The Crucial Role of Legal Advocacy in Immigration and Civil Rights

OA1149 - Even as most of the Biglaw establishment falls to Trump’s whims, lawyers from smaller firms are stepping up to do the most necessary work  on the most important issues of our times. We’re here to tell you a little more about some of them! But first: The House passes the “No Rogue Rulings Act” and we rip into some fascist nonsense from MAGA legal “thinker” Mike Davis defending the President’s absolute  right to call anyone a terrorist and send them to hell without a hearing. Also: DHS’s “evidence”(?) in support of Mahmoud Kahlil’s deportation,  SCOTUS ‘s surprise mid-episode ruling ordering the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a Salvadoran gulag, and more on the truly inspirational lawyers who are aggressively pushing these fights forward.

In today’s footnote: can you sue ChatGPT for “hallucinating” terrible stories about you? One heavily-armed Georgia talk show host is gunning to find out.

• The “No Rogue Rulings Act”  (HR 1526) 

• Amicus brief filed in Korematsu Center et al in Perkins Coie v. DOJ (4/9/25)

• DHS “evidence” filed in Mahmoud Kahlil’s deportation proceedings (4/10/25)

• U.S. Supreme Court’s order in Noem v. Abrego Garcia (04/10/2025)

• Plaintiff’s complaint in Walters v OpenAI  

• “SCOTUS must stop leftist judges' lawless sabotage of Trump agenda | Fox News, Mike Davis (3/31/25)

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