Ben Farley

Illinois and Chicago file a suit seeking injunctive relief against the deployment of national guard units in Chicagoland that largely tracks the successful suits filed by California and Oregon. In both cases, heavy reliance is placed on Trump's bogus Truth Social posts to prove Trump's state of mind

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

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MEMORANDUM OF LAW I. INTRODUCTION Yesterday, this Court recognized that the legal principles at stake in this case “go[] to the heart of what it means to live under the rule of law in the United States.” Opinion & Order Granting Mot. for Temporary Restraining Order (“Order”), ECF 56 at 2. Applying those principles, this Court concluded that Defendants likely lacked authority to federalize Oregon National Guard members and ordered Defendants to halt federalization for 14 days. Defendants filed a notice of appeal last night (Ntc. of Appeal, ECF 57), and they have now asked the Ninth Circuit to stay the effect of this Court’s decision. Not content with this Court’s or the Ninth Circuit’s judgment, Defendants are now in the process of circumventing this Court's Order. After this Court ruled that 10 U.S.C. § 12406 could not justify federalizing the Oregon National Guard to deploy them to Portland, Defendants have deployed members of the California National Guard to Portland—servicemembers who were federalized under that very same Title 10 authority for deployment in Los Angeles. That redeployment is illegal: Setting aside whether the underlying federalization order from August violated Section 12406, the federalization order clearly did not contemplate the use of California

NEW: California joins Oregon and Portland in asking Judge Immergut for a SECOND temporary restraining order blocking the Trump admin from "circumventing this Court's Order" by deploying the federalized California National Guard to Portland. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Just in:

State of California joins Oregon and Portland in Amended Complaint in wake of President Trump's alleged effort to send federalized California National Guard troops to Portland - despite Judge's Saturday evening temporary restraining order.

Key:⤵️
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Let’s go Buffalo!

Things to consider:

Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter

Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed

You are a witness.
Expose it.

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

This guy should sue. And this police state action needs to stop. Totally unAmerican.

You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.

Proof of concept

Legal Flaws in the Trump Administration’s Notice to Congress on “Armed Conflict” with Drug Cartels Top legal expert analyzes the Trump administration's notice to Congress of an "armed conflict" with drug cartels.

On the absence of a non-international armed conflict between the United States and unspecified cartels (from @martylederman.bsky.social in @justsecurity.org): www.justsecurity.org/121844/trump...

Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

Just so we're clear, the President labeling something an armed conflict does not make it an armed conflict, legally or factually:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties. Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go. “I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”

What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.

"The undersigned will not rubberstamp the breaking of decades-long norms and the rule of law." 🔥🔥🔥

More please

This administration is one giant, ongoing Hatch Act violation.

Top Trump Aides Push for Ousting Maduro From Power in Venezuela

To be clear, the USG cannot use recognition of a different govt pre-textually as means of getting around the UN Charter prohibition on the use of force against another state

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*turns on Razorback game*
*watches Notre Dame score twice in 2.5 minutes *
*turns off game*

I don’t envy those boys in Pittman’s locker room at halftime.

Yes, I’ve heard the same thing since earlier in the week.

Reality is, Israel doesn’t actually want a deal with Syria.

Fentanyl Doesn’t Come Through the Caribbean The White House is using the opioid epidemic to justify lethal strikes and other policies.

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“In honor of our 90th year, the Raven will be OPEN Friday & Saturday afternoons for the rest of your anniversary year”!! And about those jukeboxes… - PoPville 3125 Mt Pleasant Street, NW "Dear PoPville, Thanks for taking note of the Raven's 90th Anniversary! But the exact date has been lost to history, so The Raven is celebrating our 90th Anniversary all ye...

Mount Pleasant: “In honor of our 90th year, the Raven will be OPEN Friday & Saturday afternoons for the rest of your anniversary year”!! And about those jukeboxes… www.popville.com/2025/09/dc-9...

I was told that international law has no practical consequences.

In 3.5 years, the non-promotional cost of my Hulu+Live TV subscription has increased by 29%.

West Point Accused of Not Letting Professors Express Opinions in Class The military academy’s longest-serving law professor claims the school is violating the First Amendment.

The military academy’s longest-serving law professor claims the school is violating the First Amendment.

Wild.

Notable.

(I spent a couple of summers working for Bosnia's war crimes court in Sarajevo.)

UN SR for Counterterrorism and Human Rights addresses the United States' illegal attacks on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean at @justsecurity.org.

TL;DR: There is no U.S.-TdA armed conflict and the strikes are plainly illegal under international law.

www.justsecurity.org/121115/unite...

Breaking:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California governor signs a law banning most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during some operations.