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New Mexico's entire CJA panel told Chief Judge Gonzales they're refusing to take cases until they are fully funded. That means everyone: defense attorneys, experts, investigators, social workers, and paralegals
The CJA panel is equivalent to contract public defenders in State systems
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The CJA panel is equivalent to contract public defenders in State systems
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November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
New Mexico's entire CJA panel told Chief Judge Gonzales they're refusing to take cases until they are fully funded. That means everyone: defense attorneys, experts, investigators, social workers, and paralegals
The CJA panel is equivalent to contract public defenders in State systems
👀 @nacdl.org
The CJA panel is equivalent to contract public defenders in State systems
👀 @nacdl.org
Jury denies federal prosecutor's charge of assault with a deli weapon ⚖️
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Jury finds DC ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of misdemeanor assault
Sean Dunn became an icon of resistance against President Donald Trump’s federal takeover in Washington with Banksy-like images depicting Dunn throwing his sandwich popping up across the city.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Jury denies federal prosecutor's charge of assault with a deli weapon ⚖️
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Speaker Johnson defends fed agents' targeting of clergy & peaceful protesters. Contrary to the videotape, he accuses demonstrators of assaulting ICE officers -- some of whom were standing on a rooftop as they fired projectiles at the face of a clergy member. courthousenews.com/johnson-doub...
Johnson doubles down on defense of federal agents targeting clergy, protesters
The House speaker has repeatedly denied that immigration agents and federal law enforcement have used excessive force against demonstrators — including several faith leaders — in Chicago and Portland.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Speaker Johnson defends fed agents' targeting of clergy & peaceful protesters. Contrary to the videotape, he accuses demonstrators of assaulting ICE officers -- some of whom were standing on a rooftop as they fired projectiles at the face of a clergy member. courthousenews.com/johnson-doub...
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The latest episode of my podcast Collateral Damage is now live. It looks at the beautiful life and outrageous death of Peter McWilliams.
A quick 🧵.
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A quick 🧵.
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Episode Four: Criminalizing Care
The remarkable life and cruel death of Peter McWilliams, an AIDS and cancer patient who played a critical role in the legalization of medical marijuana.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The latest episode of my podcast Collateral Damage is now live. It looks at the beautiful life and outrageous death of Peter McWilliams.
A quick 🧵.
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A quick 🧵.
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I should note: by my count, this makes at least four clergy members *that I know of* who have been shot with pepper balls or rubber bullets fired by ICE/DHS agents in recent weeks — two Presbyterians, two Methodists and a UCCer.
Big year for photos of clergy enduring pain while protesting ICE.
· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
· Rev. David Black, Chicago Sun-Times: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
· Rev. Jorge Bautista, SF Chron: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
· Rev. Hannah Kardon, Chicago Protest Photography: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I should note: by my count, this makes at least four clergy members *that I know of* who have been shot with pepper balls or rubber bullets fired by ICE/DHS agents in recent weeks — two Presbyterians, two Methodists and a UCCer.
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They are firing pepper balls into the faces of clergy, again
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October 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
They are firing pepper balls into the faces of clergy, again
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Due to push from the White House to get ICE agents certified ASAP, the training Center in Georgia was shortened from 13 weeks to just 6 weeks and are allowed to take open book tests.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether
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#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether
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Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...
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October 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Due to push from the White House to get ICE agents certified ASAP, the training Center in Georgia was shortened from 13 weeks to just 6 weeks and are allowed to take open book tests.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether
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#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether
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A minor note, but the local police chief and sheriff put out a statement saying DHS's press release on this raid was “completely false and a serious misrepresentation of the facts.” Another bald-faced lie to pile on top of the other ones I wrote about today.
After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in a raid in Wilder, Idaho, the FBI said no "young" children were.
The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.
The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.
FBI backtracks on denying children were zip tied in Idaho raid, saying instead no ‘young’ kids were • Idaho Capital Sun
After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in raid in Wilder, Idaho, FBI says no "young" children were.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A minor note, but the local police chief and sheriff put out a statement saying DHS's press release on this raid was “completely false and a serious misrepresentation of the facts.” Another bald-faced lie to pile on top of the other ones I wrote about today.
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New Mexico federal courts begin putting cases on hold because of the federal shutdown 🚨
This order shows CJA contract defense attys & experts are not getting paid - preventing them from providing Constitutionally required legal representation
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This order shows CJA contract defense attys & experts are not getting paid - preventing them from providing Constitutionally required legal representation
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October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
New Mexico federal courts begin putting cases on hold because of the federal shutdown 🚨
This order shows CJA contract defense attys & experts are not getting paid - preventing them from providing Constitutionally required legal representation
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@sourcenm.com
This order shows CJA contract defense attys & experts are not getting paid - preventing them from providing Constitutionally required legal representation
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@nacdl.org
@abqjournal.bsky.social
@sourcenm.com
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NEW POD 🎧: The Trump admin has executed 21 people it claims were “narcoterrorists.” It's a dark turn in U.S. drug war policy. It’s also in line with the U.S. legacy of killing innocent people chalking it up to “collateral damage,” says @radleybalko.bsky.social
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License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions
Podcast Episode · The Intercept Briefing · 10/10/2025 · 42m
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October 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
NEW POD 🎧: The Trump admin has executed 21 people it claims were “narcoterrorists.” It's a dark turn in U.S. drug war policy. It’s also in line with the U.S. legacy of killing innocent people chalking it up to “collateral damage,” says @radleybalko.bsky.social
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A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.
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Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault
Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.
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Nation’s Defense Bar Condemns Apparent Politicization of Justice in James Indictment
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NACDL - News Release ~ James Indictment
Nation’s Defense Bar Condemns Apparent Politicization of Justice in James Indictment –Washington, D.C. (Oct. 10, 2025) –The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) u...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Nation’s Defense Bar Condemns Apparent Politicization of Justice in James Indictment
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Nation's Defense Bar Condemns Apparent Politicization of Justice in the Letitia James Indictment.
NACDL "unequivocally condemns the federal indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James," calling it an "untenable breach of institutional independence."
Nation's Defense Bar Condemns Apparent Politicization of Justice in the Letitia James Indictment.
NACDL "unequivocally condemns the federal indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James," calling it an "untenable breach of institutional independence."
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Nation's Defense Bar Condemns Apparent Politicization of Justice in the Letitia James Indictment.
NACDL "unequivocally condemns the federal indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James," calling it an "untenable breach of institutional independence."
Nation's Defense Bar Condemns Apparent Politicization of Justice in the Letitia James Indictment.
NACDL "unequivocally condemns the federal indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James," calling it an "untenable breach of institutional independence."
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Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion.
Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.
Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.
October 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion.
Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.
Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.
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Highly recommend this @nacdl.org 3-part webinar series & resources, which provide insight and recommendations on how to make improvements in competency to stand trial systems
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NACDL - Competency in Criminal Cases
Competency to stand trial is a fundamental safeguard in the criminal legal system, ensuring that individuals can understand the proceedings against them and participate in their own defense. Yet, the ...
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October 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Highly recommend this @nacdl.org 3-part webinar series & resources, which provide insight and recommendations on how to make improvements in competency to stand trial systems
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The nation's defense bar, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (@nacdl.org), slams the 'Trumped-up' indictment of former FBI Director James Comey as politically motivated retribution.
The nation's defense bar, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (@nacdl.org), slams the 'Trumped-up' indictment of former FBI Director James Comey as politically motivated retribution.
September 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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The nation's defense bar, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (@nacdl.org), slams the 'Trumped-up' indictment of former FBI Director James Comey as politically motivated retribution.
The nation's defense bar, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (@nacdl.org), slams the 'Trumped-up' indictment of former FBI Director James Comey as politically motivated retribution.
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Ms. Magazine has a timely article on anti-abortion violence coming out in the print magazine laterthis month. It appears in four parts online:
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Murder, Pardons and Impunity: How Antiabortion Violence Escalated Under Trump
Murder, Pardons, Impunity: Antiabortion Violence Under Trump in the Age of Political Assassinations of Charlie Kirk and Melissa Hortman
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September 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Ms. Magazine has a timely article on anti-abortion violence coming out in the print magazine laterthis month. It appears in four parts online:
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Abbe Lowell interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carol D. Leonnig at NACDL's 2025 White Collar Seminar at the Marriott Georgetown Washington in DC on September 19, 2025. #NACDLWCDC
September 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Abbe Lowell interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carol D. Leonnig at NACDL's 2025 White Collar Seminar at the Marriott Georgetown Washington in DC on September 19, 2025. #NACDLWCDC
Former US Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer moderates a panel on clemency, compassionate release, and pardons featuring Ava Benny-Morrison, Cynthia Roseberry, and JaneAnne Murray at NACDL's 2025 White Collar Seminar in DC. #NACDLWCDC
September 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Former US Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer moderates a panel on clemency, compassionate release, and pardons featuring Ava Benny-Morrison, Cynthia Roseberry, and JaneAnne Murray at NACDL's 2025 White Collar Seminar in DC. #NACDLWCDC
Michelle Merola of New York moderates a panel with Zachary Myers of Indiana and Giselle Pomerleau of New Jersey on the ethics of using artificial intelligence in the legal profession at NACDL's 2025 White Collar Seminar in DC on September 18, 2025. #NACDLWCDC
September 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Michelle Merola of New York moderates a panel with Zachary Myers of Indiana and Giselle Pomerleau of New Jersey on the ethics of using artificial intelligence in the legal profession at NACDL's 2025 White Collar Seminar in DC on September 18, 2025. #NACDLWCDC
Noted attorneys Norm Eisen, Nina Moreno, and David Gerger at NACDL's 2025 White Collar Seminar in DC on September 18, 2025, speaking on the changing role of attorneys and related challenges: proffers, retribution, funding, and more. #NACDLWCDC
September 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Noted attorneys Norm Eisen, Nina Moreno, and David Gerger at NACDL's 2025 White Collar Seminar in DC on September 18, 2025, speaking on the changing role of attorneys and related challenges: proffers, retribution, funding, and more. #NACDLWCDC
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Not just cowards, but fools.
Abbe Lowell: Your view of the impact of attacks by the president and his administration on lawyers?
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: Firms who rolled over are taking a beating, with clients leaving the firm. 'If you're my law firm, and you just rolled over for the government, what does that mean for me?'
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: Firms who rolled over are taking a beating, with clients leaving the firm. 'If you're my law firm, and you just rolled over for the government, what does that mean for me?'
September 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Not just cowards, but fools.
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In a country where the federal government goes after private actors who get targeted by an impulsive, unpredictable bully, who wants a lawyer who lacks the strength to hold their ground? Who looks to a knee bender to stick up for them?
Abbe Lowell: Your view of the impact of attacks by the president and his administration on lawyers?
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: Firms who rolled over are taking a beating, with clients leaving the firm. 'If you're my law firm, and you just rolled over for the government, what does that mean for me?'
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: Firms who rolled over are taking a beating, with clients leaving the firm. 'If you're my law firm, and you just rolled over for the government, what does that mean for me?'
September 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In a country where the federal government goes after private actors who get targeted by an impulsive, unpredictable bully, who wants a lawyer who lacks the strength to hold their ground? Who looks to a knee bender to stick up for them?
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) addresses the 2025 White Collar Seminar on public corruption and the erosion of trust in both parties, Republicans & Democrats.
"Democracy depends on a basic understanding that we entrust officials with power in exchange for their service for the public good." #NACDLWCDC
"Democracy depends on a basic understanding that we entrust officials with power in exchange for their service for the public good." #NACDLWCDC
September 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) addresses the 2025 White Collar Seminar on public corruption and the erosion of trust in both parties, Republicans & Democrats.
"Democracy depends on a basic understanding that we entrust officials with power in exchange for their service for the public good." #NACDLWCDC
"Democracy depends on a basic understanding that we entrust officials with power in exchange for their service for the public good." #NACDLWCDC
Abbe Lowell: Your view of the impact of attacks by the president and his administration on lawyers?
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: Firms who rolled over are taking a beating, with clients leaving the firm. 'If you're my law firm, and you just rolled over for the government, what does that mean for me?'
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: Firms who rolled over are taking a beating, with clients leaving the firm. 'If you're my law firm, and you just rolled over for the government, what does that mean for me?'
September 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Abbe Lowell: Your view of the impact of attacks by the president and his administration on lawyers?
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: Firms who rolled over are taking a beating, with clients leaving the firm. 'If you're my law firm, and you just rolled over for the government, what does that mean for me?'
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: Firms who rolled over are taking a beating, with clients leaving the firm. 'If you're my law firm, and you just rolled over for the government, what does that mean for me?'