Caitlin May
caitfelt.bsky.social
Caitlin May
@caitfelt.bsky.social
voting rights lawyer at ACLU of GA. Double dawg turned Athens townie. Mom and reader

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Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.

www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
www.aclu.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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this is severe, untreatable, terminal lawyer brain. so many legal academics act like the constitution is not a vessel intended to secure actual human rights and dignity, but a mere matter of intellectual curiosity, meant to be batted around like a cat with a toy
That's a good question. But I think my answer is yes. I wouldn't assume good faith if someone made argument that we should, as normative matter, go back to Dred Scott. But if argument were that case was wrongly decided as a legal matter, I would try to understand and respond as best I could....
January 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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From CSPAN:
Rep. @AOC on during Laken Riley Act debate: "When a private prison camp opens in your town and they say, 'we didn't know this was going to happen,' know that they did and they voted for it."

I honestly don't know where this leaves Georgia Democrats re: Warnock and Ossoff.
January 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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United States-born children are citizens and no executive order can change that.

We’ll fight to ensure birthright citizenship remains the law of the land.
Actually, the 14th Amendment still exists
Trump signed an executive order purporting to rewrite birthright citizenship. That's not how the Constitution works.
www.motherjones.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Trans people have been here since the beginning.

And we're not going anywhere.

📍 The People's March
📸 Will Martinez
January 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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We’re suing President Trump.

The 14th Amendment is clear: People born in the United States are citizens. An executive order cannot override the Constitution.
January 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.

Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Athens residents showed up at city hall in force this week to support protected bike lanes along Prince Avenue, the LGBTQ+ community and ranked-choice voting.
athenspoliticsnerd.com/athens-shows...
Athens shows up for Prince Avenue bike lanes, LGBTQ+ community | Athens Politics Nerd
Athens residents showed up at city hall in force this week to support protected bike lanes along Prince Avenue, the LGBTQ+ community and ranked-choice voting.
athenspoliticsnerd.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Here’s a photo of the legal beagle in a Christmas sweater to make my profile less blank 🫡
November 12, 2024 at 3:52 PM