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Whitney Mello
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This entire weekend
in the pit
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Trump’s proposed “compact” with nine major universities “is extortion, plain and simple,” Erwin Chemerinsky writes. “It is not hyperbole to say that the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it.”
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
There seems to be no limit to the president’s odious attempts to control higher education.
nyti.ms
October 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
Dean Chemerinsky: Why California universities must fight Trump in court www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... via @latimes.com
Contributor: Why California universities must fight Trump in court
If the prestigious UC schools give in, what’s to stop the president from shaking down every college in the country?
www.latimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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weholdtruths.bsky.social
The Constitution belongs to all of us.

We’re proud to launch this new initiative to make the rule of law accessible for all.

Because our nation is at its best when Americans are informed, engaged, and empowered.

🔗 Learn more: www.weholdtruths.org
We Hold These Truths logo: We still hold these truths, even though they are under attack. It will take all of us to protect and defend people, their rights, and our future. Join us: weholdtruths.org Join Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs in support of: Personal Freedoms The personal freedoms accorded throughout the Constitution and its many amendments are an essential protection against government tyranny and reflect the inherent rights of every person in the United States. Equality Equality is a precondition of freedom. We all are free only when all of us, not just some of us, are free from discrimination, exclusion, and threat. Without equality for all, freedom for all is a broken promise. Democracy and Elections In a democracy, voters elect their leaders, and elected candidates make the law. Our democratic republic functions best when Americans accept, honor, and respect election results. To achieve this outcome, elections must be conducted in a fair manner. Separation of Powers A fundamental structural feature of the Constitution, and its chief safeguard of our liberty, is avoiding the concentration of power by separating and placing limits upon the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government among three branches that check, balance, and respect each other’s power. The Rule of Law To preserve liberty, fairness, and the stability of our democratic society, the exercise of power by the government and other actors must be limited by law.
July 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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edburmila.bsky.social
When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
June 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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jamellebouie.net
roberts et al have divined the Actual Intent of the constitution, which is to allow the government to exercise nearly unaccountable power to strip people of their rights. it is why we fought the revolution!
stevevladeck.bsky.social Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Apr 7
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
April 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The United States Government has no legal authority to snatch a person who is lawfully present in the United States off the street and remove him from the country without due process. The Government's contention otherwise, and its argument that the federal courts are powerless to intervene, are unconscionable.
April 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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amandalitman.bsky.social
The only elections Democrats are losing tonight are their own eventual primaries.
March 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
It is not "hard," it is unconstitutional.
January 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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effinbirds.com
July 21, 2024 at 6:30 PM