Debbie Jeon
@debbiejeon.bsky.social
Legal Director at ACLU of Maryland, TFXC Mom, eternal optimist, ride-or-die Dem, lover of cats and dogs. Posts my own.
How bad can it get for Halligan??
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
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November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
How bad can it get for Halligan??
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/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...
We need to fight back against MAGA— in Somerset County and beyond. Thank you to @lizbowie.bsky.social and the @thebaltimorebanner.com for the continuing coverage!
October 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We need to fight back against MAGA— in Somerset County and beyond. Thank you to @lizbowie.bsky.social and the @thebaltimorebanner.com for the continuing coverage!
Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
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October 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
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Pour one out for Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s clerks this Labor Day weekend
Can we stop to talk about how remarkable the timing was? Compliant at 1am, Judge engaged at 2am, ex parte call to the Government at 2:30am (they did not answer), TRO at 4am?
On a Sunday of a holiday weekend?!
On a Sunday of a holiday weekend?!
August 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Pour one out for Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s clerks this Labor Day weekend
Anthony Brown: ICE agents’ anonymity makes us all less safe | GUEST COMMENTARY
August 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Anthony Brown: ICE agents’ anonymity makes us all less safe | GUEST COMMENTARY
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NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia files motion to dismiss his criminal charges in Tennessee based on selective and vindictive prosecution
"Mr. Abrego was charged because he refused to acquiesce in the government’s violation of his due process rights."
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"Mr. Abrego was charged because he refused to acquiesce in the government’s violation of his due process rights."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
KAG MTD Selective and Vindictive
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August 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia files motion to dismiss his criminal charges in Tennessee based on selective and vindictive prosecution
"Mr. Abrego was charged because he refused to acquiesce in the government’s violation of his due process rights."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Mr. Abrego was charged because he refused to acquiesce in the government’s violation of his due process rights."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Legal assault on Maryland’s federal judges threatens the rule of law nationwide marylandmatters.org/2025/08/08/l...
Legal assault on Maryland’s federal judges threatens the rule of law nationwide - Maryland Matters
Under court rules, losers in a lawsuit appeal, they don't sue the judges who ruled against them. But Donald Trump doesn't follow court rules and his latest ploy, suing all 15 federal judges in Marylan...
marylandmatters.org
August 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Legal assault on Maryland’s federal judges threatens the rule of law nationwide marylandmatters.org/2025/08/08/l...
Reprehensible.
NEW: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds.
Then the harassment began.
Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.
Six credible threats to his life.
More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:
Then the harassment began.
Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.
Six credible threats to his life.
More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:
August 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Reprehensible.
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Federal agents must be accountable for their actions.
We're calling on Congress to pass the VISIBLE Act, which would require that ICE agents wear visible identification and stop hiding behind non-medical face coverings.
We're calling on Congress to pass the VISIBLE Act, which would require that ICE agents wear visible identification and stop hiding behind non-medical face coverings.
Lawmakers seek to ban federal agents from wearing masks
ICE says its employees have good reasons to hide their faces from protesters who want to dox them online, but Democrats say masked federal agents evokes "secret police," and the practice should be ban...
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July 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Federal agents must be accountable for their actions.
We're calling on Congress to pass the VISIBLE Act, which would require that ICE agents wear visible identification and stop hiding behind non-medical face coverings.
We're calling on Congress to pass the VISIBLE Act, which would require that ICE agents wear visible identification and stop hiding behind non-medical face coverings.
For those wondering about what is happening with the Trump Administration's unprecedented effort to sue the judges of Maryland's federal court, stellar pushback today from our judges! @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social @muellershewrote.com www.courtlistener.com/docket/70627...
#25 in United States of America v. Russell (D. Maryland, 1:25-cv-02029) – CourtListener.com
RESPONSE in Opposition re 14 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by Adam B. Abelson, Richard D. Bennett, Catherine C. Blake, Deborah L. Boardman, James K. Bredar, Deborah K. Chasanow, Theodore D. ...
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July 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
For those wondering about what is happening with the Trump Administration's unprecedented effort to sue the judges of Maryland's federal court, stellar pushback today from our judges! @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social @muellershewrote.com www.courtlistener.com/docket/70627...
Hooray!
July 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hooray!
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Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
July 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
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JUST IN: Judge Gallagher says either El Salvador is lying to the UN or the administration is lying to her about the people deported to CECOT.
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July 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
JUST IN: Judge Gallagher says either El Salvador is lying to the UN or the administration is lying to her about the people deported to CECOT.
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The battle is joined! www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Conservative litigator Paul Clement to defend Maryland federal judges in DOJ case
Prominent conservative U.S. Supreme Court advocate Paul Clement has been retained by the federal judges in Maryland to defend them in an unusual lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump's administration that challenges a court order blocking the immediate deportation of migrants contesting their removal.
www.reuters.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The battle is joined! www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
A Reckless Judicial Nomination Puts the Senate to the Test www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Opinion | A Reckless Judicial Nomination Puts the Senate to the Test
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June 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A Reckless Judicial Nomination Puts the Senate to the Test www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Wonder who represents the judges here…
JUST IN: Never seen this before — the Justice Department is suing ... the entire federal district court bench in Maryland over its standing order requiring an automatic two-day stay in habeas cases. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Wonder who represents the judges here…
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This is a horrifying ruling that shows a disdain for basic human rights principles — made all the more unconscionable by the fact that the Republican appointees did so with no reasoning and on the shadow docket.
BREAKING: SCOTUS over liberals' dissent, blocks district court order requiring process before carrying out third country removals. SCOTUS's order allows Trump admin to carry out third country removals without the protections required—notice and opportunity to raise a challenge. No reason is given.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A1153
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. U.
D.V.D., ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[June 23, 2025]
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE JACKSON and by her referred to the Court is granted. The April 18, 2025, preliminary injunction of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 25-cv-10676, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, if such writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of the Court.
JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and
JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifoqminp5wvt7kvocpmq5skngfptyflm6p3lj5rd5kjqjgityhzia@jpeg)
June 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This is a horrifying ruling that shows a disdain for basic human rights principles — made all the more unconscionable by the fact that the Republican appointees did so with no reasoning and on the shadow docket.
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NEWS: A federal magistrate judge DENIES the government’s motion to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia in custody while his criminal charges are pending.
“A separate order will enter, following hearing, directing Abrego's release on conditions.”
“A separate order will enter, following hearing, directing Abrego's release on conditions.”
June 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
NEWS: A federal magistrate judge DENIES the government’s motion to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia in custody while his criminal charges are pending.
“A separate order will enter, following hearing, directing Abrego's release on conditions.”
“A separate order will enter, following hearing, directing Abrego's release on conditions.”
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BREAKING: We just sued the Department of Homeland Security over their use of excessive force against protesters, reporters and legal observers.
Exercising our rights to free speech should never be met with retaliatory attacks by federal agents.
We’ll see you in court, DHS.
Exercising our rights to free speech should never be met with retaliatory attacks by federal agents.
We’ll see you in court, DHS.
June 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
BREAKING: We just sued the Department of Homeland Security over their use of excessive force against protesters, reporters and legal observers.
Exercising our rights to free speech should never be met with retaliatory attacks by federal agents.
We’ll see you in court, DHS.
Exercising our rights to free speech should never be met with retaliatory attacks by federal agents.
We’ll see you in court, DHS.
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BREAKING: The American Bar Association has sued the Trump administration on behalf of its members to put an end to Donald Trump's law firm intimidation project, calling Trump's efforts "unprecedented and uniquely dangerous to the rule of law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
BREAKING: The American Bar Association has sued the Trump administration on behalf of its members to put an end to Donald Trump's law firm intimidation project, calling Trump's efforts "unprecedented and uniquely dangerous to the rule of law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Pretty sure this should tell you all you need to know about the veracity of the DOJ's charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
June 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Pretty sure this should tell you all you need to know about the veracity of the DOJ's charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
