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Sherrilyn Ifill

@sifill.bsky.social
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Civil rights lawyer; democracy warrior, dedicated to racial justice & equality. Fmr President & Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16h
A great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection. Just appalling.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 29/09/2026
For years we've heard that Biden created a "Ministry of Truth," which didn't actually happen. But, I still hear people talking about it. But then Trump directed his FCC boss to be a literal Minister of Truth and the story disappeared within a day or two. What are we even doing here?
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Verite News @veritenews.org · 28/09/2026
He fled genocide in Myanmar. ICE detained him in Louisiana. Min Khant Zaw, a Rohingya and Kaman activist and asylum seeker, had his life upended after spending seven weeks inside an ICE detention facility in Louisiana.
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He fled genocide in Myanmar. ICE detained him in Louisiana.
Min Khant Zaw, a Rohingya and Kaman activist and asylum seeker, had his life upended after spending seven weeks inside an ICE detention facility in Louisiana.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/09/2026
🚨 FACT: There is a federal criminal law that prohibits any armed agent of the federal government from being at the polls. There is only one exception. Marc Elias explains. Stay in the know: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just unreal.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It sounds so serious that I wonder you have time to sit at a table with newscaster chatting about it.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’d missed SG Sauer’s sly attempt to impugn Justices Jackson in his DHS v D.V.D petition. Thanks for lifting that up @stevevladeck.bsky.social . open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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253. Introducing “The Court We Need”
My second book about the Supreme Court offers a more nuanced diagnosis of exactly what’s wrong with the institution—and how (and why) we should fix it.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@citizensforethics.org are you on this?
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With regard to the overt and jaw-dropping use of public money to manufacture and broadcast Trump politicals ads, I'm just spitballing here, but maybe, perhaps, if the U.S. Supreme Court didn't give the president blanket immunity from prosecution for crimes he wouldn't feel so comfortable criming.
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The Governor of Chaos 🇳🇬🇨🇩 @theigbobear.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Ravens won, Lamar getting a MVP, we winning the Super Bowl and Jesse Minter is a demon
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I gasped! The Mighty Sparrow has left us. One of the most important and popular Calypsonians to ever do it! Songs filled political fire, irreverence, humor, naughty (very, very naughty) banter, and beats that make you wind your waist! Rest in Power, Sparrow. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/a...
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The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91
He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 27/09/2026
The Trump administration has deported tens of thousands of immigrants to so-called "third countries" that they have no connections to. "This is extraordinary rendition all over again, in broad daylight," says Tutu Alicante, a human rights lawyer from Equatorial Guinea.
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“Extraordinary Rendition All Over Again”: U.S. Deportees Sent to Equatorial Guinea Beaten, Imprisoned
Two men deported from the United States to Equatorial Guinea were arrested by local police forces and transferred to a prison earlier this month, in apparent retaliation for speaking out about conditi...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He should make a quick phone call to Don Jr. and make this very point.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
“Judges simply don’t believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys and the like,” a former federal judge said. “I don’t think...in the history of jurisprudence in the United States, we’ve ever seen anything close to this.” (Pub. July)
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The idea that people want AI oversight to happen "all of a sudden" ignores years of research, warnings, and policy efforts. The delay hasn’t been a lack of awareness; it’s been because of years of industry lobbying against regulation, political resistance, and inaction.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So much of what we are confronting today is best understood by the actions undertaken by white communities in response to integration orders. White supremacy is a form of democratic nihilism. Every institution, norm, and value of democracy will be sacrificed for it. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Sep. 27, 1958 | White Little Rock Voters Choose to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate
Learn more about our history of racial injustice
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A nightmare. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Eric Schmitt @erschm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
8 Navy sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group attempted suicide during its more than 300 days at sea www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says
The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Now this I like!
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
UN charter (Article 2, sec 4): >>All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against ... any State<< Trump at UN: >>I have a big decision to make... Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic?... Do I drive them into hell??<<
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Friday night at @politicsandprose.bsky.social in D.C. we had a great convo with @nikobowie.bsky.social and @daphnarenan.bsky.social about their remarkable new book Supremacy: How Rule by the Court Replaced Govt By the People.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What I want white folks to understand is when you let your friends, business partners, elected officials, consultants talk about us this way, we don’t trust you either. So ask Walmart & Hewlett Packard about the ppl they pay as lobbyists.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So in addition to being a former clerk to SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch, Mike Davis’ lobbying clients include Hewlett Packard and Walmart. Have the CEOs of those companies been asked to “disavow” and “sever their relationships” with Mike Davis?? He is a grotesque racist.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So in addition to being a former clerk to SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch, Mike Davis’ lobbying clients include Hewlett Packard and Walmart. Have the CEOs of those companies been asked to “disavow” and “sever their relationships” with Mike Davis?? He is a grotesque racist.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Barack Obama drove a lot of white people insane. This was the election version of being ordered to integrate the town swimming pool, and choosing to fill it with cement instead.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026
The AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
He is in his bag. Love to see it!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Come tonight! Then head over to the Kennedy Center!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have never tried to raise money for a political candidate running for Congress outside my home state. But I am publicly endorsing & supporting @angieforfl. A great event in D.C. last night for soon-to-be Senator @angieforfl. Great to run into old friend @jbrownedianis & new friend @isaiahrmartin!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It worked with police so they figure it’s an effective tactic.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Your reminder here that the milieu that Stephens exists in and writes about is broadly non-representative. This helps to explain a lot of his writing on higher ed, which is mostly old rich people complaints about kids in traditionally rich people schools
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
according to politico, since Jan. 2025, Trump admin has deported 170+ people “in violation of court orders,” “in defiance of legally mandated due process protections,” or “to countries from which they had sought or received protection from torture and persecution” ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
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The Trump Justice Department Is Way Too Comfortable Violating Court Orders
Judges have tools for responding to noncompliance. They just have to use them.
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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Nate Silver bodied by John Delaney
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is insane. DOJ officials who by law are required to exercise independent judgment appear to have been ordered to overturn torture protections granted to a political opponent of a Trump ally, with a deportation flight fueled up and ready for their preordained decision made in less than 24 hours.
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U.S. Fast-Tracked Deportation of Ecuadorean Politician Despite Torture Fears
The removal of José Serrano, a critic of President Daniel Noboa who has been accused of criminal activity, underscores how the Trump administration has asserted control over U.S. immigration courts.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With Trump unleashing insane tirades against regulating AI, Obama just urged Dems to adopt a comprehensive position on it, warning that failure to act now will be "dangerous." Trump's malevolence has given Dems a big opening. They should seize on it. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2154...
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The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving
Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So excited to talk with the authors about this remarkable and timely book. @politicsandprose.bsky.social @daphnarenan.bsky.social @nikobowie.bsky.social @daphnarenan.bsky.social
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Like how Mark Zuckerberg did such a great job protecting our kids on Facebook and Instagram? Please.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Pentagon Watchdog Reveals Devastating U.S. Losses in Iran War
The Defense Department’s inspector general reports a major munitions shortfall—and damage to U.S. bases throughout the region.
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classacthr73.bsky.social @classacthr73.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Our democracy is crumbling around us because we haven't exercised citizenship to the level of rigor that we need to. We can't continue with business as usual. Pressure your institutional leaders, faith leaders, etc to exercise a higher level of citizenship. - @sifill.bsky.social #ClassACTHR73Forum
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This piece by @michelledbernard is very long, but also very, very good. All the way to the end. michelledbernard.substack.com/p/gayle-king...
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GAYLE KING WAS FLOORED THE LONE HOLDOUT IN THE LINDSAY CLANCY JURY WAS A BLACK MAN. I WASN’T.
Before we ask why one Black juror could not join the other eleven, we need to ask what Black Americans have learned about children, punishment, and which children America sees as innocent.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
He once told me that without the filibuster there is no democracy.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Seems bad when the people in charge of overseeing our nukes say shit like this.
Brandon Williams, Under Secretary of Nuclear Security @ENERGY and @NNSAnews Administrator:

The era of primarily emphasizing Stockpile
Stewardship is over.
Going forward we will be defined primarily as an organization focused on weapons production.
7:17 AM • 9/14/26 • 28K Views
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"What are they hiding?" asks guy who put a $50,000 bribe into a Cava bag about normal democratic processes.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I can’t take this. Procedure? What’s that?
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Y’all keep giving them more toys. With all of this surveillance technology provided to police depts over the past 8 years, has the crime “solve rate” for law enforcement increased measurably?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "On day one, Donald Trump rescinded the AI safety order meant to guard against catastrophic risks, including the engineering of bioweapons. Meanwhile, Don Jr's 1789 Capital bought big money stakes in data centers and AI labs ... President Trump is compromised"
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/09/2026
mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It’s a little late for this mendacity. A whole book was published in 2020 with eyewitness & documented evidence of Trump luridly and openly cheating at golf. It’s not a question.
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