José G. Miranda
@josegmiranda.bsky.social
U.S. based movement lawyer advancing migrant, refugee, labor & climate justice struggles.
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The International Court of Justice climate judgement was – in many ways – better than expected. Here are 11 takeaways about what ICJ judgement and what it means for the protection of the climate:
July 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The International Court of Justice climate judgement was – in many ways – better than expected. Here are 11 takeaways about what ICJ judgement and what it means for the protection of the climate:
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‘A shot in the arm for climate litigation’: 13 things we learned from the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change www.the-wave.net/shot-arm-cli...
A 'shot in the arm for climate litigation' at the ICJ, plus news...
‘A shot in the arm for climate litigation’: 13 things we learned from the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) published its long-awaited advisory opi...
www.the-wave.net
July 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
‘A shot in the arm for climate litigation’: 13 things we learned from the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change www.the-wave.net/shot-arm-cli...
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“It fills me with so much peace, so much comfort, so much tranquility that I was never alone, from day one. There were many people who worried for me.”
—Andry José Hernandez Romero
—Andry José Hernandez Romero
July 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“It fills me with so much peace, so much comfort, so much tranquility that I was never alone, from day one. There were many people who worried for me.”
—Andry José Hernandez Romero
—Andry José Hernandez Romero
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The moment has arrived!
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
July 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The moment has arrived!
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
The final version of "Birthright Citizenship and the Dunning School of Unoriginal Meanings," co-authored by @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, and me, is live on the Cornell Law Review Online website.
Check it out! publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/20...
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"Advisory opinions are technically non-binding but are considered authoritative because they summarise existing law...They are expected to be used in future litigation and to bolster political negotiations."
After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders
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After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders
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Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling
Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Advisory opinions are technically non-binding but are considered authoritative because they summarise existing law...They are expected to be used in future litigation and to bolster political negotiations."
After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“You tried to disappear me, but I'm here in the halls, advocating for myself and actually speaking about myself,” Khalil said, noting the absence of Palestinian voices within a place so determined to dictate Palestinian fates. “So I'm here to actually defend myself and to advocate for my people…”
“On a Mission: Mahmoud Khalil Visits Capitol Hill”
Great, exclusive reporting for Zeteo from Prem Thakker:
Great, exclusive reporting for Zeteo from Prem Thakker:
On a Mission: Mahmoud Khalil Visits Capitol Hill
Today, I walked through the corridors of power with the Palestinian student protest leader.
zeteo.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“You tried to disappear me, but I'm here in the halls, advocating for myself and actually speaking about myself,” Khalil said, noting the absence of Palestinian voices within a place so determined to dictate Palestinian fates. “So I'm here to actually defend myself and to advocate for my people…”
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The neurologist Oliver Sacks found that the social-media era resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale.
The Machine Stops
The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.
www.newyorker.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The neurologist Oliver Sacks found that the social-media era resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale.
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The so-called “adverse foreign policy charge is patently unconstitutional and the administration cannot attempt to remove him on that ground, plain and simple,” Baher Azmy said. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ex-Columbia Student Wins Ruling Blocking Deportation, for Now
A federal judge said the US can’t immediately deport Mahmoud Khalil, blocking the Trump administration’s attempts to get another court to give it permission to ship the former Columbia University grad...
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July 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The so-called “adverse foreign policy charge is patently unconstitutional and the administration cannot attempt to remove him on that ground, plain and simple,” Baher Azmy said. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@butchware.bsky.social for CA governorship.
We need to start talking about the fact that Gavin Newsom is unelectable.
July 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
@butchware.bsky.social for CA governorship.
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I'm a US citizen and a veteran. But it doesn't matter. No one deserves to be treated this way. It's inhumane and it's wrong. I hope no one goes through what I did. I want to do as much as I can so this doesn't happen to anyone.
-George Retes, Unjustly detained on July 10th by ICE
-George Retes, Unjustly detained on July 10th by ICE
July 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I'm a US citizen and a veteran. But it doesn't matter. No one deserves to be treated this way. It's inhumane and it's wrong. I hope no one goes through what I did. I want to do as much as I can so this doesn't happen to anyone.
-George Retes, Unjustly detained on July 10th by ICE
-George Retes, Unjustly detained on July 10th by ICE
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Attorneys with three publicly funded legal services providers for low-income New Yorkers went on strike Friday morning after failing to reach an agreement with management on raises.
Bronx Defenders Join Growing Legal Services Worker Strike
Attorneys and legal staff at three groups walked out of negotiations on Thursday, marking the first time since 1994 that criminal defense lawyers for the poor have halted work.
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July 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Attorneys with three publicly funded legal services providers for low-income New Yorkers went on strike Friday morning after failing to reach an agreement with management on raises.
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📞 Calling all volunteers, organizers, and freedom fighters!
Want to support the fight to abolish immigration detention? Become a hotline volunteer!
Hotline volunteers further our mission of creating a world without cages by providing critical support & solidarity to people inside ICE detention.
Want to support the fight to abolish immigration detention? Become a hotline volunteer!
Hotline volunteers further our mission of creating a world without cages by providing critical support & solidarity to people inside ICE detention.
July 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
📞 Calling all volunteers, organizers, and freedom fighters!
Want to support the fight to abolish immigration detention? Become a hotline volunteer!
Hotline volunteers further our mission of creating a world without cages by providing critical support & solidarity to people inside ICE detention.
Want to support the fight to abolish immigration detention? Become a hotline volunteer!
Hotline volunteers further our mission of creating a world without cages by providing critical support & solidarity to people inside ICE detention.
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It’s important to remember the expansion of detention is not a done deal, we have fought it before and we can do it again. Detention facilities deportation, stopping expansion will prevent them from carrying this out. For more follow @detentionwatchnetwork.org
July 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It’s important to remember the expansion of detention is not a done deal, we have fought it before and we can do it again. Detention facilities deportation, stopping expansion will prevent them from carrying this out. For more follow @detentionwatchnetwork.org
[1/2] Trump firing immigration judges is an attempt to convert our immigration system into a deportation pipeline. The pretense of “justice” was always thin in immigration courts, but now? The U.S. government wants only cages, not judges, counsel, nor fairness. But the system isn’t yet fully built…
Fifteen more immigration judges have been fired, "adding to the growing list of immigration court personnel cut by President Trump amid his efforts to speed up deportations of immigrants."
More immigration judges are being fired amid Trump's efforts to speed up deportations
Several more immigration judges have been fired, even as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement, and after Congress gave the Department of Justice $3 billion, in part to hire judges...
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July 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
[1/2] Trump firing immigration judges is an attempt to convert our immigration system into a deportation pipeline. The pretense of “justice” was always thin in immigration courts, but now? The U.S. government wants only cages, not judges, counsel, nor fairness. But the system isn’t yet fully built…
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thinking about the dems who said we can't abolish ICE as the Department of Education gets wiped off the map
July 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
thinking about the dems who said we can't abolish ICE as the Department of Education gets wiped off the map
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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Worth flagging that that 700% number is total BS and should be ignored.
1. They are coding non-assaults as assaults (as in Lander’s specific case).
2. They are greatly expanding their enforcement operations, which, numbers go up when you do that.
3. They themselves are assaulting people.
1. They are coding non-assaults as assaults (as in Lander’s specific case).
2. They are greatly expanding their enforcement operations, which, numbers go up when you do that.
3. They themselves are assaulting people.
“Secret police” are your words, not mine. Seems like you’ve been giving them a lot of thought.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
July 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Worth flagging that that 700% number is total BS and should be ignored.
1. They are coding non-assaults as assaults (as in Lander’s specific case).
2. They are greatly expanding their enforcement operations, which, numbers go up when you do that.
3. They themselves are assaulting people.
1. They are coding non-assaults as assaults (as in Lander’s specific case).
2. They are greatly expanding their enforcement operations, which, numbers go up when you do that.
3. They themselves are assaulting people.
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“Secret police” are your words, not mine. Seems like you’ve been giving them a lot of thought.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
July 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Secret police” are your words, not mine. Seems like you’ve been giving them a lot of thought.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
Unlike NYPD, your agents don’t identify themselves & wear masks that cover their faces. Now they ignore judges’ rulings, too.
What law enforcement agents are supposed to uphold … is the rule of law.
Just listened to this interview of former mayoral candidate @indiab.bsky.social and it occurred to be that there is no @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social without an India Walton. Our socialist movements are gaining momentum folks.
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Episode 488 - Getting Buffaloed (w/ India Walton)
Podcast Episode · Bad Faith · 07/03/2025 · 59m
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July 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just listened to this interview of former mayoral candidate @indiab.bsky.social and it occurred to be that there is no @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social without an India Walton. Our socialist movements are gaining momentum folks.
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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an opinion saying that nations have legal obligations to try to reduce the impacts and eliminate the human causes of global warming.
Nations Must Act to Face Climate Crisis, Top Regional Court Says - Inside Climate News
An advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights also concluded that governments have special obligations to protect and support environmental defenders.
insideclimatenews.org
July 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an opinion saying that nations have legal obligations to try to reduce the impacts and eliminate the human causes of global warming.
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Celebrate freedom by helping people be free
July 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Celebrate freedom by helping people be free
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249 years ago today, a group of genocidal slave-owning settlers declared their ‘independence.’
Without irony, they decried the British treating them like slaves, and demanded freedom
History and morality have rendered their verdict:
Humanity needs a Declaration of Independence from the US Empire
Without irony, they decried the British treating them like slaves, and demanded freedom
History and morality have rendered their verdict:
Humanity needs a Declaration of Independence from the US Empire
July 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
249 years ago today, a group of genocidal slave-owning settlers declared their ‘independence.’
Without irony, they decried the British treating them like slaves, and demanded freedom
History and morality have rendered their verdict:
Humanity needs a Declaration of Independence from the US Empire
Without irony, they decried the British treating them like slaves, and demanded freedom
History and morality have rendered their verdict:
Humanity needs a Declaration of Independence from the US Empire
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This bill will cause more illness, death, hunger, homelessness, poverty, climate collapse and infrastructure decay - all to turbo-charge ICE to rip our families and communities apart while lining the pockets of the wealthy. Disgusting.
July 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This bill will cause more illness, death, hunger, homelessness, poverty, climate collapse and infrastructure decay - all to turbo-charge ICE to rip our families and communities apart while lining the pockets of the wealthy. Disgusting.