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The "Hands Off!" protest info for Sat. 4/5 should be at the top of every page here at D.U. ! 0 Exp 44 min ago 44 min ago 7 184
Chief Judge James E. Boasberg will hear arguments in J.G.G. et al v. TRUMP et al Thursday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 3 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 5 270
Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump 2 mahatmakanejeeves 3 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 14 313
Tufts files a declaration in support of Rumeysa Ozturk. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 8 203
Trump Intends to Nominate Individuals to Key Posts at the Department of Justice 0 mahatmakanejeeves 9 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 1 223
Stephen Miller Attacks Dems for Demanding Due Process for Deportees: 'How About Hell No' 2 Eugene 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 2 265
Quite the quote from the lawyer for the Salvadoran man who was deported in "error": 8 mahatmakanejeeves 21 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 105 2543
Hands Off! Protests throughout the USA! See the link and be there! Sat. April 5th. 0 Exp 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 0 181
NEW: Perkins Coie files its motion for summary judgment -- arguing they win on the law. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 20 hrs ago 20 hrs ago 10 395
Milbank has been representing Cathy Harris in her suit over her firing from the MSPB. Will they continue doing so? 0 mahatmakanejeeves 22 hrs ago 22 hrs ago 3 244
Judge holds ICE agent in contempt after he detained suspect during a trial 0 Eugene Yesterday Yesterday 43 890
Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said the US had revoked his visa to enter the country 1 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 11 287
How the Trump administration is using tattoos to lock up immigrants in El Salvador 0 Eugene Yesterday Yesterday 1 32
Another Skadden attorney has resigned in protest, citing the law firm's decision to strike a deal with Trump. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 8 1022
Federal judge rules Monday that Alabama AG Steve Marshall acted unconstitutionally when he threatened to prosecute ... 5 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 11 384
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is being decimated right now. Mass layoffs happening across agencies. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 5 281
Judge blocks Trump administration attempt to end TPS (Temporary Protected Status) for Venezuelans in U.S. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 171
Monday ruling blocks DHS Sec. Kristi Noem's effort to end Temporary Protected Status for thousands of Venezuelans in US 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 188
DOGE is trying to gift itself a building worth $500 million, court filings show. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 10 355
NEW: ACLU tells Judge Boasberg that he should reject the government's invocation of the state-secrets privilege. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 4 208
Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless ... 6 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 7 399
Rightwing groups across US push new bans to limit 'obscene' books in libraries 2 Eugene Tuesday Tuesday 2 258
BREAKING: Appeals court rejects the Trump administration's request to immediately enforce its anti-trans military ban. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 6 284
Supreme Court likely to side with Catholic Charities seeking exemption from state taxes 2 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 3 301
I could not be prouder of this Georgetown University Law Center student group. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 11 321
White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 4 781
D.C. Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, allows for Trump's firing of members of multi-member independent boards. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 0 337
Hegseth doesn't want midshipmen reading an autobiography of MLK 2 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 3 305
Trans people can serve currently under the terms in place before Trump's EO. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 0 193
"Do not pretend that what is happening is normal or excusable. It isn't." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 10 459

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Trump administration quietly reinstates a State Dept program allowing the tracking of Ukrainian children sent to Russia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 4 222
Exclusive: Trump's "pro-Hamas" purge could block foreign students from colleges 2 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 2 269
American Oversight is suing Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via Signal is a violation of ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 6 286
Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 18 643
"We're the country that made lynchings into picnics." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 12 465
Key Takeaways from Trump's Election Integrity EO - Institute for Responsive Government 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 4 245
UPDATE: DOJ and Kari Lake are desperate to make this case go away, but they're not being too bright about it. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 5 506
"Trump DOJ lawyers making it clear that you should never trust a word they say. They'll renege on deals over and over." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 6 394
ICE goons were turned away at HD Cooke. They tried to seize the school nurse in the parking lot. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 10 888
Exclusive: DOGE staffer, 'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 6 253
Law firm targeted by Trump could have been 'destroyed,' chairman says in explaining deal with Trump 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 1 367
Ninth Circuit panel allows Trump administration to enforce much of Trump EO pausing refugee admissions program 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 2 356
Join the AAUP webinar "Trump's Immigration Actions: What You Need to Know"; Thursday, March 27 at 3:00 PM PT/ 6:00 PM ET 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 0 187
U.S. Lodges New Accusations Against Detained Columbia Protest Leader 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 343
Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand Trump A Censorship Machine 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 10 604
"every person involved in this needs to be in prison" 9 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 60 2152
OSHA Update: All Quiet Now, But DOGE is Coming 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 1 339
RFK Jr.'s group set up a fake CDC site full of vaccine disinfo. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 9 506
Judge Boasberg is having a hearing starting now on the DOJ motion to vacate his Temporary Restraining Order. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 6 504
After filing nothing since Tuesday injunction blocking Trump anti-trans military ban, DOJ filed a motion this morning 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 9 494
This is how you take a stand. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 18 593
'Deported because of his tattoos': has the US targeted Venezuelans for their body art? 5 Eugene Mar 21 Mar 21 4 457
We get to say who is a terrorist. Our decision is final. It can't be challenged. Just trust us. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 7 366
Fed. judge says gov't filing in AEA case--which was filed, but tardy--is "woefully insufficient." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 7 427
Federal judge blocks Elon Musk, Amy Gleason, and DOGE employees from access to Social Security Administration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 11 343
"I do not think the filing in the Perkins Coie case actually complies with the court's order." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 2 363
The Claremont Institute has been conducting a campaign to radicalize sheriffs to embrace reactionary and nativist ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 1 285
How Bari Weiss's University of Austin Sidles Up to Orban's Strongman Rule 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 2 360
The perversity of false arrest claims. Plaintiffs has evidence he was falsely arrested for being a journalist. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 7 344
Meet Steve Davis, Elon Musk's Top Lieutenant Who Oversees DOGE (Gift Article) 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 6 310

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Trump administration deletes database of kidnapped Ukrainian children out of spite 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 4 418
Georgetown Univ. researcher detained by federal immigration officials 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 4 393
French researcher denied entry to US for 'expressing personal opinion' on Trump policies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 5 433
Justices allow Louisiana to execute Buddhist over religious freedom claim 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 4 473
NEW: Judge Boasberg says he'll give DOJ one more day to produce the information he asked for by noon. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 4 469
Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 7 528
DOGE flipped the Institute's security contractors - Inter-Con - against them by threatening to cancel their contracts 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 7 419
One of the named defendants in the United States Institute of Peace suit will clerk for Gorsuch starting later this year 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 6 431
A new Supreme Court case seeks to revive one of the most dangerous ideas from the Great Depression 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 19 1829
Trump to declare fentanyl "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per draft EO 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 2 340
There are no Justice Department line attorneys handling the Perkins Coie case--a case about lawyers. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 18 Mar 18 6 429
Justice Department Stonewalls Federal Judge Over Deportation Flights 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 17 4 325
Trump demands unprecedented control at Columbia, alarming scholars and speech groups 2 Eugene Mar 15 Mar 15 5 490
Death by a thousand cuts 6 JMCKUSICK Mar 13 Mar 14 7 475
Federal judge blocks Trump order against law firm, calling it a "personal vendetta" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 16 474
We Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 10 392
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 7 412
Trump Orders DOJ to Demand Money Bonds From Challengers in Court 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 8 Mar 12 3 458
D.C. U.S. attorney targets Ukraine whistleblower Rep. Vindman 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 4 435
10th Cir.: it violates the First Amendment for school superintendent to try and shut down a parent-led group on Facebook 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 4 587
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