Dr. Rita Shah
@theritaphd.bsky.social
She/Her(s). Academic. Fulbright Scholar. Book nerd (IG: @TheRitaReads). Weights. Climbing. Photography. Women’s soccer. Random nonsense. I wrote a book: https://tinyurl.com/2p23j48t #CeasefireNow
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"A federal magistrate judge rejected that warrant, noting that Good was already dead and could not be considered a suspect for a warrant."
They killed her, exonerated her killer without an investigation, then tried to illegally investigate her.
They killed her, exonerated her killer without an investigation, then tried to illegally investigate her.
Breaking MS NOW:
Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources
A judge refused an FBI warrant that proposed investigating dead Minnesota mom for suspected assault on an officer.
www.ms.now
January 24, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"A federal magistrate judge rejected that warrant, noting that Good was already dead and could not be considered a suspect for a warrant."
They killed her, exonerated her killer without an investigation, then tried to illegally investigate her.
They killed her, exonerated her killer without an investigation, then tried to illegally investigate her.
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New disgusting ICE tactic to harass people protecting kids.
January 23, 2026 at 4:16 AM
New disgusting ICE tactic to harass people protecting kids.
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We are all Realists now, yes?
This quote should be posted in every 1L classroom in every law school.
Those cases in your casebook? They are not “the law.”
They aren’t IRRELEVANT to it, but they are just a jumping-off point. Which is a point I think we generally stress too infrequently.
This quote should be posted in every 1L classroom in every law school.
Those cases in your casebook? They are not “the law.”
They aren’t IRRELEVANT to it, but they are just a jumping-off point. Which is a point I think we generally stress too infrequently.
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
We are all Realists now, yes?
This quote should be posted in every 1L classroom in every law school.
Those cases in your casebook? They are not “the law.”
They aren’t IRRELEVANT to it, but they are just a jumping-off point. Which is a point I think we generally stress too infrequently.
This quote should be posted in every 1L classroom in every law school.
Those cases in your casebook? They are not “the law.”
They aren’t IRRELEVANT to it, but they are just a jumping-off point. Which is a point I think we generally stress too infrequently.
*cries in always carries passport because living in a border zone*
Next week in the annals of legal academia: Can the federal government break into your home to force you to show you’re a birthright citizen with a general administrative warrant? The answer is more complicated than you may think. And Donald Trump is king.
January 23, 2026 at 12:44 AM
*cries in always carries passport because living in a border zone*
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YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Independents are +12 on abolishing ICE
January 21, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Independents are +12 on abolishing ICE
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FREE LIAM RAMOS.
Liam is one of four Columbia Heights, MN school district students who have been taken by ICE in the last two weeks, the school district said. Liam's teacher: “He is so kind and loving, and his classmates miss him. He ... just brightens the room. All I want is for him to be back here and safe.”
January 22, 2026 at 11:38 AM
FREE LIAM RAMOS.
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ICE is kidnapping children. Maybe people should talk about that regardless of polling?
People are waving around 50/50 polling on abolish ICE and in the same poll Trump’s is like 30 points under water on affordability. It’s not at all crazy for professional politicians to think there’s a bigger advantage in talking about the latter!
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
ICE is kidnapping children. Maybe people should talk about that regardless of polling?
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Incapable of understanding how "abolish ICE" was silly but arresting 5 year olds is public policy
January 22, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Incapable of understanding how "abolish ICE" was silly but arresting 5 year olds is public policy
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Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
Thousands to lose access to HIV drugs with new cuts
An estimated 10,000 people are about to lose access to their HIV medication as the Florida Department of Health makes cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
www.fox13news.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Catastrophe: Florida's Department of Health is stopping coverage for antivirals to 10,000 low-income people with HIV infection, blaming impending federal cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. 12.5% of Americans with HIV live in Florida.
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Can we say the truth.
January 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Can we say the truth.
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elbows up?
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:16 PM
elbows up?
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I spoke to a friend on the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota board. They need financial donations to keep up with the heightened demand for their services: www.ilcm.org
ILCM is a nonprofit that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in MN & ND
ILCM is a nonprofit that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in MN & ND
Home - Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
www.ilcm.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I spoke to a friend on the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota board. They need financial donations to keep up with the heightened demand for their services: www.ilcm.org
ILCM is a nonprofit that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in MN & ND
ILCM is a nonprofit that provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in MN & ND
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I don’t want to hear about the “free market” ever again. The free market thinks your thing is bad! Stop trying to make fetch happen!
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I don’t want to hear about the “free market” ever again. The free market thinks your thing is bad! Stop trying to make fetch happen!
Yay Indiana!!! If it can’t be Georgia, I’m glad you got your first championship ever.
January 20, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Yay Indiana!!! If it can’t be Georgia, I’m glad you got your first championship ever.
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If America doesn't respond to the calamity that's befallen the working class, we will have Trumps as far as the eye can see. https://youtu.be/zTQoc5Jrciw?si=xiqjsqPf21T2YI6F
How to Prevent Future Trumps
If America doesn't respond to the calamity that's befallen the working class, we will have Trumps as far as the eye can
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 1:01 AM
If America doesn't respond to the calamity that's befallen the working class, we will have Trumps as far as the eye can see. https://youtu.be/zTQoc5Jrciw?si=xiqjsqPf21T2YI6F
*cries in it was only a matter of time*
BREAKING: Trump threatens Insurrection Act for Minnesota
Trump threatens Insurrection Act for Minnesota
The president warned he may deploy the military without state consent.
www.axios.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
*cries in it was only a matter of time*
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Remember who you are, American.
Part of a nation that proudly went to war against the kind of fascists who embrace stupid white supremacist slogans like "one homeland, one people, one heritage"
Part of a nation that proudly went to war against the kind of fascists who embrace stupid white supremacist slogans like "one homeland, one people, one heritage"
January 13, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Remember who you are, American.
Part of a nation that proudly went to war against the kind of fascists who embrace stupid white supremacist slogans like "one homeland, one people, one heritage"
Part of a nation that proudly went to war against the kind of fascists who embrace stupid white supremacist slogans like "one homeland, one people, one heritage"
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The Minnesota shooting case is now metastasizing unlike any i've ever seen. The successive resignations of heads of the crim section at CRD and 3 top career prosecutors in Minn -- who had hung in all this year n/w/stg multiple outrages-- means the Department is in open revolt in DC and the field.
January 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The Minnesota shooting case is now metastasizing unlike any i've ever seen. The successive resignations of heads of the crim section at CRD and 3 top career prosecutors in Minn -- who had hung in all this year n/w/stg multiple outrages-- means the Department is in open revolt in DC and the field.
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Block: If they're right about the facts, we should lose.
This is a great point: IF trans women are actually men who are bad at mens sports, than they should lose.
CAN THE BIGOTS PROVE THAT? NO? THEN THEY SHOULD GET THE FUCK OUT.
This is a great point: IF trans women are actually men who are bad at mens sports, than they should lose.
CAN THE BIGOTS PROVE THAT? NO? THEN THEY SHOULD GET THE FUCK OUT.
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Block: If they're right about the facts, we should lose.
This is a great point: IF trans women are actually men who are bad at mens sports, than they should lose.
CAN THE BIGOTS PROVE THAT? NO? THEN THEY SHOULD GET THE FUCK OUT.
This is a great point: IF trans women are actually men who are bad at mens sports, than they should lose.
CAN THE BIGOTS PROVE THAT? NO? THEN THEY SHOULD GET THE FUCK OUT.
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Every time there's a trans argument at SCOTUS, the male attorneys make it clear that they are either unintelligent, or do not prepare in the slightest. But the female attorneys representing trans folk have to be so completely overprepared. It's just another show of misogyny in these cases.
January 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Every time there's a trans argument at SCOTUS, the male attorneys make it clear that they are either unintelligent, or do not prepare in the slightest. But the female attorneys representing trans folk have to be so completely overprepared. It's just another show of misogyny in these cases.
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a) I agree. b) I’m concerned people will see happening this as some kind of relief and focus on the individual rather than continuing to fight an utterly unjust system/structure.
Trump regime is grooming JD Vance to take over. They aren't telling us how ill Trump is
January 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
a) I agree. b) I’m concerned people will see happening this as some kind of relief and focus on the individual rather than continuing to fight an utterly unjust system/structure.