Laura Hitt

Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Intolerable Ruling

Me must face the fact that even the court’s can not protect us. Only one another. Communities will rise… The Supreme Court’s Intolerable Ruling www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/o...

Hi, it’s Meg again. Brad is still in ICE custody.

We are grateful to the many friends, supporters, and allies who have gathered in Federal Plaza.

Together we are standing up for those with no voice.

Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S. The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS Hon. Hannah C. Dugan moves for an order dismissing the indictment. This is no ordinary criminal case, and Dugan is no ordinary criminal defendant. Dugan is a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge. She was arrested and indicted for actions allegedly taken in and in the immediate vicinity of her courtroom, involving a person appearing before her as a party. The government's prosecution of Judge Dugan is virtually unprecedented and entirely unconstitutional --it violates the Tenth Amendment and fundamental principles of federalism and comity reflected in that amendment and in the very structure of the United States Constitution. The problems with this prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts. Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset. See Trump v. United States, 608 U.S.593, 630 (2024). 3. Even if (contrary to what the trial evidence would show) Judge Dugan took the actions the complaint alleges, these plainly were judicial acts for which she has absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. Judges are empowered to maintain control over their courtrooms specifically and the courthouse generally. Stevens v. Osuna, 877 F.3d 1293, 1305 (11th Cir. 2017). "[TJhe issuance of an order removing persons from the, courthouse in the interest of maintaining such control is an ordinary function performed by judges[.]" Id, 4. Judge Dugan's subjective motivations are irrelevant to immunity. "Judges are entitled to absolute immunity for their judicial acts, without regard to the motive with which those acts are allegedly performed." Id.; accord Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. at 618 ("In dividing official from unofficial conduct, courts may not inquire into the president's motives.)

Yikes! And this is why you don't arrest judges❗️👀

Judge Dugan uses the Trump immunity case to argue that her indictment should be dismissed - since her actions fall under "official acts" in her own courtroom.

Here are snapshots from page 1 & 3 of her Motion To Dismiss.

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BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.

Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.

Marjorie, I know the truth confuses you and facts ain’t your strong suit—so let me break it down real slow:

George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.

Paywall…

Trump and Bukele’s Concentration Camp CECOT is no regular prison. It is also a warning.

This is a MUST READ. A tough read. But a MUST READ, nevertheless.
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we need to spend more time with @repdangoldman.bsky.social's clip.

not a single penny toward disaster relief but TONS OF YOUR CASH to "protect" drumpf's golf habit

🧢 @mrsquirrel.bsky.social @zentrixter.bsky.social

One Hundred Days of Republican Complicity Read more here.

Donald Trump is an aspiring despot intent on destroying American democracy. The people with the power—and the constitutional obligation—to stop him are the Republicans in Congress. Their failure to act is a constitutional crisis and a stain on their legacy that will never be removed.

Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped. Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.

NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.

But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.

By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com

A LOT of people do not want to hear it but in the United States at least, food has never been safer to eat, not to mention tastier

One Hundred Days of Republican Complicity Read more here.

While it is understandable to focus attention on Trump’s attacks on democracy and the rule of law, we must not lose sight of the fact that it is the Republican Congress enabling his authoritarianism. Ignoring their complicity in Trump’s actions is a mistake—both legally and strategically.

Israel has no duty to allow UN aid agency into Gaza, says US state department lawyer Joshua Simmons tells international court of justice that Israel’s concerns about Unwra are ‘credible’

For shame.

Go to where your suffering is aligned with your capacity to meet it. You don’t have to go to death row, or live in a monastery. You don’t have to sit with the unsheltered, if that’s not your work. Go to where you can care safely and deeply & broaden that capacity over time. Roshi Joan

Ok I am completely broken by this. The Hague and UN need to see this.

#Texas

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States

Do clients really want to hire a law firm known for how quickly it rolls over? Yet, now this is Paul Weiss's well deserved reputation.

ICYMI: In this week's episode of the Pulitzer on the Road Podcast, Drama winners Sanaz Toossi and Lynn Nottage discuss alternate career paths, negative reviews and "really [leaning] into the pleasure of writing." Available here (and on all platforms):

pulitzerontheroad.pulitzer.org/podcasts/san...

Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived. Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.

“Those of us who have lived in countries terrorized by a secret police force can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

Texas libraries could lose $12.5M following Trump executive order The Institute of Museums and Library Services was targeted in a recent executive order. Here's how that could affect North Texas libraries.

The future of funding that supports family reading programs, digitization of local archives and other library programming across Texas is unclear following a recent executive order by President Donald Trump.

So good, I am very sad to say.

Wow, total denial must feel good…

This!

The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.