[View here as a Twitter thread] I spent this past week volunteering for RAICES at a detention center south of San Antonio Texas. @RAICESTEXAS This thread is for people who want to know how they can help. Here’s some information on the program and the clients: More information here: aila.org/practice/pro-b… They need “lawyers.” Lawyers is in quotations because you …
Should Democrats fight like Republicans? Harvard Profs Levitzky and Ziblatt say no. Here’s why. As the GOP completes its transformation from a conservative to an authoritarian party, the GOP is brazenly violating the norms of democracy. [To continue reading, view here as a Twitter thread]
(thread) @jedshug and I co-authored this Slate article on next steps in the Trump administration’s separate-the-families-at-the-border policy. People may find it controversial (understatement). Let’s see if I can summarize the law & analysis in 8 tweets. [To continue reading, view here as a Twitter thread]
[Click here to read on the Slate website] Last week, federal Judge Dana M. Sabraw issued a nationwide injunction ending the Trump administration policy of removing children from families entering the United States. This order was an important first step, but legal and practical problems mean separations could very well resume, and reunifications face enormous obstacles. There …
I still see Mueller-skeptics asking “So what crimes did Trump commit? Last I heard Comey said there was no evidence.” You can always show them my list: http://russia-investigation-summary.com/crimes/ (includes only TrumpRussia related crimes, not, for example, Cohen’s business crimes). [To continue reading, view here as a Twitter thread]
I’m happy to offer my thoughts on the challenges of reuniting the children, including possible difficulties in the judge’s order. The first problem is that some of the children may have been “lost” . . . @jedshug @KameliaKilawan [To continue reading, please click here to view here as a Twitter thread]
Trump’s showdown with liberal democracy continues. Trump received pushback from his separate-families-at-the-border policy, intended to punish and deter asylum seekers. He came up with something worse: Hostage Taking. Thus under the new policy, the government is kidnapping the children & holding them as hostages until the parents agree to leave the country, offering parents a …
For easy retweeting and argument settling: “The Due Process Clause applies to all ‘persons’ within the United States, including aliens, whether their presence here is lawful, unlawful, temporary, or permanent.” Zadvydas v. Davis, 533 U.S. 678 (2001) Due process, including a fair hearing on parental fitness, is required before the government can interfere with a …
(Thread) Trump and the cultural war. Part I: Background Spoiler 1: I believe that Trump’s strategy, to distract from Mueller’s findings, will be to try to ignite a dangerous cultural war. Spoiler 2: Trumpism is all about race. [To continue reading, view here as a Twitter thread]
The government took children from asylum seekers. Many of those children now appear to be lost. Now what? You all did so well with Twitter Law 101 here’s the advanced class. [To continue reading, view here as a Twitter thread]
