Alison Pahlkotter

Alison Pahlkotter

@alisonp.bsky.social

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As with our case involving Peter Sean Brown and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, another native-born U.S. citizen is reportedly held in ICE detention near Tallahassee.

Jackie Llanos@llanosjackie.bsky.social

🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.

Alison Pahlkotter reposted

"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action. "It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us." www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...

nbcboston.com‘Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from CanadaBachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont

I would love for members of the house to say what's their red line? What gets them to file articles of impeachment? At what point has an administration official crossed a line that means for you to uphold your oath you submit articles of impeachment?

What happened today is just the most recent and potentially most dangerous symptom of the ethical vacancy in DC. Positions of trust like lawyer and judge and doctor and even gov't employee all have strict ethics because of the dangers to the people they serve if they don't follow them.

theguardian.comDramatic sell-off of US government bonds as tariff war panic deepensFalling demand suggests loss of financial confidence in US as Donald Trump escalates trade standoff with China

Our congress needs to insist on those ethics and take action when those they are responsible to provide oversight for fail to follow them. I'm not going to outline every one of the guilty members of this administration. Their unethical and illegal behavior has happened in broad daylight.

Inaction will only lead to more suffering for our country and we simply don't know when the next spark they throw will set fire to the justice system or the economy in a disastrous way that may be unrecoverable for God knows how long.

Alison Pahlkotter reposted

very excited to learn that the constitution allows the federal government to disappear people to foreign gulags beyond the reach of any judicial remedy

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social

NEW: Chief Justice Roberts has issued an administrative stay in the Abrego Garcia case, temporarily relieving the Trump administration of its duty to return him from El Salvador. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Alison Pahlkotter reposted

ChatGPT ass presidency

Philipp Heimberger@heimbergecon.bsky.social

Incredible. The Trump administration calculated "tariff rates" by taking the US trade deficit with the respective country and dividing it by the country's exports to the US. And then the tariff rate of the US is often just set by cutting that made-up "tariff rate" in half.

Alison Pahlkotter reposted

1/ Important legal 🧵 This is problematic & weaponizes sanctions against attorneys litigating against the federal government. I’ve had attorneys try to use sanctions as an intimidation tactic under the guise that my clients’ lawsuits are frivolous. I fought back and won each time. But it’s

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

It’s a long “memorandum,” but it’s essentially telling Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem to go after lawyers who challenge the federal government — which is many lawyer’s jobs. It’s basically a catch-all “let’s Paul Weiss whoever pisses us off” memo.

Ditto. Due process is fundamental to a functioning country and we must protect it from those who want to destroy it.

Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social

Proud to be a member of the State Bar of Michigan, which has issued a statement explaining the importance of the rule of law and an independent judiciary.

Process isn't sexy. It isn't cool. It is often boring and tedious but it helps to keep us safe. Anyone who wants to bulldoze process when it comes to people's lives is a dangerous person and should not be anywhere near power.

Alison Pahlkotter reposted

kind of incredible to me that no one wants to be a john quincy adams

Reconstructionist@unavaleable.bsky.social

The American tradition of former presidents just melting away into the set dressing once their done is a hindrance right now

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