Margaret H. Zhang
marzhang.bsky.social
Margaret H. Zhang
@marzhang.bsky.social
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Law prof @ Widener University Delaware Law School. Reproductive justice, workplace justice, environmental justice. Philly. She/her. Blog (legal news for new and aspiring lawyers): marzhang.wordpress.com
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Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.

“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”

Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
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Wow. "Months after law firms made deals with President Trump to ward off punitive executive orders, the ethics committee of the District of Columbia Bar is warning that such arrangements may require firms to drop or obtain waivers from all clients who have interests at odds with the government."
After Law Firm Deals With Trump, D.C. Bar Warns of Ethical Jeopardy
www.nytimes.com
Voting and elections strategy, e.g.: bsky.app/profile/marc...
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Texas dismissed a GOP lawsuit against California’s new congressional redistricting plan ruling that the plaintiff, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), had no right to sue over another state’s election laws. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Court Tosses Another GOP Lawsuit Against California’s Redistricting Plan
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
Dubious personnel moves at the U.S. Department of Justice, e.g.: bsky.app/profile/andr...
1/ Thanks to Comey's lawyers, we have the appointment order for Lindsey Halligan in EDVa that the gov't has been trying to hide for weeks.

I think it means Halligan is not long for this job & the Comey and Tish James indictments not long for this world.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Immigration enforcement and resistance, e.g.: bsky.app/profile/roya...
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
New blog post! I cover the last two weeks and try to distill key info to know for lawyers and anyone else tracking key U.S. legal developments - should be readable in 10-15 minutes or less.

marzhang.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/o...

Topline themes and representative links also threaded below.
October 19-31, 2025
Here are the key legal developments from the last two weeks, as the U.S. government shutdown drags on: Immigration enforcement and resistance Continuing use of aggressive tactics in immigration enf…
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note that there is basically no such thing as a widely-accepted and culturally-revered American image of a blue collar *woman*
I mean, can anyone else even *be* blue collar? When was the last time we had a blue collar woman in the public eye?
That this is allegedly happening in Evanston is so surreal. Evanston is a rich preppy suburb.
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
Giving pregnant and postpartum people $, one of my favorite health policy interventions!
"Rx Kids is an example of how a program designed to improve public health can also produce economic benefits for the community.”
- @bradhershbein.bsky.social, Upjohn Institute

Read the Upjohn Institute's analysis of the progam:
www.upjohn.org/research-hig...
"Starting October 29, 2025, the Act also requires employers with 25 or more employees to disclose wage ranges in job postings, to applicants, and current employees upon request." 🎉🎉🎉
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Legally, this is no different from Iran sinking a Disney cruise in international waters and then saying "it's all good, they were terrorists carrying drugs."

Which is to say, it's wholly illegal and has been for centuries. You couldn't even do this with a Letter of Marque and Reprisal.
Another illegal US maritime strike—again in the Pacific.

Against a vessel allegedly operated by an unspecified "designated terrorist organization."

Four reported fatalities—dubbed w/o ID or evidence "narco-terrorists."

There's a word for premeditated killings outside of armed conflict.
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1. This is going absolutely nowhere in ND Illinois
2. Except @katmabu.bsky.social’s campaign ads, thank u comrade US Attorney
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) has just been indicted by the DOJ over participation in protests against ICE at its Broadview facility in Illinois. This is a brazen weaponization of the DOJ to target political opponents with bogus charges.

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NEW: ACLU of Louisiana asks a federal judge to order the govt to immediately return Chanthila (Shawn) Souvannarath from Laos, to which it deported him over the weekend in violation of the judge's injunction. @acluoflouisiana.bsky.social www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Under European human rights law, someone who enters custody in good health and is seriously injured when released is presumed to have been tortured unless the detaining state can explain the change of health status. Let's hope that the Inter-American system can apply the same standards to ICE.
“Authorities detained [Randall Gamboa] in Dec, in TX, where he “entered ICE custody. For months, he spoke daily w/ relatives thru video calls & showed no signs of illness.” Contact abruptly ended in June. In Sept, the US returned him to Costa Rica in a “vegetative” state. He has since died. 1/
Costa Rican Man Dies After Health Decline in U.S. Immigration Custody
A man from Costa Rica, died after returning from U.S. ICE detention in critical condition, prompting family demands for investigation
ticotimes.net