Joe Gordon

Perhaps his statements reflect on his fitness to practice law, and whether he should be able to keep that license. I’ve never seen anyone be suspended for mere trash talk… but this is an extreme example and needs some swift deterrence.

They do love the idea that a country is too ____ for asylum to be available. Too big, too functioning, the opposite, too uniform, whatever.

Aren’t they also saying that 2 years is too far to look back for threats of violence? So, fair warning all: if you block your persecutor, evid will be stale

Re: the chyron (Trump: justices who rebuked tariffs are disgrace to our country), Well Actually the ones who voted to let him do blatantly illegal stuff are a disgrace to the Court, the Law, the country

Supreme Court still needs to be destroyed

Geostationary but rotating so all sides face the Earth. The Bart puts the cake in the trash gif comes to mind

He is appropriately representing his client, who has rights, however loathsome he is. It’s not obstruction to answer the question asked and then shut the hell up. It’s even recommended when you’re facing jail for your answers. I gather that’s the case here? W laughs bc he realizes he was rambling.

Pleading the 5th doesn't mean someone is guilty. And lots of innocent people are and have been in jail bc they tried to explain everything and clear the air.

That dude is as ignorant about how to avoid jail as you seem to be.

Fun fact: lawyers say that even if their client isn’t guilty because it’s better to shut the fuck up and be thought guilty, and have a defense, than to talk when they don’t want you to and be found guilty even if you aren‘t.

If you feel like everyone is dunking it’s bc you’re confused.

It sounds plausible but also every lawyer with a client who is talking too much should be saying this sort of thing if they face criminal liability, guilty or not.

If this dude is guilty it’s not because of what his lawyer says. It’s the crimes he may have done.

…and, indeed, sometimes MUST because there may be party-specific reasons why an adversary doesn’t move for R11 sanctions, but if the courts are to maintain credibility and power, they can’t be hamstrung by that fact.

Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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The underlying decision is HUGE. Judge Sykes vacated under the APA "Matter of Yajure-Hurtado," the decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals that had blessed the Trump admin's new interpretation of a 1996 law to deny the right to seek bond to huge swathes of people it takes into custody.

Yea, if someone slaps you on your cheek, you put them in a choke restraint and you’re going to enforce a local law, something with which Jesus was famously concerned…

I do not like this flavor of Christianity, I do not care for it one bit I say

Let me explain what this genuinely EVIL memo does. The admin is doubling down on its plan to arrest, detain, and interrogate tens of thousands of legally present refugees; people already vetted who’ve lived here legally for 1+ year.

Hundreds were arrested in Minnesota before a court blocked this.

Published Jan. 26, 2026 Updated Jan. 29, 2026 Selamawit Mehari, an Eritrean single mother of three, was starting her day when federal agents showed up at her apartment in St. Paul, Minn., on a recent morning. As her 13-year-old son wailed and her older daughter produced paperwork proving her mother was in the United States lawfully, the agents shackled Ms. Mehari and took her away. "They didn't explain anything," recalled her daughter, Yosan, 21, who described the encounter to The New York Times. "We didn't understand. We had done everything right." The next day, chained at the wrists, waist and ankles, Ms. Mehari, 38, was shuffling up the steps of a plane bound for Texas, tears streaming down her face in the frigid wind.

In Minnesota, this policy involved ICE officers arresting refugees who had done EVERYTHING right, then flying them to Texas in chains for interrogation.

Remember, these people had filed every application on time, had done nothing wrong, and were here in the country 100% legally.

Refugees, upon conditional admission, are provided notice that they must apply for adjustment of status to become LPRs.3 This notice is provided on the USCIS website and may also come from CBP upon the refugee's admission at a U.S. Port of Entry or from nonprofit resettlement agencies who are charged by the U.S. Department of State through cooperative agreements to assist refugees. Such agencies generally provide, among other things, information on permanent resident alien status and should encourage and assist refugees as soon as possible after arrival to obtain or complete immunizations as required for adjustment to LPR status one year after arrival. Accordingly, DHS believes that refugees are, and have been, on notice of this requirement and cannot have valid reliance interests in any prior lax enforcement. Nonetheless, DHS acknowledges that refugees may have believed that the prior USCIS and ICE guidance implied that refugees could fail to comply with the statute-i.e., that they could either not apply to adjust status or not appear for examination and inspection-without consequence. DHS considered whether such refugees could rely on this misguided belief and thus fail to take steps to prepare to return to custody for the time necessary for DHS to conduct the required inspection. For example, they could fail to make arrangements with family members, employers, or legal representation or they could mistakenly believe that any custody would be limited to 48 hours. In that case, refugees could potentially experience adverse consequences upon arrest and detention under this new policy, such as financial consequences of missing work, unmet household and family obligations, and a delay in securing legal representation.

In a section of the memo that is truly Orwellian, the Trump admin actually says it's REFUGEES who have the "misguided belief" about the law — even though this policy is a brand new interpretation of a 45-year-old law — and therefore it's THEIR fault they're traumatized when ICE comes to jail them.

Big developments at the state level in several blue states to block local assistance to ICE.

How about we abolish the functions* of ICE (limited exceptions) and disestablish DHS entirely, scattering its responsibilities to agencies and departments that aren’t irretrievable

*doesn’t apply at all whenever they want. If there’s a mixed status family they all have 4A rights, and Miller et al thinks the household has none. The nationality exception to the Const.

Well said. Suspect some of those are not prepared to follow through on that. Some are, and have acted if they deem it necessary. Others aren’t and won’t.

Respondents have already wasted valuable time and resources. Worst of all, not only does detention without due process deprive members of the Bond Eligible Class of their liberty, economic stability, and fundamental dignity, but it also harms their families, communities, and the fabric of this very nation. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Wow.

Fed. judge tells DHS, ICE, Sec. Noem, AG Bondi, EOIR and others that they are harming "the fabric of this very nation" by defying a court order that vacated their automatic-detention policy.

Order is linked here:

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Departments with good policies across the country, take note:

Got on the road at 6:30 am, drove for two and half hours, spent 3 hours in a court in the Bronx to get a child client out of detention, drove back and sat down to review the records I requested over a month ago that were only delivered today for a trial tomorrow to get another kid...

...out of an inappropriate placement, and then I have day 2 of another trial on Friday to force DCF to provide an adequate foster care placement to the kid who was locked up in the Bronx, which they refuse to do despite two court orders, and I gotta tell you: I am feeling very tired, ...

both in the immediate sense (I want to sleep) and in the institutional sense (I want a better infrastructure of state support for the needs of children and families).

JAGs even take an additional one! They’re not just officers of the court! It’s a HIGHER ethical responsibility!

And sure. Leavenworth is unappealing. If that’s on the table. That said, honorable refusal and honorable resignation do not have to be costless if in fact they are demanded

That’s not all! You can refuse all kinds of orders! You can face consequences! People should!

More quitting instead of doing the bidding of this admin. The good folks who could, already did. Now it’s everyone else’s turn.

Not that being overwhelmed /overworked/ disorganized or sloppy or lazy or whatever is an excuse! Much the opposite! But there’s some daylight between those and the evil you point out may also happen

Maybe? I got a property bag back from ICE Philadelphia yesterday, client detained there and sent hours away. His shoes, watch, phone, personal IDs all still where they were placed. Not saying destruction/ loss of property never happens. Just, they release ppl & don’t return stuff for various reasons

My clients released due to habeas are not getting their IDs and other documents automatically. I’m having to request them, and that is working - all locally arrested, none taken out of state in this group I’m talking about. I will not be excusing it just bc “overwhelm.” Do it right or don’t detain