Illinois lawmakers are continuing to debate reform efforts around controversial no-knock search warrants.
State Reps. Kam Buckner (D-Chicago) and Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar (D-Chicago) joined “Chicago Tonight” to provide perspectives on HB1611. news.wttw.com/2026/04/13/s...
HAPPENING NOW: Ongoing status hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's civil case.
The government is seeking to deport him to Liberia.
Abrego has said he would be willing to go to Costa Rica (which previously agreed to accept him).
A number of Jackson Park's cherry trees are in bloom and more are preparing to burst with blossoms, a rite of spring that’s as bewitching as it is unpredictable.
This might sound bad but don't worry, future papers written by AI will criticize these tens of thousands of papers written by AI for being written by AI
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
No kings except Regina
New study on attorneys finding “no merit” in their own clients appeals exposes a problem that had been buried in appellate procedure for far too long. A must read Harvard Law Review article co authored by a recipient of one of these Finley briefs follows
![It is inexplicable why the Bastrop County District Attorney’s Office refuses to allow DNA testing of the belt that
was used to kill Stites, despite the very substantial possibility that such testing could exculpate Reed and identify
the real killer. It is also inexplicable why the courts below
did not proceed with more caution and carefully consider
each of Reed’s arguments, especially given that his claim
implicates the “constitutionally intolerable” possibility of
the “execution of a[n] . . . innocent person.” Herrera v. Collins, 506 U. S. 390, 419 (1993) (O’Connor, J., concurring).
The Court should vacate the Fifth Circuit’s judgment and
remand the case for the Fifth Circuit to address Reed’s argument in the first instance. Because the Court refuses to
do so, the State will likely execute Reed without the world
ever knowing whether Reed’s or Fennell’s DNA is on the
murder weapon, even though a simple DNA test could reveal that information. I respectfully dissent.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreigzqf7es64cjqwwbmakuxshybiutbqvfgxt3swepisava3n3v4o74)
It is inexplicable why the Bastrop County District Attorney’s Office refuses to allow DNA testing of the belt that was used to kill Stites, despite the very substantial possibility that such testing could exculpate Reed and identify the real killer. It is also inexplicable why the courts below did not proceed with more caution and carefully consider each of Reed’s arguments, especially given that his claim implicates the “constitutionally intolerable” possibility of the “execution of a[n] . . . innocent person.” Herrera v. Collins, 506 U. S. 390, 419 (1993) (O’Connor, J., concurring). The Court should vacate the Fifth Circuit’s judgment and remand the case for the Fifth Circuit to address Reed’s argument in the first instance. Because the Court refuses to do so, the State will likely execute Reed without the world ever knowing whether Reed’s or Fennell’s DNA is on the murder weapon, even though a simple DNA test could reveal that information. I respectfully dissent.
The Supreme Court refuses to review the 5th Circuit's extremely dubious ruling against Rodney Reed's request for a DNA test, which could prove the death row inmate's innocence. (There is a very good chance he is innocent!) All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
An absolutely excruciating moment at the Georgia Supreme Court this week.
Justice Peterson pressed state attorney Deborah Leslie over her citations to cases that apparently don’t exist.
Congratulations @julianastratton.bsky.social poised to become one of only a few Black women in the US Senate.
It is amazing to see 3L Ruben Pinuelas go from being an exoneree to being involved in exonerating another person who was wrongfully convicted. We are so proud to know Ruben and have him in our community.
Exactly right
The more you see of the Epstein stuff, the more it feels institutional much more than personal, an architecture of business and influence of which sexual abuse was a subcomponent. This brief history of systems protecting elite malfeasance and deviance going back to the Gilded Age is good context.
A goddess who could summon crustaceans from the deep, leaping directly into her hands
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson ordered CPD to investigate U.S. immigration agents for potential prosecution
He said Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke was "in complete support." She later said she hadn't been briefed.
Via @mitchtrout.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...
Would love to see Chicago’s own Eileen Burke sign on to this. With exception of Minneapolis, these are not jurisdictions with large ICE presence right now.
Surprised to learn that my state does not require attorneys to disclose when they use AI. Overview of state rules and policies here: stateline.org/2026/01/26/a...
Must read by Ta-Nehisi Coates on what happened on Minnesota.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
Paywall bypass here.
archive.ph/0TUGt
Indeed. In my case the pivot to remote learning is to spare students from frigid temps cause our Uni decided to stay open…it’s two degrees
Now seems like a good time to remember that Justice Scalia claimed no one had ever been falsely executed. When we see how little evidence it took to convict this Aftican American man in Dallas in 1954, can there be any doubt that there are others? abcnews.go.com/US/tommy-lee...
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
I feel like it’s a bad omen for 2026 that I witnessed squirrel cannibalism today. I don’t have a picture. You’ll have to take my word for it.
The @chicagotribune.com did back of the envelope math and conservatively found that Operation Midway Blitz cost the taxpayer $59 million. Good reporting from @danvock.bsky.social
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/04/o...
13k per arrest
Consider also that prosecutors use AI to summarize AI-written police reports. We’re trying to discern the truth through a machine- driven game of telephone.
Posse comitatus! No national guard in IL without our Governors consent. A Christmas miracle
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
