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Margaret H. Zhang
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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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elizabethrb.bsky.social
can't believe we're doing this again 🙄
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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aubreygilleran.bsky.social
As awful as Maduro is, it won't do the Venezuelan people any good if the president starts an unpopular and ineffective war on their behalf. It'll just cause chaos and a hemisphere-wide refugee crisis.
chadbourn.bsky.social Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16h
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.

Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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gwensnyder.bsky.social
Please hear me when I say that

1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements

2) they pre-date the age of social media

3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room. Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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stevevladeck.bsky.social
#BREAKING: Just hours after Texas asked #SCOTUS to pause Tuesday’s ruling that had blocked its new House congressional district maps, Justice Alito has issued a temporary “administrative” stay pausing that ruling (and putting the new maps back into place) while the full Court considers next steps:
Supreme Court of the United States No. 25A608 GREG ABBOTT, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, ET AL., C Applicants V. LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, ET AL. ORDER UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicants, IT IS ORDERED that the November 18, 2025 order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, case No. 3:21-cv-259 is hereby administratively stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court. It is further ordered that a response to the application be filed on or before Monday, November 24, 2025, by 5 p.m. (EST).
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
marzhang.bsky.social
Yay! Go CHOP!!
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA IN RE: SUBPOENA NO. 25-1431-014 : MISCELLANEOUS ACTION : : NO. 25-39 MEMORANDUM KEARNEY,J. November 21, 2025 Our elected Congresspersons granted the Department of Justice limited authority in 1996 to investigate federal health care offenses involving the labeling and distribution of prescription drugs. The Department of Justice is now investigating the labeling and distribution of prescribed clinically authorized puberty blockers and hormone therapy. It subpoenaed fifteen categories of records from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia including billing and insurance records, communications with manufacturers and sales representatives, and the names and complete medical and psychological records of children receiving gender-affirming care. The Hospital agrees to produce most of the requested materials. But it objects to producing the identities of its child patients and their families along with their confidential medical files. Its objection requires we study two questions: whether Congress authorized a subpoena for the children's confidential medical records, and, if so, whether the children's privacy interests outweigh the Department of Justice's need for these confidential medical records under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. We find the answer to both questions is "no." We strike the three requests for these child- identifying and treatment and disclosure records as beyond the authority granted by Congress. We also find, even if this private information could be relevant, the heightened privacy interests of children and their families substantially outweighs the Department's need to know the children's names, addresses, and treatment along with disclosures for gender-affirming care at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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david.noll.org
Trump for Zohran in the Zohran type style
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
JUST IN: A federal judge says one of the Venezuelan men — illegally deported to El Salvador in March before he was swapped back to Venezuela in a prisoner exchange — is now missing, possibly a victim of the violence he was seeking asylum from. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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phileil.bsky.social
This story is nuts.

"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Here's the law, if anyone wants to read it. It's pretty short, and provides a list of what has to be released and when (heads up that agencies routinely blow past statutory deadlines), lists exceptions (e.g., no publishing of CSAM) and requires reporting to Congress. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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matthewstiegler.bsky.social
This might just be the least-important contribution I could possibly make to society tonight, but … I see many journalists referring to federal magistrate judges as “magistrates” and I understand that to be a no-no.
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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econmarshall.bsky.social
WOKE IS BACK
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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marcelias.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors admitted Wednesday that the grand jury handling the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey never reviewed or voted on the final indictment used to charge him — a virtually unprecedented revelation that could topple the entire case.
In Stunning Admission, DOJ Says Grand Jury Never Saw Indictment Against Comey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
marzhang.bsky.social
Go Boasberg go
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d
BREAKING: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin.

“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.

New, at Law Dork:
Breaking: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
www.lawdork.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
marzhang.bsky.social
Lol "to scale"
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d
Who needs cameras in the courtroom when you’ve got THIS
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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gabrielmalor.bsky.social
The screengrab below is nuts. "This officer was so indiscriminate about shooting protesters that plaintiff, as a matter of law, cannot demonstrate he was targeted in retaliation for his First Amendment activity."

DO WE NOT SEE THE PROBLEM HERE
gabrielmalor.bsky.social Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 3d
6th Cir. holds that because police officer also shot pepper balls at George Floyd protesters who weren't filming police, plaintiff (causing permanent vision loss) cannot show the officer shot him in retaliation for filming.

QI for officer.

ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/25/11...
Keup argues that Deputy Palmer specifically targeted him or singled him out from others at the scene. That is true, but not enough. Another officer pointed out Keup, and Deputy Palmer shot him. But immediately before that, the other officer pointed out another protestor, who was not holding a backpack or otherwise “aiding” the recording of police, and Deputy Palmer shot him, too. So even though Keup was targeted, there is no reasonable inference that Deputy Palmer singled him out because of his First Amendment activity.
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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sbagen.bsky.social
Things are bad, but pushback can still work. Keep it up.
kathleenromig.bsky.social Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 3d
The Trump Administration is abandoning plans for the biggest-ever cut to Social Security Disability Insurance, which would have hit older workers hardest.

The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.

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Social Security scraps plan to limit disability benefits after uproar
The policy would have fundamentally altered who qualifies for the two federal disability programs by eliminating or limiting a person’s age as a factor to consider.
wapo.st
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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bradlander.bsky.social
The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.

The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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thehighsign.bsky.social
"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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rickhasen.bsky.social
This is a really strong piece by @mjsdc.bsky.social on how Trump's DOJ really messed up in how they tried to finagle Texas's re-redistricting. And now that measure was put on hold by a federal district court. A mess in Texas!
mjsdc.bsky.social Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 4d
Trump appointed Harmeet Dhillon to the Justice Department so she could own the libs and sue DEI out of existence. But she is a bad lawyer! And her utter incompetence is the main reason why a conservative Trump judge just struck down the racist Texas gerrymander. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump’s Scheme to Gift the GOP Extra House Seats Just Blew Up in His Face
The opinion, written by a Trump appointee, cites Chief Justice John Roberts right up top.
slate.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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dennycarter.bsky.social
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 5 Lawyer, National Security Division: Bondi signaled the Foreign Agents Registration Act would be enforced only in very limited circumstances after the Justice Department had done a lot over the last decade to give it teeth. At its core, FARA is a transparency statute, to let the American public know when foreign actors engage in political activities or try to influence U.S. discourse. If you're concerned about foreign money and influence in politics, it's a bad time to go dark.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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mikesacks.bsky.social
This whole piece is all the actual horribles on parade, and this one is just infuriating
April 7 Brian McEntire, Civil Rights Division: My goal was always to become an attorney in the Civil Rights Division. That was my dream. I ended up working a lot on fire department cases. In Cobb County, Ga., we got information that even though African Americans and whites were applying for positions at about an equal rate over the previous decade, 90 percent of the hires had been white and 10 percent had been African American. And we didn't quite understand why that was. So we did an investigation and found out that there was a credit check that was disproportionately knocking out African Americans, particularly for student loan debt. And when we asked them why they were doing that, their response was essentially, Well, if a firefighter is deeply in debt and he's fighting a fire, he might steal grandma's pearls. So we brought suit. In February, we got a note saying that the attorney general wanted us to withdraw the case. The next day, division leadership insisted that we put additional language in the notice of dismissal that implied it was all about reverse discrimination. I didn't know, quite frankly, if I could sign it. If I have to say what I argued before was illegal, then I could have been accused of misleading the court, which could have ended up with me being disciplined, sanctioned and my bar license revoked. So I did not sign it. My colleagues didn't sign it. They pulled us all into a room, and we were all prepared to get fired because none of us were going to sign. My boss signed a modified version of the notice of withdrawal on our behalf. We also had a racial-discrimination case involving the sole African American attorney working for the Mississippi State Senate, who, during the years she worked there, was paid less than half of what her similarly situated white colleagues were making. It was as clear-cut a case of disparate racial treatment you could find. The Senate stalled the case until Trump's appointees could come in and order our section to drop it. When you talk about the rule of law and treating people fairly and equally, that's obviously a slap in the face.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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originalsp.in
What color was the peril, Larry?

WHAT COLOR
joolia.bsky.social Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 6d
gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The Harvard Crimson Throughout the seven months of correspondence reviewed by The Crimson, Summers and Epstein referred to the woman Summers was pursuing in some messages by the code name "peril" but never used her name in messages directly describing the relationship. On at least two occasions, the two men discussed Jin's emails to Summers, which he forwarded to Epstein. In later messages, the two men appeared to joke about the probability that Summers would have sex with the woman, apparently Jin.
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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joolia.bsky.social
gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The Harvard Crimson Throughout the seven months of correspondence reviewed by The Crimson, Summers and Epstein referred to the woman Summers was pursuing in some messages by the code name "peril" but never used her name in messages directly describing the relationship. On at least two occasions, the two men discussed Jin's emails to Summers, which he forwarded to Epstein. In later messages, the two men appeared to joke about the probability that Summers would have sex with the woman, apparently Jin.
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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lsepper.bsky.social
Another reason why we need powerful women in academia. Women who fight these guys and, equally importantly, protect the next generation. Always, always make things better for them
econmarshall.bsky.social Marshall Steinbaum @econmarshall.bsky.social · 7d
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM