Amy Fettig
@amyfettig.bsky.social
Leader, lawyer, litigator, movement-builder, fearless progressive in a moment that demands more love and liberty. Now acting as Co-Executive Director of @fjporg.bsky.social
So grateful for your work and vision @greenesq.net!!!!
When FJP was still figuring out its priorities, acting co-ED @amyfettig.bsky.social recognized the stakes of AI-generated police reports. Grateful she trusted me to lead this work. Hope FJP continues the sharp direction she set.
8/ The Bottom Line:
AI-generated police reports aren’t ready for high-stakes environments like law enforcement. Accuracy, accountability, and bias mitigation must come first. Read the full brief to learn more about the implications: fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/u...
AI-generated police reports aren’t ready for high-stakes environments like law enforcement. Accuracy, accountability, and bias mitigation must come first. Read the full brief to learn more about the implications: fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/u...
June 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So grateful for your work and vision @greenesq.net!!!!
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Checks and balances exist for a reason — the Trump administration is not above the courts.
Judge Finds Cause to Hold Trump Admin In Contempt Over Alien Enemies Act Removals
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Checks and balances exist for a reason — the Trump administration is not above the courts.
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4/ “A justice system that keeps any person unlawfully in prison due to its refusal to correct past mistakes is a broken system.” - FJP’s @amyfettig.bsky.social.
Learn more: bit.ly/BoweVUSBrief
Learn more: bit.ly/BoweVUSBrief
Fair and Just Prosecution Urges Supreme Court: Don’t Let Technicalities Keep People Behind Bars - Fair and Just Prosecution
Today, Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) and four other organizations submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Bowe v. United States, urging the Court to ensure that people have a meaningf...
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April 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
4/ “A justice system that keeps any person unlawfully in prison due to its refusal to correct past mistakes is a broken system.” - FJP’s @amyfettig.bsky.social.
Learn more: bit.ly/BoweVUSBrief
Learn more: bit.ly/BoweVUSBrief
This is what a Fascist Government Looks Like. Target the most vulnerable while you undermine the whole.
Glad to see the Detroit Free Press lifting the voices, struggles and stories of the MI trans community pushing back against erasure. We are all in this together.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Glad to see the Detroit Free Press lifting the voices, struggles and stories of the MI trans community pushing back against erasure. We are all in this together.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
How Trump's executive orders have forced these Michiganders to change
Three Michigan transgender residents and people who love them talk about how Trump's decisions have changed their lives.
www.freep.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is what a Fascist Government Looks Like. Target the most vulnerable while you undermine the whole.
Glad to see the Detroit Free Press lifting the voices, struggles and stories of the MI trans community pushing back against erasure. We are all in this together.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Glad to see the Detroit Free Press lifting the voices, struggles and stories of the MI trans community pushing back against erasure. We are all in this together.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
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“This is what arbitrary, absolute power looks like. And this is why the men who wrote the Constitution never wanted anyone to have it.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
www.theatlantic.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“This is what arbitrary, absolute power looks like. And this is why the men who wrote the Constitution never wanted anyone to have it.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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This was three months ago.
April 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This was three months ago.
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No teacher should lose their job for treating trans students with dignity and respect.
Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name
It’s the first known dismissal stemming from the conservative campaign to limit schools' recognition of transgender identity.
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April 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
No teacher should lose their job for treating trans students with dignity and respect.
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They want to create full time live action version of #ThePurge for real for real
Thanks @amyfettig.bsky.social
www.newsweek.com/trumps-tarif...
Thanks @amyfettig.bsky.social
www.newsweek.com/trumps-tarif...
Trump's Tariffs and DOGE Will Set Off a Crime Wave | Opinion
When schools, hospitals, shelters, libraries, and public safety agencies lose funding, it doesn't just make life harder. It makes communities less safe.
www.newsweek.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
They want to create full time live action version of #ThePurge for real for real
Thanks @amyfettig.bsky.social
www.newsweek.com/trumps-tarif...
Thanks @amyfettig.bsky.social
www.newsweek.com/trumps-tarif...
Seems like ICE thinks it’s “1984” - and they serve Big Orange Brother. George Orwell is rolling in his grave.
April 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Seems like ICE thinks it’s “1984” - and they serve Big Orange Brother. George Orwell is rolling in his grave.
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"Someone says oh my God, we have wrongfully deported somebody and they are in prison in a foreign country, what should we do about it? And the adult in the room is not saying 'get that person back here immediately.'"
@weissmann11.bsky.social talks cruelty and lawlessness with @timmiller.bsky.social
@weissmann11.bsky.social talks cruelty and lawlessness with @timmiller.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"Someone says oh my God, we have wrongfully deported somebody and they are in prison in a foreign country, what should we do about it? And the adult in the room is not saying 'get that person back here immediately.'"
@weissmann11.bsky.social talks cruelty and lawlessness with @timmiller.bsky.social
@weissmann11.bsky.social talks cruelty and lawlessness with @timmiller.bsky.social
We must stop this!! And keep Schumer from his usual craven negotiation failures.
“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history,” Wilentz said. “This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
‘The most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history’: How the SAVE Act upends over a century and a half of protecting voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We must stop this!! And keep Schumer from his usual craven negotiation failures.
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Great news! The MI Supreme Court rightly recognized what decades of research show: 19- & 20-year-olds share the same hallmarks of youth as teens — less impulse control, developing brains & greater capacity for change.
Mandatory LWOP ignores that reality. #SecondChances
Mandatory LWOP ignores that reality. #SecondChances
NEW: In a major state con law ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court holds that mandatory life without parole sentences for anyone under age 21 violate the state's ban on "cruel or unusual" punishment -- extending a 2022 case that applied to 18 year olds. 1/ state-law-research.org/wp-content/u...
April 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Great news! The MI Supreme Court rightly recognized what decades of research show: 19- & 20-year-olds share the same hallmarks of youth as teens — less impulse control, developing brains & greater capacity for change.
Mandatory LWOP ignores that reality. #SecondChances
Mandatory LWOP ignores that reality. #SecondChances
Reposted by Amy Fettig
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a major voter suppression measure that, if it became law, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine U.S. democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
SAVE Act: House Passes GOP Voting Bill That Could Disenfranchise Millions
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a major voter suppression measure that, if it became law, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine U.S. democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
We stand with our incredible ally @vera.org because we care about justice and public safety! The Trump administration is destroying both for its political agenda.
We stand with @vera.org, a trusted organization that’s worked to build safer, stronger communities for 60+ years. Targeting Vera for opposing Trump’s mass deportation agenda sets a dangerous precedent. The #DOJ must reverse this political attack and restore these critical grants.
#BREAKING: Vera is calling on the #DOJ to reverse course & restore $5mil in federal grants for our critical public safety programs. In a letter to AG Bondi, Vera’s Nick Turner casts doubt on the Trump administration’s stated justifications for terminating our funding: www.vera.org/newsroom/ver...
April 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
We stand with our incredible ally @vera.org because we care about justice and public safety! The Trump administration is destroying both for its political agenda.
My home state Michigan stands up for justice and science!! The brain science tells us that young adults and late teens are different - and let’s be real - every adult knows that already.
Great news! The MI Supreme Court rightly recognized what decades of research show: 19- & 20-year-olds share the same hallmarks of youth as teens — less impulse control, developing brains & greater capacity for change.
Mandatory LWOP ignores that reality. #SecondChances
Mandatory LWOP ignores that reality. #SecondChances
NEW: In a major state con law ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court holds that mandatory life without parole sentences for anyone under age 21 violate the state's ban on "cruel or unusual" punishment -- extending a 2022 case that applied to 18 year olds. 1/ state-law-research.org/wp-content/u...
April 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My home state Michigan stands up for justice and science!! The brain science tells us that young adults and late teens are different - and let’s be real - every adult knows that already.
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The fight for democracy is the cause of our time. I created Democracy Docket to be fearlessly pro-democracy. No corporate overlords, no compromises, it will never obey.
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April 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The fight for democracy is the cause of our time. I created Democracy Docket to be fearlessly pro-democracy. No corporate overlords, no compromises, it will never obey.
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#ProtectVotingRights! Vote NO on the SAVE Act!!
All people should have the right to vote! #ProtectVotingRights
🚨ALERT : The SAVE Act is a THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
📌It will limit access to the polls.
📌It will gut the National Voter Registration Act.
📌It will lead to voter purges.
STOP THIS BILL‼️
#HandsOffHerVote
📌It will limit access to the polls.
📌It will gut the National Voter Registration Act.
📌It will lead to voter purges.
STOP THIS BILL‼️
#HandsOffHerVote
April 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
#ProtectVotingRights! Vote NO on the SAVE Act!!
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3/ When people can’t afford essentials—and support systems like housing, mental health care, and education are stripped away—desperation rises. And with it, so does crime.
Read more in @amyfettig.bsky.social's latest op-ed:
Read more in @amyfettig.bsky.social's latest op-ed:
Trump's Tariffs and DOGE Will Set Off a Crime Wave | Opinion
When schools, hospitals, shelters, libraries, and public safety agencies lose funding, it doesn't just make life harder. It makes communities less safe.
www.newsweek.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
3/ When people can’t afford essentials—and support systems like housing, mental health care, and education are stripped away—desperation rises. And with it, so does crime.
Read more in @amyfettig.bsky.social's latest op-ed:
Read more in @amyfettig.bsky.social's latest op-ed:
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1/ “By crashing the economy, gutting social services, and weaponizing the government, the administration is setting the stage for a new era of chaos—one in which public safety decreases, trust in democracy declines, and working families are left more vulnerable than ever.”
April 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
1/ “By crashing the economy, gutting social services, and weaponizing the government, the administration is setting the stage for a new era of chaos—one in which public safety decreases, trust in democracy declines, and working families are left more vulnerable than ever.”
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"The implication...is that not only noncitizens but also U.S. citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal. History is no stranger to such lawless regimes..."
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
April 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"The implication...is that not only noncitizens but also U.S. citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal. History is no stranger to such lawless regimes..."
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ICYMI: Criminalizing consensual sex work does more harm than good. Our latest issue brief outlines why decriminalization is a smarter, safer, and more just approach — and how prosecutors can lead the way. Learn more: fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/u...
April 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
ICYMI: Criminalizing consensual sex work does more harm than good. Our latest issue brief outlines why decriminalization is a smarter, safer, and more just approach — and how prosecutors can lead the way. Learn more: fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/u...
State police should not be doing the bidding of ICE or the federal government - they are supposed to be protecting community safety - not spending tax payer dollars on cruel, inhumane political stunts.
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How Florida is telling highway troopers to hold, detain immigrants wanted… | Amy Fettig
This internal memo from the State Police in Florida is deeply alarming - both as a legal and public safety matter. Local law enforcement shouldn’t be using scarce resources to do the bidding of the fe...
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April 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
State police should not be doing the bidding of ICE or the federal government - they are supposed to be protecting community safety - not spending tax payer dollars on cruel, inhumane political stunts.
www.linkedin.com/posts/amy-fe...
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If you've never been to a protest, here's your chance to be part of the largest, most historic protest of your lifetime. Protest to save democracy. See you April 5th at the Michigan Capitol or Washington DC.
On April 5th, America’s unions are coming together with allies of labor at events across the country to send a message: #HandsOff our unions and our contracts!
Find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
Find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
April 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If you've never been to a protest, here's your chance to be part of the largest, most historic protest of your lifetime. Protest to save democracy. See you April 5th at the Michigan Capitol or Washington DC.
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DA Diana Becton's Neighborhood Restorative Partnership program trains residents in restorative practices to help resolve low-level cases in their neighborhoods. The experience centers the victim, promotes healing and accountability, and connects those involved to the resources they need.
April 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
DA Diana Becton's Neighborhood Restorative Partnership program trains residents in restorative practices to help resolve low-level cases in their neighborhoods. The experience centers the victim, promotes healing and accountability, and connects those involved to the resources they need.
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🚨BREAKING: Federal court rules that the Pennsylvania date requirement for mail-in ballot violates the First and 14th Amendments. Counties cannot reject ballots from counting undated and wrongly dated mail-in ballots.
A HUGE victory for my law firm, our clients DSCC and DCCC and the voters of PA!
A HUGE victory for my law firm, our clients DSCC and DCCC and the voters of PA!
🚨 Eakin v. Adams County Board of Elections
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal court rules that the Pennsylvania date requirement for mail-in ballot violates the First and 14th Amendments. Counties cannot reject ballots from counting undated and wrongly dated mail-in ballots.
A HUGE victory for my law firm, our clients DSCC and DCCC and the voters of PA!
A HUGE victory for my law firm, our clients DSCC and DCCC and the voters of PA!