Daniel Gerken
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And this right here is why I love lawyers.
In the law firm executive order cases, DOJ takes the position that an injunction barring implementation will only be enforceable against the govt agencies named in the complaint. So Perkins Coie just amended its complaint to name all the relevant fed agencies. The case caption is now 40 pages long.
April 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
And this right here is why I love lawyers.
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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
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Judge Xinis has given the government until 9:30 Friday to provide her with an update on Abrego Garcia's location and steps they're taking to return him to the US storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Judge Xinis has given the government until 9:30 Friday to provide her with an update on Abrego Garcia's location and steps they're taking to return him to the US storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Federal officials said they were doing wellness checks on children who arrived unaccompanied at the border. School administrators turned them away.
(via @laist.com)
(via @laist.com)
Homeland Security agents attempted to enter 2 LAUSD schools. Here's what families should know
Federal agents were turned away from two South Los Angeles elementary schools this week, the district’s superintendent says.
laist.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Federal officials said they were doing wellness checks on children who arrived unaccompanied at the border. School administrators turned them away.
(via @laist.com)
(via @laist.com)
Close to our old apartment.
Video captures the moment a tourist helicopter crashes in New York City's Hudson River, near Lower Manhattan, and was submerged in the water, prompting a huge response of emergency personnel.
#crash #helicopter #helicoptercrash #HudsonRiver #NewYork #NYC #NewYorkCity #news #Reuters
#crash #helicopter #helicoptercrash #HudsonRiver #NewYork #NYC #NewYorkCity #news #Reuters
April 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Close to our old apartment.
They always leak.
The Keystone pipeline system, which carries crude oil from Canada to the U.S., was shut down on Tuesday because of a leak that spilled an estimated 3,500 barrels of oil in southeastern North Dakota, government and company officials said.
Oil Spill in North Dakota Prompts Shutdown of Keystone Pipeline
An estimated 3,500 barrels of oil spilled in a field near Fort Ransom, N.D., and the release was contained, the pipeline’s operator said.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
They always leak.
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NEW: Judge Boasberg focuses on the positive from last night's SCOTUS decision—the apparently unanimous view that anyone targeted for AEA removal must be given an opportunity to challenge it.
He cancels today's hearing and invites plaintiffs to say whether they still have a basis for an injunction.
He cancels today's hearing and invites plaintiffs to say whether they still have a basis for an injunction.
April 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NEW: Judge Boasberg focuses on the positive from last night's SCOTUS decision—the apparently unanimous view that anyone targeted for AEA removal must be given an opportunity to challenge it.
He cancels today's hearing and invites plaintiffs to say whether they still have a basis for an injunction.
He cancels today's hearing and invites plaintiffs to say whether they still have a basis for an injunction.
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Wake up America before it's too late!
In a chilling warning of potential abuse by an overreaching Executive Branch, Justice Sotomayor outlined the very real possibility of American citizens being confined to foreign prisons without redress. Here is that portion of her dissenting opinion:
In a chilling warning of potential abuse by an overreaching Executive Branch, Justice Sotomayor outlined the very real possibility of American citizens being confined to foreign prisons without redress. Here is that portion of her dissenting opinion:
April 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Wake up America before it's too late!
In a chilling warning of potential abuse by an overreaching Executive Branch, Justice Sotomayor outlined the very real possibility of American citizens being confined to foreign prisons without redress. Here is that portion of her dissenting opinion:
In a chilling warning of potential abuse by an overreaching Executive Branch, Justice Sotomayor outlined the very real possibility of American citizens being confined to foreign prisons without redress. Here is that portion of her dissenting opinion:
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“Nothing that is happening right now is a shock. It's just a shock to so many white people because it's never happened to them.”
Christina Greer speaks with Democracy Now! about her new op-ed "Black Americans Are Not Surprised."
Christina Greer speaks with Democracy Now! about her new op-ed "Black Americans Are Not Surprised."
April 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“Nothing that is happening right now is a shock. It's just a shock to so many white people because it's never happened to them.”
Christina Greer speaks with Democracy Now! about her new op-ed "Black Americans Are Not Surprised."
Christina Greer speaks with Democracy Now! about her new op-ed "Black Americans Are Not Surprised."
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If due process is denied for anyone, it can be denied for you too. If anyone can be snatched off the streets, detained, and deported without due process, it can happen to you too.
We demand due process is upheld for every single person.
We demand due process is upheld for every single person.
April 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If due process is denied for anyone, it can be denied for you too. If anyone can be snatched off the streets, detained, and deported without due process, it can happen to you too.
We demand due process is upheld for every single person.
We demand due process is upheld for every single person.
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Trump Versus the Free Press. Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
April 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Trump Versus the Free Press. Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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The Texas State Comptroller reported in 2006 that the 1.4M unauthorized immigrants in TX contributed almost $18B to the gross state product and $1.58B in state revenue while costing the state about $1.16B in services used. #IRS
This was the first and the last time Texas conducted such a study. 🤔
This was the first and the last time Texas conducted such a study. 🤔
A 2006 study found undocumented immigrants contribute more than they cost Texas. The state hasn’t updated it since.
A comptroller’s report found that deporting the estimated 1.4 million undocumented immigrants living in Texas in 2005 would have cost the state about $17.7 billion in gross domestic product.
www.texastribune.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The Texas State Comptroller reported in 2006 that the 1.4M unauthorized immigrants in TX contributed almost $18B to the gross state product and $1.58B in state revenue while costing the state about $1.16B in services used. #IRS
This was the first and the last time Texas conducted such a study. 🤔
This was the first and the last time Texas conducted such a study. 🤔
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Authoritarians struggle to make effective policy in part because they have a bottleneck of attention. If no one but the king can make decisions, every decision must wait in line. Meanwhile, things get missed and errors accumulate.
‘We are all waiting for a reply.’ Countries say White House hasn’t responded on tariff talks.
The lack of engagement is one signal the White House is still far from reaching substantive trade deals ahead of the midnight deadline for stepped-up global tariffs to kick in.
www.politico.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Authoritarians struggle to make effective policy in part because they have a bottleneck of attention. If no one but the king can make decisions, every decision must wait in line. Meanwhile, things get missed and errors accumulate.
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I am proud of the law firms that are defending themselves and the legal profession from Trump’s lawless orders. The law is in their side.
Two Law Firms File for Permanent Relief From Trump’s Executive Orders
Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are seeking summary judgments against what one of them called “a plain violation of the First Amendment.”
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I am proud of the law firms that are defending themselves and the legal profession from Trump’s lawless orders. The law is in their side.
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The composer still making music four years after his death – thanks to an artificial brain
The composer still making music four years after his death – thanks to an artificial brain
In Australia, a team of artists and scientists have resurrected the US composer Alvin Lucier. It raises a storm of questions about AI and authorship – and it’s also incredibly beautiful
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The composer still making music four years after his death – thanks to an artificial brain
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On Saturday, April 5, it's estimated millions of Americans took to the streets for “Hands Off!” demonstrations. Even with conservative estimates, we’re talking one of the largest mobilizations in recent American history.
But you’d barely know it happened.
But you’d barely know it happened.
Print Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18”
Here’s how newspapers across America minimized one of the largest demonstrations since Trump’s return to power.
newrepublic.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
On Saturday, April 5, it's estimated millions of Americans took to the streets for “Hands Off!” demonstrations. Even with conservative estimates, we’re talking one of the largest mobilizations in recent American history.
But you’d barely know it happened.
But you’d barely know it happened.
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Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds
Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds
Thinktank says solar has been fastest-growing energy source for last 20 years, but remains dwarfed by hydro power
The world used clean power sources to meet more than 40% of its electricity demand last year for the first time since the 1940s, figures show.
A report by the energy thinktank Ember said the milestone was powered by a boom in solar power capacity, which has doubled in the last three years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds
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An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
April 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
An extraordinary separate dissent from Justice Jackson accuses the majority of trying to pass off its dirty work under the cover of the shadow docket and explicitly invokes Korematsu, the Japanese internment case. Wow. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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How the heck are people WITHOUT LAWYERS all going to file habeas lawsuits -- even with notice from ICE?
Plus, how would a judge even ensure the government FOLLOWS the Court's decision if all people can challenge is the invocation of the law, not the procedures surrounding it?
Plus, how would a judge even ensure the government FOLLOWS the Court's decision if all people can challenge is the invocation of the law, not the procedures surrounding it?
This is why tonight's decision is an absolute joke. The five justices had the gall to suggest that they were somehow charting a middle ground by holding (in THIS procedural posture?) that people must be given a "reasonable time" to file a habeas lawsuit - AS IF EVERYONE IN DETENTION CAN DO THAT?
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
How the heck are people WITHOUT LAWYERS all going to file habeas lawsuits -- even with notice from ICE?
Plus, how would a judge even ensure the government FOLLOWS the Court's decision if all people can challenge is the invocation of the law, not the procedures surrounding it?
Plus, how would a judge even ensure the government FOLLOWS the Court's decision if all people can challenge is the invocation of the law, not the procedures surrounding it?
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SCOTUS says due process applies to deportees, but overturns TRO for filing wrong claim in wrong venue. It’s like calling the fire station to report your house is on fire only to have them say you called the wrong station and need to start over.
Supreme Court Overturns Block on Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Deportations
The Trump administration asked the justices to weigh in after a federal judge paused the president’s use of a wartime powers law to deport Venezuelans it accused of being gang members.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
SCOTUS says due process applies to deportees, but overturns TRO for filing wrong claim in wrong venue. It’s like calling the fire station to report your house is on fire only to have them say you called the wrong station and need to start over.
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Benefits of ADHD medication outweigh health risks, study finds
Benefits of ADHD medication outweigh health risks, study finds
Children taking ADHD drugs showed small increases in blood pressure and pulse rates but ‘risk-benefit ratio is reassuring’
The benefits of taking drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder outweigh the impact of increases in blood pressure and heart rate, according to a new study.
An international team of researchers led by scientists from the University of Southampton found the majority of children taking ADHD medication experienced small increases in blood pressure and pulse rates, but that the drugs had “overall small effects”. They said the study’s findings highlighted the need for “careful monitoring”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Benefits of ADHD medication outweigh health risks, study finds
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In a 22-page decision issued this morning, Judge Xinis explains her decision to order Trump Adm to return the wrongfully removed Abrego-Garcia from El Salvador's CECOT prison. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In a 22-page decision issued this morning, Judge Xinis explains her decision to order Trump Adm to return the wrongfully removed Abrego-Garcia from El Salvador's CECOT prison. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“The Founding Fathers believed that the best way to avoid oppressive and unjust rule was by making it difficult for government to act at all.“ (Sears 68, American Government 101 (2023))
February 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
“The Founding Fathers believed that the best way to avoid oppressive and unjust rule was by making it difficult for government to act at all.“ (Sears 68, American Government 101 (2023))
*blinks a million times*
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
*blinks a million times*