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Millions showed up for “No Kings” protests against Trump’s authoritarianism, economic oligarchy, and imperialist war in Iran.
How can the legal sector work with organizers to turn that energy into a mass movement that defeats authoritarianism in the U.S.?

Mocked up postage stamp with an image of a mother in profile holding a baby and kissing their cheek. In the background, the US flay and butterflies. Below the image the word "TPS for Haiti Saves Lives."

One step closer with today's House vote! #KeepThemHome

ICE-Tracking Apps Have Helped People Avoid Immigration Agents. Are They Legal? ICEBlock was meant to help people avoid immigration enforcement. The Trump Administration claims that the app endangered the agents of its mass-deportation campaign.

Community networks are now building resilience.

Here’s how tech resistance is trying to catch the surveillance dragnet.

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Read more from Minnesotan organizers on how they organized at every level, block-by-block rapid response to make their resistance a force to be reckoned with.

Why Was Minnesota’s Resistance to ICE the Strongest Yet? We asked five organizers to take us inside the Twin Cities’ response.

Organizing works. Strategy works. When communities move together with clear demand, federal agents face pressure to operate differently.

hammerandhope.org/forums/minne...

Trump Called My Neighbors “Paid Agitators.” This is Who They Really Are. After ICE came to Minneapolis, ProPublica journalist Peter DiCampo saw his community step up to patrol the streets, drive strangers to work and provide aid to families in hiding. These are his…

They deliver food to 100+ families. They coordinate drivers. They patrol schools. They sit outside the federal building. They pray. They show up.

Minnesota is teaching the country what resistance looks like when it’s built on solidarity, not spectacle.

projects.propublica.org/why-minneapo...

ICE at the airport is just the beginning The expansion of enforcement inside U.S. travel hubs is less about immigration than about normalizing surveillance

What we saw in the last couple of weeks is straight from the authoritarian playbook. When people don’t know where they can move safely, they stop moving. They stop organizing. They stop resisting. We can and must deploy the resistance playbook in response.
www.salon.com/2026/03/26/i...

Why We Have to Fight Back Against ICE Protesters’ Terror Convictions For years, Trump has been throwing hefty charges at protesters and seeing if he can win convcitions. He always failed — until now.

“Guilt by literature.” Anarchist zines as evidence. Opinion pieces flagged as terrorism support. This is what happens when the regime decides your reading list is a crime.

theintercept.com/2026/03/17/i...

You don’t get to add “but” to this sentence.

Democrats sue to block Trump’s ‘unlawful’ order targeting mail-in voting At the center of the lawsuit is the core constitutional principle that presidents do not control elections.

After Trump signed a sweeping executive order attacking mail-in voting, Democrats said: “See you in court. You will lose.”

While the legal challenges to the order rapidly rise, the president, when signing the directive, appeared ready to start trying to pressure judges who might hear them.

We know the authoritarian playbook. We've seen it before and now we're seeing it here in the United States. Don't worry. The people have a playbook too.
horizonsproject.us/authoritarianism-how-you...

This combined with the subpoenas DHS is sending to Google, Meta, and other tech companies, results in the federal government’s building of a panopticon to track dissent.

Is ICE taking DNA from protesters? What we know People who have been apprehended by federal agents at immigration protests and on their way to way work say they had samples of their DNA taken.

ICE’s collection of DNA from arrested protesters is the latest in their plans to add to their mass surveillance infrastructure.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

This marks the first time the DOJ successfully weaponized “material support for terrorism” against activists they labeled as “Antifa.” One defendant was convicted for moving a box of zines. We should all be concerned about what this means for expressing dissent.

Anti-ICE activists convicted on terrorism charges Last week, a federal jury convicted eight protesters on terrorism charges in a monumental trial that could have far-reaching implications on the U.S. government’s ability to crack down on activism.

ICYMI: Eight people were convicted on federal terrorism charges for their participation in a protest outside Prairieland Detention Center in Texas.

mondoweiss.net/2026/03/powe...

We are all Americans. This attack on our children and families’ constitutional rights won't stand.

Some of you may have heard me rant about “movement lawyers” who can’t/won’t/don’t have the skills/experience to do what movements need us to do which is fight & defend people when the state deploys legal machinery to wage war on resistance.

This is your chance to get skilled up & get in formation 👇🏽

thank you for flagging for us. We will do that in the following posts. 🙏

‘People should be scared’: convictions in US ‘antifa’ trial set dangerous precedent Experts say verdict gives Trump officials scope to crack down on leftwing views using spurious ‘terrorism’ label

"Experts said they were alarmed by the way prosecutors pointed to things such as the protesters’ use of Signal to communicate, dressing in dark clothing, and reading leftwing literature in a book club to make the case that the demonstrators were engaged in a coordinated group."

The Supreme Court Has Never Heard a Case As Easy As This One Oral argument in the birthright citizenship case will reveal just how gone this six-justice conservative supermajority really is.

Trump's birthright citizenship argument is historically wrong, and I wrote about some* of the reasons why

*just some of them bc there are maaannyy and I wanted to finish writing sometime this century. like I don't have all day

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...

**LEGAL RESISTANCE FELLOWSHIP** We're still taking applications for our Legal Resistance Defense Fellowship! If you're a criminal defense lawyer looking for ways to support organizers fighting for social justice, this is your chance. More details can be found at movementlawlab.org/lrd-fellowship

'No Kings' Forecast to Be Biggest Ever Anti-Trump Protest Trump has the highest disapproval rating of any President at this point in his presidency in this century.

ICE in airports, high gas prices caused by a war the U.S. has started in Iran, and authoritarianism on full display. Why wouldn't people come out March 28?
Find your nearest event 👉 www.nokings.org

T.S.A. Union Leaders Blast Trump’s Deployment of ICE Agents in Airports

“All ICE is doing is just getting in the way.”

ICE doesn't belong in airports, or anywhere else for that matter.

3/25/26 at 6 pm ET/3 pm PT: movementlawlab-org.zoom.us/j/84213346352

TODAY @ 6 pm ET: We're having an info session for legal folks interested in learning about our Legal Resistance Defense Fellowship. Zoom link in comments. 👇

Do I Have the Right to Film ICE? Despite government attacks against protesters and the press, documenting interactions with law enforcement and federal agents is protected by the First Amendment. Here’s what you need to know.

Yes.

ICE agents don't get to carve out a First Amendment exception for themselves.

Federal Judges Are Slowly Realizing They Can Treat Trump Like Anyone Else Federal judges have been reluctant to hold the Trump administration in contempt for violating court orders. Now, they are getting impatient.

“This Court would never allow a private attorney or litigant to rely on an ‘I’m too busy’ excuse to justify disobedience of a court order, the Government is no different.” - Judge Provinzino @ballsandstrikes.org

The Trump Admin is illegally detaining people– despite judges’ orders, overwhelming the judicial system and brazenly violating the rights of thousands. This is no longer democracy. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

“Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully.”