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Amaresh Srikanthan

@amareshsrikanthan.bsky.social
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public defender & trial lawyer in the Midwest. NYU Law alum. Southerner. opinions my own and not legal advice.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
U.S. District Judge April Perry has taken the bench to hear oral arguments over the potential consequences of apparent prosecutorial misconduct in the “Broadview Six” case.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026
great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 09/09/2026
Washington journalism is in a moment of generational change. We're rising to meet it. Welcome to The Washington Sun. washingtonsun.com
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Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Private equity is buying America's hospitals and nursing homes. The playbook: pile on debt, sell the building, cut staff. The result, one landmark study found: patient deaths up about 11%. #news #information #privateequity
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
You gotta be kidding me
Opinion)
Constitutionality of the Presidential Records Act
The Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's enumerated and implied powers and aggrandizes the Legislative Branch at the expense of the constitutional independence and autonomy of the Executive.
April 1, 2026
MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
You have asked whether the Presidential Records Act of 1978 ("PRA" or "Act") is constitutional. We conclude that it is not.
The PRA is unconstitutional for two independent but interlocking reasons: It exceeds Congress's enumerated and implied powers, and it aggrandizes the Legislative Branch at the expense of the constitutional independence and autonomy of the Executive. "Every law enacted by Congress must be based on one or more of its powers enumerated in the Constitution," United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598, 607 2000), or
"such implied powers as are necessary and proper to carry into effect the enumerated powers," Carter v. Carter Coal Co., 298 U.S. 238, 291
(1936). And congressional attempts to regulate the Presidency directly raise heightened separation of powers concerns. See The Constitutional Separation of Powers Between the President and Congress, 20 Op. O.L.C.
124, 126-29 (1996) ("Separation of Powers").
The PRA exceeds the oversight power because it serves no identifiable and valid legislative purpose. It exceeds any preservation power because Congress cannot preserve presidential records merely for the sake of posterity. It exceeds Congress's regulatory power over statutory agencies because it purports to regulate a constitutional office-the Presidency— that Congress did not create and that Congress cannot abolish. It exceeds the spending power, because that power allows Congress to incentivize outcomes with federal funding, not to directly regulate coordinate branches of government. And it exceeds Congress's power to assist in the execution of the powers vested in coordinate branches because it restri…
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 08/03/2026
Read our analysis of the video showing a US Tomahawk missile strike next to Girls’ School in Iran on February 28 here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran - bellingcat
New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footag...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL. kristi noem is doing a live speech right now and doesn't know she was fired. 🚨
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Hi attorneys! Want to not be able to get to sleep tonight? Here's Judge Rakoff (probably the single most well-respected judge in SDNY) saying that the use of AI destroys both attorney-client privilege and work-product privilege.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
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Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 27/01/2026
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice." ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights. Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests - nazgul bodycams - morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring - shelob will be the new point of contact
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 27/01/2026
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/01/2026
an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.
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Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
A masked ICE officials with a 5 year old child
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door. It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
May 12, 2025 

 MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel

FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director 
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal 

On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)

Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.Arrow) district court judge or magistrate judge in their place of residence.23 ICE immigration officers should consider all available enforcement mechanisms, including the use of a Form 1-205 to arrest an alien in their place of residence, to achieve the requirements of E.O. 14159 in accordance with applicable law and policies. This guidance informs the use of Forms 1-205 and provides to ICE law enforcement personnel a reminder of the general limitations and exceptions that may apply when effectuating arrests in an alien's residence. General Guidelines ICE law enforcement officers receive extensive training on the legal and procedural requirements for making administrative and criminal arrests. ICE personnel must remain cognizant of all existing laws and policies pertaining to arrests when carrying out civil immigration enforcement actions. Prior to entering a residence to conduct an administrative immigration arrest pursuant to Form I-205, officers and agents must ensure the Form 1-205 is properly completed and is supported by a final order of removal issued by an immigration judge, the BIA, a U.S. district court, or a magistrate judge. This is essential because that order establishes probable cause. Officers and agents must also have reason to believe that the subject alien resides at and is currently located in the address where the Form I-205 is to be served.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
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Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
When judges find police/prosecutorial misconduct, it's fascinating when they name the LEO/prosecutor in their opinion; often it's just "the arresting officer" or "the ADA." (Free Student Note idea!). Xinis makes clear it was "Immigration Judge Phillip Taylor" who signed this unusual order.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
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Amaresh Srikanthan @amareshsrikanthan.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
this is a wrong take. the jurors were sending back questions regarding definitions of terms in the jury instructions. They clearly didn't think the government had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt. They especially had a hard time with the element involving "bodily harm."
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Sandwich man leaving court
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Judge Ellis says the plaintiffs are likely to succeed in their claim that the Trump administration "put substantial pressure on religious practitioners to modify their behavior and violate their beliefs."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis again insists that the Trump administration's arguments "lack credibility."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Judge Ellis finds that the Trump administration has placed "content-based restrictions" on protesters. "Tellingly, she says, "defendants do not deny that they would treat pro-ICE demonstrators more favorably."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis: "The unlawful activity by a few protesters does not transform a peaceful assembly into an unlawful assembly."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis notes that the feds argue "plaintiffs have not been engaged in First Amendment protected activity" because they've "intermingled themselves with rioters." "But as I've previously stated," Ellis says, "I don't find defendants' version of events credible."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis notes people being tear gassed, staring down the barrel of a gun and being "slammed to the ground with their head bashed into the street." "All of that would cause a reasonable person to think twice about exercising their fundamental constitutional rights."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis: "It doesn't matter that someone continues to go protest, or continues to be courageous. That is irrelevant as to whether there was a chilling effect."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
After going through several incidents since the start of Operation Midway Blitz — like the ones above — Judge Ellis says, "those are the factual findings that I'm making to support this preliminary injunction."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis on the Oct. 24 incident in Lake View: "When an agent deployed gas, he stated, 'Have fun.' And then, two additional tear gas canisters were deployed."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis on the Oct. 14 incident on the Southeast side: "Agents pushed, shoved, tackled protesters, pointed guns at them, threw tear gas and deployed smoke canisters. Everyone that agents detained were released by the FBI, and none of them are currently charged with assault."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis is walking through the testimony heard yesterday. She said Oak Park Township Trustee Juan Munoz's arrest made him a "prop" for DHS videos. Ald. Julia Ramirez "ran away from tear gas while eight-and-a-half months pregnant."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis points to this testimony from CBP agent Kristopher Hewson. "Clearly, what he said was 'hit them,'" Ellis says. bsky.app/profile/jons...
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis: [Bovino] admitted that he lied about whether a rock hit him before he deployed tear gas in Little Village."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis turns to the testimony of U.S. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino. How he denied using force against a man he tackled and said he didn't see the Rev. David Black hit by pepperballs. "More telling," she says, "defendant Bovino admitted that he lied."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis: "The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators. That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ellis: "This is the Chicagoland I see. From Aurora to Cicero, and Chicago to Evanston to Waukegan. This is a vibrant place, brimming with vitality and hope. Striving to move forward from its complicated history."
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
BREAKING: Former FTC chair Lina Khan to serve as co-chair of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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