"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

"Tonight was not our night. Tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani's night. I called him. I congratulated him." —Cuomo

NEW: The New York State Legislature passed a bill banning anonymous complaints to the state child abuse hotline. The change comes in the wake of a 2023 ProPublica investigation that showed how the hotline had been weaponized by people endlessly calling in baseless allegations against exes or rivals.

(I kept thinking I’d wait til the world was less awful to post this but am reminded that the world will always be the world and I find hope & meaning in imagining and working toward a better version of my little corner of it.) (3/3)

And ultimately argue that by focusing too heavily on how to shore up consent, we may miss opportunities to meaningfully reduce surveillance of race-class subjugated families. (2/3)

Out now, Family Regulation’s Consent Problem! In which I describe (some of!) the incredibly coercive & unconstitutional methods the state uses to extract families’ consent to home searches… columbialawreview.org/content/fami... (1/3)

"A reporter from @thecity.nyc had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, 'Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?'"

It’s not just that they normalize political violence. They also accuse the left of engaging in mostly imaginary violence, which gives unhinged right-wingers justification to “retaliate.”

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

As NYWFP works to consolidate support around its slate of candidates, we're proud to rank @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #1 🥳

To give voters clear guidance, we're ranking a full slate of 5 candidates. When we unite, we can defeat Cuomo & elect a mayor who fights for us. Let's get this done!

Thanks John!

SCOTUS rules, 7-2, that detainees the Administration suspects of being TdA members, and wants to deport under the Alien Enemies Act, need more notice that was given and cannot at present be deported. Kavanaugh concurs. Alito & Thomas dissent.
supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

bill de blasio in park slope, ordering his breakfast sandwich as “mi sandwich especial” and quoting the onion headline omg

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Anyway. Beware that if you say something to me in court, I may turn it into a 50k-word article. (An honor, really!)

As we increasingly acknowledge that the fam. reg. system is part of a carceral web, we can see how this view augments agency power & facilitates agencies' pathologization & punishment of poor families, Black, Latino, & Native families, disabled parents, & immigrant families.

What I found was her view of her job isn't anomalous--plenty of family regulation prosecutors see their role as representing agencies, not the public interest, as if criminal prosecutors represented the police, not the public interest. (...I know, I know. But here, we do away even w/ the pretense!)

She sought to separate the family even as she acknowledged her position was legally quite weak and it went against her own judgment as to what was "right" for the family. A wild position! One that reallllly made me want to figure out what, exactly, the job of a family regulation prosecutor is.

My paper, Prosecuting Families, is out! As with so many good ideas, it began when a prosecutor said something to me in court that enraged me--this time, "Don't blame me, Ms. Arons, I'm just doing my job!" as she sought to separate 2 tiny kids from their mom. scholarship.law.upenn.edu/penn_law_rev...

ACLU filed a class habeas petition in the Southern District of New York following Monday's SCOTUS order that challenges to Trump's Alien Enemies Act proclamation must be brought in habeas. SDNY is where the two individual plaintiffs, at least when filed, were located. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...

And I also discovered today that they don't know who Jason Biggs is. American Pie, a forgotten cinematic masterpiece!

My friend and former @nyulaw.bsky.social colleague @hdamonfeng.bsky.social has written an excellent and important piece in @slate.com highlighting more of the Trump administration’s cruelty.

slate.com/news-and-pol...

My favorite moment every year is when I have to describe what a "party line" is, and then disclose that in my rural childhood, my family had one...

@madeleinegyory.bsky.social highlights some regulatory changes reducing reproductive rights in the workplace that undermine recent legislation aimed at supporting pregnant workers, caregivers, and families.

Among the Trump administration’s ongoing assaults on lawyers is its very real threat to take away critical legal services from vulnerable kids. My write-up for @slate.bsky.social is below.