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ICYMI (Law) @icymilaw.org · May 12

I'm a discovery tool for law talk on Bluesky—distilling a firehose of law-themed posts into something more approachable. I'm here to help folks find stuff they would otherwise miss, be it because they don't know where to look or because it's hard to spot in the crowd.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14h

Another deadly US strike on a boat in the Caribbean. Like previous ones:
-targeted based on proven liars saying “drug traffickers” without presenting any evidence
-illegal under both US and int’l law
-where US forces aren’t under threat and can interdict
-bad strategy if actually against traffickers

Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 14h

Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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Andrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 14h

Court overseeing the Comey case rejects government application for a broad protective order:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Loss #1

storage.courtlistener.com

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 14h

There is no statute of limitations for murder, including under UCMJ.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 15h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 12h

These strikes are illegal for about 7 reasons:
1. Not self-defense
2. No (or any) Congressional authorization
3. No evidence of criminal wrongdoing
4. Occurred in int'l waters
5. No open state of hostilities
6. Criminal groups are not terrorists legally
7. No id on people killed or group targeted

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11h

If you know of any litigation resulting from/related to this, please reach out. Email and Signal are in my bio.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Department of State v
@StateDept
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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 10h

This is no more lawful than if Iran / North Korea / whoever blew up a couple American yachts in the Mediterranean for suspected drug trafficking. On the legal spectrum it sits in the middle of a Venn diagram between overt acts of military aggression, state-sponsored terrorism, and simple murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 15h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 18h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

Good. This is the minimum of what Alex Jones deserves.

Supreme Court Denies Alex Jones’s Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families

www.nytimes.com

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Matthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 16h

One Neat Trick for understanding First Amendment law:

--If politicians you like do this, it's *outreach.*

--If politicians you dislike do this, it's *censorship.*

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20h

Statement from AG Pam Bondi:

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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 18h

Huge thanks to @mikescarcella.bsky.social for linking to the UNCRUSTABLES trade dress complaint here: www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Shall we all take a look?

Sean Marotta @smmarotta.bsky.social · 21h

My brain is such that I see this an immediately think of @lexlanham.bsky.social.

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Smucker’s sues Trader Joe’s over alleged copycat crustless sandwiches

Jif peanut butter maker J.M. Smucker Company on Monday sued Trader Joe’s in federal court, accusing the national grocery chain of infringing trademarks tied to its popular Uncrustables brand of frozen sandwiches.

www.reuters.com

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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 16h

Idk if this deployment of tear gas violates Illinois or federal law.

But the agents who deployed it need to face investigations. And, if it is illegal, prosecution.

Also, as always, abolish ICE.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 17h

masked federal agents used multiple canisters of tear gas + other chemical munitions on a crowd of residents in chicago's southeast side around 12:40 p.m.

neighbors had gathered on a residential intersection following a morning during which dozens of border patrol agents terrorized the community.

tear gas billows from canisters in a residential intersection, at 105th street and south avenue north, on chicago's southeast side.

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Colin @kolyin.bsky.social · 15h

This is insightful, but it's not just behind closed doors.

We see it every day when the administration does something corrupt or illegal. The fellow travelers make a show of celebrating the transgression, as a show of loyalty and an affirmation of their values.

Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 16h

the chat logs leaked clearly show members are aware they’re posting compromising messages, they’re even talking about how cooked they be if it leaked

bc the social function of extremist rhetoric is that in-group members bond and attain status by transgressing with one another as witnesses

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Law + Tech News Bot @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org · 16h

TL;DR: US and UK officials have seized a record-breaking $15 billion in Bitcoin linked to a massive investment fraud operation, marking a significant crackdown on financial crime.

Feds Seize Record-Breaking $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam Empire

Officials in the US and UK have taken sweeping action against “one of the largest investment fraud operations in history,” confiscating a historic amount of funds in the process.

www.wired.com

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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 15h

totally going to ask AI to figure out how to cite a dissent in a shadow docket order rather than go looking to see if the wretched bluebook has a form for it

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 15h

We've also got a scheduling conference/oral argument on whether the TRO should be extended in Oregon's case v. Trump (NG deployment) tomorrow morning.

SCHEDULING ORDER: This Court, having received the parties' Joint Status Report Regarding Discovery Schedule, ECF 82, sets a hearing by Telephonic Conference at 11:00 a.m. on October 15, 2025, before Judge Karin J. Immergut. In addition, due to scheduling issues on October 17, 2025, the parties should be prepared to discuss whether this Court's Temporary Restraining Order, ECF [56-1], should be extended for another 14 days. Access information for "LISTEN ONLY" phone number for the Hearing on October 15, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Telephone Number: 1-571-353-2301 (toll-free 1-833-990-9400); Guest Meeting ID: 373876354#. Note: If dropped from the conference, please rejoin the conference. For complete conference connection instructions and etiquette guidelines, refer to ord.uscourts.gov/cms. (jy) (Entered: 10/14/2025)

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 17h

It's a pop-up notice, probably triggered by new law somewhere, that provides prominent notice of specific things within terms of service documents that have been widespread practice for a long time now.

In the LA Times case, they've had both class action and arb waivers for over 5 years.

Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 17h

What the fuck is this now?

Legal Terms and Privacy
By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, which include arbitration and a class action waiver, and our Privacy Policy. You agree that we and our third-party vendors may collect and use your information, including through cookies, pixels and similar technologies, for the purposes set forth in our Privacy Policy such as personalizing your experience and ads.

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 15h

“Merely calling something ‘doxing’ doesn’t really have any type of legal effect. It’s just a rhetorical characterization."

And recording government officials doing their government jobs in public is not doxing, it's accountability.

www.notus.org/trump-white-...

The Trump Administration Is Reshaping What ‘Doxing’ Means

“Doxing” is not a clearly defined term, but the administration keeps using it to justify efforts to target political opponents.

www.notus.org

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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 15h

Hi from the Boston Federal Courthouse for the class certification hearing in Guerrero Orellana v. Hyde, the ACLU's class action case about applicability of the mandatory detention statute for aliens.

For background, see: bsky.app/profile/john...

John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 21d

The @aclum.bsky.social has raised a new challenge to immigration bond procedures by converting an existing case (Jose Arnulfo GUERRERO ORELLANA) to a class action.
Their press release below, Courtlistener docket (restricted) is www.courtlistener.com/docket/71384....

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 16h

I don’t disagree with this analysis —- but every prosecution is political. You know how many nutty prosecutions there are based on less evidence? (Coughing in cop city protestors)

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

The Indictment of Letitia James and the Collapse of Impartial Justice

The question raised by the prosecution of James is: would any other federal prosecutor have brought this case against any other defendant? The answer seems to be no.

www.newyorker.com

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 15h

No one thinks that, if Congress passed a law providing that tariff rates be set by consulting a Magic 8-ball, that would withstand constitutional scrutiny. Yet we're supposed to pretend that, if the Magic 8-ball rulings are posted on Truth Social, they're legitimate government policy.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 16h

Unprecedentedly illegal & unconstitutional crimes - things that make Nixon's presidency-ending crimes look like harmless high school pranks - now happening daily:

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17h

Further premeditated, lawless killing in the Caribbean.

Making at least five such US strikes.

Against unidentified "narcoterrorists" affiliated w/ an unspecified "designated terrorist organization" allegedly trafficking unspecified narcotics.

POTUS is asserting a license to kill outside the law.

Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 15h

This has to stop. It's extrajudicial, extraterritorial mass murder.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 16h

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 18h

"Israel’s Sept. 9 strike on Doha was unlawful under international law. It breached Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, failed the necessity and proportionality requirements of Article 51, and undermined both neutrality and peaceful settlement norms," writes Faisal Kutty.

Israel, Qatar, and the Limits of Self-Defense

Israel’s airstrike in Doha, which was a serious violation of international law, risks normalizing preventive war under Article 51.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 18h

Genuinely amazing that Drake lost the Kendrick Lamar beef so badly that he filed a harebrained lawsuit that ended with a federal judge calling the song that destroyed his career "catchy" and a "cultural sensation."

Federal Judge Declares Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Too Awesome to Be Defamatory

Apparently, Drake decided that losing in the court of public opinion was not humiliating enough.

ballsandstrikes.substack.com

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