#Boasberg then asks how many people are subject to the proclamation & how many people are currently in #ICE custody.

#DOJ says they don't have it. #ACLU also says they don't have it, & points out that the proclamation is vague enough that it's hard for anyone to figure out who is subject.

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#law #Constitution #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #DueProcess #immigration #Venezuela #CivilRights #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #AlienEnemiesAct #Trump

#Boasberg then moves to Lee Gelernt of the #ACLU, asking him whether he wants to respond, & noting again that he doesn't plan to issue any rulings today about whether the order was violated.

Lee begins by pointing out the best way to deal with a #TRO they disagreed with was to obey & then appeal.

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#law #Constitution #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #Trump #AlienEnemiesAct

#Boasberg now asks Lee Gelernt of the #ACLU is there are any other questions that should be asked, & asks him if he objects to the timing of a hearing tomorrow at noon to explain why they won't tell him the information.

Lee says "we're getting very close" to a #ConstitutionalCrisis.

the audio is unclear Lee's comments aren’t all relayed. He says it appears there is an admission that there may have been a flight which left after the order? the third flight?

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#law #Constitution #Trump

#Boasberg is now asking about a third flight identified by the #ACLU that they were asking about, which is I believe what the last bit was about. He gets the #DOJ to confirm no one on that plane was subject to the #AEA proclamation.

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#law #Constitution #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #DueProcess #immigration #Venezuela #CivilRights #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #AlienEnemiesAct #Trump

🧵 coverage of Judge #Boasberg’s hearing via Aaron Reichlin-Melnick:

Chief Judge Boasberg begins the hearing. Lee Gelernt & others from the #ACLU are there in person, along with others from #DemocracyForward.

For the government, appearing are Abishek Kambli & August Flentje.

#law #Constitution #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #DueProcess #immigration #CivilRights #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #Trump

This Is the Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare

Opinion [re arrest of #MahmoudKhalil]
Michelle Goldberg
March 10, 2025

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article - link can be shared. Expires in 30 days.]
[Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel]

"“This seems like one of the biggest threats, if not the biggest threats to First Amendment freedoms in 50 years,” said Brian Hauss, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union. “It’s a direct attempt to punish speech because of the viewpoint it espouses.”"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/opinion/mahmoud-khalil-free-speech.html?unlocked_article_code=1.404.Y_fK.OGBIayggrMEg&smid=url-share

#ACLU #DefendAcademicFreedom
#repression
#DefendFreeSpeech
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump
#media #news #press @palestine

Trump's Order BLOWN APART By Lawsuit As Horrific Guantanamo Truth Surfaces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys0nOV7WGkA

#Guantanamo #USConcentrationCamps #abuse #ICE #Trump #ImmigrationViolation #humanRights #Politics #Abuse #ACLU

“When you have results from an #AI, they are not transparent. Often you cannot trace back where a conclusion came from, or what information it is based on. AIs hallucinate (😵‍💫). If you always train it on data from cases where there are convictions, it will never understand cases where indictments should not be brought,” Jennifer Granick, #ACLU Speech, Privacy, and #Technology Project

#Cellebrite Using AI to Summarize Chat Logs/Audio from Seized Mobile Phones

https://www.404media.co/email/d71fb221-c62a-4def-a912-a76411a1aad5/

"The Trump admin is planning a registry for immigrants in the country illegally, threatening prison time for those who refuse to comply.

Failure to register could subject an immigrant to a $5,000 fine or up to 6 months in prison, docs."

Trump is "out of control." He's targeting undocumented immigrants bc he wants to persecute, dehumanize, demonize, detain, & deport them.

#ACLU #Courts #Immigrants #DueProcess #ImmigrantRights #Detention #MassDeportations #USPol #Resist
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-migrant-registry-jail-time-95c405a7?mod=e2tw

#Zeteo:
"
This Week in Democracy – Week 3: Shadow President Elon Musk in Full Control

Zeteo's new project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term.
"
https://zeteo.com/p/this-week-in-democracy-week-3-musk-trump-usaid-fbi-doe

8.2.2025

#ACLU #authoritarianism #CIA #ConstitutionalEmergency #DEI #Democracy #DOGE #DOJ #EPA #FBI #FCC #Menschenfeindlichkeit #Musk #NARA #NCMEC #NOAA #Staatskrise #TheKennedyCenter #UNRWA #USA #USAID

Trump Will Bulldoze Separation of Church & State
https://progressive.org/op-eds/trump-will-bulldoze-church-state-separation-gaylor-20250121

* Trump2 will exploit religion, pander to white evangelical base

#USpol #USlaw #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #HeritageFoundation #Project2025
#ChristianRight #Catholicism #OpusDei #theocracy #whiteSupremacism #DominionTheocracy
#antiLGBT #ParentalRightsMovement #transphobia
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#FamilyResearchCouncil #FRC #LibsOfTikTok #MomsForLiberty #AcPEDs
#WomensRights #misogyny
#ACLU #GLAAD #HRC #EgaleCanada #PFLAG

#Lawyers and #advocacy #groups advise #members of the #LGBTQ+ #community to take #precautions under #Trump’s #executiveorder

For anyone experiencing #discrimination based on their #genderidentity, #advocacy groups such as #LambdaLegal or the #ACLU, can provide support.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/health/lgbtq-rights-trump-executive-order-wellness/

#Republicans Are Already Trying to Grant #Trump Dangerous Powers

Opinion by #HafizRashid
November 15, 2024

"House Republicans are trying to push through a bill that would give President-Elect #DonaldTrump powers as president to designate #nonprofit organizations as '#TerroristSupporting' even after it was seemingly defeated earlier this week.

"The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act #HR9495 would allow the secretary of the treasury the ability to revoke any nonprofit organization’s tax-exempt status by branding it with a terrorism label. Earlier this week, the bill failed to receive the necessary two-thirds majority in the House to advance to the Senate.

"But on Monday, the House Rules Committee plans to hold a hearing that could set up a new vote on the bill, which initially had the support of all but one Republican and 52 Democrats. With the GOP only holding a seven seat majority in the chamber, they would need the support of more Democrats to advance the bill, which was introduced to combat #protests against #Israel’s war on #Gaza.

"Under any circumstances, the bill would threaten #FirstAmendment rights to #FreeSpeech, but after Trump’s election last week, there are now fears that the president-elect could use these new powers to crack down on his enemies with little recourse. Many #universities and #NewsOutlets are nonprofit organizations in addition to #activist groups.

"After the bill’s initial failure on Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union [#ACLU] celebrated the rejection of 'new broad and easily abused powers.'

"'The freedom to #dissent without fear of government retribution is a vital part of any well-functioning democracy, and now is not the time to grant the executive branch new powers to investigate and functionally shut down and silence its critics,' said Kia Hamadanchy, senior policy counsel for the ACLU, in a statement.

"Now, the bill could be given a retooling and sent up for a vote again, giving a president who has already threatened to use the #military against his critics even more sweeping powers. The question is if #Democrats will recognize the bill as granting dangerous powers to the presidency, or see it as a chance to clamp down on protesters they have tried to ignore at their peril for the past year.'"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-are-already-trying-to-grant-trump-dangerous-powers/ar-AA1uaihv

#ClampDown #WorkingForTheClampDown #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DonTheFascistCon #StopHR9495
#CriminalizingDissent #KristiNoem
#Blackwater #ErikPrince #Autocracy
#SilencingDissent #ClimateActivists
#AntiWarActivists #WaterProtectors
#PeaceActivists #ClimateJustice #Protests #StandWithStandingRock
#GazaGenocide #LebanonGenocide

Sounds like #ACLU will have its hands full time to protect #Haitians, #Venezuelans and #Ukrainians

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/us/trump-immigrants-temporary-protected-status.html #Trump #TrumpFascist #DonaldTrump #ukraine #Haiti #Venezuela

#ACLU took out a full-page ad in the #NYT
Time to say we are not taking any of it, back the fuck up !!

#TrumpAdministration #election2024 #Fascism #Resistance

#ACLU Releases Legal, Legislative, and Advocacy Roadmap to Fight Executive Power Abuses in a Second Trump Administration

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-releases-legal-legislative-and-advocacy-roadmap-to-fight-executive-power-abuses-in-a-second-trump-administration