#Trump admin illegally targeted pro-#Palestinian #protesters

The Trump admin’s push earlier this year to #arrest & #deport #InternationalStudents for their pro-Palestinian activism was #illegal, a federal judge ruled Tues, calling the crackdown a “truly scandalous & #unconstitutional suppression of #FreeSpeech.”

#law
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282460/gov.uscourts.mad.282460.261.0_1.pdf

Young, who is 85 & was appointed to the bench 4 decades ago, begins by quoting a postcard he received on June 19 that reads: “TRUMP HAS PARDONS AND TANKS …. WHAT DO YOU HAVE?” Young replies in the ruling:

“Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous,

“Alone, I have nothing but my sense of duty. Together, We the People of the United States—you and me—have our magnificent Constitution. Here’s how that works out in a specific case—“

#law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #Trump #MafiaState

…what sets the ruling apart is its mix of unapologetic evisceration of #Trump & admiration for the rights he has trampled on. That it is no ordinary ruling is apparent from the first words of the 161-page decision.

#law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #MafiaState

A Reagan-Appointed Judge Just Wrote a Blistering Anti #Trump Decision

Federal judge William G. Young attacked the president’s crackdown on civil liberties as un-American.

“#ICE goes masked for a single reason—to #terrorize Americans into quiescence,” the Reagan appointed judge wrote.

#law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #MafiaState
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/a-reagan-appointed-judge-just-wrote-a-blistering-anti-trump-decision/

Democratic and Republican lawmakers across the country tried to push through bills to tighten gift limits, toughen conflict-of-interest provisions or expand financial disclosure reporting requirements. But many of the measures were derailed.

https://www.propublica.org/article/ethics-reform-legislation-blocked-statehouses?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Ethics #Law #Government #Virginia #Texas #NewMexico #NorthDakota #Connecticut #Maine

Democratic and Republican lawmakers across the country tried to push through bills to tighten gift limits, toughen conflict-of-interest provisions or expand financial disclosure reporting requirements. But many of the measures were derailed.

https://www.propublica.org/article/ethics-reform-legislation-blocked-statehouses?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Ethics #Law #Government #Virginia #Texas #NewMexico #NorthDakota #Connecticut #Maine

#Federal agents grabbed & shoved #journalists in a hallway outside a NYC #immigration court on Tuesday, sending one to the #hospital in the latest clash between authorities enforcing #Trump’s immigration crackdown & members of the public seeking to observe & document their actions.

#law #FirstAmendment #FreePress #PoliceBrutality #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://apnews.com/article/nyc-immigration-journalists-shoving-manhattan-84d95f26278aa406eed37d72ed213452

“If they tell us to get out, to not cross a certain line, we follow their orders,” Fedorova said. “In this case, it was not clear to anyone that this was a detention at all.”

The episode happened just days after a federal agent at the Manhattan #immigration court was captured on video shoving an Ecuadorian woman into a wall & onto the floor after her husband was arrested.

#law #Trump #FirstAmendment #FreePress #PoliceBrutality #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung

Video taken by photographer Stephanie Keith showed that during the struggle, another agent shoved Fedorova, who fell backward toward where Elibol lay on the floor.
Fedorova said photographers had worked in the hallway outside immigration court for months without incident. The agents making arrests Tuesday, she said, didn’t announce any limits where #journalists could go, & they hadn’t made it clear they were making an arrest when they got on the elevator.

#law #Trump #FreePress #PoliceBrutality

Moses said the situation escalated when masked agents grabbed him & shoved him from an elevator on the 12th floor as he was attempting to photograph them arresting a woman who had just left #immigration court.

“I walked into the elevator behind them, & they started screaming at me,” Moses told amNewYork. “Then they pushed me, grabbed me by my arms, & started pulling me out of the elevator. I tried to hold on, but I got shoved out.”

#law #Trump #FirstAmendment #FreePress #PoliceBrutality

The other #journalists, amNewYork police bureau chief Dean Moses & Olga Fedorova, a freelance photographer whose clients include AP, were not seriously injured.

#DHS Asst Secy Tricia McLaughlin defended the agents’ actions, saying they were being “swarmed by agitators & members of the press, which obstructed operations.” She added, “Rioters & sanctuary politicians who encourage individuals to interfere with arrests are actively creating hostile environments….”

#law #Trump #FreePress

A visual #journalist identified as L. Vural Elibol of the Turkish news agency Anadolu hit his head on the floor at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan after US #ICE agents pushed one journalist off a public elevator & shoved another journalist to the floor, acc/to video & witnesses.

A bystander held Elibol’s head & a nurse treated him until an ambulance arrived, witnesses said. Video showed him in a neck brace as paramedics wheeled him out on a stretcher.

#law #Trump #FreePress #PoliceBrutality

#Federal agents grabbed & shoved #journalists in a hallway outside a NYC #immigration court on Tuesday, sending one to the #hospital in the latest clash between authorities enforcing #Trump’s immigration crackdown & members of the public seeking to observe & document their actions.

#law #FirstAmendment #FreePress #PoliceBrutality #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://apnews.com/article/nyc-immigration-journalists-shoving-manhattan-84d95f26278aa406eed37d72ed213452

#Federal agents grabbed & shoved #journalists in a hallway outside a NYC #immigration court on Tuesday, sending one to the #hospital in the latest clash between authorities enforcing #Trump’s immigration crackdown & members of the public seeking to observe & document their actions.

#law #FirstAmendment #FreePress #PoliceBrutality #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://apnews.com/article/nyc-immigration-journalists-shoving-manhattan-84d95f26278aa406eed37d72ed213452

The #Trump admin says a federal operation is underway in #Memphis, while #Portland, OR readies for the arrival of #NationalGuard #troops & #Chicago braces for a potential deployment.

In a progress report posted on X, #US AG #PamBondi said on Tuesday that 219 officers had been "special deputized," touted 9 arrests & said 2 illegal firearms had been confiscated.

"Our operation in Memphis is now underway, & we're just getting started," she wrote.

#law #MilitaryState
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5557337/chicago-portland-memphis-national-guard

On Tuesday, in an interview with Fox Business, #PamBondi said 219 members of the #NationalGuard have been deputized as special #USMarshals. The #Tennessee Guard did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“It's exactly what we did in #DC, we're using the same blueprint,”she said.

Bondi added she & #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth will be visiting #Memphis this week, & commended the city's mayor & state's governor for their cooperation w/*anti-crime* ops.

#Trump #law #MilitaryState

The #Trump admin says a federal operation is underway in #Memphis, while #Portland, OR readies for the arrival of #NationalGuard #troops & #Chicago braces for a potential deployment.

In a progress report posted on X, #US AG #PamBondi said on Tuesday that 219 officers had been "special deputized," touted 9 arrests & said 2 illegal firearms had been confiscated.

"Our operation in Memphis is now underway, & we're just getting started," she wrote.

#law #MilitaryState
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5557337/chicago-portland-memphis-national-guard

The #Trump admin says a federal operation is underway in #Memphis, while #Portland, OR readies for the arrival of #NationalGuard #troops & #Chicago braces for a potential deployment.

In a progress report posted on X, #US AG #PamBondi said on Tuesday that 219 officers had been "special deputized," touted 9 arrests & said 2 illegal firearms had been confiscated.

"Our operation in Memphis is now underway, & we're just getting started," she wrote.

#law #MilitaryState
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5557337/chicago-portland-memphis-national-guard

“With one voice, we are telling this unwarranted & #unconstitutional occupation by #ICE & potentially by #military #troops to get out of #Chicago. You are not helping us,” #JBPritzker declared.

#BrandonJohnson likewise condemned the aggressive ICE presence in downtown Chicago, saying residents are “shocked & appalled” by the sight of federal agents on city streets. “This stunt has nothing to do with public safety. This is about #politics, #money & #power,” he said.

#law #Trump #MilitaryState

#JBPritzker blasts plan for #NationalGuard deployment to #Chicago

#Pritzker says the #Trump admin is giving the go-ahead to send troops to Chicago, a move he & Chicago Mayor #BrandonJohnson called #unconstitutional & politically motivated.

The news comes as #Illinois joined other states in filing a lawsuit against the admin for withholding #PublicSafety & #DisasterRelief funds.

#law #PosseComitatusAct #military #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/29/jackbooted-thugs-pritzker-blasts-plan-for-national-guard-deployment-00585709