Brian Leiter
Brian Leiter
@brianleiter.bsky.social
I teach and write about general jurisprudence, legal and political realism, metaethics, free speech, religious toleration, academic freedom, Nietzsche, Marx and other topics at the University of Chicago. Homepage: https://brianleiter.net/
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In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.
October 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.
October 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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“The summoning of the nation’s generals, the insistence on loyalty, the unhinged rhetoric—I had all of that,” the North Korean dictator added. “The only thing I didn’t have was the weird drunk guy with all the makeup.” open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Furious Kim Jong Un Claims Trump Stole His Idea of Gathering Generals
“That asshole totally ripped me off.”
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October 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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September 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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September 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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September 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Reflections on what can be done after law enforcement is politicized. open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
The Comey Indictment and its Aftermath
New strategies are needed to defend against the systematic politicization of federal law enforcement.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM