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NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 6 649
7th CIr.: no 1A violation for school district to fire counselor who gave a profanity-laden speech at an anti-trans rally 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 1 619
DOJ memo pushes for broader effort to revoke naturalized US citizenship 3 Eugene Jul 2 Jul 2 5 580
"When future historians grapple with how Trump managed to so quickly and so thoroughly dismantle American democracy, ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 1 Jul 1 11 883
DOJ files court-required notice ... re: Executive Order 14160 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 1 Jul 1 1 764
"... 4th Circuit rejects the Trump administration to put Badar Khan Suri back in detention ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 1 Jul 1 4 580
NOW: Emergency conference before Judge Paula Xinis on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's motion to be returned to MD from TN 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 26 Jun 29 6 763
"DOJ asks appeals panel that stayed Judge Boasberg's criminal contempt proceedings against DOJ to disregard ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 29 Jun 29 3 707
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego Garcia was due to be deported. Now he's being freed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 29 Jun 29 15 811
The ICE List: Tracking Deportation Agents Across America 1 cbabe Jun 26 Jun 26 5 1745
Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump's Judicial Nominees Off the Hook 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 4 556
The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: 'A police state' 2 Eugene Jun 25 Jun 25 13 1106
" Never seen this before -- the Justice Department is suing ... the entire federal district court bench in Maryland ..." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 27 1686
National Archives College Park MD facility to remain open to general public 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 25 9 1116
"Congratulations to John Roberts, who will now surely displace Taney as the most ... hated Chief Justice in history" 14 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 23 Jun 24 78 2984
California National Guard troops under federal control sent to LA are 130 miles east of the city doing drug busts 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 5 1023
"Judge William Young ... [denies] DOJ's request for a stay pending appeal in the NIH grants case." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 3 595
"A federal appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return a Salvadoran man ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 2 591
Judge chastises Trump administration in Voice of America hearing 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 23 Jun 23 4 954
The Big Billionaire Benefit Bill could slam the door on Justice!! 0 Ranting Randy Jun 19 Jun 19 2 579
Appeals Court to Consider on Tuesday if Trump Can Control National Guard in L.A. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 18 0 597
"It looks like Palantir is helping Trump build a mega-database of Americans' private information" 14 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 39 2083
Officers who cover their faces could be charged with a misdemeanor under California proposal 0 Eugene Jun 16 Jun 16 0 486
US seeks more time to show it complied with judge's orders in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Maryland lawsuit 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 16 Jun 16 5 751
6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration's Attacks on Civil Liberties 1 usonian Jun 16 Jun 16 7 673
"... KOSA supporters say it out loud: ... they are really ... going after content." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 16 Jun 16 5 928
Pregnant in Power: U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen Confronts a System Built for Men 0 niyad Jun 14 Jun 14 3 648
Trump's Cartoonish Performance of Masculine Strength, from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. 0 niyad Jun 14 Jun 14 3 592
Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 3 678
The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 15 683

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to sanction Trump administration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 4 477
Jury Nullification Gut Check 2 ck4829 Jun 12 Jun 12 3 737
Hearing before Judge Breyer on Governor Gavin Newsom's request for a temporary restraining order 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 9 701
Thou shalt not ignore the law: Illinois county sued over Ten Commandments monument 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 8 622
About 500 National Guard troops in LA are trained to accompany agents on immigration raids 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 11 Jun 11 1 827
"It's not just that it's clearly intentional, it's that it's clearly intentional knowing that he's being recorded." 16 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 53 3611
Alabama sheriff arrested for hiring uncertified officers, including one accused of violence 0 Eugene Jun 9 Jun 9 4 587
One of the two FTC commissioners Trump purported to fire in March resigned today because he hasn't been paid since then 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 4 511
BREAKING: Federal judge denies Corporation for Public Broadcasting's request for a preliminary injunction ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 8 806
'Remember the Ladies': Attacks on Gender Equity Remain a Core Feature of Surging Authoritarianism 3 niyad Jun 7 Jun 7 3 728
Trump Can Restrict A.P. Journalists' Access, Appeals Court Rules 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 3 717
Immigration lawyer says return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was calculated 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 49 1884
"So the conservative justices who had a meltdown over their 'privacy' being violated by Dobbs protests in front of ..." 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 7 51 2321
An hour before being blocked, State told consulates to reject Harvard visas 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 4 660
Ken White: "Pam Bondi is thug scum." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 10 833
The Trump admin's quiet (but deadly) attack on repro rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 1 558
"Kafka name-checked three words in" feels like the lawyer equivalent of noticing a small red dot appearing between ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 7 726
Unsealed records in Abrego Garcia case offer few details that are new, unknown 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 625
Arlington man describes terrifying weeks in ICE custody 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 9 650
Trump seeks to reshape judiciary as first nominees face Senate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 543
FBI shows up at Charlottesville public defender's home unannounced after ICE raid 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 12 1322
"Against all odds, Joni Ernst has made it worse." 10 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 Jun 2025 8 1360
US files motion to dismiss lawsuit over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 5 656
VOA plaintiffs, in the two cases against Kari Lake/USAGM, filed this morning a motion with the DC Circuit Ct. of Appeals 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 3 546
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as ..." 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 8 1125
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals 9 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 24 1911
Bill Burr on ICE 4 Mosby May 2025 May 2025 13 1084
Here is Harvard's new lawsuit, over the international student revocation ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 10 986
Republican Bill Would Limit Judges' Contempt Power 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 694
Georgetown scholar recalls terror and 'mockery of due process' in immigration jail 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 14 811

Civil Liberties Continued...

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El Salvador arrests rights lawyer helping deported migrants 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 8 642
Trump's Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him 'remove people from this country' 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 4 710
Someone on X described Alina Habba as "the Jenna Ellis of Ed Martins." 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 638
Wait, the GOP put a culture warrior -- who literally wrote in his application to Trump that he would "Fight back ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 3 698
Matt Kacsmaryk shouldn't be a judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 11 715
Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution--and Congress Says Fine 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 8 801
Jeff Bezos Abandons Khashoggi to Cut Deal With MBS 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 12 975
For "One First," I took a deeper dive into Friday afternoon's *very* significant #SCOTUS Alien Enemies Act ruling 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 643
Military ordered to identify troops with "symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria" to kick out 3 littlemissmartypants May 2025 May 2025 3 811
'Unconstitutional': Immigration experts knock Florida 'blueprint' for mass deportation 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 2 522
Autopsies misclassified deaths in police custody that were homicides, Maryland officials say 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 9 659
James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in Mass. history. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 5 727
Trump DOJ Defunds National Prison Rape Resource Center 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 622
DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says 8 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 13 1344
NEWS: Paul Clement tells the court that two WilmerHale attorneys had their security clearances pulled under the Trump EO 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 1 623
Regent University School of Law FTW 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 7 897
Montana court strikes down ban on health care for trans youth, finds it unconstitutional 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 540
(Over 100) deported Venezuelans believed held at El Salvador mega-prison, UN says. (Fate of 275 deportees unclear) 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 4 472
BREAKING: Trump-appointee Fed judge in PA finds that Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation is properly invoked, but ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 2 953
Trump uses Supreme Court birthright citizenship case in bid to limit judges' power 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 5 5046
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