Erin Murphy
@erinmurphyslaw.bsky.social
Norman Dorsen Professor of Civil Liberties
NYU Law. Study the criminal legal system, forensic evidence/DNA. Author Inside the Cell.
Occasionally posting. Mostly lurking.
NYU Law. Study the criminal legal system, forensic evidence/DNA. Author Inside the Cell.
Occasionally posting. Mostly lurking.
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Erin Murphy
@erinmurphyslaw.bsky.social
· Jun 27
For a detailed analysis of case law on administrative v judicial warrants & the line between obstruction and asserting your rights, read my student’s amazing new paper:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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feel like not nearly enough people are talking about this — apparently the democratic “yes” votes have effectively agreed to having the u.s. government write 6 republican senators $500k checks?
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
feel like not nearly enough people are talking about this — apparently the democratic “yes” votes have effectively agreed to having the u.s. government write 6 republican senators $500k checks?
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It’s a sign of the times that the only Americans who will be able to obtain damages for constitutional violations are these corrupt Senators whose rights weren’t violated at all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It’s a sign of the times that the only Americans who will be able to obtain damages for constitutional violations are these corrupt Senators whose rights weren’t violated at all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
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CBP Officer:
"I could smell the onions & Mustard!" 🤣😭
Defense Attorney:
"Do you recognize that sandwich?"
😭💀
"I could smell the onions & Mustard!" 🤣😭
Defense Attorney:
"Do you recognize that sandwich?"
😭💀
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
CBP Officer:
"I could smell the onions & Mustard!" 🤣😭
Defense Attorney:
"Do you recognize that sandwich?"
😭💀
"I could smell the onions & Mustard!" 🤣😭
Defense Attorney:
"Do you recognize that sandwich?"
😭💀
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Reps for a dozen nonprofits that lost federal funding to do community violence intervention work—due to Trump's DOJ cancelling their grants—say they've had to cut staff & programs, which will undermine public safety.
Here's the story of one, Equal Justice USA, that didn't survive. @motherjones.com
Here's the story of one, Equal Justice USA, that didn't survive. @motherjones.com
How Trump’s DOJ wiped out a pioneering anti-violence nonprofit
“We’re just the tip of the iceberg.”
www.motherjones.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reps for a dozen nonprofits that lost federal funding to do community violence intervention work—due to Trump's DOJ cancelling their grants—say they've had to cut staff & programs, which will undermine public safety.
Here's the story of one, Equal Justice USA, that didn't survive. @motherjones.com
Here's the story of one, Equal Justice USA, that didn't survive. @motherjones.com
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Ah. Who could have guessed this might become a problem?
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Ah. Who could have guessed this might become a problem?
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
When the grift pays better than government work…
July 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
When the grift pays better than government work…
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BREAKING: Judge rules that during its large-scale enforcement operation in LA, DHS/ICE has been arresting people without probable cause -- based on factors like accent and line of work.
She orders the agencies to stop.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
She orders the agencies to stop.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
BREAKING: Judge rules that during its large-scale enforcement operation in LA, DHS/ICE has been arresting people without probable cause -- based on factors like accent and line of work.
She orders the agencies to stop.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
She orders the agencies to stop.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Alligator Alcatraz from within
July 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Alligator Alcatraz from within
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Trump's secret police now has a budget larger than the US Marine Corps. And here's a look at how they're spending all this money.
Opinion | This is what ICE is doing with the tax dollars you already provide it
Immigration and Customs Enforcement stands to see a sharp increase in its funding under the Republican budget bill.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Trump's secret police now has a budget larger than the US Marine Corps. And here's a look at how they're spending all this money.
For a detailed analysis of case law on administrative v judicial warrants & the line between obstruction and asserting your rights, read my student’s amazing new paper:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
June 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
For a detailed analysis of case law on administrative v judicial warrants & the line between obstruction and asserting your rights, read my student’s amazing new paper:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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I updated this piece from February with new guidance on what workers and owners can do if ICE shows up at your restaurant www.eater.com/24364171/ice...
What Should You Do if ICE Comes to Your Restaurant?
We spoke to legal experts about what restaurant owners and workers can do to protect themselves from immigration raids
www.eater.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I updated this piece from February with new guidance on what workers and owners can do if ICE shows up at your restaurant www.eater.com/24364171/ice...
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One of our earliest civil rights statutes was designed to protect us against masked gangs who violate our constitutional rights. This particular history makes the masked ICE gangs uniquely repugnant. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Masked Terror
At this point, we have all seen the videos.
open.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
One of our earliest civil rights statutes was designed to protect us against masked gangs who violate our constitutional rights. This particular history makes the masked ICE gangs uniquely repugnant. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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"A teenager on his way to volleyball practice, a young father picking up baby formula and construction workers on their way to job sites." These are Trump's targets, not the violent criminals he promised. In the end, we will all be less safe. Read on. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
A powerful tool in Trump’s immigration crackdown: the routine traffic stop
ICE is vastly expanding its enforcement powers by deputizing local police officers. Many of those picked up during traffic stops have no violent criminal record.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"A teenager on his way to volleyball practice, a young father picking up baby formula and construction workers on their way to job sites." These are Trump's targets, not the violent criminals he promised. In the end, we will all be less safe. Read on. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Who built this? We built this!
And when I'm Mayor, we'll build even more.
And when I'm Mayor, we'll build even more.
June 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Who built this? We built this!
And when I'm Mayor, we'll build even more.
And when I'm Mayor, we'll build even more.
“When artificial intelligence is used to diagnose cancer or automate soul-crushing tasks that require vapid toiling, it makes us more human and should be celebrated. But when it sucks out the core process of advanced cognition, cutting-edge tools can become an existential peril.“
Appreciated this.
Appreciated this.
After the latest round of grading papers, I wrote about AI, ChatGPT, the death of the student essay, and what it means for the future of human cognition.
The Death of the Student Essay—and the Future of Cognition
One professor's reflections on the end of an era, as AI tools such as ChatGPT have murdered the student essay (RIP). Here's why that threatens the future of human cognition—and how to save ourselves.
www.forkingpaths.co
June 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“When artificial intelligence is used to diagnose cancer or automate soul-crushing tasks that require vapid toiling, it makes us more human and should be celebrated. But when it sucks out the core process of advanced cognition, cutting-edge tools can become an existential peril.“
Appreciated this.
Appreciated this.
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With a shocking and unprecedented level of aggressiveness, the Administration has been targeting Democratic officials on trumped up—and often transparently baseless—charges that they’re interfering with Trump’s immigration crackdown. My latest: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Trump Crackdown on Elected Officials
The arrest of Brad Lander in New York was the latest incident in a pattern of increasingly aggressive actions that the Administration has taken against Democrats.
www.newyorker.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
With a shocking and unprecedented level of aggressiveness, the Administration has been targeting Democratic officials on trumped up—and often transparently baseless—charges that they’re interfering with Trump’s immigration crackdown. My latest: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Answer: YES. Nice piece by Ezra Klein on Lander’s many accomplishments.
Opinion | Brad Lander Doesn’t Belong in Jail. Does He Belong in City Hall?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Answer: YES. Nice piece by Ezra Klein on Lander’s many accomplishments.
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Just days ago, Brad Lander called me to interpret for an Arabic-speaking asylee whose case was approved, yet ICE was still harassing him inside the building. Brad personally escorted him out to safety. He does this kind of work quietly, every day.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Just days ago, Brad Lander called me to interpret for an Arabic-speaking asylee whose case was approved, yet ICE was still harassing him inside the building. Brad personally escorted him out to safety. He does this kind of work quietly, every day.
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You know it's pretty bad when a state has to bring state murder charges against someone and not federal, so that the President doesn't have a chance to ever pardon him😏
June 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
You know it's pretty bad when a state has to bring state murder charges against someone and not federal, so that the President doesn't have a chance to ever pardon him😏
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Claiming he "assaulted law enforcement" is so obviously belied by the video, which shows no such thing.
CONFIRMED
ICE accuses Lander of assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer
ICE accuses Lander of assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer
June 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Claiming he "assaulted law enforcement" is so obviously belied by the video, which shows no such thing.