"The Constitution requires [law enforcement officers] to go outside of the executive branch to another branch of government to have their case assessed, so that there’s some sort of reasoned, neutral inquiry,” @kristyparker.bsky.social told @zjmontague.bsky.social.

Read his piece on our new case ⬇️

So rude.

I feel like in 20 years, a fully gray Mike Johnson is going to sit down for a warm interview with some major media personality and try to explain why he did what he's doing. And I think that it should receive the response that effort will deserve.

Never forget.

The Government Is Making Decisions for You Without You The tools for public engagement still exist. The law still requires agencies to listen. What’s missing is the support people need to participate in ways that actually make a difference.

Something to share with friends who don’t understand all the ways the Trump adminstration is destroying the basic tools of democracy. From my friend Rebecca Bond. open.substack.com/pub/justicec...

“Typically, when someone is the target of a criminal investigation, it’s unusual to dissemble with the target’s lawyer about what the charges might be that close to an indictment. It’s not how federal prosecutors are supposed to conduct themselves" said our own @kristyparker.bsky.social ⬇️

Yet more evidence that there’s no reason to ever assume that the Trump DOJ is using the government’s law enforcement powers in a legitimate way.

Duh

No one.

That was a terrible exhibition of professional football.

Is he asking each candidate what steps he will take to stop Josh from turning the ball over 4 times in a playoff game?

0x Super Bowl participant

My colleagues and I filed this brief on behalf amici to support Sen. Kelly’s defense of his First Amendment rights in the face of the Trump administration’s effort to intimidate retired military personnel from participating in govt. Please read and speak out however you can. All voices matter.

Cities and states must hold ICE accountable for violence. The feds won’t | Kristy Parker and Samantha Trepel As former federal prosecutors, we know an incident like the Minneapolis shooting must be followed by a credible inquiry

What we're reading: “As former federal prosecutors, we know an incident like the Minneapolis shooting must be followed by a credible inquiry.”

@kristyparker.bsky.social and Samantha Trepel write in The Guardian about how cities and states must hold ICE accountable for violence.

I am officially blocking anyone in my timeline who ever again says Josh Allen is the best player in NFL.

Baseless and vindictive on its face. And made possible by John Roberts, who via Trump v. US told Trump that he could break the law with impunity.

Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.

The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.

From my former colleague Sam Trepel and me. Will
it be hard? Yes. But states can play a huge role in preserving the rule of law.

So she was a diligent citizen who contributed to her local community and was taking steps to review the performance of the government that represents her.

Cities and states must hold ICE accountable for violence. The feds won’t | Kristy Parker and Samantha Trepel As former federal prosecutors, we know an incident like the Minneapolis shooting must be followed by a credible inquiry

Two former DOJ prosecutors @kristyparker.bsky.social and Sam Trepel on how our feds are abdicating holding officials accountable to the Constitution and how states instead need to do that work and how, including through our efforts to pass new state remedy laws: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Bye Bye, Birdies. 🏈

The agents of an open legitimate democratic state should never act this way.

Prosecutors in DOJ's Civil Rights Division will not investigate Minneapolis ICE shooting, sources say Prosecutors in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division were told they will not play a role in the investigation into a fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by an ICE officer, two sources said.

In case you were still wondering whether there would be a legitimate federal investigation of the Minneapolis ICE shooting by the the federal government whose top officials have already prejudged it and disparaged the victim, you can stop. www-cbsnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbsn...

Bingo!

Always important to read @jackgoldsmith.bsky.social, but to the extent he's suggesting there's any presidential practice or OLC precedent supporting sustained occupation of a foreign nation w/o congressional authorization, I'm not aware of it (& he cites none). /1

It's crystal clear: a pending criminal indictment does NOT cure the clear illegality of this attack under int'l law. It violated the UN Charter in just the same way Russia's attack on Ukraine did. And unlike our 1989 Panama invasion, there seems not even a pretense of a threat to Americans there.

Looking forward to finding out from the CBS evening news what everyday average Americans think is important about Trump unilaterally attacking a foreign country and capturing its president.

Mainstream media —and some Never Trump Republicans—portraying this guy as a “return to normal” is a sign of how poorly understood the authoritarian movement remains in the minds of many American elites. It’s also a sign of how many actually embrace authoritarianism.

This is the world Justice Kavanaugh sanctioned in his foolish & unnecessary concurring opinion to the Court’s order in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo. His hopes of cleaning up that blunder with a plaintive footnote in last week’s concurring opinion in Trump v. Illinois, demonstrates his staggering naïveté.

always amazed to see the ways people will debase themselves for free