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Immigration Trump's plan to hold migrants at military bases begins taking shape 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 Aug 7 3 519
body cameras/dash cameras 2 RussBLib Aug 5 Aug 5 3 651
"Jack Goldsmith points out that Justice Barrett's opinion in the universal injunction case rests on an error ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 5 Aug 5 11 809
VOA director fired after declining reassignment to low-level post 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 5 Aug 5 7 650
Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 3 Aug 3 14 698
Two sisters in DCF custody since mother was detained by ICE in May in Worcester are missing, officials say 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 3 Aug 3 26 859
"The guy Trump picked to lead the office that's now investigating Jack Smith:" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 3 Aug 3 7 843
Alabama Notifying Adult Sites of New Tax Set to Take Effect Sept. 1 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 3 685
🧊🖕✈️ ICE HATES BEING WATCHED 👉 So what are you gonna do? 🤨 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 7 781
Justice Department fired official whose husband operated controversial ICEBlock app 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 1 542
Judge rips Noem's latest termination of immigrant protections: 'Color is neither a poison nor a crime' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 17 612
Florida AG demands names of guests and performers who attended a drag show 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 31 Jul 31 4 648
Brown University Makes a Deal With the White House to Restore Funding 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 31 Jul 31 1 579
"Three DOJ attorneys challenged their removals in the U.S. District Court for D.C." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 30 Jul 30 2 539
The Quickest Route to a Plum Judicial Appointment 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 30 Jul 30 4 615
Chokeholds, bikers and 'roving patrols': Are Trump's ICE tactics legal? 2 Eugene Jul 29 Jul 29 11 726
Why we need a right not to be manipulated 1 Jilly_in_VA Jul 28 Jul 28 3 661
"DHS has arrested two medical personnel at a surgical center in California for demanding the officers provide a warrant" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 28 Jul 28 20 862
"The Trump admin has formally unveiled a program to illegally use money Congress passed for sheltering migrants ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 26 Jul 26 11 776
His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He's Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 25 Jul 25 2 527
Quebec man warning Canadian boaters after he was detained by U.S. Coast guard, put in jail cell 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 24 Jul 24 11 956
"Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask Judge Crenshaw to bring DHS back in line after its tweets and comments ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 24 Jul 24 7 577
Columbia punishes students involved in pro-Palestinian protest 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 23 Jul 23 0 651
Trump Awards $1.26 Billion Contract to Build Biggest Immigrant Detention Center in US 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 952
The Pentagon Won't Track Troops Deployed on U.S. Soil. So We Will. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 595
Beware of SHOCK EXHAUSTION 2 brakester Jul 2025 Jul 2025 13 767
"... Chief Judge James Boasberg--hearing the "CECOT class" AEA case--scheduled a status hearing for 11a Thursday, July 24." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 538
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to delay release from jail over deportation fears 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 551
Nine Ways To Suppress African American Votes--the Republican Playbook Opinion (Newsweek) 2 usonian Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 709
Iowa mom falsely accused of cocaine use during pregnancy sues drug testing lab 0 ck4829 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 14 904

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Allentown grandfather's family was told he died in ICE custody. Then they learned he's alive, in a hospital in Guatemala 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 854
"Trump to TRY to fire Powell, although doing so may be illegal" is the headline. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 1107
NEW: The State Department has quietly declassified and posted the diplomatic notes exchanged between US and El Salvador 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 15 2168
Group challenges ruling that potentially weakens the Voting Rights Act 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 524
Trump appointee argues in dissent that noncitizens are not protected by the First Amendment. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 769
"Time to start paying attention to Florida attorney general James Uthmeier, the brains behind Alligator Auschwitz." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 741
NYT Opinion: 'Egregious.' 'Brazen.' 'Lawless.' How 48 Judges Describe Trump's Actions, in Their Own Words 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 11 857
Concentration camp jobs posted on Indeed. I wonder if they'll advertise that the uniforms are made by Hugo Boss. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 1187
"DC Circuit rules that Pentagon can unravel plea deals with 9/11 plotters that would have precluded death penalty." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 774
"Judge restrains LAPD from using nonlethal munitions against journalists, detaining or assaulting journalists ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 684
"Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 795
Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be deported to Mexico or South Sudan, ICE official tells judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 554
U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans Held in El Salvador for Americans 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 585
US judge rules Abrego's challenge to wrongful deportation can proceed 1 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 612
Trump admin now again calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation "a one off mistake...an administrative error." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 13 897
Breaking: Judge issues administrative stay stopping South Sudan deportations 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 720
'Fidelity' to Trump policies now part of criteria for Foreign Service promotions 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 680
"The '60 Minutes' team is aghast after Shari Redstone's payout to Donald Trump ..." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 970
"Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks the Tennessee criminal court to order the govt to stop making extrajudicial statements ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 15 775
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 749
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 2025 Jul 2025 1 694
DOJ memo pushes for broader effort to revoke naturalized US citizenship 3 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 657
"When future historians grapple with how Trump managed to so quickly and so thoroughly dismantle American democracy, ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 11 981
DOJ files court-required notice ... re: Executive Order 14160 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 867
"... 4th Circuit rejects the Trump administration to put Badar Khan Suri back in detention ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 651
NOW: Emergency conference before Judge Paula Xinis on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's motion to be returned to MD from TN 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 6 843
"DOJ asks appeals panel that stayed Judge Boasberg's criminal contempt proceedings against DOJ to disregard ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 785
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego Garcia was due to be deported. Now he's being freed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 15 878
The ICE List: Tracking Deportation Agents Across America 1 cbabe Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 2059
Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump's Judicial Nominees Off the Hook 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 613

Civil Liberties Continued...

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The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: 'A police state' 2 Eugene Jun 2025 Jun 2025 13 1171
" Never seen this before -- the Justice Department is suing ... the entire federal district court bench in Maryland ..." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 27 1788
National Archives College Park MD facility to remain open to general public 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 9 1211
"Congratulations to John Roberts, who will now surely displace Taney as the most ... hated Chief Justice in history" 14 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 78 3193
California National Guard troops under federal control sent to LA are 130 miles east of the city doing drug busts 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1169
"Judge William Young ... [denies] DOJ's request for a stay pending appeal in the NIH grants case." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 666
"A federal appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return a Salvadoran man ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 662
Judge chastises Trump administration in Voice of America hearing 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 1024
The Big Billionaire Benefit Bill could slam the door on Justice!! 0 Ranting Randy Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 646
Appeals Court to Consider on Tuesday if Trump Can Control National Guard in L.A. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 0 659
"It looks like Palantir is helping Trump build a mega-database of Americans' private information" 14 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 39 2257
Officers who cover their faces could be charged with a misdemeanor under California proposal 0 Eugene Jun 2025 Jun 2025 0 552
US seeks more time to show it complied with judge's orders in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's Maryland lawsuit 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 837
6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration's Attacks on Civil Liberties 1 usonian Jun 2025 Jun 2025 7 754
"... KOSA supporters say it out loud: ... they are really ... going after content." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1000
Pregnant in Power: U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen Confronts a System Built for Men 0 niyad Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 713
Trump's Cartoonish Performance of Masculine Strength, from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. 0 niyad Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 655
Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 746
The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 15 742
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to sanction Trump administration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 534
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