Anil Kalhan
@akalhan.bsky.social
Law professor, Drexel Univ • Affil'd fellow, Yale ISP • NYC Bar Ass'n Rule of Law Task Force • AAUP Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure ⚾ Cleveland native/partisan 🏀 runner • https://linktr.ee/akalhan
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Anil Kalhan
@akalhan.bsky.social
· Sep 27
WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.
What we might refer to as a "Kavanaugh Stop"
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The fact that @harvard.edu's Larry Summers is teaching three courses this semester while Texas A&M Professor Melissa McCoul was fired tells you all you need to know about what "gender ideology" is allowed and which is not. @aaup.org
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The fact that @harvard.edu's Larry Summers is teaching three courses this semester while Texas A&M Professor Melissa McCoul was fired tells you all you need to know about what "gender ideology" is allowed and which is not. @aaup.org
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People taken by federal agents in Charlotte include: "Workers putting up Christmas decorations in a homeowner's front yard. Picking up construction materials from hardware stores. Doing yard work at an east Charlotte church.”
Border Patrol operation rocks Charlotte with dozens arrested
The operation has caused "unnecessary fear and uncertainty," local officials said in a statement.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
People taken by federal agents in Charlotte include: "Workers putting up Christmas decorations in a homeowner's front yard. Picking up construction materials from hardware stores. Doing yard work at an east Charlotte church.”
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One Battle After Another somehow predicted Greg Bovino almost perfectly.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
One Battle After Another somehow predicted Greg Bovino almost perfectly.
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A legal argument that's coming to a law school event near you soon, over soggy Chick-fil-A
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A legal argument that's coming to a law school event near you soon, over soggy Chick-fil-A
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Incredible video from Reddit (too large to upload the screencap). CBP agents attempt to detain a flower vendor and end up getting chased into a vacant lot by a crowd of teenagers. What a bunch of impotent sad sacks.
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Incredible video from Reddit (too large to upload the screencap). CBP agents attempt to detain a flower vendor and end up getting chased into a vacant lot by a crowd of teenagers. What a bunch of impotent sad sacks.
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
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Yes! Definitely needed. some of my research right now explores South Asian immigrant exceptionalism & US-based authoritarian micro communities.
See: “Hindutva in America”: csrr.rutgers.edu/issues/hindu...
Also, some of us have been yelling for awhile: hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org
See: “Hindutva in America”: csrr.rutgers.edu/issues/hindu...
Also, some of us have been yelling for awhile: hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Yes! Definitely needed. some of my research right now explores South Asian immigrant exceptionalism & US-based authoritarian micro communities.
See: “Hindutva in America”: csrr.rutgers.edu/issues/hindu...
Also, some of us have been yelling for awhile: hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org
See: “Hindutva in America”: csrr.rutgers.edu/issues/hindu...
Also, some of us have been yelling for awhile: hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org
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Leaving Chicago tomorrow and following Bovino to Charlotte on Thursday. If you’re in the area and have any leads on finding CBP/ICE/DHS, dm me for my number.
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Leaving Chicago tomorrow and following Bovino to Charlotte on Thursday. If you’re in the area and have any leads on finding CBP/ICE/DHS, dm me for my number.
A legal argument that's coming to a law school event near you soon, over soggy Chick-fil-A
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A legal argument that's coming to a law school event near you soon, over soggy Chick-fil-A
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CBP tackles and detains a man walking minding his own business near the Compare Foods on South Boulevard. Can’t get more Kavanaugh Stop than this. esan0714 on TikTok.
November 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
CBP tackles and detains a man walking minding his own business near the Compare Foods on South Boulevard. Can’t get more Kavanaugh Stop than this. esan0714 on TikTok.
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Blending industrial waste disposal and nearby lakes and streams
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Blending industrial waste disposal and nearby lakes and streams
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Blending personal finances and government funds
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Blending personal finances and government funds
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NYT: Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York Where Pedophilia Was Practiced the “Right Way”
November 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NYT: Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York Where Pedophilia Was Practiced the “Right Way”
Blending personal finances and government funds
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Blending personal finances and government funds
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This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
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Impeachment is right there for your 2026 campaign, @housedemocrats.bsky.social
FCC Chair Brendan Carr just shared a Truth Social post from Trump calling for Seth Meyers to be fired
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Impeachment is right there for your 2026 campaign, @housedemocrats.bsky.social
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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If you do one Trump-assisting felony the next one’s free?
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
If you do one Trump-assisting felony the next one’s free?
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His earlier drafts were overruled and revised:
Operation Rough Cider
Operation Hammered at Midnight
Operation Southern Comfort
Operation Rough Cider
Operation Hammered at Midnight
Operation Southern Comfort
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
His earlier drafts were overruled and revised:
Operation Rough Cider
Operation Hammered at Midnight
Operation Southern Comfort
Operation Rough Cider
Operation Hammered at Midnight
Operation Southern Comfort
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"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
abc7.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
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Homan to Pope: shut up and dribble
Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Trump’s border czar rebukes US bishops over immigration stance
Tom Homan, a self-described 'lifelong Catholic', has launched a sharp attack on the US Conference of Catholic Bishops after they issued a collective statement raising concerns over the Trump administr...
thecatholicherald.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Homan to Pope: shut up and dribble
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Another video from Charlotte, NC. Property owners scare off federal agents after they question a man putting up Christmas lights.
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Another video from Charlotte, NC. Property owners scare off federal agents after they question a man putting up Christmas lights.
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5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
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Maybe he can explain what he did with the $50,000 in cash and whether he declared it on his taxes? I mean before he tells the Catholic Church to get its house in order.
Homan to Pope: shut up and dribble
Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Maybe he can explain what he did with the $50,000 in cash and whether he declared it on his taxes? I mean before he tells the Catholic Church to get its house in order.
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This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is a straightforward Republican attack line, what the fuck is he doing