Andrew Howard
@617lawyer.bsky.social
Immigration attorney, adventurer and dad to two amazing kiddos.
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Gov. Noem says she approved deportation flights despite a federal court order. When elected officials decide they can ignore judges, the harm hits real families first. This isn’t “strong leadership,” it’s lawlessness.
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Noem confirms she approved deportation flights despite court order
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday confirmed that she instructed the federal government to carry out the deportation and transferring Venezuelan detainees to El Salvador despite a co…
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December 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Gov. Noem says she approved deportation flights despite a federal court order. When elected officials decide they can ignore judges, the harm hits real families first. This isn’t “strong leadership,” it’s lawlessness.
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Read: ktla.com/news/nationw...
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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It's not shocking that an organization formed by an asshole and staffed by assholes to try and make more assholes has an asshole problem.
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's not shocking that an organization formed by an asshole and staffed by assholes to try and make more assholes has an asshole problem.
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If blowing up survivors in the water was the right thing to do because they are “narco-terrorists” (trust us, bro) and deserve no quarter, why did we rescue two other survivors in a different strike, fly them home, and let them go free?
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
If blowing up survivors in the water was the right thing to do because they are “narco-terrorists” (trust us, bro) and deserve no quarter, why did we rescue two other survivors in a different strike, fly them home, and let them go free?
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One of the reasons servicemembers, from admirals and generals to the greenest private, should know “don’t follow illegal orders” is that this administration is a goulash of dishonorable character flaws like cowardice and dishonesty. There is no bus under which these pissants will not throw you.
NYT:
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
Five officials told us that Hegseth had nothing to do with the second strike
Washpost (which broke the story 2 days ago):
“This is ‘protect Pete’ bullshit,”
and
“It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
One of the reasons servicemembers, from admirals and generals to the greenest private, should know “don’t follow illegal orders” is that this administration is a goulash of dishonorable character flaws like cowardice and dishonesty. There is no bus under which these pissants will not throw you.
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NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
Trump Pauses All Asylum Applications and Halts Visas for Afghans
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
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The “kill them all” order by SecDef Hegseth would be a textbook war crime even if the original attack had been legal.
It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
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There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The “kill them all” order by SecDef Hegseth would be a textbook war crime even if the original attack had been legal.
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FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
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When it comes to murdering fishermen on the high seas, Donald is lawless and careless, but when it comes to finding excuses not to feed Americans, he's a precise bureaucrat, obsessed with following the law.
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
When it comes to murdering fishermen on the high seas, Donald is lawless and careless, but when it comes to finding excuses not to feed Americans, he's a precise bureaucrat, obsessed with following the law.
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I haven't posted an updated version of this chart in a little while, so here's where things stand with the 30 emergency applications filed by the Department of Justice during the second Trump administration:
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I haven't posted an updated version of this chart in a little while, so here's where things stand with the 30 emergency applications filed by the Department of Justice during the second Trump administration:
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
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In exchange for getting to house migrants in El Salvador's notorious prison, the Trump administration agreed to give up top MS-13 cooperators, "a key step in hindering an ongoing U.S. investigation" into the Salvadoran government's relationship with the gang.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In exchange for getting to house migrants in El Salvador's notorious prison, the Trump administration agreed to give up top MS-13 cooperators, "a key step in hindering an ongoing U.S. investigation" into the Salvadoran government's relationship with the gang.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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"Senator Adam Schiff asked, 'You begin to wonder – do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can’t rule that out.' No, we can’t."
ICYMI here is a quick explainer on why the strikes in the Caribbean are illegal and why you should care (hint: you might be next) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
So You've Decided to Target Random People with Military Force
Here's why it's illegal.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
"Senator Adam Schiff asked, 'You begin to wonder – do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can’t rule that out.' No, we can’t."
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1/ Good morning from Chelsea District Court, which has jurisdiction over more non-citizens per capita than any other MA court. Just thought you should know that ICE has left the prosecution unable to proceed against dozens of cases scheduled for this morning, including the one I am appearing on
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
1/ Good morning from Chelsea District Court, which has jurisdiction over more non-citizens per capita than any other MA court. Just thought you should know that ICE has left the prosecution unable to proceed against dozens of cases scheduled for this morning, including the one I am appearing on
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BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
October 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*
They don't give their opinion to the media
They don't criticize how SCOTUS works
This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
They don't give their opinion to the media
They don't criticize how SCOTUS works
This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*
They don't give their opinion to the media
They don't criticize how SCOTUS works
This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
They don't give their opinion to the media
They don't criticize how SCOTUS works
This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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Trump administration says immigration enforcement = higher food prices
In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply.
wapo.st/48Iuil5
In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply.
wapo.st/48Iuil5
Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices
U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.
wapo.st
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Trump administration says immigration enforcement = higher food prices
In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply.
wapo.st/48Iuil5
In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply.
wapo.st/48Iuil5
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At 11am I will try to live-blog, for @lawfaremedia.org , the hearing in Abrego Garcia’s civil (habeas corpus) case in federal court in Greenbelt MD. Abrego is seeking release from detention under a SCOTUS precedent called Zadvydas v Davis (2001). ...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
At 11am I will try to live-blog, for @lawfaremedia.org , the hearing in Abrego Garcia’s civil (habeas corpus) case in federal court in Greenbelt MD. Abrego is seeking release from detention under a SCOTUS precedent called Zadvydas v Davis (2001). ...
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Pam Bondi’s defensive attacks against Senate Democrats questioning her was not the flex she thinks it was. All it did was vividly point out how she has abandoned Justice Dept. independence to serve the desires of her authoritarian boss.
October 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Pam Bondi’s defensive attacks against Senate Democrats questioning her was not the flex she thinks it was. All it did was vividly point out how she has abandoned Justice Dept. independence to serve the desires of her authoritarian boss.
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Sen. Schiff to NBC: "He's described me as the enemy within. He's described other Democratic elected officials as the enemy within. He is using the Justice Dept. to go after his political enemies, and he's using the Justice Dept. to protect his political friends … This should concern every American."
October 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Sen. Schiff to NBC: "He's described me as the enemy within. He's described other Democratic elected officials as the enemy within. He is using the Justice Dept. to go after his political enemies, and he's using the Justice Dept. to protect his political friends … This should concern every American."
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JUST IN: Magistrate Faruqui continues sounding alarms about defective criminal cases brought by federal prosecutors in D.C
This time he says prosecutors sought to "gin up" a charge against an immigrant for misreading a confusing form — to jump start deportation. www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/fi...
This time he says prosecutors sought to "gin up" a charge against an immigrant for misreading a confusing form — to jump start deportation. www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/fi...
October 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
JUST IN: Magistrate Faruqui continues sounding alarms about defective criminal cases brought by federal prosecutors in D.C
This time he says prosecutors sought to "gin up" a charge against an immigrant for misreading a confusing form — to jump start deportation. www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/fi...
This time he says prosecutors sought to "gin up" a charge against an immigrant for misreading a confusing form — to jump start deportation. www.dcd.uscourts.gov/sites/dcd/fi...
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I highly recommend this podcast episode about the immense pressure the current administration is placing on immigration judges—who, notably, are not part of the judiciary but work under the Department of Justice.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
October 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I highly recommend this podcast episode about the immense pressure the current administration is placing on immigration judges—who, notably, are not part of the judiciary but work under the Department of Justice.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...