Molly Redden
@mtredden.bsky.social
Reporter covering legal affairs for ProPublica. Have a tip? [email protected] or find me on Signal at mollyredden.14
…“People don’t want to stand up, and because of that, people are suffering.”
Read my story here: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Read my story here: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration
Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
…“People don’t want to stand up, and because of that, people are suffering.”
Read my story here: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Read my story here: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
…with Trump ghosted a police accountability nonprofit in the middle of preparations for a major lawsuit
⚖️Wachtell and Kirkland — two of corporate law's biggest moneymakers — are conspicuously absent from pro bono matters they championed in the past
“It’s been a nightmare…
⚖️Wachtell and Kirkland — two of corporate law's biggest moneymakers — are conspicuously absent from pro bono matters they championed in the past
“It’s been a nightmare…
August 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
…with Trump ghosted a police accountability nonprofit in the middle of preparations for a major lawsuit
⚖️Wachtell and Kirkland — two of corporate law's biggest moneymakers — are conspicuously absent from pro bono matters they championed in the past
“It’s been a nightmare…
⚖️Wachtell and Kirkland — two of corporate law's biggest moneymakers — are conspicuously absent from pro bono matters they championed in the past
“It’s been a nightmare…
Some key examples:
⚖️Winston & Strawn turned down FBI agents trying to stop the DOJ from building a list of employees who worked on Jan 6
⚖️A firm that sounds a lot like Sidley Austin is refusing to represent the ABA against the Trump admin
⚖️One of the 9 firms that cut a deal…
⚖️Winston & Strawn turned down FBI agents trying to stop the DOJ from building a list of employees who worked on Jan 6
⚖️A firm that sounds a lot like Sidley Austin is refusing to represent the ABA against the Trump admin
⚖️One of the 9 firms that cut a deal…
August 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Some key examples:
⚖️Winston & Strawn turned down FBI agents trying to stop the DOJ from building a list of employees who worked on Jan 6
⚖️A firm that sounds a lot like Sidley Austin is refusing to represent the ABA against the Trump admin
⚖️One of the 9 firms that cut a deal…
⚖️Winston & Strawn turned down FBI agents trying to stop the DOJ from building a list of employees who worked on Jan 6
⚖️A firm that sounds a lot like Sidley Austin is refusing to represent the ABA against the Trump admin
⚖️One of the 9 firms that cut a deal…
“One of the reasons why we were very, so insistent about coming up with the whole notion of the border being an ‘invasion’ [is] there were Constitutional authorities that were a part of being able to call it an invasion.”
Read about how we got to this precipice:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Read about how we got to this precipice:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy
The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the f...
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May 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“One of the reasons why we were very, so insistent about coming up with the whole notion of the border being an ‘invasion’ [is] there were Constitutional authorities that were a part of being able to call it an invasion.”
Read about how we got to this precipice:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Read about how we got to this precipice:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Vought, Trump's budget chief and Project 2025 architect, said he was championing this theory specifically because it would “unlock” immense executive power.
In a private speech first revealed by @documented.net, ProPublica's @andykroll.bsky.social and me last year, Vought said…
In a private speech first revealed by @documented.net, ProPublica's @andykroll.bsky.social and me last year, Vought said…
May 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Vought, Trump's budget chief and Project 2025 architect, said he was championing this theory specifically because it would “unlock” immense executive power.
In a private speech first revealed by @documented.net, ProPublica's @andykroll.bsky.social and me last year, Vought said…
In a private speech first revealed by @documented.net, ProPublica's @andykroll.bsky.social and me last year, Vought said…
Courts have never bought that unauthorized immigration truly equals an "invasion"—the threshold for using the Alien Enemies Act and suspending habeas.
But between Trump administrations, MAGA intellectuals Russ Vought and Ken Cuccinelli worked behind-the-scenes to legitimize this once-fringe theory.
But between Trump administrations, MAGA intellectuals Russ Vought and Ken Cuccinelli worked behind-the-scenes to legitimize this once-fringe theory.
May 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Courts have never bought that unauthorized immigration truly equals an "invasion"—the threshold for using the Alien Enemies Act and suspending habeas.
But between Trump administrations, MAGA intellectuals Russ Vought and Ken Cuccinelli worked behind-the-scenes to legitimize this once-fringe theory.
But between Trump administrations, MAGA intellectuals Russ Vought and Ken Cuccinelli worked behind-the-scenes to legitimize this once-fringe theory.