Nora V. Demleitner

Nora Demleitner

@norademleitner.bsky.social

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Writer, educator, lawyer, immigrant. Served as college president & law dean. Writing on problems — and ways forward — in criminal justice & sentencing and higher education, often with a look abroad for different approaches. .. more

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Nora V. Demleitner is a German-American jurist and academic administrator. She was the president of St. John's College - Annapolis from 2022–2025. Prior to this, she served as the dean of Washington and Lee University School of Law from 2012-2015 and dean of Hofstra University School of Law from 2007-2012. .. more

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Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 2d

National Guard in DC donning Santa hats.

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 2d

One of the most underreported stories about law this year: how the government turned lawful into unlawful action/status over night and upended reasonable expectations.

Govt turns law from a steady beacon into a shifting mass, akin to an earthquake, unpredictable, dangerous & defenseless.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Trump has revoked legal status for at least 1.6 million immigrants over the past year by cancelling programs like TPS and student visas.

Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.

Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.

Reposted by Nora V. Demleitner, Ann Bartow

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 3d

Deeply disappointing decision. The TA's response was careful and detailed and thought to prevent exactly this problem. How should the next TA deal with this, other than pass the student?

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 3d

Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 3d

@newyorker.com piece on Syria's torture prison seems fitting to re-read in conjunction with @60minutes.bsky.social CECOT report.
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

A Times Reporter Documents the Horror of Syria’s Torture Sites

Anne Barnard talks about how Syria’s prisons have changed, whether the Western focus on ISIS warped our understanding of the Syrian civil war, and the long-term consequences of systemized torture.

www.newyorker.com

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 3d

CECOT has echoes of Syria‘s torture prisons.

Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 3d

Two things are true.

1. American prisons are horrible, filled with human rights abuses and outright torture.

2. CECOT is others of magnitude worse.

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Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 3d

Two things are true.

1. American prisons are horrible, filled with human rights abuses and outright torture.

2. CECOT is others of magnitude worse.

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 3d

Generally a great list but a notable omission: “The Alabama Solution“. It deserves to be included & to be elevated @nytimes.com

The 25 Most Notable Movies of 2025

www.nytimes.com

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 3d

Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 3d

Even if some immigrants had been convicted of the offenses Leavitt falsely claims, they would have served their sentences. Sending someone to a prison known for its inhumane & often deadly conditions violates their human rights.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Leavitt: “These are heinous monsters.”

Reality: Half had no charges, “ICE’s own records say only 3% had been sentenced for a violent crime”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

Leavitt: “These are heinous monsters.”

Reality: Half had no charges, “ICE’s own records say only 3% had been sentenced for a violent crime”

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for posting

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 6d

Is there any indication that the admin/faculty disparity may have contributed to the increasing rift between faculty and admin? That we see perhaps differences in mindsets (beyond the standard)?

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 6d

I'm a strong advocate of comparative research but adopting other countries' approaches only makes sense if the conditions are comparable.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6d

Do you want more measles, flu, RSV, and chicken pox? Because that's what we'll get

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Reposted by David R. Miller, Nora V. Demleitner

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6d

Do you want more measles, flu, RSV, and chicken pox? Because that's what we'll get

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors

The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.

www.washingtonpost.com

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 6d

Let's remember how Elise Stefanik treated university presidents and how she proudly humiliated two highly qualified female academics and leaders and then took credit for their resignations.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress

www.nytimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6d

the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress

www.nytimes.com

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 7d

Stepping back from evidence-based criminal justice reforms faster than we can breathe.

Non-unanimous juries are a bad idea if you are care about due process or public safety.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 7d

Just in: Florida's supreme court today has UPHELD a recent state law that enables juries to sentence someone to death nonunanimously.

Bolts reported on FL's law a few years ago, amid huge concern that nonunanimous convictions have a high error rate, & are likelier to sideline Black jurors.

Exonerees Sound the Alarm on New Florida Law Allowing Death Sentences by Split Juries - Bolts

Herman Lindsey braced himself for news that he would be sentenced to death as he sat inside a courtroom in Broward County, Florida in 2006. A jury had convicted Lindsey... Read More

boltsmag.org

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 7d

A bit premature?

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7d

um www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance for president in 2028

The widow of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk threw the organization's support behind the vice president, who hasn't yet announced his 2028 plans.

www.nbcnews.com

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 7d

It took years to litigate Brown v Plata before prisoners won that case. That case changed the sizing CA‘s prison system.
That‘s what it will take, unfortunately.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

ICE has its own Health Services Corps, which it operates in 17 large detention centers, but an increasingly large majority of people are held in private detention centers where the healthcare is operated by contractor or subcontractor, where ICE basically just manages the insurance claims.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7d

um www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance for president in 2028

The widow of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk threw the organization's support behind the vice president, who hasn't yet announced his 2028 plans.

www.nbcnews.com

Reposted by Nora V. Demleitner

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

ICE Health Care System
IHSC staff protect our homeland by stopping the spread of infectious disease and supporting ICE removal operations.
IHSC staff protect our homeland by stopping the spread of infectious disease and supporting ICE removal operations.
IHSC is committed to providing the necessary medical intervention for aliens to reduce global disease and support the safe apprehension, enforcement and removal of aliens involved in immigration proceedings.

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, IHSC provided medical services to more than 171,000 detained aliens housed in 17 facilities throughout the nation. In FY 2025, IHSC oversaw compliance with health-related standards for over 266,000 detained aliens housed in 217 non-IHSC-staffed facilities, totaling over 50,700 beds.

IHSC Headquarters provides guidance and support to IHSC-staffed facilities. While IHSC does not directly provide medical services in non-IHSC-staffed facilities, IHSC audits the facilities’ compliance with national detention standards, as required by each facility’s contract with ICE.

“The ICE Health Service Corps staff comprises the highest caliber of health professionals who have chosen detention health as a noble and rewarding career,” Smith said. “Our team is second to none.”

ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC):
IHSC delivers health care to noncitizens at 19 designated ICE facilities and provides high-quality medical, dental, mental health, and public health services to noncitizens in ICE custody. ... In situations where services cannot be provided by an IHSC-staffed facility or a contracted detention facility, off-site medical treatment is provided. ... Through field medical coordinators, IHSC provides case management and health oversight for noncitizens and is responsible for initial noncitizen screenings for infections ..., and includes comprehensive chronic disease management ... In FY 2023, IHSC provided services to 131,359 noncitizens for a total of 1,264,680 encounters. The following procedures were conducted: 87,763 physical
examinations; 136,386 intake screenings and 23,967 emergency room and off-site referrals. IHSC also conducted an additional 14,149 dental visits,
22,379 urgent care visits, 150,683 sick call visits, 49,651 mental health interventions and filled 266,109 prescriptions.
Third Party Medical Care Provisioning: Third Party Medical Care refers to the “off-site” medical treatment ICE noncitizens receive from State and local medical providers in U.S. community hospitals and clinics. Off-site medical claims are submitted to ICE’s partners at the Veterans Affairs (VA)
Finance Services Center (FSC), where the costs on those claims are processed, adjudicated and approved by IHSC, and paid by ICE. When treatment is “on-site” health services are
received noncitizen in ICE custody either through IHSC, or the medical provision is provided by a contracted detention vendor. In FY 2023, IHSC
provided oversight and management of the off-site claims adjudication process for over 162,976 detainees housed in 163 non-IHSC-staffed facilities,
totaling over 51,000 beds. At these locations, the contracted detention vendor or its subcontractor manages the health care provision.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Nora V. Demleitner

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 7d

Exonerees Sound the Alarm on New Florida Law Allowing Death Sentences by Split Juries - Bolts

Herman Lindsey braced himself for news that he would be sentenced to death as he sat inside a courtroom in Broward County, Florida in 2006. A jury had convicted Lindsey... Read More

boltsmag.org

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 8d

Time to call them sports businesses with an education wing, not the reverse.

Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 8d

All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.

UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 8d

What a time to decide to learn less about the world.

dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 8d

All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.

UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 8d

What a time to decide to learn less about the world.

dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026

As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...

dailytarheel.com

Nora Demleitner @norademleitner.bsky.social · 8d

Powerful article.

The frequent invocation of the need for more security cameras now adds justifications for the surveillance state that stem directly from the „gun state“. Security cameras on a college bldg don‘t prevent mass shootings — and prevention should be our collective goal.

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 8d

"The notion that all elected officials have are their thoughts and prayers, regardless of by whom it is uttered, is a direct attack on the purpose of government itself."
snyder.substack.com/p/what-a-ter...