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New: Harvard patents targeted by Trump administration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 8 Aug 8 2 362
DOJ manufactures another lawsuit to block in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 Aug 7 1 283
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VOA director fired after declining reassignment to low-level post 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 5 Aug 5 7 398
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Justice Department fired official whose husband operated controversial ICEBlock app 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 1 305

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Judge rips Noem's latest termination of immigrant protections: 'Color is neither a poison nor a crime' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 1 Aug 1 17 373
Florida AG demands names of guests and performers who attended a drag show 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 31 Jul 31 4 403
Brown University Makes a Deal With the White House to Restore Funding 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 31 Jul 31 1 347
"Three DOJ attorneys challenged their removals in the U.S. District Court for D.C." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 30 Jul 30 2 323
The Quickest Route to a Plum Judicial Appointment 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 30 Jul 30 4 370
Chokeholds, bikers and 'roving patrols': Are Trump's ICE tactics legal? 2 Eugene Jul 29 Jul 29 11 472
Why we need a right not to be manipulated 1 Jilly_in_VA Jul 28 Jul 28 3 403
"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 20 601
"The Trump admin has formally unveiled a program to illegally use money Congress passed for sheltering migrants ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 26 Jul 26 11 561
His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He's Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 25 Jul 25 2 294
Quebec man warning Canadian boaters after he was detained by U.S. Coast guard, put in jail cell 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 24 Jul 24 11 687
"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 7 350
Columbia punishes students involved in pro-Palestinian protest 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 23 Jul 23 0 406
Trump Awards $1.26 Billion Contract to Build Biggest Immigrant Detention Center in US 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 22 Jul 22 4 668
The Pentagon Won't Track Troops Deployed on U.S. Soil. So We Will. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 22 Jul 22 6 378
Beware of SHOCK EXHAUSTION 2 brakester Jul 21 Jul 22 13 507
"... Chief Judge James Boasberg--hearing the "CECOT class" AEA case--scheduled a status hearing for 11a Thursday, July 24." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 22 Jul 22 5 330
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to delay release from jail over deportation fears 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 21 Jul 21 1 348
Nine Ways To Suppress African American Votes--the Republican Playbook Opinion (Newsweek) 2 usonian Jul 21 Jul 21 6 476
Iowa mom falsely accused of cocaine use during pregnancy sues drug testing lab 0 ck4829 Jul 20 Jul 20 14 679
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 19 Jul 19 10 574
"Trump to TRY to fire Powell, although doing so may be illegal" is the headline. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 16 Jul 16 8 825
NEW: The State Department has quietly declassified and posted the diplomatic notes exchanged between US and El Salvador 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 16 Jul 16 15 1957
Group challenges ruling that potentially weakens the Voting Rights Act 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 15 Jul 15 5 349
Trump appointee argues in dissent that noncitizens are not protected by the First Amendment. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 15 Jul 15 5 590
"Time to start paying attention to Florida attorney general James Uthmeier, the brains behind Alligator Auschwitz." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 15 Jul 15 9 572
NYT Opinion: 'Egregious.' 'Brazen.' 'Lawless.' How 48 Judges Describe Trump's Actions, in Their Own Words 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 13 Jul 13 11 663
Concentration camp jobs posted on Indeed. I wonder if they'll advertise that the uniforms are made by Hugo Boss. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 13 Jul 13 9 960
"DC Circuit rules that Pentagon can unravel plea deals with 9/11 plotters that would have precluded death penalty." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 11 Jul 11 1 602
"Judge restrains LAPD from using nonlethal munitions against journalists, detaining or assaulting journalists ..." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 11 Jul 11 5 517

Civil Liberties Continued...

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"Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 10 Jul 10 10 624
Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be deported to Mexico or South Sudan, ICE official tells judge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 10 Jul 10 2 398
U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans Held in El Salvador for Americans 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 9 Jul 9 2 422
US judge rules Abrego's challenge to wrongful deportation can proceed 1 Eugene Jul 8 Jul 8 4 458
Trump admin now again calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation "a one off mistake...an administrative error." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 7 Jul 7 13 716
Breaking: Judge issues administrative stay stopping South Sudan deportations 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 3 565
'Fidelity' to Trump policies now part of criteria for Foreign Service promotions 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 3 544
"The '60 Minutes' team is aghast after Shari Redstone's payout to Donald Trump ..." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 3 Jul 3 8 800
"Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks the Tennessee criminal court to order the govt to stop making extrajudicial statements ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 3 Jul 3 15 631
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 6 581
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 1 558
DOJ memo pushes for broader effort to revoke naturalized US citizenship 3 Eugene Jul 2 Jul 2 5 511
"When future historians grapple with how Trump managed to so quickly and so thoroughly dismantle American democracy, ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 1 Jul 1 11 818
DOJ files court-required notice ... re: Executive Order 14160 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 1 Jul 1 1 704
"... 4th Circuit rejects the Trump administration to put Badar Khan Suri back in detention ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 1 Jul 1 4 520
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 6 695
"DOJ asks appeals panel that stayed Judge Boasberg's criminal contempt proceedings against DOJ to disregard ..." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 29 Jun 29 3 642
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego Garcia was due to be deported. Now he's being freed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 29 Jun 29 15 766
The ICE List: Tracking Deportation Agents Across America 1 cbabe Jun 26 Jun 26 5 1521
Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump's Judicial Nominees Off the Hook 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 4 533
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