Katherine Q
@kqhopes.bsky.social
Lawyer Mom who must believe the US can hold on to democracy. Texan in NorCal. Word of the me moment: dichotomous.
Reposted by Katherine Q
NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court.
The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.
The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:
The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.
The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS - Bolts
Hawaii justices ruled that their state constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaiians—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW: Hawaii's Supreme Court keeps releasing opinions that denounce the U.S. Supreme Court.
The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.
The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:
The latest? A new ruling that requires the police to record all interrogations from now on.
The author took it as an opportunity to say Hawaii's court will protect due process—while SCOTUS isn't:
Reposted by Katherine Q
Reposted by Katherine Q
After ruling the NIH grant terminations illegal, Judge Young ended the hearing with an eye-opening speech.
“This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
“This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
"This Court rules that the challenged directives . . . are arbitrary and capricious."
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
June 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
After ruling the NIH grant terminations illegal, Judge Young ended the hearing with an eye-opening speech.
“This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
“This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”
Reposted by Katherine Q
It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
June 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
Happy Caturday to the resistance.
June 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Happy Caturday to the resistance.
an intersection of soccer and politics that I wish I hadn’t seen coming…
June 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
an intersection of soccer and politics that I wish I hadn’t seen coming…
Reposted by Katherine Q
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has extended the stay of Judge Breyer's order returning control of the National Guard to Gov Gavin Newsom until Tuesday to allow them to be briefed and consider the matter. Observers expect them to affirm Breyer and for Trump then to appeal to SCOTUS.
Trump welcomes appeal court ruling that he can keep national guard in LA – US politics live
US president claims decision will prevent city ‘burning to the ground’, as ruling temporarily blocks earlier ban on use of guards to suppress protests
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has extended the stay of Judge Breyer's order returning control of the National Guard to Gov Gavin Newsom until Tuesday to allow them to be briefed and consider the matter. Observers expect them to affirm Breyer and for Trump then to appeal to SCOTUS.
ugh, but here’s a really insightful article on an unwelcome turn of events
BREAKING: Appeals court blocks judge's order that would force Trump to return control of National Guard to Newsom. Stay freezes order until at least Tuesday, unless a higher authority lifts it. Latest w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Appeals court restores Trump’s ability to deploy Guard in Los Angeles
A lower court judge had declared Trump’s deployment illegal just hours earlier and ordered the president to return control of the Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.politico.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
ugh, but here’s a really insightful article on an unwelcome turn of events
Reposted by Katherine Q
JUST IN: California has officially sued the Trump administration to rescind the deployment of the national guard over the objection of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The lawsuit:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The lawsuit:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
JUST IN: California has officially sued the Trump administration to rescind the deployment of the national guard over the objection of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The lawsuit:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The lawsuit:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reposted by Katherine Q
BREAKING: we won vs. DOGE--again
This time it is for mishandling of personal data at the on MILLIONS of current & former federal employees
Preliminary injunction entered! Kudos to my @democracydefendersaction.org colleagues and the wonderful team listed below 👇
This time it is for mishandling of personal data at the on MILLIONS of current & former federal employees
Preliminary injunction entered! Kudos to my @democracydefendersaction.org colleagues and the wonderful team listed below 👇
June 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
BREAKING: we won vs. DOGE--again
This time it is for mishandling of personal data at the on MILLIONS of current & former federal employees
Preliminary injunction entered! Kudos to my @democracydefendersaction.org colleagues and the wonderful team listed below 👇
This time it is for mishandling of personal data at the on MILLIONS of current & former federal employees
Preliminary injunction entered! Kudos to my @democracydefendersaction.org colleagues and the wonderful team listed below 👇
Reposted by Katherine Q
"We are workers from every Institute and Center at NIH.... We are compelled to speak up when our leadership prioritizes political momentum over human safety and faithful stewardship of public resources... We dissent."
#AcademicSky
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
#AcademicSky
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
www.standupforscience.net
June 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"We are workers from every Institute and Center at NIH.... We are compelled to speak up when our leadership prioritizes political momentum over human safety and faithful stewardship of public resources... We dissent."
#AcademicSky
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
#AcademicSky
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
Reposted by Katherine Q
1/ New in the Abrego Garcia case, the Judge has just granted his lawyers' request for permission to file sanctions against the government, which is very unusual.
June 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
1/ New in the Abrego Garcia case, the Judge has just granted his lawyers' request for permission to file sanctions against the government, which is very unusual.
Reposted by Katherine Q
Victory for Rümeysa Öztürk at the Second Circuit! She will now be transferred to Vermont ahead of a hearing which will decide whether she must be released from ICE detention while she goes through the immigration court process.
May 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Victory for Rümeysa Öztürk at the Second Circuit! She will now be transferred to Vermont ahead of a hearing which will decide whether she must be released from ICE detention while she goes through the immigration court process.
Reposted by Katherine Q
BREAKING: A federal judge has ORDERED the North Carolina State Board of Elections to certify the election of Democrat Allison Riggs to the state supreme court! Republican candidate Judge Griffin has 7 days to appeal storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge has ORDERED the North Carolina State Board of Elections to certify the election of Democrat Allison Riggs to the state supreme court! Republican candidate Judge Griffin has 7 days to appeal storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reposted by Katherine Q
Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented.
His argument fails even on its own terms.
His argument fails even on its own terms.
May 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented.
His argument fails even on its own terms.
His argument fails even on its own terms.
Reposted by Katherine Q
BREAKING: Federal judge finds that Trump exceeded his authority in his Alien Enemies Act proclamation addressing alleged members of Tren de Aragua, issuing a permanent injunction barring AEA proclamation-based removals from the Southern District of Texas.
May 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge finds that Trump exceeded his authority in his Alien Enemies Act proclamation addressing alleged members of Tren de Aragua, issuing a permanent injunction barring AEA proclamation-based removals from the Southern District of Texas.
Reposted by Katherine Q
The 10th Circuit US Court of Appeals has DENIED the govt a stay of a state-wide temporary restraining order against removing aliens under the Alien Enemies Act without 21 days notice, in a language the alien understands, advising of his or her right to bring a challenge in habeas.
April 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The 10th Circuit US Court of Appeals has DENIED the govt a stay of a state-wide temporary restraining order against removing aliens under the Alien Enemies Act without 21 days notice, in a language the alien understands, advising of his or her right to bring a challenge in habeas.
The comments on this one are 🔥
In the law firm executive order cases, DOJ takes the position that an injunction barring implementation will only be enforceable against the govt agencies named in the complaint. So Perkins Coie just amended its complaint to name all the relevant fed agencies. The case caption is now 40 pages long.
April 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The comments on this one are 🔥
Reposted by Katherine Q
So to sum up the Wisconsin arrest issue:
ICE didn't have a juridical warrant. They only had an administrative warrant.
The DOJ has not convened a grand jury to indict the judge. They only got a criminal complaint before a magistrate judge.
This is ridiculous.
ICE didn't have a juridical warrant. They only had an administrative warrant.
The DOJ has not convened a grand jury to indict the judge. They only got a criminal complaint before a magistrate judge.
This is ridiculous.
April 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So to sum up the Wisconsin arrest issue:
ICE didn't have a juridical warrant. They only had an administrative warrant.
The DOJ has not convened a grand jury to indict the judge. They only got a criminal complaint before a magistrate judge.
This is ridiculous.
ICE didn't have a juridical warrant. They only had an administrative warrant.
The DOJ has not convened a grand jury to indict the judge. They only got a criminal complaint before a magistrate judge.
This is ridiculous.
Reposted by Katherine Q
NEWS: Judge Crawford extends the TRO prohibiting the government from moving Moshen Mahdawi out of Vermont, for 90 days or until Crawfod can rule further, citing DOJ fighting jurisdiction in Rueysa Ozturk's case as a reason to need to keep Mahdawi in Vermont.
April 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
NEWS: Judge Crawford extends the TRO prohibiting the government from moving Moshen Mahdawi out of Vermont, for 90 days or until Crawfod can rule further, citing DOJ fighting jurisdiction in Rueysa Ozturk's case as a reason to need to keep Mahdawi in Vermont.
Reposted by Katherine Q
BREAKING: DOJ claims that the Trump administration did not violate a court order barring it from third-country removals without providing process when three people were sent to El Salvador b/c the Defense Department sent them to El Salvador on March 31, not DHS, and DOD isn't a defendant.
April 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
BREAKING: DOJ claims that the Trump administration did not violate a court order barring it from third-country removals without providing process when three people were sent to El Salvador b/c the Defense Department sent them to El Salvador on March 31, not DHS, and DOD isn't a defendant.
Reposted by Katherine Q
SCOTUS on 4/10: “The order properly requires the Government to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador…”
DOJ on 4/21: Objects “based on the false premise that the United States can or has been ordered to facilitate Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador.”
DOJ on 4/21: Objects “based on the false premise that the United States can or has been ordered to facilitate Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador.”
The government refuses to answer an interrogatory that asks it to describe steps taken to facilitate Abrego Garcia's release.
The government objects “based on the false premise that the United States can or has been ordered to facilitate Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador…”
The government objects “based on the false premise that the United States can or has been ordered to facilitate Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador…”
April 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
SCOTUS on 4/10: “The order properly requires the Government to ‘facilitate’ Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador…”
DOJ on 4/21: Objects “based on the false premise that the United States can or has been ordered to facilitate Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador.”
DOJ on 4/21: Objects “based on the false premise that the United States can or has been ordered to facilitate Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador.”
Reposted by Katherine Q
Maybe Don’t ‘Both Sides’ Disappearing People To Foreign Gulags, OK?
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/04/both-sides-trump-disappearing-people-to-foreign-gulags-due-process/
Maybe Don’t ‘Both Sides’ Disappearing People To Foreign Gulags, OK?
Intellectuals on the right and left are rejecting Trump’s attacks on due process. Insisting on “balance” just props up authoritarianism.
abovethelaw.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Maybe Don’t ‘Both Sides’ Disappearing People To Foreign Gulags, OK?
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/04/both-sides-trump-disappearing-people-to-foreign-gulags-due-process/
Reposted by Katherine Q
In a time of militant Christian nationalism it can be hard for good people of faith to feel justified discussing their beliefs. But we need those voices more than ever.
Do not let the most hateful versions of faith flourish. #belovedcommunity #goodfriday
Do not let the most hateful versions of faith flourish. #belovedcommunity #goodfriday
On Good Friday, Jesus was disappeared to silence his message
(RNS) — The solidarity that Jesus offered the vulnerable on the cross long ago calls Christians to stand up to oppression today.
religionnews.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a time of militant Christian nationalism it can be hard for good people of faith to feel justified discussing their beliefs. But we need those voices more than ever.
Do not let the most hateful versions of faith flourish. #belovedcommunity #goodfriday
Do not let the most hateful versions of faith flourish. #belovedcommunity #goodfriday