Jamal Greene
@jamalgreene.bsky.social
Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Ex-DOJ/OLC. Becoming familiar with your game.
How Rights Went Wrong available at Bookshop.org (https://tinyurl.com/se32my4r), Amazon (https://tinyurl.com/3vbcfwa4), or a decent public library.
How Rights Went Wrong available at Bookshop.org (https://tinyurl.com/se32my4r), Amazon (https://tinyurl.com/3vbcfwa4), or a decent public library.
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Jamal Greene
@jamalgreene.bsky.social
· Jun 10
Zaitsev, a 36-yr-old Russian citizen w/a pending asylum case, said he was beaten by ICE agents...Photos in court filings show Zaitsev with bruises and scabs on his face. “We came to the US for protection because of what we encountered in Russia. It seems that we are encountering here what we fled.”
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
It will not surprise me if this is the framing of the eventual pullout.
Comer on Fox right now urging Trump to pull ICE out of Minneapolis to *punish* Minnesotans — will prove to the state how good it was to have ICE there! This is really some 5-D chess
January 25, 2026 at 4:09 PM
It will not surprise me if this is the framing of the eventual pullout.
What the judge describes is literally criminal behavior.
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 AM
What the judge describes is literally criminal behavior.
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BREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 1:57 AM
BREAKING: A young doctor who lives near where Alex Pretti, a nurse, was killed by ICE says in a declaration he saw the shooting, went out to help, was not let through at first then patted down before being let by, and was apparently the first to try and provide any medical assistance to Pretti.
"He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, . . . .
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 2:02 AM
"He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, . . . .
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Weird framing. How about: "A federal judge has rejected claims by a conservative group that Northwestern University's law school discriminates against white men in faculty hiring"?
Northwestern University’s law school has persuaded a federal judge in Chicago to reject claims by a conservative group that the school discriminates against white men in faculty hiring reut.rs/3ZdoM3X
January 23, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Weird framing. How about: "A federal judge has rejected claims by a conservative group that Northwestern University's law school discriminates against white men in faculty hiring"?
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This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home!
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home!
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.
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Didn't the DOJ specifically say that they're *not* looking into this? I'm pretty sure Todd Blanche gave a press conference confirming there would be no federal investigation.
JD Vance: "I didn't say that officers who engaged in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity. That's absurd. What I did say is that when federal law enforcement officers violate the law that's typically something federal officials would look into. We don't want these guys to have kangaroo courts."
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Didn't the DOJ specifically say that they're *not* looking into this? I'm pretty sure Todd Blanche gave a press conference confirming there would be no federal investigation.
Always worth reading @orinkerr.bsky.social on criminal procedure issues. On remedy, I think you seek damages via Bivens in a friendly circuit and dare the Court to say it’s unavailable. If they do, it’s another argument for statutory or court reform.
"Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?" a deep dive for the law nerds new from me, posted over at Volokh.
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?
The Associated Press reports: Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says WASHINGTON (AP)…
reason.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Always worth reading @orinkerr.bsky.social on criminal procedure issues. On remedy, I think you seek damages via Bivens in a friendly circuit and dare the Court to say it’s unavailable. If they do, it’s another argument for statutory or court reform.
It seems to me Congress should hold off on funding elaborate conspiracies to violate the Constitution.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 22, 2026 at 12:27 AM
It seems to me Congress should hold off on funding elaborate conspiracies to violate the Constitution.
"We are taking the sign out of the window." Very much worth reading.
My god this Mark Carney speech.
Here in its entirety:
Here in its entirety:
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:44 PM
"We are taking the sign out of the window." Very much worth reading.
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THE WOMAN WHO WAS DRAGGED OUT OF HER CAR AND ARRESTED BY ICE SPEAKS OUT…
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
THE WOMAN WHO WAS DRAGGED OUT OF HER CAR AND ARRESTED BY ICE SPEAKS OUT…
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
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Next up, the ACCA unconstitutionally distinguishes possession of a firearm and possession of campaign literature.
January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Next up, the ACCA unconstitutionally distinguishes possession of a firearm and possession of campaign literature.
I will add that for all this talk of "disfavored" and "second-class" rights, the number of citations to 1A principles being the "fixed star in our constitutional constellation" suggests that it is, in fact, different from other rights.
Yes, I get what the recent cases say, but the idea that the government isn't allowed to distinguish walking up to a stranger's front door with campaign literature and doing so with a firearm is complete madness.
JGR: one of the motivating factors in our 2A cases is that it is treated as a "disfavored right". your law says it is different for speech than guns.
HI: agree its not disfavored, but the rules for 2A are whether the text informed by history. 1A tests are different bc Bruen disclaimed that.
HI: agree its not disfavored, but the rules for 2A are whether the text informed by history. 1A tests are different bc Bruen disclaimed that.
January 20, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I will add that for all this talk of "disfavored" and "second-class" rights, the number of citations to 1A principles being the "fixed star in our constitutional constellation" suggests that it is, in fact, different from other rights.
Yes, I get what the recent cases say, but the idea that the government isn't allowed to distinguish walking up to a stranger's front door with campaign literature and doing so with a firearm is complete madness.
JGR: one of the motivating factors in our 2A cases is that it is treated as a "disfavored right". your law says it is different for speech than guns.
HI: agree its not disfavored, but the rules for 2A are whether the text informed by history. 1A tests are different bc Bruen disclaimed that.
HI: agree its not disfavored, but the rules for 2A are whether the text informed by history. 1A tests are different bc Bruen disclaimed that.
January 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Yes, I get what the recent cases say, but the idea that the government isn't allowed to distinguish walking up to a stranger's front door with campaign literature and doing so with a firearm is complete madness.
Adding a few more exclamation points of my own.
KBJ: concede there is no 2A right to carry into someone else's home, right?
Petr. No [ed note: !!!!!!!]
Petr. No [ed note: !!!!!!!]
January 20, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Adding a few more exclamation points of my own.
Also, the Court struck down the ACA's mechanism for requiring states to expand Medicaid, which arguably did more damage to the law than striking down the individual mandate would have.
Well, one of those was a law passed by Congress to help people, and the other is an unconstitutional power grab, but yes, otherwise the same.
Bessent on tariffs: "I think it's very unlikely that the Supreme Court is going to strike down a president's signature economic policy. It didn't with the ACA, also known as Obamacare."
January 20, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Also, the Court struck down the ACA's mechanism for requiring states to expand Medicaid, which arguably did more damage to the law than striking down the individual mandate would have.
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. . . . Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963, Birmingham, AL
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963, Birmingham, AL
January 19, 2026 at 2:10 PM
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. . . . Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963, Birmingham, AL
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963, Birmingham, AL
One thing this article doesn't focus on, likely because it has become ho-hum, is the "we" part of her comment. Leavitt does not work for Trump in his personal capacity but acts as if she does. It's the through-line of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
One thing this article doesn't focus on, likely because it has become ho-hum, is the "we" part of her comment. Leavitt does not work for Trump in his personal capacity but acts as if she does. It's the through-line of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
I don't think "law" is the word he's looking for.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I don't think "law" is the word he's looking for.
An additional point worth mention on this catastrophic 3rd Circuit ruling in Khalil’s case is that the jurisdictional limits on district courts Congress put in place in 1996 assumed that immigration courts were at least loosely akin to “courts,” not simply an unqualified deportation force.
Decision is here: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
An additional point worth mention on this catastrophic 3rd Circuit ruling in Khalil’s case is that the jurisdictional limits on district courts Congress put in place in 1996 assumed that immigration courts were at least loosely akin to “courts,” not simply an unqualified deportation force.
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So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
January 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.