Shanlon Wu
@shanlonwu.com
Former federal prosecutor | Legal Analyst | Asian-American. Father. Boxer. Providing legal analysis & commentary with clarity, savvy, & humor.
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Shanlon Wu
@shanlonwu.com
· Jul 29
Under Color of Law with Shan Wu | Shanlon Wu | Substack
Under Color of Law with Shan Wu cuts through the noise, fact-checking the spin & uncovering the hidden threads shaping our world. With exclusive insider analysis, it goes beyond the headlines to expose the truth behind today’s legal and political battles. Click to read Under Color of Law with Shan Wu, by Shanlon Wu, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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Bingo
Q: So Dr Oz said that--
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Bingo
Trump’s Tariff Math Makes Zero Sense
Trump keeps bragging that his tariffs make America rich. The truth is he used an emergency powers law meant for national security to invent his own tax system.
I break it down on Legal AF.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHo...
#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Trump
Trump keeps bragging that his tariffs make America rich. The truth is he used an emergency powers law meant for national security to invent his own tax system.
I break it down on Legal AF.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHo...
#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Trump
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Trump’s Tariff Math Makes Zero Sense
Trump keeps bragging that his tariffs make America rich. The truth is he used an emergency powers law meant for national security to invent his own tax system.
I break it down on Legal AF.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHo...
#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Trump
Trump keeps bragging that his tariffs make America rich. The truth is he used an emergency powers law meant for national security to invent his own tax system.
I break it down on Legal AF.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHo...
#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Trump
Every headline tells a story. Under Color of Law helps you understand it. Subscribe: https://shanlonwu.substack.com/subscribe
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November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Every headline tells a story. Under Color of Law helps you understand it. Subscribe: https://shanlonwu.substack.com/subscribe
Trump’s Tariff Fantasy Meets the Supreme Court
Trump really thought he could turn emergency powers into a personal ATM. The problem? The law he used never even mentions tariffs.
I break it all down on Legal AF.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHo...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #TrumpTariffs #Trump
Trump really thought he could turn emergency powers into a personal ATM. The problem? The law he used never even mentions tariffs.
I break it all down on Legal AF.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHo...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #TrumpTariffs #Trump
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Trump’s Tariff Fantasy Meets the Supreme Court
Trump really thought he could turn emergency powers into a personal ATM. The problem? The law he used never even mentions tariffs.
I break it all down on Legal AF.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHo...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #TrumpTariffs #Trump
Trump really thought he could turn emergency powers into a personal ATM. The problem? The law he used never even mentions tariffs.
I break it all down on Legal AF.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHo...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #TrumpTariffs #Trump
Senate voting to end shutdown means Congress & SCOTUS are off to the races to see who can move first on SNAP benefits – my explanation of how Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson decision set up this race & how the 1st Circuit appeals court just fired the starting gun!
open.substack.com/pub/shanlonw...
open.substack.com/pub/shanlonw...
Supreme Court Races Congress on SNAP Benefits
Reading between the Lines of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's SNAP Ruling
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Senate voting to end shutdown means Congress & SCOTUS are off to the races to see who can move first on SNAP benefits – my explanation of how Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson decision set up this race & how the 1st Circuit appeals court just fired the starting gun!
open.substack.com/pub/shanlonw...
open.substack.com/pub/shanlonw...
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I believe we are going to do it again! In 24 days we are going to flip TN District 7 Blue!
Early voting begins Tuesday Tennessee! Let’s make it happen for @aftynbehn.bsky.social
#VoteTN 🗳️
Early voting begins Tuesday Tennessee! Let’s make it happen for @aftynbehn.bsky.social
#VoteTN 🗳️
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I believe we are going to do it again! In 24 days we are going to flip TN District 7 Blue!
Early voting begins Tuesday Tennessee! Let’s make it happen for @aftynbehn.bsky.social
#VoteTN 🗳️
Early voting begins Tuesday Tennessee! Let’s make it happen for @aftynbehn.bsky.social
#VoteTN 🗳️
1st Amendment at work -
Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
1st Amendment at work -
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Until the end of the government shutdown, our campaign will be donating $2,500 a month to a food pantry in the Ninth District.
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Until the end of the government shutdown, our campaign will be donating $2,500 a month to a food pantry in the Ninth District.
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
Honored to be included in this great starter pack!
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go.bsky.app/7L383iD
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Honored to be included in this great starter pack!
go.bsky.app/7L383iD
go.bsky.app/7L383iD
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This is fucking evil.
“Look at these scumbags — in the car with guns with a baby in the back.”
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is fucking evil.
Tariffs seem the only thing Trump cares about besides lining his pockets which makes him particularly vulnerable when his pet ideology is tested before SCOTUS - how did the arguments go for the Trump administration? Shan Wu breaks it down. @legalafmtn.bsky.social
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youtu.be/-sHoXANmJiw?...
Trump Presidency THREATENED by SUPREME COURT Ruling
YouTube video by Legal AF
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Tariffs seem the only thing Trump cares about besides lining his pockets which makes him particularly vulnerable when his pet ideology is tested before SCOTUS - how did the arguments go for the Trump administration? Shan Wu breaks it down. @legalafmtn.bsky.social
youtu.be/-sHoXANmJiw?...
youtu.be/-sHoXANmJiw?...
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#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
Why does the Trump administration want people to go hungry? DOJ asks SCOTUS to decide by 9:30pm if they will stay the order that Trump give SNAP benefits to the 40 million or more folks depending on it.
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Why does the Trump administration want people to go hungry? DOJ asks SCOTUS to decide by 9:30pm if they will stay the order that Trump give SNAP benefits to the 40 million or more folks depending on it.
The Reckoning Deepens: Truth Fights Back
Voters chose steadiness over spectacle, but the courts told another story.
Read the full breakdown: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/the-reckoning-deepens-truth-fights?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Voters chose steadiness over spectacle, but the courts told another story.
Read the full breakdown: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/the-reckoning-deepens-truth-fights?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Reckoning Deepens: Truth Fights Back
Voters chose steadiness over spectacle, but the courts told another story.
Read the full breakdown: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/the-reckoning-deepens-truth-fights?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Voters chose steadiness over spectacle, but the courts told another story.
Read the full breakdown: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/the-reckoning-deepens-truth-fights?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Trump’s Tariff Brag Just Collapsed.
If you brag about billions in tariff money and then say it is not about revenue, that is not strategy. That is tripping over your own headline.
Politics can sell it. The law cannot save it.
#Trump #Tariffs #NewsNation #ShanWu #USPolitics #LegalAnalysis
If you brag about billions in tariff money and then say it is not about revenue, that is not strategy. That is tripping over your own headline.
Politics can sell it. The law cannot save it.
#Trump #Tariffs #NewsNation #ShanWu #USPolitics #LegalAnalysis
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump’s Tariff Brag Just Collapsed.
If you brag about billions in tariff money and then say it is not about revenue, that is not strategy. That is tripping over your own headline.
Politics can sell it. The law cannot save it.
#Trump #Tariffs #NewsNation #ShanWu #USPolitics #LegalAnalysis
If you brag about billions in tariff money and then say it is not about revenue, that is not strategy. That is tripping over your own headline.
Politics can sell it. The law cannot save it.
#Trump #Tariffs #NewsNation #ShanWu #USPolitics #LegalAnalysis
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I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
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"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 106 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
Surprised it even took this long-what an embarrassment for the prosecutors & DOJ -
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Surprised it even took this long-what an embarrassment for the prosecutors & DOJ -
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Trump DOJ seems leaves no stone unturned when it comes to covering up evidence of Donald Trump’s possible – alleged crimes – Shan Wu explains the high price for telling the truth inside the Trump Department of Justice! @shanlonwu.com
Trump DOJ EXPOSE Themselves with DESPERATE FIRINGS
YouTube video by Legal AF
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Trump DOJ seems leaves no stone unturned when it comes to covering up evidence of Donald Trump’s possible – alleged crimes – Shan Wu explains the high price for telling the truth inside the Trump Department of Justice! @shanlonwu.com
Trump pardoned a guy with 400 bullets.
He showed up in Obama’s neighborhood with guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo after Trump posted Obama’s address online.
Full Legal AF breakdown: youtu.be/HBYTOzkSYzI?...
#UnderColorOfLaw #ShanWu #TrumpDOJ #JusticeDepartment @legalafmtn.bsky.social
He showed up in Obama’s neighborhood with guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo after Trump posted Obama’s address online.
Full Legal AF breakdown: youtu.be/HBYTOzkSYzI?...
#UnderColorOfLaw #ShanWu #TrumpDOJ #JusticeDepartment @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Trump pardoned a guy with 400 bullets.
He showed up in Obama’s neighborhood with guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo after Trump posted Obama’s address online.
Full Legal AF breakdown: youtu.be/HBYTOzkSYzI?...
#UnderColorOfLaw #ShanWu #TrumpDOJ #JusticeDepartment @legalafmtn.bsky.social
He showed up in Obama’s neighborhood with guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo after Trump posted Obama’s address online.
Full Legal AF breakdown: youtu.be/HBYTOzkSYzI?...
#UnderColorOfLaw #ShanWu #TrumpDOJ #JusticeDepartment @legalafmtn.bsky.social
The quiet revolution underway.
It may be the start of a new kind of politics built on trust, not outrage.
Read the full analysis: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/what-election-night-wrought
#AmericanPolitics #LeadershipMatters #DemocracyInFocus #TruthInPolitics #PoliticalAnalysis
It may be the start of a new kind of politics built on trust, not outrage.
Read the full analysis: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/what-election-night-wrought
#AmericanPolitics #LeadershipMatters #DemocracyInFocus #TruthInPolitics #PoliticalAnalysis
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The quiet revolution underway.
It may be the start of a new kind of politics built on trust, not outrage.
Read the full analysis: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/what-election-night-wrought
#AmericanPolitics #LeadershipMatters #DemocracyInFocus #TruthInPolitics #PoliticalAnalysis
It may be the start of a new kind of politics built on trust, not outrage.
Read the full analysis: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/what-election-night-wrought
#AmericanPolitics #LeadershipMatters #DemocracyInFocus #TruthInPolitics #PoliticalAnalysis
Trump’s DOJ fired honesty. Literally.
Two prosecutors told the truth. The Trump Justice Department erased it -and them.
Watch the full Legal AF breakdown: youtu.be/HBYTOzkSYzI?...
#LegalAF #UnderColorOfLaw #ShanWu #TrumpDOJ #JusticeDepartment #TruthMatters #Accountability @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Two prosecutors told the truth. The Trump Justice Department erased it -and them.
Watch the full Legal AF breakdown: youtu.be/HBYTOzkSYzI?...
#LegalAF #UnderColorOfLaw #ShanWu #TrumpDOJ #JusticeDepartment #TruthMatters #Accountability @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Trump’s DOJ fired honesty. Literally.
Two prosecutors told the truth. The Trump Justice Department erased it -and them.
Watch the full Legal AF breakdown: youtu.be/HBYTOzkSYzI?...
#LegalAF #UnderColorOfLaw #ShanWu #TrumpDOJ #JusticeDepartment #TruthMatters #Accountability @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Two prosecutors told the truth. The Trump Justice Department erased it -and them.
Watch the full Legal AF breakdown: youtu.be/HBYTOzkSYzI?...
#LegalAF #UnderColorOfLaw #ShanWu #TrumpDOJ #JusticeDepartment #TruthMatters #Accountability @legalafmtn.bsky.social