Perry Grossman
@perrygrossman.bsky.social
Voting rights at NYCLU. Adjunct at Fordham Law. Mets, Knicks, and Cardinal. Dad to a 6th-Gen Bronxite. Personal views only.
Having friends and neighbors over to write letters to the Governor and Legislature in support of the New York for All Act, S.2235/A.3506, and the New York Civil Rights Act, S.8500/A.9076.
Folks will bring food. We'll have some drinks. Kids will run around the house. Democracy is a team sport.
Folks will bring food. We'll have some drinks. Kids will run around the house. Democracy is a team sport.
February 8, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Having friends and neighbors over to write letters to the Governor and Legislature in support of the New York for All Act, S.2235/A.3506, and the New York Civil Rights Act, S.8500/A.9076.
Folks will bring food. We'll have some drinks. Kids will run around the house. Democracy is a team sport.
Folks will bring food. We'll have some drinks. Kids will run around the house. Democracy is a team sport.
It is so refreshing and encouraging to see thoughtful and insightful leadership in New York City.
Stanley Richards is an inspired choice for the Commissioner role. There's a lot of work to do at DOC, but this is a good place for Mayor Mamdani start.
Stanley Richards is an inspired choice for the Commissioner role. There's a lot of work to do at DOC, but this is a good place for Mayor Mamdani start.
Today, I made historic appointments who will lead key agencies and create a city where everyone can thrive.
I appointed Stanley Richards as Commissioner of DOC. Decades after he served time in our city’s jails, Commissioner Richards will now be the first formerly incarcerated person to lead them.
I appointed Stanley Richards as Commissioner of DOC. Decades after he served time in our city’s jails, Commissioner Richards will now be the first formerly incarcerated person to lead them.
February 1, 2026 at 12:19 PM
It is so refreshing and encouraging to see thoughtful and insightful leadership in New York City.
Stanley Richards is an inspired choice for the Commissioner role. There's a lot of work to do at DOC, but this is a good place for Mayor Mamdani start.
Stanley Richards is an inspired choice for the Commissioner role. There's a lot of work to do at DOC, but this is a good place for Mayor Mamdani start.
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NEW: Today Gov. Hochul announced a measure intended to limit local law enforcement from aiding ICE's deportation agenda.
But a bill that would fully end collusion w/ ICE—and do more to protect immigrant NYers—already exists: the New York for All Act. It's time for state leadership to pass it, now.
But a bill that would fully end collusion w/ ICE—and do more to protect immigrant NYers—already exists: the New York for All Act. It's time for state leadership to pass it, now.
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
NEW: Today Gov. Hochul announced a measure intended to limit local law enforcement from aiding ICE's deportation agenda.
But a bill that would fully end collusion w/ ICE—and do more to protect immigrant NYers—already exists: the New York for All Act. It's time for state leadership to pass it, now.
But a bill that would fully end collusion w/ ICE—and do more to protect immigrant NYers—already exists: the New York for All Act. It's time for state leadership to pass it, now.
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BREAKING: Along with the NAACP New York State Conference, the Bronx Defenders, and Milbank LLP, we are suing the NYPD for disproportionately targeting Black and Latino drivers with unconstitutional vehicle searches.
This essentially amounts to stop-and-frisk on wheels, and it must come to an end.
This essentially amounts to stop-and-frisk on wheels, and it must come to an end.
January 29, 2026 at 1:16 AM
BREAKING: Along with the NAACP New York State Conference, the Bronx Defenders, and Milbank LLP, we are suing the NYPD for disproportionately targeting Black and Latino drivers with unconstitutional vehicle searches.
This essentially amounts to stop-and-frisk on wheels, and it must come to an end.
This essentially amounts to stop-and-frisk on wheels, and it must come to an end.
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I stopped posting the daily reminder, but just in case it’s in need of a refresher:
Congressional Republicans can stop this any. time. they. want.
Congressional Republicans can stop this any. time. they. want.
January 25, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I stopped posting the daily reminder, but just in case it’s in need of a refresher:
Congressional Republicans can stop this any. time. they. want.
Congressional Republicans can stop this any. time. they. want.
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I am re-upping my contact info.
If you are in federal or local law enforcement, if you're a community activist or legal observer, or if you have other information you think the public should know, please be in touch.
Signal is best: mattshuham.01
or, 646-397-4678
If you are in federal or local law enforcement, if you're a community activist or legal observer, or if you have other information you think the public should know, please be in touch.
Signal is best: mattshuham.01
or, 646-397-4678
Do you have sensitive information to share?
Contact me securely:
mattshuham.01 on Signal
mattshuham@protonmail.com
Do not use a work device or network. I've never burned a source, and your anonymity my top priority. Regular mail can go to matt.shuham@huffpost.com. Thank you!
Contact me securely:
mattshuham.01 on Signal
mattshuham@protonmail.com
Do not use a work device or network. I've never burned a source, and your anonymity my top priority. Regular mail can go to matt.shuham@huffpost.com. Thank you!
January 24, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I am re-upping my contact info.
If you are in federal or local law enforcement, if you're a community activist or legal observer, or if you have other information you think the public should know, please be in touch.
Signal is best: mattshuham.01
or, 646-397-4678
If you are in federal or local law enforcement, if you're a community activist or legal observer, or if you have other information you think the public should know, please be in touch.
Signal is best: mattshuham.01
or, 646-397-4678
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Who ICE is "protecting you" from:
January 23, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Who ICE is "protecting you" from:
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Setting federal law to one side, state courts and state officials should ask whether, given the behavior of ICE & CBP, state officers can assist those federal agents without running afoul of state equality and/or search-and-seizure provisions.
January 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Setting federal law to one side, state courts and state officials should ask whether, given the behavior of ICE & CBP, state officers can assist those federal agents without running afoul of state equality and/or search-and-seizure provisions.
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Such a good quote!
January 10, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Such a good quote!
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There was a liberal court for a few years in the mid 20th century and the right wing response was to delegitimize for DECADES right up to the point they had a supermajority, at which point it became Wrong to do so. These people think you are stupid bsky.app/profile/chri...
NEW: Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative.
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
www.lawdork.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There was a liberal court for a few years in the mid 20th century and the right wing response was to delegitimize for DECADES right up to the point they had a supermajority, at which point it became Wrong to do so. These people think you are stupid bsky.app/profile/chri...
And the New York State Constitution requires no less.
“State constitutionalism makes it easy to consider Roberts Court jurisprudence white noise,” Hawaii Justice Todd Eddins wrote in a recent ruling that assailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority.
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS
The justices ruled that Hawaii’s constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaii residents—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
And the New York State Constitution requires no less.
If I told you that Mike Lee clerked for Sam Alito twice, you’d know everything you need to know about both Mike Lee and Sam Alito.
December 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If I told you that Mike Lee clerked for Sam Alito twice, you’d know everything you need to know about both Mike Lee and Sam Alito.
@justinlevitt.bsky.social, got a few minutes to talk offline about a redistricting thing? Could use a quick sanity check on kind of a fraught point.
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@justinlevitt.bsky.social, got a few minutes to talk offline about a redistricting thing? Could use a quick sanity check on kind of a fraught point.
It is hard to explain—because it is sheer lunacy—how extremely different it is to hold federal officials liable for violating anyone’s constitutional rights and to get recompense for victims.
Pass laws to give the People a cause of action to hold lawless agents like Bovino accountable.
Pass laws to give the People a cause of action to hold lawless agents like Bovino accountable.
Gregory Bovino’s deposition is out. Check here and @chicagotribune.com for highlights. Throughout, Bovino was evasive and combative. In this, while being asked about a photo showing him throwing tear gas, Bovino said: “You said canister. I threw two. That’s plural.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It is hard to explain—because it is sheer lunacy—how extremely different it is to hold federal officials liable for violating anyone’s constitutional rights and to get recompense for victims.
Pass laws to give the People a cause of action to hold lawless agents like Bovino accountable.
Pass laws to give the People a cause of action to hold lawless agents like Bovino accountable.
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I have a review of Justice Barrett's recent book, "Listening to the Law,"in the LA Review of Books.
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Is Justice Barrett Listening? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Leah Litman prosecutes Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s new legal memoir, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution.”
lareviewofbooks.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I have a review of Justice Barrett's recent book, "Listening to the Law,"in the LA Review of Books.
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
Check it out!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/is-j...
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
I’ve gotten asked repeatedly why the district courts matter if SCOTUS is going to do what it does. And it’s because the facts matter and, if nothing else, the district courts are memorializing the brutal facts and federal officials’ serial lies about their savage treatment of Americans.
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I’ve gotten asked repeatedly why the district courts matter if SCOTUS is going to do what it does. And it’s because the facts matter and, if nothing else, the district courts are memorializing the brutal facts and federal officials’ serial lies about their savage treatment of Americans.
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This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice.
#KavanaughStop
#KavanaughStop
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice.
#KavanaughStop
#KavanaughStop
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NOW UPDATED: @meganpiont.bsky.social's "How to report ICE" zine includes the ✨new ICE hotline number for NYC✨
For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.
For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NOW UPDATED: @meganpiont.bsky.social's "How to report ICE" zine includes the ✨new ICE hotline number for NYC✨
For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.
For those new to this type of guide: "SALUTE" is an acronym to help us remember what steps to take.
If you had any doubt that doing jury duty is at least as important an act of political participation as voting at the ballot box, just look at how DC’s juries have thwarted some of the federal government’s abusive prosecutions.
D.C. doesn't have statehood. We don't have voting representation in Congress. We have limited home rule that can be taken away any time. When Trump oppresses us, we have few democratic means of fighting back.
Juries are one of them. And Trump can't take that away. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Juries are one of them. And Trump can't take that away. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Sandwich Guy’s Verdict Sent Exactly the Right Message to Trump
Dunn—aka Sandwich Guy—became a folk hero in August.
slate.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
If you had any doubt that doing jury duty is at least as important an act of political participation as voting at the ballot box, just look at how DC’s juries have thwarted some of the federal government’s abusive prosecutions.
Poetry.
THE BALLAD OF SANDWICH MAN
This is the taLE of Sandwich Man,
Whose aim was straight and true,
Who fought for his home with deli meats
As any man should do.
Border Patrolman Lairmore
Wore armor thick snd strong
When he felt the sting of a whole wheat roll
He shouted, “This is wrong!!
This is the taLE of Sandwich Man,
Whose aim was straight and true,
Who fought for his home with deli meats
As any man should do.
Border Patrolman Lairmore
Wore armor thick snd strong
When he felt the sting of a whole wheat roll
He shouted, “This is wrong!!
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Poetry.