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Heidi Li Feldman
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social
Law professor (emeritus), philosopher, progressive. Committed to rule of law and pluralistic democracy. Interests include art, books, history, science, cats, sharp wit. Boosts are not necessarily endorsements.
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A.M.A.S. has demonstrated a quintessential violation of the individual rights protected in the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights passed immediately upon the founding of the United States. This is what has the judge so firmly against ICE’s treatment of A.M.A.S.
The judge also takes a swipe at the Roberts Court’s shadow docket ruling, calling it an “unreasoned order staying a class-wide preliminary injunction.” 8/
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@StaceyCornelius@zeroes.ca You must have needed that rest. Good that you got it.
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Paterson Police Department Announces Promotions of 21 Members https://www.njoag.gov/paterson-police-department-announces-promotions-of-21-members/
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Colorado slated to receive $2.1M from nationwide settlement with Sandoz over illegal generic drug price hikes and collusion https://coag.gov/press-releases/colorado-slated-to-receive-2-1m-from-nationwide-settlement-with-sandoz-over-illegal-generic-drug-price-hikes-and-collusion/
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#LandOfAction has a new Election Day of Action for southeast #NewMexico. Help spread our call for a special election protection team. https://www.landofaction.org/stepping-up-for-every-vote-southeast-nm-needs-watchers/
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The fight for constitutional democracy in the U.S. is not only being waged by progressives. There are people, like the judge in A.M.A.S., whose policy views are almost certainly antithetical to progressivism who are nevertheless not caving to the Republican Fascists. Such people are going to be crucial in the fight to have the 2026 election be conducted freely and fairly and the actual results properly respected and implemented. 13/
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Two charged with 37 felonies in bank fraud operation involving home equity line of credit accounts https://coag.gov/press-releases/two-charged-with-37-felonies-in-bank-fraud-operation-involving-home-equity-line-of-credit-accounts/
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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Attempted Aggravated Sexual Assault https://www.njoag.gov/pennsylvania-man-sentenced-to-seven-years-in-prison-for-attempted-aggravated-sexual-assault/
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Attorney General Remarks: Colorado’s Path Forward in Fighting Discrimination (Oct. 3, 2026) https://coag.gov/blog-post/attorney-general-remarks-colorados-path-forward-in-fighting-discrimination-oct-3-2026/
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Attorney General Phil Weiser challenges EPA rollback of power plant pollution limits https://coag.gov/press-releases/weiser-challenges-epa-rollback-of-power-plant-pollution-limits/
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That’s the point of overlap between my commitments, beliefs and values and those reflected in the judge’s opinion ordering the Trump regime to bring A.M.A.S. back from Equatorial Guinea. Not a large point of overlap, but a fundamental one. 15/15
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Attorney General Rayfield Holds Drug Company Accountable for Driving Up Costs of Medications https://www.doj.state.or.us/media-home/news-media-releases/ag-rayfield-holds-drug-company-accountable-for-driving-up-medication-costs/
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@FerdiMagellan@aus.social I too have had many and not always had side effects. But sometimes I have.
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AG Davenport Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards https://www.njoag.gov/ag-davenport-joins-lawsuit-challenging-trump-administrations-rollback-of-fuel-economy-standards/
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The trial court judge is rightly saying that the government cannot violate somebody’s due process rights by spiriting them out of the U.S. and then assert that foreign policy considerations legitimate the constitutional violation. 10/
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HAWAIʻI SECURES UP TO $45 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH MONSANTO OVER PCB CONTAMINATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES https://ag.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/News-Release-2026-57.pdf
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Attorney General Rayfield Moves to Block DuPont from Shielding Its Assets Over “Forever Chemical” Cleanup Costs https://www.doj.state.or.us/media-home/news-media-releases/ag-rayfield-moves-to-block-dupont-from-shielding-assets-over-chemical-cleanup-costs/
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Attorney General Remarks at the 2026 Babi Yar Commemoration (Sept. 30, 2026) https://coag.gov/blog-post/attorney-general-remarks-at-the-2026-babi-yar-commemoration-sept-30-2026/
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Court Rules Marijuana Business, Bliss Corporate, Inc., Illegally Violated Protected Wetlands in Iosco County https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2026/10/02/court-rules-marijuana-business-violated-wetlands-in-iosco-county
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Talking Points Memo recap and context re Georgia Elections Board. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1559322
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The parts of the opinion explaining why the Roberts Court shadow docket ruling in D.V.D does not control are rather technical. In a nutshell, the judge says that D.V.D. is a class action and involves questions about whether an entire class can assert due process and related claims. In contrast, A.M.A.S. is now bringing an individual claim based on particularized facts showing that his individual right to due process was violated. 7/
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Case is A.M.A.S. v. Markwayne Mullin. Full opinion at https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1518375/gov.uscourts.azd.1518375.14.0.pdf
Bottom line: the judge is furious that while a habeas petition was pending in his court, the Trump regime whisked the plaintiff onto an airplane with absolutely no notice of where he was being sent. This meant he had no opportunity to assert a credible fear of being packed off to Equatorial Guinea. 2/
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Attorney General Weiser secures $2.86 million settlement over alleged false billing for Colorado prison health care staffing https://coag.gov/press-releases/weiser-secures-settlement-over-alleged-false-billing-for-colorado-prison-health-care-staffing/
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He was placed in immigration detention. In April 2026, he filed for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking release from detention and protection from removal to a 3rd country without notice. 4/
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Attorney General Phil Weiser joins lawsuit challenging federal fuel economy standards rollbacks https://coag.gov/press-releases/attorney-general-phil-weiser-joins-lawsuit-challenging-federal-fuel-economy-standards-rollbacks/
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Efficiency tip. Get your flu and covid vaccines at the same time. Worry about falling behind with tasks when side effects kick in. Frantically fit in as much as you can before then.
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Attorney General Rayfield Takes Action to Stop Trump Administration from Gutting Fuel Economy Standards https://www.doj.state.or.us/media-home/news-media-releases/ag-rayfield-takes-action-to-stop-trump-from-gutting-fuel-economy-standards/
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Attorney General Ellison wins protections from Corteva to lower pesticide prices for farmers https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/09/28_Corteva.asp
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Attorney General’s Office and Clearwater County Attorney’s Office secure conviction for second-degree murder https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/10/02_Logan.asp
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‘A desperate and dangerous attack on American judicial independence’: Attorney General Ellison statement on DOJ complaint against Minnesota federal ju... https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/09/30_DOJ.asp
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AG Davenport, DEP Commissioner Potosnak Announce Two Natural Resource Damages Settlements https://www.njoag.gov/ag-davenport-dep-commissioner-potosnak-announce-two-natural-resource-damages-settlements/
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I am proudly progressive. I believe that an ever-improved constitutional democracy is key to ever having government pursue progressive measures and policies. But I also believe that constitutional democracy is the route to justice more fundamentally. It is the way to have government that respects individual human dignity. 14/
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In September, the plaintiff filed a new complaint alleging that his removal to Equatorial Guinea with no notice and therefore no opportunity to assert credible fear of persecution there violated his federal constitutional right to due process. He also made some other, related claims. He asked the court to order the Trump regime to get him back to the U.S.
Today, the trial judge ordered that relief. 6/
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you should be prepared for polling error. There will probably be some. But "nobody can tell you with any confidence ahead of time which direction it’ll run. This election looks like a blue wave whether you’re looking at fundamentals, state polls, or other indicators. If the current map shocks you, the thing to reconsider may not be the polls, but your own personal priors."
#VoteEarly to build the #BlueTsunami
#NoKings 10/17/2026
Polls and "fundamentals" basically agree
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-10-04-sunday-roundup-polls-fundamentals-senate-blue
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Attorney General Nessel Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration’s Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2026/10/05/ag-nessel-joins-lawsuit-challenging-trump-administration-rollback-of-fuel-economy-standards
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Two days after plaintiff filed for habeas, before the court ruled, ICE forcibly put plaintiff on a plane to Equatorial Guinea, with no notice to him. Equatorial Guinea is a cesspool of human rights abuses. Along with others sent there by the Trump regime, A.M.A.S has been subject to physical and psychological torture. 5/
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The judge also rejected the Trump regime’s argument that diplomatic assurances from Equatorial Guinea that it would not mistreat people sent there substitutes for an individual’s right to be given notice of removal to a 3rd party country and an opportunity to show credible fear.
Important bc Trump regime will try to get Roberts Court to say that the entire case is not justiciable because it relates to foreign affairs. 9/
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Attorney General Rayfield Sues to Restore Limits on Power Plant Pollution https://www.doj.state.or.us/media-home/news-media-releases/ag-rayfield-sues-to-restore-limits-on-power-plant-pollution/
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Jamie Lee Voelker sentenced to 12 ½ years for 2nd-degree murder of his mother, 1st-degree burglary https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/10/02_Voelker.asp
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Plaintiff is a green card holder originally brought to the U.S. as a child, from Egypt. He was convicted of a crime. On that basis ICE sought to have him removed back to Egypt. An immigration judge authorized removal but deferred removal to Egypt based on plaintiff’s credible fear of persecution there. 3/
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Warren Woman Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud, Filing a False $374,000 Tax Refund Return https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2026/10/05/warren-woman-sentenced-for-mortgage-fraud-filing-a-false-374k-tax-refund-return
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Attorney General Ellison files lawsuit challenging Trump Administration’s illegal rollback of fuel-economy standards https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2026/10/02_Fuel-Economy-Standards.asp
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Court Sides with Attorney General Rayfield, Allows RealPage Rent-Pricing Case to Move Forward https://www.doj.state.or.us/media-home/news-media-releases/court-sides-with-ag-rayfield-allows-realpage-rent-pricing-case-to-move-forward/
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That one Trump-appointed trial court judge has made a stand for due process when the government has so clearly failed to provide it might seem small. One might think, well, that’s the least that any self-respecting judge could do.
There’s something to this point. 11/
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But, that a Trump-appointed judge has taken this stand against the Trump regime, in the run-up to an election Trump and other Republican Fascists are clearly planning to disrupt and whose results they clearly will try to ignore, is meaningful. 12/
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