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But law firms are in a special position. They don’t just use the legal system; they play a critical role in creating and upholding it. Even more than other private actors, such as universities and media companies, law firms and lawyers have an established duty to uphold the integrity of the system they work in, …
Keeping up with 2025 executive orders and related litigation – Michelle M. LaLonde, Michigan Bar Journal, October 2025. “One of the most memorable photographs from the 2025 presidential inauguration showed President Trump at the Resolute Desk with a large pile of binders as he signed new executive orders (EOs) targeting his highest-priority campaign issues. Since then, …
The Verge – no paywall – “The agency’s latest surveillance contract is an ’assault’ on democracy and free speech. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement carries out raids across the country, the agency is working rapidly to expand an online surveillance system that could potentially track millions of users on the web. Federal records The “real-time …
DefectTechTimes – “The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly signed a new $5.7 million deal to use advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software for social media surveillance. Federal records show that ICE will now have access to a system called Zignal Labs, a platform that can analyze more than 8 billion online posts every …
Washington Post via MSN: “Smaller law firms are being pressed to their limits as they try to pick up the legal slack. The largest law firms in the United States have been far less likely to challenge President Donald Trump’s policies than they were during his first term, and smaller firms are carrying much more …
Gizmodo: “To put it bluntly, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in a complete freefall. Under the reign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the longtime crank turned U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, thousands of people have lost their jobs, the organization’s policies have been hijacked by allies of the anti-vaccination movement, …
ProPublica: “…Although ICE is conducting itself out in the open, even inviting conservative social media influencers to accompany its agents on high-profile raids, the agency operates in darkness. The identities of DHS officers, their salaries and their operations have long been withheld for security reasons and generally exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information …
The Verge Jamie Siminoff’s new book, Ding Dong charts how his video doorbell startup turned into a home security behemoth. A set of changes to TikTok’s law enforcement policy make it easier for the company to share users’ personal information with government and “regulatory authorities.” TikTok did not respond to repeated questions about the changes. …
Salon – The far-right gang has been fully absorbed by Trump’s White House: “The first thing to understand about antifa is that it is not real. Yes, as a journalist, I’m obligated to offer some throat-clearing nuance: There is a thing called antifa that has existed for a long time, in the sense that there have …
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The Hill: “New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday said the state would launch a portal for residents to provide pictures and videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents operating in New York City and the rest of the state. The effort comes after a high-profile ICE raid on Canal Street in New …
NiemanLab: “Between May and October 2025, homepage snapshots fell by 87% across 100 news publications. ..The Wayback Machine, an initiative from the nonprofit Internet Archive, has been archiving the webpages of news outlets — alongside millions of other websites — for nearly three decades. Earlier this month, it announced that it will soon archive its …
