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Pregnant in Power: U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen Confronts a System Built for Men 0 niyad Yesterday Yesterday 3 257

Trump's Cartoonish Performance of Masculine Strength, from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. 0 niyad Yesterday Yesterday 3 232

Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 3 312

The ICE agents disappearing your neighbors would like a little privacy, please 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 15 350

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to sanction Trump administration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 4 198

Jury Nullification Gut Check 2 ck4829 Thursday Thursday 3 348

Hearing before Judge Breyer on Governor Gavin Newsom's request for a temporary restraining order 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 9 371

Thou shalt not ignore the law: Illinois county sued over Ten Commandments monument 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 8 312

About 500 National Guard troops in LA are trained to accompany agents on immigration raids 4 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 1 399

"It's not just that it's clearly intentional, it's that it's clearly intentional knowing that he's being recorded." 16 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 53 2857

Alabama sheriff arrested for hiring uncertified officers, including one accused of violence 0 Eugene Monday Monday 4 299

One of the two FTC commissioners Trump purported to fire in March resigned today because he hasn't been paid since then 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 4 234

BREAKING: Federal judge denies Corporation for Public Broadcasting's request for a preliminary injunction ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 8 510

'Remember the Ladies': Attacks on Gender Equity Remain a Core Feature of Surging Authoritarianism 3 niyad Jun 7 Jun 7 3 329

Trump Can Restrict A.P. Journalists' Access, Appeals Court Rules 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 3 350

Immigration lawyer says return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was calculated 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 49 1536

"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 1791

An hour before being blocked, State told consulates to reject Harvard visas 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 4 371

Ken White: "Pam Bondi is thug scum." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 10 491

The Trump admin's quiet (but deadly) attack on repro rights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 1 279

"Kafka name-checked three words in" feels like the lawyer equivalent of noticing a small red dot appearing between ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 4 7 446

Unsealed records in Abrego Garcia case offer few details that are new, unknown 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 4 3 372

Arlington man describes terrifying weeks in ICE custody 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 4 9 415

Trump seeks to reshape judiciary as first nominees face Senate 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 3 Jun 3 1 312

FBI shows up at Charlottesville public defender's home unannounced after ICE raid 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 2 12 889

"Against all odds, Joni Ernst has made it worse." 10 mahatmakanejeeves May 31 Jun 1 8 793

US files motion to dismiss lawsuit over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 5 397

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 28 May 28 3 322

Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as ..." 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 8 745

RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals 9 mahatmakanejeeves May 28 May 28 24 1407

Civil Liberties Continued...

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Bill Burr on ICE 4 Mosby May 23 May 23 13 716

Here is Harvard's new lawsuit, over the international student revocation ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 10 640

Republican Bill Would Limit Judges' Contempt Power 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 4 403

Georgetown scholar recalls terror and 'mockery of due process' in immigration jail 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 14 568

El Salvador arrests rights lawyer helping deported migrants 0 Eugene May 21 May 21 8 406

Trump's Homeland Security secretary says habeas corpus lets him 'remove people from this country' 2 Eugene May 20 May 20 4 438

Someone on X described Alina Habba as "the Jenna Ellis of Ed Martins." 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 20 May 20 4 396

Wait, the GOP put a culture warrior -- who literally wrote in his application to Trump that he would "Fight back ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 19 May 19 3 484

Matt Kacsmaryk shouldn't be a judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 19 May 19 11 515

Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution--and Congress Says Fine 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 18 May 18 8 603

Jeff Bezos Abandons Khashoggi to Cut Deal With MBS 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 12 712

For "One First," I took a deeper dive into Friday afternoon's *very* significant #SCOTUS Alien Enemies Act ruling 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 4 425

Military ordered to identify troops with "symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria" to kick out 3 littlemissmartypants May 16 May 16 3 513

'Unconstitutional': Immigration experts knock Florida 'blueprint' for mass deportation 0 Eugene May 15 May 15 2 336

Autopsies misclassified deaths in police custody that were homicides, Maryland officials say 2 Eugene May 15 May 15 9 434

James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in Mass. history. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 5 469

Trump DOJ Defunds National Prison Rape Resource Center 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 4 412

DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says 8 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 13 876

NEWS: Paul Clement tells the court that two WilmerHale attorneys had their security clearances pulled under the Trump EO 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 May 14 1 381

Regent University School of Law FTW 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 7 649

Montana court strikes down ban on health care for trans youth, finds it unconstitutional 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 May 13 4 328

(Over 100) deported Venezuelans believed held at El Salvador mega-prison, UN says. (Fate of 275 deportees unclear) 0 Eugene May 13 May 13 4 322

BREAKING: Trump-appointee Fed judge in PA finds that Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation is properly invoked, but ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 May 13 2 761

Trump uses Supreme Court birthright citizenship case in bid to limit judges' power 0 Eugene May 11 May 11 5 4190

Judges have a warning about Trump's rapid deportations: Americans could be next 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 10 May 10 7 522

Why Trump's demand that protests at the World Cup are 'reasonable' is alarming 1 Eugene May 9 May 9 4 535

Lawfare: Our Reporters' Notes on the May 7 Hearing in the J.G.G. Case 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 8 May 8 2 349

In the Mahmoud Khalil case, Judge Farbiarz orders the government to give him a COMPLETE LIST of every time since 1975 ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 7 May 7 13 872

We should understand this for what it is: an effort to build public consent for Trump to ignore the Supreme Court 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 6 May 6 5 614

Big things are happening this week in Garcia v. Noem. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 7 637

Civil Liberties Continued...

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NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 10 684

We Hold These Truths... 3 hermetic May 4 May 4 6 631

WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution? TRUMP: I don't know 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 4 6 715

How Trump's America Is Normalizing Violence Against Women (trigger warning) 4 niyad May 3 May 3 12 625

The Story of the 'Mistakenly Deported Maryland Man' 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 4 552

No such thing as low-key fascism. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 3 444

In Suits and Ties, Lawyers Protest Trump's Attacks on the Legal System 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 3 435

Orders to Investigate Columbia Protesters Raised Alarms in Justice Dept. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 2 435

Wheelchair-using UNC student activist doxxed, criminally charged; loses scholarship. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 10 799

2006: Charlie Swift's War: Detainees' Military Lawyer Forced Out of Service 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 2 357

Federal judge says local police must follow order to halt enforcement of Florida immigration law 1 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 4 396

Iowa immigrant group is alarmed by a state lawmaker's demand for confidential information 0 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 3 394

Trump administration forced to reveal its ham-handed operation to terminate immigration records of thousands of students 0 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 4 366

Judge Xinis DENIES an additional request by the government to further stay discovery in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 10 521

Stephen Miller mentor David Horowitz dies of cancer, age 89 6 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 5 896

Supreme Court to consider bid for first religious charter school 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 3 502

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from cutting off funds for "direct legal representation services 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 29 Apr 29 4 509

Did the New England Patriots team plane just fly to Guantanamo? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 29 Apr 29 5 476

"This line is going to stick with me for a very long time." 20 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 27 Apr 28 188 6993

ACLU Asks Court To Make Trump Bring All Migrants Labeled 'Alien Enemies' From El Salvador Prison 0 Eugene Apr 26 Apr 26 2 462

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