Andre Segura
@andreseguratx.bsky.social
Earthjustice VP of Litigation. Formerly ACLU. *views expressed here are my own, reposts aren't endorsements, and all the other standard waivers.
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Is calling the half of the country that opposes you "bad people" and vowing to use the military power of the state to crush them "doing politics the right way"? I mean, he is up there saying words, trying to persuade!
September 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Is calling the half of the country that opposes you "bad people" and vowing to use the military power of the state to crush them "doing politics the right way"? I mean, he is up there saying words, trying to persuade!
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Our team is headed to court today to challenge the Trump-Vance admin’s attempts to block Members of Congress from checking on conditions at ICE detention facilities.
ICE cannot be allowed to operate in the dark.
ICE cannot be allowed to operate in the dark.
Members of Congress Sue Over Block of Oversight of Federal Immigration Detention Facilities - Democracy Forward
democracyforward.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our team is headed to court today to challenge the Trump-Vance admin’s attempts to block Members of Congress from checking on conditions at ICE detention facilities.
ICE cannot be allowed to operate in the dark.
ICE cannot be allowed to operate in the dark.
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This is absolutely true. If the NYT covered this the way they covered trans care, you all would finally understand what dangerous shit their trans care coverage has been.
i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
September 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is absolutely true. If the NYT covered this the way they covered trans care, you all would finally understand what dangerous shit their trans care coverage has been.
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The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
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Xinis: It has been reported to the criminal court in TN that Mr. Abrego is being deported to Uganda because he exercised his right to trial as opposed to pleading guilty to criminal charges...In my view cannot do that, cannot condition relinquishment of constitutional rights in that regard.
August 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Xinis: It has been reported to the criminal court in TN that Mr. Abrego is being deported to Uganda because he exercised his right to trial as opposed to pleading guilty to criminal charges...In my view cannot do that, cannot condition relinquishment of constitutional rights in that regard.
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“Seeking friendlier data”? Seriously, NYT?
August 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“Seeking friendlier data”? Seriously, NYT?
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I not sure that publicly fighting with your own Attorney General on the state Supreme Court docket is a winning litigation strategy but hey what do I know
August 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I not sure that publicly fighting with your own Attorney General on the state Supreme Court docket is a winning litigation strategy but hey what do I know
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The Columbia settlement is an “astonishing transfer of autonomy and authority to . . . an administration whose disdain for the values of the academy is demonstrated anew every day.” New @knightcolumbia.org analysis of the Columbia settlement, just published. knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-th...
What the Columbia Settlement Really Means
knightcolumbia.org
August 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Columbia settlement is an “astonishing transfer of autonomy and authority to . . . an administration whose disdain for the values of the academy is demonstrated anew every day.” New @knightcolumbia.org analysis of the Columbia settlement, just published. knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-th...
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that is one way to describe a white supremacist, politico!!!
Academic with history of incendiary remarks to lead US Institute of Peace
Darren Beattie once said on X that “competent white men must be in charge.”
www.politico.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
that is one way to describe a white supremacist, politico!!!
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After Texas failed to pass a bill to improve flood warning systems, a Kerr County lawmaker says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which aimed to establish a grant program for counties to build new emergency communication infrastructure.
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Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill to improve local flood warning systems this year
A GOP state lawmaker who represents Kerr County says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which would have established a grant program for counties to build new emergency communicati...
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July 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
After Texas failed to pass a bill to improve flood warning systems, a Kerr County lawmaker says he likely would vote differently now on House Bill 13, which aimed to establish a grant program for counties to build new emergency communication infrastructure.
bit.ly/44xMjyr
bit.ly/44xMjyr
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“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
July 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
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at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans
June 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans
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Justice Jackson taking on Gorsuch's "pure textualism" and arguing for a more holistic reading of Congress' handiwork—worth reading in full. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![The majority’s contention that I reject “ ‘pure textualism’ [a]s insufficiently pliable to secure the result [I] seek,” ante, at 10, stems from an
unfortunate misunderstanding of the judicial role. Our interpretative
task is not to seek our own desired results (whatever they may be). And,
indeed, it is precisely because of this solemn duty that, in my view, it is
imperative that we interpret statutes consistent with all relevant indicia
of what Congress wanted, as best we can ascertain its intent. A methodology that includes consideration of Congress’s aims does exactly that—
and no more. By contrast, pure textualism’s refusal to try to understand
the text of a statute in the larger context of what Congress sought to
achieve turns the interpretive task into a potent weapon for advancing
judicial policy preferences. By “finding” answers in ambiguous text, and
not bothering to consider whether those answers align with other sources
of statutory meaning, pure textualists can easily disguise their own preferences as “textual” inevitabilities. So, really, far from being “insufficiently pliable,” I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s
its primary problem—and, indeed, it is certainly somehow always flexible enough to secure the majority’s desired outcome.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreih3qdtlloz3yhggypbtwiveqdgzzfgapsnetvq7qsni7wfmyuovoi@jpeg)
June 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Justice Jackson taking on Gorsuch's "pure textualism" and arguing for a more holistic reading of Congress' handiwork—worth reading in full. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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June 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Really Cool how nobody wanted to take this shit seriously
June 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Really Cool how nobody wanted to take this shit seriously
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June 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The Trump administration sued Texas yesterday in a single-judge division in a suit that took just over six hours to produce a final judgment blocking a Texas state law.
If that sounds fishy (and beneath the dignity of the federal courts) to you, it’s because it is.
Me in today’s bonus “One First”:
If that sounds fishy (and beneath the dignity of the federal courts) to you, it’s because it is.
Me in today’s bonus “One First”:
Bonus 155: The Six-Hour Settlement
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Texas Attorney General's Office turned the legal system on its head on Wednesday—and all because the Texas Legislature refused to repeal a 24-year-old state law.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The Trump administration sued Texas yesterday in a single-judge division in a suit that took just over six hours to produce a final judgment blocking a Texas state law.
If that sounds fishy (and beneath the dignity of the federal courts) to you, it’s because it is.
Me in today’s bonus “One First”:
If that sounds fishy (and beneath the dignity of the federal courts) to you, it’s because it is.
Me in today’s bonus “One First”:
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Trump’s EPA aims to roll back 30+ environmental rules.
AP’s analysis:
➡️ +25,000 deaths a year
➡️ +2.8B tons CO₂ by 2035
➡️ Billions in lost health benefits
The cost of reversing science-backed protections is deadly. Read the full AP story: buff.ly/WVyuJHU #SaveEPA
AP’s analysis:
➡️ +25,000 deaths a year
➡️ +2.8B tons CO₂ by 2035
➡️ Billions in lost health benefits
The cost of reversing science-backed protections is deadly. Read the full AP story: buff.ly/WVyuJHU #SaveEPA
June 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Trump’s EPA aims to roll back 30+ environmental rules.
AP’s analysis:
➡️ +25,000 deaths a year
➡️ +2.8B tons CO₂ by 2035
➡️ Billions in lost health benefits
The cost of reversing science-backed protections is deadly. Read the full AP story: buff.ly/WVyuJHU #SaveEPA
AP’s analysis:
➡️ +25,000 deaths a year
➡️ +2.8B tons CO₂ by 2035
➡️ Billions in lost health benefits
The cost of reversing science-backed protections is deadly. Read the full AP story: buff.ly/WVyuJHU #SaveEPA
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May 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The Secretary of Homeland Security, ladies and gentlemen.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The Secretary of Homeland Security, ladies and gentlemen.
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When @davidleopold.bsky.social talks, I listen. Read more 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
We asked an immigration attorney: What should you do if approached by ICE?
We spoke with David Leopold, the past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and a practicing attorney in Ohio, about how to protect yourself if you are approached by ICE.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
When @davidleopold.bsky.social talks, I listen. Read more 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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He is completely clueless about what he is doing.
May 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
He is completely clueless about what he is doing.
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Terminating #TPS for Venezuelans will send families to a country the U.S. tells its own citizens to avoid due to a
“high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure”
“high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure”
NEW: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to resume its termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan migrants, staying a lower court decision that had halted the process. Only Justice Jackson notes her dissent.
May 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Terminating #TPS for Venezuelans will send families to a country the U.S. tells its own citizens to avoid due to a
“high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure”
“high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure”
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typical corrupt science
May 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
typical corrupt science