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This story is insane - a must read if you can stomach it. This is a “Kavanaugh stop” in action: citizen is violently detained after ICE rammed into her car, driven around for hours w/ no access to counsel or ability to contact family, then released w/ no explanation, medical attention, or recourse 😡

What’s at Stake in the Supreme Court Tariffs Case If the Court blesses the president’s use of emergency powers to evade Congress, the consequences would be profound.

If the Supreme Court lets Trump’s tariffs stand, he and future presidents could claim nonexistent emergencies to act unilaterally on any number of issues, from climate policy to technology regulation. bit.ly/43OZTxQ

Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

NEW: Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings.

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday.

Tonight, at Law Dork:

You can write this only if, by virtue of your income, identity, or both, you are utterly removed from the consequences of politics. To pretend that the racist, misogynistic, anti-gay vileness that Kirk spent his life spreading is secondary to the fact that he spread it "the right way" is appalling.

SCOTUS, ICE Raids & The Matter of Facts There is a lot one can say about today’s Supreme Court order lifting the stay issued by a federal district court in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo,[i]. This is the case that challenges the constitutionality o...

As @sifill.bsky.social says in her excellent substack, SCOTUS’ decision in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo is unconscionably out of touch w/ reality. But of course there’s no need for the justices to consider facts b/c that would give away their game: green-light the racist, fascist Trump agenda at all costs

Bottom feeders, these people. Deporting children, alone, back to dangerous situations. What stories do they have to tell themselves to justify doing this? That the children are dangerous criminals??

How can they sleep at night?

Opinion | Trump Isn’t the Only One to Blame for the Gerrymander Mess

This has got to be a nod to @strictscrutiny.bsky.social’s “stare decisis is for suckers” right??

“It’s the toxic combination of the conservative SCOTUS majority + a political party that believes longstanding norms are for suckers and that lacks any commitment to fair play and majority rule.”

Yesterday, President Trump took to Truth Social to call on Washington, DC to change its laws to charge more children as adults.

At Juvenile Law Center, we believe in treating kids as kids and we have been fighting against charging children as adults for half a century. Here's why.

“The lesson of Hungary is this: We cannot claim to care about democracy only when it costs nothing…Trump, like Mr. Orban, no doubt believes that everyone can be bought. America’s elites are proving him right. There is a Hungarian phrase I heard often: “Van az a penz” — “There’s always a price.”

167. The Inconsistent Court Strikes Again Comparing Monday's unexplained grant of emergency relief in the Department of Education downsizing case to how the justices handled President Biden's student loan program is ... telling.

My quick take on Monday afternoon's unexplained #SCOTUS ruling in the Department of Education downsizing case—and how the justices' inconsistent treatment of the (similarly postured) student loan cases during the Biden administration illustrates in technicolor why the Court needs to explain itself:

Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing With his majority opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor, Alito gave bigoted parents a big, fat kiss—and changed the nature of public education.

My LGBTQ friends knew I wasn't going to miss the most bigoted decision from this court. In case you missed it, Sam Alito's opinion in the "bigots are afriad of picture books" case is one of the most homophobic screeds ever from the SCOTUS.
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it is the Imperial Judiciary when courts say that presidents can’t unilaterally overturn constitutional text, and the Proper Order of Things when courts say that your rights rest on the whims of who happens to be in office

Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."

Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death

It's estimated that DOGE's cuts "have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished." He must be held accountable.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

is ms. rachel braver than every elected official? (yes)

Am I the last one to discover Ms. Rachel and how awesome she is??

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👏 @sanders.senate.gov

An incredibly important story that is going under the radar, especially as PACs continue to push the boundaries of campaign finance law with Musk, crypto, lavish private events with the president, etc. “Without a quorum, the FEC is a watchdog without a bark or bite”
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.

Interesting/depressing/prescient read about the “Dual State” - a hybrid system where authoritarianism takes hold in some areas while the broader legal system appears to function normally. Guess who feels authoritarianism first? And guess when this happened before?
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.

On top of the loss of vital and sometimes life-saving services, it’s not surprising that this DOGE chaos will cost taxpayers an estimated $135 billion this fiscal year stemming from “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers.” 🙄

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism.

It’s disgusting and dangerous.

If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.

Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.

To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.

INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
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The Constitutional Crisis Is Here The Supreme Court told the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador’s infamous CECOT prison. So far, the administration is pretending to comply while re...

What we saw today was two jumped up thugs and their bootlicking sychophants laughing at the US Constitution, the supreme court, and the idea that anyone can stop them from doing anything they want www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Truly unconscionable 😞

This is a concentration camp

Triangle Day and the Impossibility of Remaining Intensely Peaceable Today is the 114th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, a day I remember every year, because it also happens to be the 91st anniversary of Gloria Steinem’s birth, the 83rd anniversary of Ar...

From @rtraister.bsky.social Triangle Day and the Impossibility of Remaining Intensely Peaceable open.substack.com/pub/rebeccat...

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Every authoritarian ruler throughout history, from Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix to Vladimir Putin, has had an argument for why their actions are “legal” [⋯ they] make their actions “legal” through iron-fisted control of both the courts and whatever ineffectual legislatures they allow to exist.
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Small federal agency blocks DOGE employees from entering its building The U.S. African Development Foundation denied several DOGE employees access to its offices Wednesday.

👏 THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. USADF employees block DOGE employees from accessing the building.

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YouTube video by The Daily Show Jon Stewart on Trump’s Heel Turn on Zelenskyy In Favor of Putin’s New World Order | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart on Trump’s Heel Turn on Zelenskyy In Favor of Putin’s New World Order

youtu.be/OeUZI5RnYGg

save your proof of progress towards loan forgiveness TODAY #pslf #studentdebt #studentloans #deptofeducation #elonmusk TikTok video by Ally Rooker

A PSA for my fellow income-based student loan participants. Thank you @sophiawisco.bsky.social for sharing!!

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