Cristian Farias
@cristianfarias.com
Legal journalist and beachgoer. I write about courts, the law, and the politics shaping them in a number of places. Working on a new thing.
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Be free.
Be free.
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Wrote about Bad Bunny and how after more than a century under U.S. rule, after attempts to erase our national identity, after the man-made crises and natural disasters that have befallen our people, in the face of every challenge, seguimos aquí. We’re still here.
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
The Triumph Of Bad Bunny’s Unapologetically Boricua Halftime Show
The Puerto Rican artist’s Super Bowl performance was a reclamation and a reminder that, after more than 500 years of colonization, seguimos aquí.
www.thecut.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Wrote about Bad Bunny and how after more than a century under U.S. rule, after attempts to erase our national identity, after the man-made crises and natural disasters that have befallen our people, in the face of every challenge, seguimos aquí. We’re still here.
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
www.thecut.com/article/bad-...
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If there’s one history that unites all of América, without exception, is monarchy, conquista, plunder, and Native, Black, and Brown death and dispossession.
That’s truly what makes us one.
That’s truly what makes us one.
February 9, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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Some people said Bad Bunny’s halftime show was devisive, but no. It was a proud celebration of our shared Animaniacs cultural heritage.
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Some people said Bad Bunny’s halftime show was devisive, but no. It was a proud celebration of our shared Animaniacs cultural heritage.
Bad Bunny reclaimed América from the United States. And made the United States just one of many in a continent where we’re all americanos. Con minúscula.
“God bless América,” he goes.
And then the lists all of it:
Sea 🇨🇱 🇦🇷 🇺🇾 🇵🇾 🇧🇴 🇵🇪 🇪🇨 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 🇬🇾 🇵🇦 🇨🇷 🇳🇮 🇭🇳 🇸🇻 🇬🇹 🇲🇽 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇯🇲 🇭🇹 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇵🇷
“Together we are América.”
“God bless América,” he goes.
And then the lists all of it:
Sea 🇨🇱 🇦🇷 🇺🇾 🇵🇾 🇧🇴 🇵🇪 🇪🇨 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 🇬🇾 🇵🇦 🇨🇷 🇳🇮 🇭🇳 🇸🇻 🇬🇹 🇲🇽 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇯🇲 🇭🇹 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇵🇷
“Together we are América.”
February 9, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Bad Bunny reclaimed América from the United States. And made the United States just one of many in a continent where we’re all americanos. Con minúscula.
“God bless América,” he goes.
And then the lists all of it:
Sea 🇨🇱 🇦🇷 🇺🇾 🇵🇾 🇧🇴 🇵🇪 🇪🇨 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 🇬🇾 🇵🇦 🇨🇷 🇳🇮 🇭🇳 🇸🇻 🇬🇹 🇲🇽 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇯🇲 🇭🇹 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇵🇷
“Together we are América.”
“God bless América,” he goes.
And then the lists all of it:
Sea 🇨🇱 🇦🇷 🇺🇾 🇵🇾 🇧🇴 🇵🇪 🇪🇨 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 🇬🇾 🇵🇦 🇨🇷 🇳🇮 🇭🇳 🇸🇻 🇬🇹 🇲🇽 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇯🇲 🇭🇹 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇵🇷
“Together we are América.”
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It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
¿Alguien vio el white Halftime show? Me lo perdí.
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
¿Alguien vio el white Halftime show? Me lo perdí.
Ricky Martin, who is 54, is proof that Brown don’t break down.
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Ricky Martin, who is 54, is proof that Brown don’t break down.
The kid was not Liam Ramos.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The kid was not Liam Ramos.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
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If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Washington’s Corruption Has Created Another Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico
The island’s earthquakes are its latest man-made disaster.
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
El mejor halftime show de mi vida.
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
El mejor halftime show de mi vida.
¿Ya aprendieron español como les pidió Benito?
Llegó el día.
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Llegó el día.
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February 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
¿Ya aprendieron español como les pidió Benito?
Llegó el día.
🐰🇵🇷
Llegó el día.
🐰🇵🇷
Judge Dana Douglas’s dissenting opinion remarkably calls out the Trump administration’s litigation behavior.
In essence, she accuses the government of rushing to the Fifth Circuit to seek a quick ruling because they know they’re losing everywhere else. But in this Trumpy circuit, they have friends.
In essence, she accuses the government of rushing to the Fifth Circuit to seek a quick ruling because they know they’re losing everywhere else. But in this Trumpy circuit, they have friends.
February 7, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Judge Dana Douglas’s dissenting opinion remarkably calls out the Trump administration’s litigation behavior.
In essence, she accuses the government of rushing to the Fifth Circuit to seek a quick ruling because they know they’re losing everywhere else. But in this Trumpy circuit, they have friends.
In essence, she accuses the government of rushing to the Fifth Circuit to seek a quick ruling because they know they’re losing everywhere else. But in this Trumpy circuit, they have friends.
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The United States government is retaliating against 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family for having the temerity to challenge their unlawful detention with a habeas petition.
That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The United States government is retaliating against 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family for having the temerity to challenge their unlawful detention with a habeas petition.
That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Under the rules of Department of Commerce v. New York and DHS v. Regents of University of California, this is what you call a posthoc rationalization for unlawful agency action that is otherwise arbitrary and capricious.
Or something like that.
Or something like that.
As far as I know, this is DHS's first effort to explain their position that I-205 forms allow entry into the home. They rely on the dicta in the 1960 Abel case (before Payton) and re-imagine the plurality opinion in Lucas as if it were the majority (and then overrely on it).
February 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Under the rules of Department of Commerce v. New York and DHS v. Regents of University of California, this is what you call a posthoc rationalization for unlawful agency action that is otherwise arbitrary and capricious.
Or something like that.
Or something like that.
Me on little Liam Ramos for @legaleagle.tv on YouTube. youtu.be/c_PPV7kdbHI?...
February 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Me on little Liam Ramos for @legaleagle.tv on YouTube. youtu.be/c_PPV7kdbHI?...
The United States government is retaliating against 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family for having the temerity to challenge their unlawful detention with a habeas petition.
That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The United States government is retaliating against 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his family for having the temerity to challenge their unlawful detention with a habeas petition.
That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
That’s retaliation. This is Kilmar Ábrego García all over again. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
This is your semi-regular reminder that unrepentant, unvarnished racism is a valid basis for impeaching a sitting president.
See: Andrew Johnson
See: Andrew Johnson
February 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
This is your semi-regular reminder that unrepentant, unvarnished racism is a valid basis for impeaching a sitting president.
See: Andrew Johnson
See: Andrew Johnson
Surely overt racism will be the end of the second Trump presidency.
February 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Surely overt racism will be the end of the second Trump presidency.
¿Ya aprendieron español? Faltan dos días.
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
¿Ya aprendieron español? Faltan dos días.
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Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property
Noah Feldman has a new Substack where he’ll guide us during these difficult times. He wants “to be together with you on the journey that we’re all on.”
He adds: “There’s room for a little fun, and so as part of this, I’ll also talk about men’s style, a topic that is extremely dear to my heart.”
He adds: “There’s room for a little fun, and so as part of this, I’ll also talk about men’s style, a topic that is extremely dear to my heart.”
Noah Feldman (@professornoahfeldman)
Welcome to my Substack newsletter.
I’m Noah Feldman. In my day job, I’m a professor at Harvard, where I teach classes on topics like free speech, constitutional law, power, ethics, religion, technol...
substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Noah Feldman has a new Substack where he’ll guide us during these difficult times. He wants “to be together with you on the journey that we’re all on.”
He adds: “There’s room for a little fun, and so as part of this, I’ll also talk about men’s style, a topic that is extremely dear to my heart.”
He adds: “There’s room for a little fun, and so as part of this, I’ll also talk about men’s style, a topic that is extremely dear to my heart.”
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Read it all please.
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
February 5, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Read it all please.
“A lawyer who represents a client in an adjudicative proceeding and who knows that a person intends to engage, is engaging or has engaged in criminal or fraudulent conduct related to the proceeding shall take reasonable remedial measures, including, if necessary, disclosure to the tribunal.”
MN Court Rules
www.revisor.mn.gov
February 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
“A lawyer who represents a client in an adjudicative proceeding and who knows that a person intends to engage, is engaging or has engaged in criminal or fraudulent conduct related to the proceeding shall take reasonable remedial measures, including, if necessary, disclosure to the tribunal.”
Democrats learned nothing from the 2020 uprisings. And no Bivens fix/legal mechanism for violations of constitutional rights!
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Democrats learned nothing from the 2020 uprisings. And no Bivens fix/legal mechanism for violations of constitutional rights!