Finds that @aclu.org showed 23 instances of unconstitutional stops from mid-Dec to mid-Jan, including 11 people who were unconstitutionally arrested. But petitioners can’t show it will happen again, so can’t show standing or irreparable harm, esp in light of drawdown of Operation Metro Surge.
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Judge Eric Tostrud (Trump apptee) issues remarkable ruling in MN. Finds “compelling & troubling” evidence that DHS had policy of illegally stopping people based solely on race or ethnicity & of arresting without probable cause. But denies relief ...
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The work of the USAO-NJ is simply too important to continue throwing novel leadership plans at the wall to see what will stick. Compromise is part of the system, and I implore the Government to take that approach. If it does not, it is on notice that a third attempt at unilateral office- filling will be met with extremely strict scrutiny, and any deficiency in its method will be taken as bad faith and result in dismissal of cases at any stage
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09.03.2026 18:53 — 👍 161 🔁 31 💬 8 📌 2
the long-suffering Judge Matthew Brann has issued a ruling invalidating the "triumvirate" system developed by DOJ to govern the US Attorney's Office for the District of NJ following Alina Habba's departure: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
09.03.2026 18:37 — 👍 224 🔁 50 💬 7 📌 0
Here's my deep dive on the 5-year mark of Jan 6 -- The ongoing impact on victims, the lies ... and the continued malignant corrosion of democracy As aired on..... The BBC
All one needs to know about why Scott MacFarlane -- one the of the network's most high-profile and respected correspondents -- left CBS News is spelled out in this tweet of his in January, where he unsubtly calls out his network for not airing his J6 deep-dive report.
It aired, instead, on the BBC.
upsetting report from @macfarlanenews.bsky.social on another platform several hours ago
09.03.2026 16:12 — 👍 134 🔁 37 💬 11 📌 0
That’s from the VOA case, Widakuswara v Lake.
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Judge Lamberth gently calls out DOJ attys for trying to sneak one past him: “Although the Court assumes that this citation was not purposely misleading, [Kari] Lake does not acknowledge the gap between her characterization of [the statute] and its plain text.”
09.03.2026 12:41 — 👍 124 🔁 31 💬 1 📌 0
Majority stresses that VZ case had also involved Haitians, but govt only went to SCOTUS vis-a-vis VZ, not Haiti. (Likely a strategic decision, because conditions in Haiti are so horrendous). Argues that if govt saw no urgency then, there’s no urgency now.
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The panel split on political lines. Judges Pan & Garcia (both Biden) distinguished 2 prior SCOTUS stays in a TPS case involving Venezuelans. Judge Walker (Trump) dissented. Majority says govt failed to show the “irreparable harm” required for a stay. ...
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Haitians in the US will keep, for now, their Temporary Protected Status (TPS), despite Secy Noem’s attempt to end it. Last night, a split panel of the DC Cir denied a stay of Judge Reyes’s 2/2 order, which blocked Noem’s action as arbitrary. ...
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Judge then highlights harms from lost ID, work permits, phones, bank cards, phones: “lost wages & hardships for their family”; “food insecurity”; “inability to ... contact family & loved ones”; “lost jobs”; “terrif[ying]” danger of re-arrest.
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US Atty Rosen has committed that claims will be reimbursed. If there is noncompliance, daily civil contempt fines may be imposed, though unclear on whom. ...
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Tunheim orders petitioners’ attys to prepare claims for lost property within 5 days, including resulting lost wages. Orders claims reimbursed in 30 days. DHS must replace lost work permits for free within 5 days. New hearing set for 4/6. ...
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Judge Tunheim ruled last night in 6 MN contempt cases, all involving noncitizens who were, he writes, “unlawfully arrested and detained” & then, when ordered released, didn’t get back property “critical to [their] safety & well being.” TL:dr: more proceedings to come. ...
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NEWS: A Justice Dept. line attorney in North Carolina fabricated quotes in court filing, causing judge to order hearing to consider sanctions and holding entire US attorney’s office jointly responsible.
Pro se defendant flagged the errors.
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In 30 minutes, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @rparloff.bsky.social, @mollyroberts.bsky.social, @alanrozenshtein.com, and Troy Edwards will discuss a contempt hearing in Minnesota, a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s TikTok deal, and more.
06.03.2026 20:32 — 👍 42 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 1
You ask “Why?” So does Judge Tunheim. Here’s his full ruling.
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This refugee girl, a junior in high school, was pulled over on way to school, shackled, threatened that she & family would be taken to Chicago or TX. After court order stops that, she spends night in a hotel room with 3 ICE agents. Finally released. ...
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(ICE started doing this shortly after a deranged Afghan refugee shot 2 national guardsmen in DC.)
ICE nabbed this family, with 4-yo, shipped them to TX, made them spend night in a cell & then in a hotel room with 3 ICE agents. Released in TX. No return ticket.
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Depraved stories from last Friday’s ruling striking down DHS’s detentions of lawfully admitted & vetted refugees in MN. In Jan 2026, ICE scrapped 45-yrs of practice & started detaining every refugee in MN (5,600) on 1st anniversary of entry, ostensibly to make sure they weren’t terrorists ...
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Govt asks 1st Circuit for emergency stay to maintain DHS's policy of removing noncitizens to 3d countries with minimal process. Judge Murphy declared it illegal. If stay is denied, govt will go straight to SCOTUS, which twice stayed Murphy's preliminary injunctions.
06.03.2026 12:55 — 👍 152 🔁 80 💬 5 📌 3
Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump in Jan. 6 case gets life sentence for child sex crimes
05.03.2026 21:15 — 👍 1251 🔁 488 💬 61 📌 82One of the petitioners -- a roofer named Riky who's in the U.S. legally on a U1 visa -- is still missing his work permit & $400 nail gun. Can't do much roofing without either. His lawyer says ICE agents told Riky they were going to destroy the nail gun. He's also missing $100 in cash.
05.03.2026 22:27 — 👍 63 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 1I was there today, and at Judge Bryan's on Tuesday. This one was far less spicy (and shorter). U.S. Atty Dan Rosen was contrite and promised full compensation for missing items. Tunheim is promising a ruling tonight, likely w/ 30-day deadline to return items with threat of civil contempt fines.
05.03.2026 22:27 — 👍 37 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0i think it's happening now, but without remote access.
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Judge Tunheim's full order, issued Tuesday, convoking today's hearing is below:
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The civil contempt hearing Judge Tunheim ordered US Atty Dan Rosen to attend today, concerning late or no return of detainees' property in ~5 cases, should not be confused with the one Judge Bryan ordered Rosen to attend Tuesday concerning the same issue in ~25 other cases. ...
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POLITICS Trump prosecutor running for appeals court judge Fulton County Deputy DA Will Wooten qualified Thursday to run against Judge E. Trenton Brown III for a seat on the Georgia Court of Appeals. Fulton Deputy DA Will Wooten (left) and and special prosecutor Nathan Wade were part of the prosecutorial team in the case against Donald Trump. (Jason Getz/AJC 2023) By Anna Bower - For the AJC
SCOOP: A prosecutor who helped build the Georgia election interference case against Trump is running to unseat the appeals court judge whose ruling helped bring the case to an end.
Will Wooten will challenge Trent Brown, who wrote the opinion disqualifying Fani Willis.
Me for @ajc.com (link in 🧵👇)
