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Kate Levine

@klevine02.bsky.social

Law Professor at Cardozo Law, former appellate public defender. I write about our national addiction to the carceral state and complain about mundane things. https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/kate-levine

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This is pretty much the Black History Month celebration I expected from them.

30.01.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess we're just arresting journalists now.

30.01.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1248    πŸ” 399    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 8

I feel like I should know the answer here lol but can they do that? (I mean in the pretend world where there are laws!)

30.01.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is that all that’s happening? Same charges different court?

30.01.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Like what are the actual charges?

30.01.2026 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

wasn’t the case dismissed?

30.01.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What was Don Lemon arrested for? I thought the church protest indictment was dismissed by magistrate and appeal court?

30.01.2026 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dallas set to exonerate man wrongfully executed for murder 70 years ago Wednesday is expected to be one of the most significant moments in the history of the Dallas County​ Commissioners Court.

Dallas set to exonerate Tommy Lee Walker, who was wrongfully executed for murder 70 years ago despite *9* alibi witnesses saying he was with his pregnant girlfriend: www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/d...

20.01.2026 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t get beyond my student days. Still dreaming that I forgot to study for the test. πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ

20.01.2026 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
JUSTICE JACKSON, dissenting from denial of motion for
leave to proceed in forma pauperis.
To file a petition in this Court, litigants must pay a $300
fee, along with the (much higher) cost of printing 40 bound
copies of their filing. Litigants who cannot afford the filing
fee and the cost of printing can request to proceed in forma
pauperis. The Court largely grants these requests, allowing
those litigants to file for free, but our openness to indigent
litigants has its limits. In fact, the Court sometimes imposes blanket filing bars that prohibit litigants from filing
any more in forma pauperis petitions in noncriminal matters going forward, regardless of the merits of their claims.

JUSTICE JACKSON, dissenting from denial of motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. To file a petition in this Court, litigants must pay a $300 fee, along with the (much higher) cost of printing 40 bound copies of their filing. Litigants who cannot afford the filing fee and the cost of printing can request to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court largely grants these requests, allowing those litigants to file for free, but our openness to indigent litigants has its limits. In fact, the Court sometimes imposes blanket filing bars that prohibit litigants from filing any more in forma pauperis petitions in noncriminal matters going forward, regardless of the merits of their claims.

I believe that when balancing prisoners’ access to judicial
review, on the one hand, and reducing our administrative
burden, on the other, we should err on the side of keeping
our courthouse doors open. For a system designed to administer justice, reflexively rejecting (potentially meritorious) petitions from incarcerated litigants has a cost that is
much too high when compared to the (meager) administrative efficiency gains. Nor should we forget the role that indigent incarcerated litigants have played in the development of important constitutional doctrinesβ€”and through
habeas proceedings no less. See, e.g., Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U. S. 335 (1963); see also Sindram, 498 U. S.,
at 181 (Marshall, J., dissenting).
Accordingly, I would not apply the filing bar that the
Court imposes for frequent β€œfrivolous” filers to prisoners
who, like Howell, seek to proceed in forma pauperis.

I believe that when balancing prisoners’ access to judicial review, on the one hand, and reducing our administrative burden, on the other, we should err on the side of keeping our courthouse doors open. For a system designed to administer justice, reflexively rejecting (potentially meritorious) petitions from incarcerated litigants has a cost that is much too high when compared to the (meager) administrative efficiency gains. Nor should we forget the role that indigent incarcerated litigants have played in the development of important constitutional doctrinesβ€”and through habeas proceedings no less. See, e.g., Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U. S. 335 (1963); see also Sindram, 498 U. S., at 181 (Marshall, J., dissenting). Accordingly, I would not apply the filing bar that the Court imposes for frequent β€œfrivolous” filers to prisoners who, like Howell, seek to proceed in forma pauperis.

Justice Jackson takes an interesting stand today. SCOTUS often waives the filing fees for indigent partiesβ€”but refuses to do so after they file multiple "frivolous" petitions. Jackson says that's unfair and dissents from the practice moving forward. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

20.01.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 295    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 9
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However far she gets, Osaka has already won.

20.01.2026 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Indiana University Cancels MLK Celebration Dinner Indiana University in Indianapolis canceled a dinner in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. hosted annually in January by the Black Student Union, Mirror Indy reported.

America has tried to be a real multiracial democracy for just over 60 years and that attempt has been contested at every step along the way.

The dinner has been held every year, without fail, since 1969.

www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

15.01.2026 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1366    πŸ” 608    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 57

It’s actually amazing how restrained the people Minneapolis have been so far.

15.01.2026 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

If i was a kid growing up right now in a place with gun culture and positive views of ICE, it would sure be hard to understand when it was and wasn’t ok to shoot another person.

15.01.2026 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you need more reason to abolish money bail (you don’t), here.

18.12.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that there are no 4th Amendment rights in your Google search terms. When you search on Google, you tell them your search terms; the government can get those queries without a warrant. The third-party doctrine applies.
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...

16.12.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 220    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 25

Is there a bigger scandal hiding in plain sight?

03.12.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The memo associated w/ this chart closes with what I am reading as a thinly veiled threat

02.12.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Michael and Susan Dell to Put $250 in 25 Million Children’s Accounts

Awful that theyll bear Trump’s name but direct cash investment for children acrruing for 18 years is a really good idea. Call it Universal Basic Income. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/b...

02.12.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration

The NY Post at it again www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

25.11.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New oxymoron alert 🚨

18.11.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kimberly-Clark Agrees to Buy Kenvue, Maker of Tylenol, for $40 Billion

Ok well now the whole thing makes sense. Assume Kim Clark CEO is connected to Trump in some sY. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...

03.11.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Nick Fuentes: A White Nationalist Problem for the Right

In the NYT fantasy of what the β€œRight” is he is a problem. Once again NYT tells on itself. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

09.09.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Evert saying Naomi needs to be β€œmore aggressive” but also β€œstay calm” is peak.

04.09.2025 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lol she is so devastated that naomi might win! omg

04.09.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No i agree, just shocked anew every time.

04.09.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She just cackled w glee when Muchova hit a winner.

03.09.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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