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Anna Arons
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Assistant Professor @stjohnslaw / family defender
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bubbaprog.xyz
"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"
June 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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angus.bsky.social
"Tonight was not our night. Tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani's night. I called him. I congratulated him." —Cuomo
June 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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propublica.org
NEW: The New York State Legislature passed a bill banning anonymous complaints to the state child abuse hotline. The change comes in the wake of a 2023 ProPublica investigation that showed how the hotline had been weaponized by people endlessly calling in baseless allegations against exes or rivals.
New York Bans Anonymous Child Welfare Reports
New legislation will require callers to the state child abuse hotline to identify themselves. ProPublica’s reporting in 2023 found that many anonymous callers made false allegations that led to intrus...
www.propublica.org
June 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
annaarons.bsky.social
Out now, Family Regulation’s Consent Problem! In which I describe (some of!) the incredibly coercive & unconstitutional methods the state uses to extract families’ consent to home searches… columbialawreview.org/content/fami... (1/3)
June 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
"A reporter from @thecity.nyc had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, 'Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?'"
Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.
www.thecity.nyc
June 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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joshuaholland.bsky.social
It’s not just that they normalize political violence. They also accuse the left of engaging in mostly imaginary violence, which gives unhinged right-wingers justification to “retaliate.”
June 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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nikkimcr.bsky.social
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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nywfp.bsky.social
As NYWFP works to consolidate support around its slate of candidates, we're proud to rank @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #1 🥳

To give voters clear guidance, we're ranking a full slate of 5 candidates. When we unite, we can defeat Cuomo & elect a mayor who fights for us. Let's get this done!
May 31, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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orinkerr.bsky.social
SCOTUS rules, 7-2, that detainees the Administration suspects of being TdA members, and wants to deport under the Alien Enemies Act, need more notice that was given and cannot at present be deported. Kavanaugh concurs. Alito & Thomas dissent.
supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
May 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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imbeccable.bsky.social
bill de blasio in park slope, ordering his breakfast sandwich as “mi sandwich especial” and quoting the onion headline omg

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Screenshot from The New Yorker: One morning a few weeks ago, I met de Blasio at his regular coffee shop in Park Slope. He had just come from the gym—the same one that he’d insisted on commuting to every morning from Gracie Mansion, no matter how much grief the press gave him for it—and was wearing sweats. He held forth among his fellow-patrons with a spirit of magnanimous, possibly unreciprocated camaraderie, greeting a startled man by the door with a familiar “How you doing, brother?” and ordering his breakfast (scrambled egg whites, cheddar, ham, and tomato on multigrain toast) as “mi sandwich especial.” These days, de Blasio most often makes the news for his love life or for such momentous moves as dyeing his salt-and-pepper crewcut. But he’s sensed a bit of de Blasio nostalgia creeping into town. “Since I left office, the No. 1 thing that people come up to me on the street and talk about is pre-K,” he told me, lacing his iced espresso with a heavy pour of simple syrup. “The No. 2 thing that people talk about is that Onion headline.” He quoted it for me, savoring every word: “Well, well, well, not so easy to find a mayor that doesn’t suck shit, huh?”
May 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
annaarons.bsky.social
My paper, Prosecuting Families, is out! As with so many good ideas, it began when a prosecutor said something to me in court that enraged me--this time, "Don't blame me, Ms. Arons, I'm just doing my job!" as she sought to separate 2 tiny kids from their mom. scholarship.law.upenn.edu/penn_law_rev...
Prosecuting Families
Hundreds of thousands of parents are prosecuted in the family regulation system each year. Their cases are investigated by family regulation agencies and prosecuted by lawyers employed by the governme...
scholarship.law.upenn.edu
April 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
ACLU filed a class habeas petition in the Southern District of New York following Monday's SCOTUS order that challenges to Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation must be brought in habeas. SDNY is where the two individual plaintiffs, at least when filed, were located. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK G.F.F.;* and J.G.O.;* on their own behalf and on behalf of others similarly-situated, Petitioners-Plaintiffs, V. DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; PAMELA BONDI, Attorney General of the United States, in her official capacity; KRISTI NOEM, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in her official capacity; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; TODD LYONS, Acting Director of the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in his official capacity; U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT; MARCO RUBIO, Secretary of State, in his official capacity; U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT; WILLIAM P. JOYCE, in his official capacity as acting New York Field Office Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; PAUL ARTETA, in his official capacity as the Director of the Orange County Correctional Facility; Case No. 1:25-cv-02886 Respondents-Defendants. CLASS PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND CLASS COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF 8. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq. (habeas corpus), art. I, § 9, cl. 2 of the U.S. Constitution (Suspension Clause), 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (United States as defendant), 28 U.S.C. § 1361 (mandamus), and 28 U.S.C. § 1651 (All Writs Act). 9. The Court may grant relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241; 28 U.S.C. § 2243; the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201 et seq.; the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651; and the Court's inherent equitable powers. 10. Venue is proper in this District under 28 U.S.C. § 2241; 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b); and, 28 U.S.C. § 1391(e)(1) because at the time of the filing of this action the Petitioners were detained in the Respondents' custody within the Southern District of New York; a substantial part of the events and omissions giving rise to the claim occurred in this district; Respondents Joyce and Arteta reside in this district; and Respondents are agencies of the United States or officers of the United States acting in their official capacity. PRAYER FOR RELIEF WHEREFORE, Petitioners respectfully pray this Court to: a. Assume jurisdiction over this matter; b. Certify this action as a class action on behalf of the proposed Petitioner Class, appoint the Petitioners as class representatives, and appoint the undersigned counsel as class counsel; c. Grant a temporary restraining order to preserve the status quo pending further proceedings; d. Enjoin Respondents from transferring Petitioners out of this district during the pendency of this litigation; e. Grant a writ of habeas corpus to Petitioners that enjoins Defendants from removing them pursuant to the Proclamation; f. Enjoin Respondents from removing Petitioners pursuant to the Proclamation; g. Declare unlawful the Proclamation; h. Award Petitioners' counsel reasonable attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, and any other applicable statute or regulation; and i. Grant such further relief as the Court deems just, equitable, and appropriate.
April 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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bjeromy.bsky.social
My friend and former @nyulaw.bsky.social colleague @hdamonfeng.bsky.social has written an excellent and important piece in @slate.com highlighting more of the Trump administration’s cruelty.

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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Specifically Targeting Children Again
Immigration officials are threatening to prioritize unaccompanied immigrant children for deportation.
slate.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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hdamonfeng.bsky.social
@madeleinegyory.bsky.social highlights some regulatory changes reducing reproductive rights in the workplace that undermine recent legislation aimed at supporting pregnant workers, caregivers, and families.
Reproductive Rights Face Headwinds As EEOC, DOJ Change Tack
NYU Law’s Madeleine Gyory says the curtailment of federal protections for reproductive health-care access for workers would further erode reproductive rights in the US after the Dobbs decision.
news.bloomberglaw.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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hdamonfeng.bsky.social
Among the Trump administration’s ongoing assaults on lawyers is its very real threat to take away critical legal services from vulnerable kids. My write-up for @slate.bsky.social is below.
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Specifically Targeting Children Again
Immigration officials are threatening to prioritize unaccompanied immigrant children for deportation.
slate.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
annaarons.bsky.social
A small horror, among many - the federal Child Welfare Information Gateway has taken down its pages on racial disproportionality in the family regulation system. (& a moment to be grateful for @waybackmachine.bsky.social!)
www.childwelfare.gov
January 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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chadstanton.blacksky.app
Important people understand a part of the development of these projects is making sure the use case for the police is built in. We’re not getting ever more intrusive surveillance as a side effect of convenience but with the idea police departments etc will buy them for the purpose of surveillance.
December 22, 2024 at 3:42 PM
annaarons.bsky.social
Just another very normal day for New York's very normal mayor!
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Dec 19
seems a bit dramatic
Luigi Mangione is escorted by several police officers and Mayor Eric Adams in New York.
December 19, 2024 at 9:19 PM
annaarons.bsky.social
Ah, yes, the intersection of my interests: overcriminalization (of young Black men, no less!) and college sports.
Bill would make flag planting at Ohio St. a felony
An Ohio state representative has introduced a bill that would classify flag planting at Ohio Stadium around Buckeyes football games as a felony.
www.espn.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:44 PM
annaarons.bsky.social
Very happy to share that my article, Family Regulation's Consent Problem, will run in @ColumLRev! I argue that fam reg "consent" searches regularly violate the Constituion. . . & that the Constitution is a woefully incomplete solution to surveillance of marginalized communities.
December 6, 2024 at 7:01 PM
annaarons.bsky.social
NY DOC is putting everyone on lockdown and cancelling all visits during the eclipse. Dehumanization for dehumanization's sake. (And as just a little extra spice, also ordering eclipse glasses for everyone?)...
December 6, 2024 at 7:11 PM
annaarons.bsky.social
Delighted to share that Family Regulation Prosecutors will be published in @PennLRev. Thanks to all (including the prosecutors who inspired this when I was in practice. . .) who helped make this stronger! Draft is available here & comments are welcome!...
December 6, 2024 at 7:21 PM
annaarons.bsky.social
Every year, NYC’s family regulation agency searches the homes of tens of thousands of New Yorkers, almost all of them poor and Black or Latinx. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/nyregion/acs-nyc-family-trauma-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.W00.TxLm.VSVJq3fFu5Qf&smid=tw-share...
nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:31 PM
annaarons.bsky.social
Excited to share that my piece, "Thompson v. Clark & the 'Reasonable' Policing of Marginalized Families," is now out in @SocialChangeNYU. Many thanks to the editors, (particularly for letting me use scare quotes in my...
December 6, 2024 at 8:11 PM