NEW: The govt wants Rümeysa Öztürk to notify ICE about any overnight travel outside MA/VT, get ICE's written permission to move, follow all doctors' instructions, and "surrender for removal from the United States if so ordered." (The judge may veto conditions.) [www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...]( ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreieqsvnkvvqjavvuhgxg3xo4hqtqho25dgava7gw4commnmptbqwse https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreicleignfweap24i4et4t3tuiyortqzzkqpcq7a5zjoxf3mutpsr5i
NEW: Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia ask Judge Xinis to reject the govt's privilege assertions: "Even as the Government speaks freely about Abrego Garcia in public, in this litigation it insists on secrecy." [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiegwemqtuwrgkxc2sa47kitumn6ze3r47l2fgxxobclg5gu5eczma
Rümeysa Öztürk has been freed!! [Tufts student detained by ICE ...]( )
HAPPENING NOW: Rümeysa Öztürk appears remotely for her bail hearing in Vermont federal court! 🧵
I’ll always associate Justice Souter with one of my favorite SCOTUS oral-argument moments, in Chicago v. Morales (anti-gang loitering law), when he asked plaintively why it isn't enough of a "purpose" for being in a public place if you just want to sit outside and watch the cars go by ❤️ https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreig6y2dzfnxkhkuidcy5zmyh2oh7qu2m75gorkhtzgh5xb3ghqpydu
NEW: In the Mahmoud Khalil case, Judge Farbiarz orders the government to give him a COMPLETE LIST of every time since 1975 it has invoked the secretary of state's power to deport someone for foreign-policy reasons—including a description of each case's facts and a copy of the official determination. https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreicvnpbedg3uxucpcxt2h6x6hc3pbung3s63cauqbpgnxx7f654kka
NEW: After a week of relative silence on the Abrego Garcia docket, both sides ask Judge Xinis for a conference to discuss how expedited discovery is going. https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiaieagnfdqdwzks6sc3lye47vbfx6bvtruydwcaqjcnqp555r7amy
WKCR's reporting on pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia and Barnard has been exemplary, and it's upsetting to hear that Barnard has been threatening rather than praising these extremely professional student reporters [A Student Journalist Covered a...]( )
NEW: Mahmoud Khalil’s claim that his targeting for deportation by Marco Rubio is unconstitutional CAN be heard in NJ federal court, Judge Farbiarz finds. [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreidt4eooellqvple355gctgtcce5rp4hhtyfpjfhflhibfypcgqmbq
NEW: The Second Circuit halts Rümeysa Öztürk's physical transfer from Louisiana to Vermont until a 3-judge panel has the chance to hear arguments on the govt's emergency motion next Tuesday, May 6. [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreid5p2kapaa3fbddtpxj57tmqb3escpyyq3u5opfogc5z5dauc2eii