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Amy Fettig

@amyfettig.bsky.social
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Leader, lawyer, litigator, movement-builder, fearless progressive in a moment that demands more love and liberty. Now acting as Co-Executive Director of @fjporg.bsky.social

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Amy Fettig @amyfettig.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
So grateful for your work and vision @greenesq.net!!!!
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/04/2025
Checks and balances exist for a reason — the Trump administration is not above the courts.
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Judge Finds Cause to Hold Trump Admin In Contempt Over Alien Enemies Act Removals
Read more here.
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
4/ “A justice system that keeps any person unlawfully in prison due to its refusal to correct past mistakes is a broken system.” - FJP’s @amyfettig.bsky.social. Learn more: bit.ly/BoweVUSBrief
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Fair and Just Prosecution Urges Supreme Court: Don’t Let Technicalities Keep People Behind Bars - Fair and Just Prosecution
Today, Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) and four other organizations submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Bowe v. United States, urging the Court to ensure that people have a meaningf...
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Amy Fettig @amyfettig.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
This is what a Fascist Government Looks Like. Target the most vulnerable while you undermine the whole. Glad to see the Detroit Free Press lifting the voices, struggles and stories of the MI trans community pushing back against erasure. We are all in this together. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
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How Trump's executive orders have forced these Michiganders to change
Three Michigan transgender residents and people who love them talk about how Trump's decisions have changed their lives.
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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“This is what arbitrary, absolute power looks like. And this is why the men who wrote the Constitution never wanted anyone to have it.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 11/04/2025
This was three months ago.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/04/2025
No teacher should lose their job for treating trans students with dignity and respect.
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Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name
It’s the first known dismissal stemming from the conservative campaign to limit schools' recognition of transgender identity.
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DC Cassandra @dccassandra.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
They want to create full time live action version of #ThePurge for real for real Thanks @amyfettig.bsky.social www.newsweek.com/trumps-tarif...
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Trump's Tariffs and DOGE Will Set Off a Crime Wave | Opinion
When schools, hospitals, shelters, libraries, and public safety agencies lose funding, it doesn't just make life harder. It makes communities less safe.
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Amy Fettig @amyfettig.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Seems like ICE thinks it’s “1984” - and they serve Big Orange Brother. George Orwell is rolling in his grave.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/04/2025
"Someone says oh my God, we have wrongfully deported somebody and they are in prison in a foreign country, what should we do about it? And the adult in the room is not saying 'get that person back here immediately.'" @weissmann11.bsky.social talks cruelty and lawlessness with @timmiller.bsky.social
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Amy Fettig @amyfettig.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
We must stop this!! And keep Schumer from his usual craven negotiation failures.
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Great news! The MI Supreme Court rightly recognized what decades of research show: 19- & 20-year-olds share the same hallmarks of youth as teens — less impulse control, developing brains & greater capacity for change. Mandatory LWOP ignores that reality. #SecondChances
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Amy Fettig @amyfettig.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
We stand with our incredible ally @vera.org because we care about justice and public safety! The Trump administration is destroying both for its political agenda.
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Amy Fettig @amyfettig.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
My home state Michigan stands up for justice and science!! The brain science tells us that young adults and late teens are different - and let’s be real - every adult knows that already.
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Bill Mefford @billmefford.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
#ProtectVotingRights! Vote NO on the SAVE Act!!
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
3/ When people can’t afford essentials—and support systems like housing, mental health care, and education are stripped away—desperation rises. And with it, so does crime. Read more in @amyfettig.bsky.social's latest op-ed:
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Trump's Tariffs and DOGE Will Set Off a Crime Wave | Opinion
When schools, hospitals, shelters, libraries, and public safety agencies lose funding, it doesn't just make life harder. It makes communities less safe.
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
1/ “By crashing the economy, gutting social services, and weaponizing the government, the administration is setting the stage for a new era of chaos—one in which public safety decreases, trust in democracy declines, and working families are left more vulnerable than ever.”
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
ICYMI: Criminalizing consensual sex work does more harm than good. Our latest issue brief outlines why decriminalization is a smarter, safer, and more just approach — and how prosecutors can lead the way. Learn more: fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/u...
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Amy Fettig @amyfettig.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
State police should not be doing the bidding of ICE or the federal government - they are supposed to be protecting community safety - not spending tax payer dollars on cruel, inhumane political stunts. www.linkedin.com/posts/amy-fe...
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How Florida is telling highway troopers to hold, detain immigrants wanted… | Amy Fettig
This internal memo from the State Police in Florida is deeply alarming - both as a legal and public safety matter. Local law enforcement shouldn’t be using scarce resources to do the bidding of the fe...
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Extreme Michigan @extrememichigan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
If you've never been to a protest, here's your chance to be part of the largest, most historic protest of your lifetime. Protest to save democracy. See you April 5th at the Michigan Capitol or Washington DC.
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Prosecutors Alliance @prosalliance.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
DA Diana Becton's Neighborhood Restorative Partnership program trains residents in restorative practices to help resolve low-level cases in their neighborhoods. The experience centers the victim, promotes healing and accountability, and connects those involved to the resources they need.
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Amy Fettig @amyfettig.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Trump ‘couldn’t care less’ if cars get pricey because of his tariffs - Because we pay for his Chauffeurs and Private Jets! He doesn’t have to worry that his car won’t start or that he needs to get a ride to work. This hack doesn’t care about us.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Proud of journalists & outlets still standing up to power in the face of threats while Big Law, corporations, and other institutions capitulate: Wired, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, Miami Herald, Techdirt, Marisa Kabas, the Unpoulist, ProPublica, MSNBC. (Feel free to add others in replies)
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
1/ Each year, police conduct 20M+ traffic stops—most for minor issues that don’t improve safety. These stops disproportionately target Black and low-income drivers and erode trust. It’s time for a smarter approach.
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Amy Fettig @amyfettig.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
What we are seeing is the Nazi Playbook - plain and simple. And we all know how that ended. Stand up now before it’s too late.
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
1/ Criminalizing consensual sex work doesn’t make communities safer—it pushes people into the shadows, fuels exploitation, and wastes law enforcement resources. That’s why we’re calling on prosecutors to lead the charge for change. 🧵⬇️
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
3/ “Every day, sex workers face violence, exploitation & a lack of basic rights—all made worse by laws meant to ‘protect’ them,” said FJP’s @amyfettig.bsky.social. Decriminalizing consensual sex work is smart policy that improves public safety & public health.
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
4/ FJP’s @amyfettig.bsky.social: “This is a deliberate attempt to undermine our democracy & way of life by leaving people who need legal recourse and protection nowhere to turn. The nation & legal profession should reject this action for what it is - the manipulations of a dictator.”
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
1/ On Friday, Trump issued a memo directing AG Pam Bondi to sanction lawyers who challenge his administration’s political interests—calling such cases “frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious.” This is a dangerous attack on the legal profession.
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
1/ NY prisons are breaking the law — and Gov. Hochul is letting it happen. The HALT Solitary Confinement Law, meant to end prolonged isolation, is being illegally suspended to appease corrections unions after strikes that led to multiple deaths.
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
2/ Solitary confinement is torture — and banned by NY law. But instead of enforcing HALT, the Hochul admin is caving to political pressure. As FJP's @amyfettig.bsky.social says: “This is dangerous, unlawful — and Trumpian.”
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Amy Fettig @amyfettig.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
So proud to be a client of The Elias Law Group!! And proud to stand with my fellow lawyers who take the Constitution, the Rule of Law, and our democracy as their touchstone and responsibility.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I want you to understand this is happening in our name and we know most of these men committed no crimes. One is a professional soccer player who was tortured in Venezuela and was working through asylum in the U.S. ICE shipped him for his Real Madrid tattoo and a picture throwing rock & roll horns.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Tesla is recalling nearly every Cybertruck in the United States due to the risk of the exterior panels flying off and hitting other cars on the road. This comes as Tesla’s stock continues to plunge.
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Tesla is recalling most Cybertrucks due to exterior panel issue | CNN Business
Tesla is recalling nearly all Cybertrucks in the United States to fix an exterior panel that could detach during driving, the latest in a series of call-backs for the pickup truck.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This Paul Weiss capitulation is the most disgraceful action by a major law firm in my lifetime, so appalling that I couldn’t believe it at first. Any lawyers at that firm—partners or associates—who don’t promptly resign will defile their moral and professional reputations beyond repair.
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Michael E @michaeleichner.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
More ofnthe same from the party of law and order. flip.it/YcesJE
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DOJ Lawyer Tells Court It Will Comply With Order... DOJ Writes Back 'We've Decided To Violate It Instead, Thx Bye.' - Above the Law
Just so John Roberts knows, the other shoe fell.
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Extreme Michigan @extrememichigan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Trump is attacking universities, students, faculty and free speech. #MagaNazi www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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The scholars targeted for deportation by the Trump administration
Homeland Security had been focused on migrants who arrived at the border. Now, the administration has foreign-born academics in its crosshairs and may be trying to make examples of them.
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Angie @angiesuniverse.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“The routine of unnecessary detentions that does not even lead to a criminal charge should seriously be questioned,” said FJP's @amyfettig.bsky.social. “This is a red flag, frankly.” Read more:
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Jailed but not charged: Cleveland’s arresting practice raises fundamental concerns of justice, experts say
Cleveland police's practice of jailing people without ever being charged is an outlier and raises concerns about fairness in Cuyahoga County's legal system, experts say.
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
1/ FJP condemns the planned execution of Edward James set to take place by lethal injection tonight. Mr. James was sentenced to death by a non-unanimous jury. Read our full statement here: bit.ly/FJP-Statement-Execution-Edward-James
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Prosecutors Alliance Action @prosecutorsact.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
How prosecutors can help protect immigrants in their communities. 1-Holding private hearings before revealing a victim’s status. 2-Creating an escort process for victims or witnesses attending court. 3-Reaching out to immigrant communities to assure them that prosecutors are there to protect them
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The Trump administration is attempting to block a judge from investigating whether officials defied a court order on deportation flights. FJP’s @amyfettig.bsky.social sounds the alarm:
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Margo Schlanger @mjschlanger.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
For anyone who's been using the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse Trump 2.0 collection (clearinghouse.net/trumpchallen...) -- or using the Clearinghouse at all -- will you consider supporting our work with a donation? mailchi.mp/umich/civil-...
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This Giving Blueday, Help Support Civil Rights Advocacy
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Amy Fettig @amyfettig.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Thrilled to be part of this effort to promote justice, fairness and common sense in our criminal legal system! If we can’t build a system that functions with absolute transparency and accountability while punishing people - we’re doing something terribly wrong and inherently unjust - at best.
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
2/ As Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty writes, this erodes trust and makes communities less safe. “Law enforcement and prosecutors have been crystal-clear. We need our community to trust us.” Read more:
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Mary Moriarty: The better path forward on public safety and immigration
Justice will not prevail if victims and witnesses are terrified to step forward.
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Fair and Just Prosecution @fjporg.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
"By recording and reporting on stories that are otherwise not available and data that are not captured in official records, court-watching projects offer an important level of oversight within court proceedings." Read more:
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Court-Watching for Accountability: Lessons from Chicago - Fair and Just Prosecution
By Sofia Tagkaloglou  When we talk about reforming the criminal legal system, there is a big difference between changing a policy on paper and changing practice in courtrooms. Although the US Constitu...
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