Lexi Kennard
@lexingtonk.bsky.social
Sr Political Media Strategist @ Brennan Center for Justice // former campaign rat
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Eileen O’Connor, Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center, spoke with @motherjones.com about the Justice Department suing states across the country to obtain their complete voter files, which contain private voter data like driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers. 1/2
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Eileen O’Connor, Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center, spoke with @motherjones.com about the Justice Department suing states across the country to obtain their complete voter files, which contain private voter data like driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers. 1/2
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On Friday, a federal district court made permanent its preliminary order blocking President Trump’s unlawful mandate to require a passport or similar document with the federal voter registration form. 1/4
Court Strikes Down Key Part of Trump’s Unlawful Voting Executive Order, Permanently Blocking Show-Your-Papers Requirement
The decision grants summary judgment to the plaintiffs, finding that the president lacks the authority to unilaterally alter election procedures — powers that rest with Congress and the states.
www.brennancenter.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
On Friday, a federal district court made permanent its preliminary order blocking President Trump’s unlawful mandate to require a passport or similar document with the federal voter registration form. 1/4
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This is a remarkable article. Federal judges are increasingly speaking out against SCOTUS’s approach to the shadow docket. This isn't typical & underscores the impossible position for lower courts when SCOTUS makes new law on its emergency docket – especially when it doesn’t explain its rulings. /1
🚨EXCLUSIVE:
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases
Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.
www.nbcnews.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This is a remarkable article. Federal judges are increasingly speaking out against SCOTUS’s approach to the shadow docket. This isn't typical & underscores the impossible position for lower courts when SCOTUS makes new law on its emergency docket – especially when it doesn’t explain its rulings. /1
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@bartongellman.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com: “There are reasons to hope Mr. Trump will fail to subvert next year’s midterms. Election officials of both parties have by and large withstood years of relentless threats, violence and disinformation.”
Opinion | Trump’s Stunning Power Grab on Elections
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
@bartongellman.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com: “There are reasons to hope Mr. Trump will fail to subvert next year’s midterms. Election officials of both parties have by and large withstood years of relentless threats, violence and disinformation.”
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After judges from across the political spectrum found that Trump administration policies were likely illegal or unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has frequently reinstated those policies without any explanation. bit.ly/4mzvX0p
Supreme Court Must Explain Why It Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor
The Court has repeatedly halted lower court orders and allowed administration policies to go forward via its “shadow docket” without any explanation.
www.brennancenter.org
August 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
After judges from across the political spectrum found that Trump administration policies were likely illegal or unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has frequently reinstated those policies without any explanation. bit.ly/4mzvX0p
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BREAKING: Eight former New York judges, including the former Chief Judge and Chief Administrative Judge, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in United States v. New York. Allowing ICE to make warrantless civil arrests at courthouses undermines the proper functioning of state courts.
United States v. State of New York
The Brennan Center, along with co-counsel Levine Lee, filed an amicus brief on behalf of former New York judges and justices in defense of New York’s Protect Our Courts Act. The brief argues that allo...
www.brennancenter.org
August 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
BREAKING: Eight former New York judges, including the former Chief Judge and Chief Administrative Judge, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in United States v. New York. Allowing ICE to make warrantless civil arrests at courthouses undermines the proper functioning of state courts.
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The Trump Administration sued New York challenging a state law prohibiting immigration arrests at state courts. Today eight former New York judges, including the former Chief Judge and Chief Administrative Judge, filed an amicus brief defending the law
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/cou...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/cou...
United States v. State of New York
The Brennan Center, along with co-counsel Levine Lee, filed an amicus brief on behalf of former New York judges and justices in defense of New York’s Protect Our Courts Act. The brief argues that allo...
www.brennancenter.org
August 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Trump Administration sued New York challenging a state law prohibiting immigration arrests at state courts. Today eight former New York judges, including the former Chief Judge and Chief Administrative Judge, filed an amicus brief defending the law
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/cou...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/cou...
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The Supreme Court is increasingly using the emergency, or “shadow” docket to issue major rulings without full transparency. Learn more about it here: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
The Supreme Court ‘Shadow Docket’
The conservative justices are increasingly using a secretive process to issue consequential decisions.
www.brennancenter.org
July 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Supreme Court is increasingly using the emergency, or “shadow” docket to issue major rulings without full transparency. Learn more about it here: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Is there a time when we are going to be post-showing TikTok reactions in documentaries ABOUT the documentary itself
July 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Is there a time when we are going to be post-showing TikTok reactions in documentaries ABOUT the documentary itself
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1/ Yesterday, the Trump administration announced its AI Action Plan - a pillar of which is an executive order that vows to end federal procurement of “woke AI.” The order would not only chill speech but also make the technology more unreliable and untrustworthy.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
July 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
1/ Yesterday, the Trump administration announced its AI Action Plan - a pillar of which is an executive order that vows to end federal procurement of “woke AI.” The order would not only chill speech but also make the technology more unreliable and untrustworthy.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief in Washington and Oregon’s lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s executive order on voting issued in March. 1/2 www.brennancenter.org/media/14161/...
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July 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief in Washington and Oregon’s lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s executive order on voting issued in March. 1/2 www.brennancenter.org/media/14161/...
What are the people saying instead of the word performative now
May 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
What are the people saying instead of the word performative now
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BIG WIN: A federal court just blocked key parts of Trump's executive order on voting purporting to require a passport or similar doc to register to vote. This was a huge & dangerous power grab-presidents don't get to rewrite election rules. And it could have thwarted millions of eligible Americans.
BREAKING: the district court just granted our request to block part of Trump's executive order on voting while our case proceeds! Trump ordered the Election Assistance Commission to require a passport or other similar document to register to vote using the federal form.
April 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
BIG WIN: A federal court just blocked key parts of Trump's executive order on voting purporting to require a passport or similar doc to register to vote. This was a huge & dangerous power grab-presidents don't get to rewrite election rules. And it could have thwarted millions of eligible Americans.
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Terrific piece from my @brennancenter.bsky.social colleagues @ebrightyon.bsky.social and @lizagoitein.bsky.social on the many, many problems with Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of (wait for it) 1798. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Is Attempting to Use Wartime Powers in the United States
To serve his deportation agenda, the president is warping an archaic, discredited law.
www.theatlantic.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Terrific piece from my @brennancenter.bsky.social colleagues @ebrightyon.bsky.social and @lizagoitein.bsky.social on the many, many problems with Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of (wait for it) 1798. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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BREAKING: The Brennan Center and other voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's recent executive order on voting and elections that violates the Constitution and could block millions of Americans from registering to vote. Read more in our complaint: 1/
www.brennancenter.org
April 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
BREAKING: The Brennan Center and other voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump's recent executive order on voting and elections that violates the Constitution and could block millions of Americans from registering to vote. Read more in our complaint: 1/
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BREAKING: The House will vote on the SAVE Act this week. If the bill passes, more than 21 million Americans could be blocked from voting. 1/
March 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
BREAKING: The House will vote on the SAVE Act this week. If the bill passes, more than 21 million Americans could be blocked from voting. 1/
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The Alien Enemies Act proclamation is out. Obviously this is an illegal invocation of a wartime authority for peacetime immigration enforcement.
Many thoughts to come, but the first is that they messed up the drafting for what they're trying to accomplish.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Many thoughts to come, but the first is that they messed up the drafting for what they're trying to accomplish.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Tren de Aragua (TdA) is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with thousands of
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Alien Enemies Act proclamation is out. Obviously this is an illegal invocation of a wartime authority for peacetime immigration enforcement.
Many thoughts to come, but the first is that they messed up the drafting for what they're trying to accomplish.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Many thoughts to come, but the first is that they messed up the drafting for what they're trying to accomplish.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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This one is not getting enough attention. At least on its face, it seems to be directing NORTHCOM (through the Secretary of Defense) to develop a military campaign to “repel” the “invasion” resulting from “unlawful mass migration.” 1/10 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Clarifying The Military's Role In Protecting The Territorial Integrity Of The United States – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This one is not getting enough attention. At least on its face, it seems to be directing NORTHCOM (through the Secretary of Defense) to develop a military campaign to “repel” the “invasion” resulting from “unlawful mass migration.” 1/10 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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There are a lot of busy lawyers out there. Trump doesn't just issue an EO & that's it. There will be challenges, some of them lengthy, over legality & constitutionality. The Supreme Court gave him immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts, not omnipotence.
January 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
There are a lot of busy lawyers out there. Trump doesn't just issue an EO & that's it. There will be challenges, some of them lengthy, over legality & constitutionality. The Supreme Court gave him immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts, not omnipotence.
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Talk of rescinding birthright citizenship is just that: Talk.
Presidents can't rescind it, because the Constitution expressly guarantees it. The Constitution's text reflects a basic American principle: Being born here comes with citizenship. Any executive order won't survive the court fights.
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Presidents can't rescind it, because the Constitution expressly guarantees it. The Constitution's text reflects a basic American principle: Being born here comes with citizenship. Any executive order won't survive the court fights.
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January 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Talk of rescinding birthright citizenship is just that: Talk.
Presidents can't rescind it, because the Constitution expressly guarantees it. The Constitution's text reflects a basic American principle: Being born here comes with citizenship. Any executive order won't survive the court fights.
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Presidents can't rescind it, because the Constitution expressly guarantees it. The Constitution's text reflects a basic American principle: Being born here comes with citizenship. Any executive order won't survive the court fights.
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The FBI continues to deprioritize investigations into white supremacist violence and has failed to address right-wing extremism within its ranks, says Mike German.
White supremacists with a badge
Does American law enforcement have a growing white supremacy problem? Investigations have proven over and over again— yes. But despite calls for reform, the law enforcement world largely tolerates whi...
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January 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The FBI continues to deprioritize investigations into white supremacist violence and has failed to address right-wing extremism within its ranks, says Mike German.
I'm getting a cat and that cat is about to have the best life and not even care and I'm so excited
January 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm getting a cat and that cat is about to have the best life and not even care and I'm so excited
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Trump has made it clear that he will meet dissent with force, and the proposals in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 call on the Federal Protective Service to be a key player in this response. Join us for a Reddit AMA with @sreynolds.bsky.social on Wed., Jan. 8, 2-4pm ET.
January 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Trump has made it clear that he will meet dissent with force, and the proposals in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 call on the Federal Protective Service to be a key player in this response. Join us for a Reddit AMA with @sreynolds.bsky.social on Wed., Jan. 8, 2-4pm ET.
Been repeating “it’s about to get real goofy up in here” in my head every day for the past six weeks
December 29, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Been repeating “it’s about to get real goofy up in here” in my head every day for the past six weeks