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Geoff

@lawyergeoff.bsky.social
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Lawyer (mostly brief writing). Chicago. Fan of immigrants. 375 F. Supp. 3d 280, if you want a good read.....

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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thank you @davidjbier.bsky.social for, as usual, hitting the nail precisely on the head. Every single word of this.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Today, even more Haitian (now former) TPS holders were summoned into an ICE office in Ohio and placed in ankle monitors. Clergy prayed for them before they did so. I found this really powerful.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
PLEASE BE TRUE. PLEASE BE TRUE. www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-t...
newsweek.com
Exclusive: ICE agents told to delay arresting Haitians on expired TPS
Over 300,000 immigrants covered by Temporary Protected Status had their status overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Please donate.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
From a conservative radio host in Ohio. If your premise is "Haitians in Ohio can afford houses but Americans in Ohio can't" and your explanation for that is not "maybe the Haitians are harder workers and/or more reliable employees"....maybe think about why that is, my dude.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is how DHS is publicizing the end of TPS for Haiti. Ghoulish doesn't begin to describe it.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Please, please PLEASE contact your Senators and tell them to co-sponsor Senate Bill 4814 which will legislatively extend Haiti's TPS. Please.
cbsnews.com
ICE plans to target Haitians as Temporary Protected Status is set to end, sources say
The plans include arresting migrants in Ohio and quickly putting them on deportation flights to crisis-stricken Haiti, the internal documents indicate.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
To all Haitian TPS holders and their supporters. I'm so sorry. I wish there was more we could have done. I'm broken.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
It was an honor to argue Trump v. Miot on Wednesday in the Supreme Court. I've been representing Haitian TPS holders in my pro bono practice for about 8 years. I've come to know them well. They're fantastic people and they make our country better. Please keep your fingers crossed for us.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I went to law school with Will Stancil. I have nothing more to add, just wanted to join the Topic Of The Day.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Explicitly anti-Haitian bomb threats called into Springfield, Ohio today. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
nytimes.com
Bomb Threats Disrupt Ohio City in Immigration Spotlight
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Holy crap. Our TPS case was featured on one of my favorite podcasts--Serious Trouble. @kenwhite.bsky.social, thank you for reading the decison and featuring it!
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
According to the government, President Trump's statements about Haitians--that they're eating dogs and cats, that they "all have AIDS" and that Haitians are bad because they come from a "shithole country"--are really just statements about public policy and don't indicate animus.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The government filed its emergency application for a stay in our Haiti TPS case. The government characterizes our argument as that Haiti is "unpleasant."
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The government just appealed Judge Reyes's ruling against the Trump Administration in Miot v. Trump, the Haiti TPS case in front of Judge Reyes. Seems they are in quite a rush. Please send good vibes, prayers, etc our way. Our clients are wonderful people and they deserve a victory.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This was projected on the screens at the church service/rally held today in Springfield, Ohio in support of Haitian TPS holders. It's exactly how I feel right now.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
We won. Haiti's TPS remains in effect, at least for now.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
New tshirt, courtesy of the T-Shirt Deli on Damen in Chicago.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Guys is it super awesome that ICE agents are openly wearing Trump iconography while on the job or nah? (Full video below)
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I feel like when your bank texts you a nine-digit access code for 2FA you should be allowed to be off by one digit and still login.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I would love for a reporter to ask RFK Jr. to define "mitochondria."
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Vance is that guy who went to law school, heard academic-y buzzwordy phrases, and deploys them to sound smart in arguments. "Over and under-inclusive" "Let's put that to one side" "That's a second order problem"
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
10 years ago: LOL Back to the Future 2 correctly predicted that the Cubs would win the World Series No2: LOL Back to the Future 2 correctly predicted that the justice system would abolish lawyers
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Taking "he literally told us he was gonna do all this" to a whole new level.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Am thinking about going to the protest tomorrow. It's about showing I'm against Trump, sure, but mainly it's cuz I heard on Fox that protestors are paid pretty well and after the last couple days I could use the extra scratch.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
So rude of him to talk about Skadden, Wilkie, and Paul Weiss this way.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Strom who?
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Ten years ago "President Trump Threatens to Invade Greenland" woulda been an Onion headline.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
If I were in-house counsel at a big corporation looking for aggressive litigators, I think I'd avoid hiring Paul Weiss--not for any political reason, but because they just proved that they cave to pressure pretty easily, which is not exactly what you want out of your litigators.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
What's the left's version of "Go Woke, Go Broke"? "Go fash, lose cash"?
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This is a comment translated from Portuguese and it is easily the funniest thing I have ever read in my life.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
To repeat an evergreen quote from George W Bush: "That was some weird shit."
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
When Homer Simpson did this in Australia he got punched in the face by a Marine.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I'm no expert, but giving people important jobs in government based on whether they host a podcast the president likes seems like a mistake.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Has anyone given Amy Chua a good tongue lashing for what she hath wrought?
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Ronald Reagan would be appalled. To state the very obvious.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
So crazy that Trump is so anti-gay while also clearly being in a throuple with Elon and Putin.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Can't believe we're not just generally referring to this period in history as Elongate huge swing and a miss culturally
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The silver lining to the budget bill is that for once we're at least involving Congress in the process of governing.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This is from a review of a Marvelous Mrs. Maisel episode. Spot the error. California attorneys probably have an edge.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I propose Ed Martin jokes. Akin to Your Mom's So Dumb jokes, but legal. Examples: * Ed Martin thinks Marbury v. Madison was a UFC fight. * Ed Martin thinks Warren Burger comes with fries. * Ed Martin thinks Trump's DEI EO abolished diversity jurisdiction.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I'm calling it now: Dr. Oz will be named surgeon general.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
#emails2doge Five Things I Did Last Week: 1. Wake up in the morning 2. Step outside 3. Take a deep breath 4. Get real high 5. And I scream from the top of my lungs "What's going on?"
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
If I worked for an agency, I would simply respond to Elon's email with this gif.
media.tenor.com
two women are standing next to each other and one of them is saying you 're not my supervisor
ALT: two women are standing next to each other and one of them is saying you 're not my supervisor
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Of all the people the Unitary Executive proponents could have to test their theory, they ended up with Donald Trump and I think that's kinda funny.
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I knew I'd heard of Germany's new chancellor before....
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Geoff @lawyergeoff.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Lol do NOT come for Saint Dolly
southbendtribune.com
Programs hope Indiana legislators restore dollars to keep Dolly Parton books coming to kids
Indiana aims to continue its gains in child literacy. And the Dolly Parton Imagination Library has been touted as a key component. But now …
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