Dahlia Lithwick

Here's how to cover things that are illegal:

(i) this is illegal
(ii) they say it's legal
(iii) It's not

Truth sandwich, extra mustard

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com

Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.

Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship

The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.

For those folks who have been waiting to climb the pole and ring the “constitutional crisis” bell, it would appear we have arrived. Neither Judge Sorokin nor Judge Boasberg believed that he was signing a meaningless order, and both judges demanded compliance that never came.

We’ve Officially Entered the Next Phase of Trump’s Dictatorship Era

Taken together, these actions and declarations amount to a significant escalation in Trump’s transformation of his own presidency into an autocracy.

By all that is holy, if and when SCOTUS decides that birthright citizenship is protected in the Constitution, don't let the 3-3-3 numpties tell you this is a moderate, centrist court. Rejecting an a-textual stupid Hail Mary doesn't cash out to a push when it comes to eviscerating the VRA today.

lawyers: your bat signal has been activated

P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social

The American Bar Association has just called upon every attorney, regardless of their political views, to join them & stand up for the rule of law & at minimum insist that our government "follow the law." Every lawyer has an ethical responsibility to do so. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

@hcrichardson.bsky.social
“Let’s get in good trouble.

“My friend, madam president, I yield the floor.”

According to Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, before he was through, Booker’s speech had been liked on TikTok 400 million times.

April 1, 2025

Today Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made history.

heartbreaking
Rest in Power Cecile Richards
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Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died

Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.

Wins 2025 hands down

@booker.senate.gov says the answer to "what should I do?" is "something. do something." One thing more than you are doing now. Help another person. Get out of bed.

"It's only til the midterms" is not a plan

sign an executive order into law is not how any of this works

Jeremy Stahl @jeremystahl.bsky.social

Fun one from today that nobody seems to be clocking amidst all the more substantive chaos. The White House comms department is now declaring that Trump can now "sign [an] executive order into law" without a bill passing Congress. Have never seen this language from a prior White House.

No rapist left behind

Financial Times @financialtimes.com

Donald Trump pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers https://www.ft.com/content/3f951e0b-a9cb-489a-be89-fdf9f996ed27

Donald Trump pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers

Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime and money laundering

saying the staggeringly obvious out loud. Happy holidays to you and yours.

Two Damning Investigations Are a Stark Reminder of What We Stand to Lose

Republican objections to these investigations tell us something about their cynical worldview.

you really can't mollify these guys. It's not about the law it's about fealty

DOJ places attorney on leave after struggling in Maryland migrant case

The DOJ has placed on leave the attorney who argued on behalf of the U.S. in a lawsuit brought by a man who was deported to El Salvador in error, sources told ABC News.

this is beyond belief
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Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family

On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.

Slotkin is a kazillion times smarter than Hegseth. It burns

Not The Onion
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DHS Is Considering Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete for Citizenship

“This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants,” says the producer behind the pitch.

Staggering compliment from Kid 2 just now: "Mom, you're a Jack of a Small Number of Trades."

Judge Millett: The President has to comply with the constitution and laws like everybody else."

"The point of this kind of flex isn’t Jim Comey any more than it’s Tish James or the New York Times. The point is that after he comes for them, he can come for you. That’s how authoritarians work, how they have always worked, and it’s why it’s useful to read the Niemöller poem backward."

The James Comey Indictment Is Huge. The Reaction So Far Is Exactly What They Want.

Why it’s useful to read the Niemöller poem backward.

Very much enjoying Alito citing multiple foreign sources today....

Signed because this is the lowest hanging fruit on the transparency tree

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social

I was, of course, pleased to sign this letter from a wide range of esteemed Supreme Court reporters calling on the justices to live-stream audio of opinion announcements. There is no reason this audio should be withheld for months, as the court does now. www.scotusblog.com/2025/06/repo...

Reporters call for live-streaming opinion announcements

On June 7, 2024, a large group of reporters covering the Supreme Court (including this reporter) sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, asking him to consider live-streaming the […]

with boundless respect for the man and his team who stood up for the law and accountability.
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Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned after submitting his Trump report, Justice Department says

Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump.

Joyce is one of the true warriors of this present time; indefatigable on her substack, on her podcast, on TV, and in her commitment to the belief that democracy depends on ordinary humans doing extraordinary things. Today is a great day to thank her for showing up for the rest of us, every day.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social

It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC

an important column. This won't revert back to normal by acting like its normal.
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Opinion | There Is No Going Back (Gift Article)

The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.