Lexi Kennard

Court Strikes Down Key Part of Trump’s Unlawful Voting Executive Order, Permanently Blocking Show-Your-Papers Requirement The decision grants summary judgment to the plaintiffs, finding that the president lacks the authority to unilaterally alter election procedures — powers that rest with Congress and the states.

On Friday, a federal district court made permanent its preliminary order blocking President Trump’s unlawful mandate to require a passport or similar document with the federal voter registration form. 1/4

This is a remarkable article. Federal judges are increasingly speaking out against SCOTUS’s approach to the shadow docket. This isn't typical & underscores the impossible position for lower courts when SCOTUS makes new law on its emergency docket – especially when it doesn’t explain its rulings. /1

Opinion | Trump’s Stunning Power Grab on Elections

@bartongellman.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com: “There are reasons to hope Mr. Trump will fail to subvert next year’s midterms. Election officials of both parties have by and large withstood years of relentless threats, violence and disinformation.”

Supreme Court Must Explain Why It Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor The Court has repeatedly halted lower court orders and allowed administration policies to go forward via its “shadow docket” without any explanation.

After judges from across the political spectrum found that Trump administration policies were likely illegal or unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has frequently reinstated those policies without any explanation. bit.ly/4mzvX0p

United States v. State of New York The Brennan Center, along with co-counsel Levine Lee, filed an amicus brief on behalf of former New York judges and justices in defense of New York’s Protect Our Courts Act. The brief argues that allo...

BREAKING: Eight former New York judges, including the former Chief Judge and Chief Administrative Judge, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in United States v. New York. Allowing ICE to make warrantless civil arrests at courthouses undermines the proper functioning of state courts.

United States v. State of New York The Brennan Center, along with co-counsel Levine Lee, filed an amicus brief on behalf of former New York judges and justices in defense of New York’s Protect Our Courts Act. The brief argues that allo...

The Trump Administration sued New York challenging a state law prohibiting immigration arrests at state courts. Today eight former New York judges, including the former Chief Judge and Chief Administrative Judge, filed an amicus brief defending the law

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/cou...

The Supreme Court ‘Shadow Docket’ The conservative justices are increasingly using a secretive process to issue consequential decisions.

The Supreme Court is increasingly using the emergency, or “shadow” docket to issue major rulings without full transparency. Learn more about it here: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Is there a time when we are going to be post-showing TikTok reactions in documentaries ABOUT the documentary itself

Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

1/ Yesterday, the Trump administration announced its AI Action Plan - a pillar of which is an executive order that vows to end federal procurement of “woke AI.” The order would not only chill speech but also make the technology more unreliable and untrustworthy.

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The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief in Washington and Oregon’s lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s executive order on voting issued in March. 1/2 www.brennancenter.org/media/14161/...

What are the people saying instead of the word performative now

BIG WIN: A federal court just blocked key parts of Trump's executive order on voting purporting to require a passport or similar doc to register to vote. This was a huge & dangerous power grab-presidents don't get to rewrite election rules. And it could have thwarted millions of eligible Americans.

Trump Is Attempting to Use Wartime Powers in the United States To serve his deportation agenda, the president is warping an archaic, discredited law.

Terrific piece from my @brennancenter.bsky.social colleagues @ebrightyon.bsky.social and @lizagoitein.bsky.social on the many, many problems with Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of (wait for it) 1798. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

BREAKING: The Brennan Center and other voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's recent executive order on voting and elections that violates the Constitution and could block millions of Americans from registering to vote. Read more in our complaint: 1/

BREAKING: The House will vote on the SAVE Act this week. If the bill passes, more than 21 million Americans could be blocked from voting. 1/

Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of

The Alien Enemies Act proclamation is out. Obviously this is an illegal invocation of a wartime authority for peacetime immigration enforcement.

Many thoughts to come, but the first is that they messed up the drafting for what they're trying to accomplish.

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Clarifying The Military's Role In Protecting The Territorial Integrity Of The United States – The White House By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

This one is not getting enough attention. At least on its face, it seems to be directing NORTHCOM (through the Secretary of Defense) to develop a military campaign to “repel” the “invasion” resulting from “unlawful mass migration.” 1/10 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

There are a lot of busy lawyers out there. Trump doesn't just issue an EO & that's it. There will be challenges, some of them lengthy, over legality & constitutionality. The Supreme Court gave him immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts, not omnipotence.

Talk of rescinding birthright citizenship is just that: Talk.

Presidents can't rescind it, because the Constitution expressly guarantees it. The Constitution's text reflects a basic American principle: Being born here comes with citizenship. Any executive order won't survive the court fights.

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White supremacists with a badge Does American law enforcement have a growing white supremacy problem? Investigations have proven over and over again— yes. But despite calls for reform, the law enforcement world largely tolerates whi...

The FBI continues to deprioritize investigations into white supremacist violence and has failed to address right-wing extremism within its ranks, says Mike German.

I'm getting a cat and that cat is about to have the best life and not even care and I'm so excited

Trump has made it clear that he will meet dissent with force, and the proposals in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 call on the Federal Protective Service to be a key player in this response. Join us for a Reddit AMA with @sreynolds.bsky.social on Wed., Jan. 8, 2-4pm ET.

Been repeating “it’s about to get real goofy up in here” in my head every day for the past six weeks

Speaking of shut the fuck up Friday, I’ve been seeing some people say that the FBI has contacted them for questioning after seeing social media posts, and my extremely urgent advice is that you should under NO CIRCUMSTANCES talk to the Feds without a lawyer.

Sometimes I get in these phases where I can only write like sentences backwards like Yoda and it takes like 3-5 business days for me to get over it and I am definitely currently in one right now

FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Clemency for Nearly 1,500 Americans | The White House Today’s announcement will commute the sentences of close to 1,500 individuals who were placed on home confinement and will pardon 39 individuals convicted

Incredible news out of the White House this morning and hope the Biden administration continues to grant more clemency to thousands whose sentences continue to be disproportionately long www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...

Judge Finds New York in Contempt, Clearing the Way for Rikers Takeover

For nearly a decade, New York City has largely failed to follow court orders to reduce violence on Rikers Island. Now a federal judge might take control of the troubled jails.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/n...

Saw someone biking and reading a book — this also applies

Walking and reading a book people are the same as people who walk their dogs off leash — does this make sense to anyone