Alex Morey
@1amorey.bsky.social
First Amendment Attorney & Advocate | Fmr. Campus Advocacy @theFIREorg | @PeaceCorps 🌎 | @NewhouseSU 📺 | @WisconsinLaw ⚖️ | Room Rater 8/10 | Opinions: Mine.
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US state intimidation of #lawyers: "The goal isn’t to police all behaviour at all times. It’s to make us fearful to the point that we police our own behaviour." Federal immigration officials turn off lawyer's wifi and home security @radleybalko.bsky.social radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
April 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
US state intimidation of #lawyers: "The goal isn’t to police all behaviour at all times. It’s to make us fearful to the point that we police our own behaviour." Federal immigration officials turn off lawyer's wifi and home security @radleybalko.bsky.social radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
Another instantly iconic Evan Vucci shot for the AP.
April 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Another instantly iconic Evan Vucci shot for the AP.
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One step closer to accountability for the press freedom supervillains behind the illegal raid on the Marion County Record in 2023. marionrecord.com/direct/judge...
Judge accepts conspiracy allegation in newspaper raid
Judge accepts conspiracy allegation in newspaper raid, from Marion County Record for April 2, 2025
marionrecord.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
One step closer to accountability for the press freedom supervillains behind the illegal raid on the Marion County Record in 2023. marionrecord.com/direct/judge...
“As Chairman of the FCC, it is important to me that Frozen 3 comes out before Moana 3.”
March 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“As Chairman of the FCC, it is important to me that Frozen 3 comes out before Moana 3.”
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Might be a hot take, but I, for one, don't think you should be hauled off by a team of undercover cops simply for having written an op-ed they didn't like.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Might be a hot take, but I, for one, don't think you should be hauled off by a team of undercover cops simply for having written an op-ed they didn't like.
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SCOOP: A WIRED review of public data shows that national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.
Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public
A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.
www.wired.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
SCOOP: A WIRED review of public data shows that national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.
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BREAKING: We're suing the Greenville Public Library in South Carolina for systematically censoring books about the LGBTQ community.
Alongside @aclusc.bsky.social, we're fighting to protect our freedom to read.
Alongside @aclusc.bsky.social, we're fighting to protect our freedom to read.
March 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
BREAKING: We're suing the Greenville Public Library in South Carolina for systematically censoring books about the LGBTQ community.
Alongside @aclusc.bsky.social, we're fighting to protect our freedom to read.
Alongside @aclusc.bsky.social, we're fighting to protect our freedom to read.
Disturbing on so many levels. College students in America shouldn’t fear being taken off the street by plainclothes, masked law enforcement (?) for reasons unknown.
To avoid further chilling speech, the feds, at minimum, have to be palms up about the allegations against her.
To avoid further chilling speech, the feds, at minimum, have to be palms up about the allegations against her.
A different angle showing the kidnapping of Runeysa Ozturk by U.S. secret police in Massachusetts.
(via Daniel Boguslaw on Twitter) x.com/DRBoguslaw/s...
(via Daniel Boguslaw on Twitter) x.com/DRBoguslaw/s...
March 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Disturbing on so many levels. College students in America shouldn’t fear being taken off the street by plainclothes, masked law enforcement (?) for reasons unknown.
To avoid further chilling speech, the feds, at minimum, have to be palms up about the allegations against her.
To avoid further chilling speech, the feds, at minimum, have to be palms up about the allegations against her.
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Join us today!
These attacks may have occurred in small towns but this is a national issue.
We've seen authorities from coast to coast run similar playbooks, from LA suing a reporter for publishing records it gave him to a suburban Chicago mayor having a reporter ticketed from asking questions.
These attacks may have occurred in small towns but this is a national issue.
We've seen authorities from coast to coast run similar playbooks, from LA suing a reporter for publishing records it gave him to a suburban Chicago mayor having a reporter ticketed from asking questions.
Join us to hear from journalists at the frontlines of attacks on press freedom, featuring the Marion County Record (raided in 2023), Atmore News (arrested later that year), and Clarksdale Press Register (censored last month).
🗓️ March 26, 2 pm ET/1 pm CT:
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🗓️ March 26, 2 pm ET/1 pm CT:
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March 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Join us today!
These attacks may have occurred in small towns but this is a national issue.
We've seen authorities from coast to coast run similar playbooks, from LA suing a reporter for publishing records it gave him to a suburban Chicago mayor having a reporter ticketed from asking questions.
These attacks may have occurred in small towns but this is a national issue.
We've seen authorities from coast to coast run similar playbooks, from LA suing a reporter for publishing records it gave him to a suburban Chicago mayor having a reporter ticketed from asking questions.
Master class from @TheAtlantic in reporting in two of the most fraught scenarios in journalism:
1) national security’s at stake
2) you’ve become the story
Extreme transparency. Don’t editorialize.
1) national security’s at stake
2) you’ve become the story
Extreme transparency. Don’t editorialize.
Read for yourself: Here are the attack plans that Trump advisers shared on Signal. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Master class from @TheAtlantic in reporting in two of the most fraught scenarios in journalism:
1) national security’s at stake
2) you’ve become the story
Extreme transparency. Don’t editorialize.
1) national security’s at stake
2) you’ve become the story
Extreme transparency. Don’t editorialize.
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Join us to hear from journalists at the frontlines of attacks on press freedom, featuring the Marion County Record (raided in 2023), Atmore News (arrested later that year), and Clarksdale Press Register (censored last month).
🗓️ March 26, 2 pm ET/1 pm CT:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️ March 26, 2 pm ET/1 pm CT:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Join us to hear from journalists at the frontlines of attacks on press freedom, featuring the Marion County Record (raided in 2023), Atmore News (arrested later that year), and Clarksdale Press Register (censored last month).
🗓️ March 26, 2 pm ET/1 pm CT:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️ March 26, 2 pm ET/1 pm CT:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The Justice Department instructing Judge Boasberg to yield to “the mandate of the electorate” and stop asking questions about defiance of his court order is honestly one of the most demented and disturbing things I’ve ever seen in a legal filing. It comes pretty close to a claim of divine right.
March 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Justice Department instructing Judge Boasberg to yield to “the mandate of the electorate” and stop asking questions about defiance of his court order is honestly one of the most demented and disturbing things I’ve ever seen in a legal filing. It comes pretty close to a claim of divine right.
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The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them
The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
www.npr.org
March 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
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Hegseth is literally denying a story that the NSC has already confirmed and in which receipts were printed verbatim.
Remember this the next time he impugns another journalist.
Remember this the next time he impugns another journalist.
Reporter: Can you share how your information about war plans was shared with a journalist?
Hegseth: So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes
Hegseth: So you are talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes
March 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Hegseth is literally denying a story that the NSC has already confirmed and in which receipts were printed verbatim.
Remember this the next time he impugns another journalist.
Remember this the next time he impugns another journalist.
And be a member of group where someone else posted a flier with the wrong political view.
Nefarious stuff.
Nefarious stuff.
There's no allegation that she did anything other than participate in a lawful protest. This is madness. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation
Yunseo Chung, a legal permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. since she was 7, participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Immigration agents visited residences looking for her.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And be a member of group where someone else posted a flier with the wrong political view.
Nefarious stuff.
Nefarious stuff.
So now the White House isn’t just using federal investigations to pressure universities to censor speech the Trump administration dislikes — but to create a legal loophole for ICE to physically get its hands on foreign students with those views.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
March 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
So now the White House isn’t just using federal investigations to pressure universities to censor speech the Trump administration dislikes — but to create a legal loophole for ICE to physically get its hands on foreign students with those views.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
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This is such a low-thought, tedious take.
1) The group was for a particular op. It wasn't some general, persistent admin group chat. Low chance sitting on it yields more
2) Once the strikes happened, he lost plausible deniability of the group's authenticity. That's a danger zone for him, legally
1) The group was for a particular op. It wasn't some general, persistent admin group chat. Low chance sitting on it yields more
2) Once the strikes happened, he lost plausible deniability of the group's authenticity. That's a danger zone for him, legally
March 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This is such a low-thought, tedious take.
1) The group was for a particular op. It wasn't some general, persistent admin group chat. Low chance sitting on it yields more
2) Once the strikes happened, he lost plausible deniability of the group's authenticity. That's a danger zone for him, legally
1) The group was for a particular op. It wasn't some general, persistent admin group chat. Low chance sitting on it yields more
2) Once the strikes happened, he lost plausible deniability of the group's authenticity. That's a danger zone for him, legally
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“Shaking under government pressure, Columbia crumbled,” said Tyler Coward, the lead counsel for government affairs at FIRE. “If Columbia — with its immense resources and influence — can’t stand up to government demands that threaten free speech, what are other colleges to do?” tinyurl.com/4s3k4pvm
Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes
As part of the sweeping reforms, the university will also adopt a new definition of antisemitism and expand "intellectual diversity" by staffing up its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies.
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March 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“Shaking under government pressure, Columbia crumbled,” said Tyler Coward, the lead counsel for government affairs at FIRE. “If Columbia — with its immense resources and influence — can’t stand up to government demands that threaten free speech, what are other colleges to do?” tinyurl.com/4s3k4pvm
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Unbeliveable but apparently true....
This really is one for the history books.
What an extraordinary breach of security.
So reckless it is almost hard to imagine it is true.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This really is one for the history books.
What an extraordinary breach of security.
So reckless it is almost hard to imagine it is true.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Unbeliveable but apparently true....
This really is one for the history books.
What an extraordinary breach of security.
So reckless it is almost hard to imagine it is true.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This really is one for the history books.
What an extraordinary breach of security.
So reckless it is almost hard to imagine it is true.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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And this is why no lawyer or law firm should ever give an inch, and those who have disgrace themselves and the legal profession.
The minute you do, they come for those members of the bar who have less power and resources.
The minute you do, they come for those members of the bar who have less power and resources.
Trump just directed the DOJ to attempt to disbar attorneys who take legal action against the executive branch while also indicating they will do the same to immigration attorneys.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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March 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
And this is why no lawyer or law firm should ever give an inch, and those who have disgrace themselves and the legal profession.
The minute you do, they come for those members of the bar who have less power and resources.
The minute you do, they come for those members of the bar who have less power and resources.
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“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
Statement from Elias Law Group Chair Marc Elias
elias.law
March 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."
Lawyers have all kinds of ethical duties including avoiding conflicts of interest. Those had to be implicated in the Paul Weiss/Trump deal — but they for sure are now. Cannot see how this firm moves forward when it’s put up its most fundamental commitment to justice as collateral. What’s left?
This article clears up one important point: Paul Weiss' partners were in on this deal. I had thought (hoped) that this was an example of a misguided leader. Instead, Paul Weiss rank and file partners approved this course. They all bear the shame and responsibility. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Why Law Firm Paul Weiss Pleaded Its Case With Trump, and Not With a Court
The capitulation by one of the top U.S. firms reflects deep worries that being threatened by the president could lead to financial ruin.
www.wsj.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Lawyers have all kinds of ethical duties including avoiding conflicts of interest. Those had to be implicated in the Paul Weiss/Trump deal — but they for sure are now. Cannot see how this firm moves forward when it’s put up its most fundamental commitment to justice as collateral. What’s left?
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ICYMI: Last night, President Trump took another step toward dismantling our nation’s rule of law by issuing a directive attacking American lawyers who work in the areas of national security, public safety, and election integrity.
March 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
ICYMI: Last night, President Trump took another step toward dismantling our nation’s rule of law by issuing a directive attacking American lawyers who work in the areas of national security, public safety, and election integrity.
“Who has the right to have rights?” Mahmoud Khalil asks from ICE detention.
Khalil alleges it was Columbia University’s viewpoint discriminatory, procedurally questionable punishment of pro-Palestinian students that “laid the groundwork for the US government to target me.”
Khalil alleges it was Columbia University’s viewpoint discriminatory, procedurally questionable punishment of pro-Palestinian students that “laid the groundwork for the US government to target me.”
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“Who has the right to have rights?” Mahmoud Khalil asks from ICE detention.
Khalil alleges it was Columbia University’s viewpoint discriminatory, procedurally questionable punishment of pro-Palestinian students that “laid the groundwork for the US government to target me.”
Khalil alleges it was Columbia University’s viewpoint discriminatory, procedurally questionable punishment of pro-Palestinian students that “laid the groundwork for the US government to target me.”
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Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: In shutting down the 83-year-old Voice of America, the White House issued a news release asserting that the venerable broadcaster had distributed “radical propaganda,” listing 10 examples.
However, none of the claims add up.
However, none of the claims add up.
Analysis | The White House’s flimsy attack on Voice of America
None of the claims of “radical propaganda” add up.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: In shutting down the 83-year-old Voice of America, the White House issued a news release asserting that the venerable broadcaster had distributed “radical propaganda,” listing 10 examples.
However, none of the claims add up.
However, none of the claims add up.