Michael Froomkin
@mfroomkin.bsky.social
U.Miami Lawprof. Techie. Teach AI, AdLaw, https://tinyurl.com/concrisis, Jurisprudence & Privacy. EIC of Jotwell.com. Home@ https://law.tm. Survivor of many medical things that should have killed me but didn't. Remains to be seen if I'm stronger.
Looks like someone has figured out the value of religious support for any social movement.
Oh, and this is of course thoroughly illegal as a violation of the freedom of religion clause of the First Amendment.
Oh, and this is of course thoroughly illegal as a violation of the freedom of religion clause of the First Amendment.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Looks like someone has figured out the value of religious support for any social movement.
Oh, and this is of course thoroughly illegal as a violation of the freedom of religion clause of the First Amendment.
Oh, and this is of course thoroughly illegal as a violation of the freedom of religion clause of the First Amendment.
Responsible people wouldn't rely on facial recognition systems given all we know about how they fail. But this is ICE we're talking about...
Could errors from an AI surveillance tool cause ICE to grab and detain you? The agency’s use of facial recognition — and alarming new details on its reckless procedures for doing so — make that sci-fi-sounding nightmare an all too real risk, argues Jake Laperruque.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Responsible people wouldn't rely on facial recognition systems given all we know about how they fail. But this is ICE we're talking about...
One great advantage for the fascists is the extent to which normal reasonable people tend to assume there must be some truth in factual claims by government officials--even after evidence of months of lying.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
One great advantage for the fascists is the extent to which normal reasonable people tend to assume there must be some truth in factual claims by government officials--even after evidence of months of lying.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Michael Froomkin
Jotwell Adlaw:
Jameson Payne, Vacatur as Redressability: Towards a New History of Universal Relief, JOTWELL (November 6, 2025) (reviewing Eli Nachmany, Vacatur as Complete Relief, 2025 Cato Sup. Ct. Rev. 77 (2025)), adlaw.jotwell.com/vacatur-as-r....
Jameson Payne, Vacatur as Redressability: Towards a New History of Universal Relief, JOTWELL (November 6, 2025) (reviewing Eli Nachmany, Vacatur as Complete Relief, 2025 Cato Sup. Ct. Rev. 77 (2025)), adlaw.jotwell.com/vacatur-as-r....
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Jotwell Adlaw:
Jameson Payne, Vacatur as Redressability: Towards a New History of Universal Relief, JOTWELL (November 6, 2025) (reviewing Eli Nachmany, Vacatur as Complete Relief, 2025 Cato Sup. Ct. Rev. 77 (2025)), adlaw.jotwell.com/vacatur-as-r....
Jameson Payne, Vacatur as Redressability: Towards a New History of Universal Relief, JOTWELL (November 6, 2025) (reviewing Eli Nachmany, Vacatur as Complete Relief, 2025 Cato Sup. Ct. Rev. 77 (2025)), adlaw.jotwell.com/vacatur-as-r....
Reposted by Michael Froomkin
Jotwell Worklaw:
Charlotte S. Alexander, A Constitutional Reckoning for Workers’ Compensation, JOTWELL (November 5, 2025), worklaw.jotwell.com/a-constituti....
Charlotte S. Alexander, A Constitutional Reckoning for Workers’ Compensation, JOTWELL (November 5, 2025), worklaw.jotwell.com/a-constituti....
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Jotwell Worklaw:
Charlotte S. Alexander, A Constitutional Reckoning for Workers’ Compensation, JOTWELL (November 5, 2025), worklaw.jotwell.com/a-constituti....
Charlotte S. Alexander, A Constitutional Reckoning for Workers’ Compensation, JOTWELL (November 5, 2025), worklaw.jotwell.com/a-constituti....
The thing most small investors don't know is that their ETFs, whatever they are called, are likely overweight in FANG because that is how the managers beat the index. When they go up, the ETF looks great in the league table. On the other hand...
The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Michael Burry Returns With Two Big Shorts: Palantir and Nvidia
Signs of an AI bubble abound: Stock valuations have become uncomfortably rich, AI-related debt is ballooning, and a sustainable financial model for the technology has largely yet to emerge. Now Michae...
www.wsj.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The thing most small investors don't know is that their ETFs, whatever they are called, are likely overweight in FANG because that is how the managers beat the index. When they go up, the ETF looks great in the league table. On the other hand...
I'm enraged.
On a basic level, I just do not think people are enraged enough about how there is not a single member of congress actively working to remove Trump from office.
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I'm enraged.
Scenario:
1 Mamdani pokes Trump in the eye with his speech;
2 Trump responds by illegally withholding funds from New York City and doing everything he can to upset Mamdani's agenda;
3 Trump's opposition becomes the excuse for Mamdani not being able to deliver on his promises.
What are the odds?
1 Mamdani pokes Trump in the eye with his speech;
2 Trump responds by illegally withholding funds from New York City and doing everything he can to upset Mamdani's agenda;
3 Trump's opposition becomes the excuse for Mamdani not being able to deliver on his promises.
What are the odds?
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Scenario:
1 Mamdani pokes Trump in the eye with his speech;
2 Trump responds by illegally withholding funds from New York City and doing everything he can to upset Mamdani's agenda;
3 Trump's opposition becomes the excuse for Mamdani not being able to deliver on his promises.
What are the odds?
1 Mamdani pokes Trump in the eye with his speech;
2 Trump responds by illegally withholding funds from New York City and doing everything he can to upset Mamdani's agenda;
3 Trump's opposition becomes the excuse for Mamdani not being able to deliver on his promises.
What are the odds?
Another brutality in Chicago. Is there anyone who defends this?
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Another brutality in Chicago. Is there anyone who defends this?
Surely happy Border Patrol agents having a good time contributes to winning hearts and minds?
A Border Patrol agent was caught on video telling another to throw tear gas “for fun,” according to a court filing. They also mocked protesters and residents who were getting gassed.
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Surely happy Border Patrol agents having a good time contributes to winning hearts and minds?
While I imagine that giving Lindsey Halligan the additional position of “special attorney" might work to preserve her charging authority going forward, I'm at a loss to see how DOJ believes this can have retroactive effect.
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Bloomberg Law
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November 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
While I imagine that giving Lindsey Halligan the additional position of “special attorney" might work to preserve her charging authority going forward, I'm at a loss to see how DOJ believes this can have retroactive effect.
news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...
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Reposted by Michael Froomkin
It’s enraging the extent to which the corporate media is not relentlessly covering and showing this brutality.
It’s clear who the aggressors are. Keep remaining nonviolent, and record EVERYTHING. All of these masked ICE thugs will be held accountable.
November 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It’s enraging the extent to which the corporate media is not relentlessly covering and showing this brutality.
I'd like see one of those hard-nosed interviewers from the BBC take Trump on since we seem unable to do it domestically and lack the technology to resurrect Mike Wallace. But Trump would walk out.
criticalread.substack.com/p/cbss-inter...
criticalread.substack.com/p/cbss-inter...
CBS’s interview with Donald Trump was an abdication
The elephant in the room is that he lies all the time
criticalread.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I'd like see one of those hard-nosed interviewers from the BBC take Trump on since we seem unable to do it domestically and lack the technology to resurrect Mike Wallace. But Trump would walk out.
criticalread.substack.com/p/cbss-inter...
criticalread.substack.com/p/cbss-inter...
"We are a government of laws, not men" meets Trump, Roberts, and McConnell.
-Sep 30: USDA releases guidance saying they can use contingency fund
-Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
-Oct 23: USDA deletes guidance saying they can use contingency fund
-Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
-Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
-Nov 1: no funds go out
-Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
-Oct 23: USDA deletes guidance saying they can use contingency fund
-Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
-Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
-Nov 1: no funds go out
November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"We are a government of laws, not men" meets Trump, Roberts, and McConnell.
Reposted by Michael Froomkin
Jotwell Torts:
Cristina Tilley, Price and Prejudice, JOTWELL (November 3, 2025) (reviewing Tom Baker, What Is Insurance for Tort Law?, 111 Va. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2025), available at SSRN), torts.jotwell.com/price-and-pr....
Cristina Tilley, Price and Prejudice, JOTWELL (November 3, 2025) (reviewing Tom Baker, What Is Insurance for Tort Law?, 111 Va. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2025), available at SSRN), torts.jotwell.com/price-and-pr....
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Jotwell Torts:
Cristina Tilley, Price and Prejudice, JOTWELL (November 3, 2025) (reviewing Tom Baker, What Is Insurance for Tort Law?, 111 Va. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2025), available at SSRN), torts.jotwell.com/price-and-pr....
Cristina Tilley, Price and Prejudice, JOTWELL (November 3, 2025) (reviewing Tom Baker, What Is Insurance for Tort Law?, 111 Va. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2025), available at SSRN), torts.jotwell.com/price-and-pr....
There's a real chance he doesn't remember what Taiwan is. And there's a real chance he would acquiesce in the face of a display of Chinese "strength".
Q: "Would you order U.S. forces to defend Taiwan?"
Trump: "You'll find out if it happens…I can't give away my secrets. I don't wanna be one of those guys that tells you exactly what's going to happen if something happens…I'm not somebody who is going to tell you everything."
Trump: "You'll find out if it happens…I can't give away my secrets. I don't wanna be one of those guys that tells you exactly what's going to happen if something happens…I'm not somebody who is going to tell you everything."
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There's a real chance he doesn't remember what Taiwan is. And there's a real chance he would acquiesce in the face of a display of Chinese "strength".
Budget robot vacuum that ran sophisticated mapping software phoned home with everything including info about the home network. When an engineer blocked the secret uploads the makers bricked it. Turns out paranoia about"smart devices is fully justified.
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me
Would you allow a stranger to drive a camera-equipped computer around your living room? You might have already done so without even realizing it.
The Beginning: A Curious Experiment
It all started ...
codetiger.github.io
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Budget robot vacuum that ran sophisticated mapping software phoned home with everything including info about the home network. When an engineer blocked the secret uploads the makers bricked it. Turns out paranoia about"smart devices is fully justified.
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
Senators starting to see what's going on
Example #3: When Daniel Montenegro tried to film a Border Patrol raid at a Home Depot, agents tackled him, injured his back and falsely accused him of using tire spikes to attack vehicles.
They’re assaulting citizens for documenting their violence.
We need investigations. Now.
They’re assaulting citizens for documenting their violence.
We need investigations. Now.
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Senators starting to see what's going on
Reposted by Michael Froomkin
Why is this the USDA’s business unless the USDA’a business is to make sure Americans starve and suffer?
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Why is this the USDA’s business unless the USDA’a business is to make sure Americans starve and suffer?
Your periodic reminder that they are hoping we get tired of demanding the #Epstein files. Partly by distracting, and partly by hiding.
In addition, this will surely be an even more "do nothing Congress" than the one Truman ran against.
In addition, this will surely be an even more "do nothing Congress" than the one Truman ran against.
November 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Your periodic reminder that they are hoping we get tired of demanding the #Epstein files. Partly by distracting, and partly by hiding.
In addition, this will surely be an even more "do nothing Congress" than the one Truman ran against.
In addition, this will surely be an even more "do nothing Congress" than the one Truman ran against.
Israelis shot and killed journalists. So far, US (here LAPD, not even ICE!) are only using 'non-lethal' but still very dangerous ammunition. Is there any reason not to fear eventual escalation?
LAPD now shooting 40mm foam rounds at people, some narrowly missing photographers who were stuck in between the line and protesters. Just absolutely evil shit.
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Israelis shot and killed journalists. So far, US (here LAPD, not even ICE!) are only using 'non-lethal' but still very dangerous ammunition. Is there any reason not to fear eventual escalation?
The modern Blackshirts are hard at work.
"Federal immigration agents fanned out across Chicago and its North Shore suburbs on Halloween, chasing suspects through front yards, driving S.U.V.s onto sidewalks and using chemical agents during confrontations with furious residents."
The embedded video in this story is disturbing.
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The embedded video in this story is disturbing.
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Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The modern Blackshirts are hard at work.
