will decline to make SSA admin Dudek available for hearing 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 15 Apr 15 6 418
'Homegrowns are next': Trump provokes fears for Black US citizens with legally dubious deportation proposal 2 Eugene Apr 14 Apr 14 4 499
ACLU brings third Alien Enemies Act lawsuit after Supreme Court ruling 0 Eugene Apr 14 Apr 14 5 327
BREAKING: D.C. Circuit panel allows Judge McFadden's injunction in the Associated Press access case to go into effect. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 14 Apr 14 8 679
New -- The court has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the removal of Mohsen Mahdawi from the US or Vermont. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 14 Apr 14 3 412
We are at a dangerous, dangerous moment in US history ... 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 14 Apr 14 12 577
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview -- Then Arrested by ICE 6 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 14 Apr 14 7 661
Rumeysa Ozturk (repped by ACLU) has a hearing before Vermont federal judge William K. Sessions III. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 14 Apr 14 4 287
Sunday's declaration regarding Abrego Garcia 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 13 Apr 14 5 553
Los Angeles Schools on Alert Amid Rise of ICE Agent Impersonators Throughout the District 2 ck4829 Feb 2025 Apr 13 5 552
Trump Directive Calls to Turn Border Land Into 'Military Installation' 6 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 12 Apr 13 1 524
Martial Law question 1 Sun-Moon Apr 12 Apr 12 1 563
Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 12 Apr 12 6 580
Top Pro Bono Leader Resigns from Paul Weiss, a Firm Hit in Trump's Crackdown on Big Law 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 37 905
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