Judge's Scathing Ruling on First Amendment Violations & Abrego Case Update

Landmark Ruling Against Trump Administration

• ⚖️ A Reagan-appointed judge, William Young, issued a scathing 160-page ruling finding the Trump administration in violation of the First Amendment.
• 🎯 The ruling targets the policy of targeting pro-Palestinian students for deportation, specifically citing actions by Marco Rubio and Christie Noem.
• ✉️ The judge began the opinion with a note about a postcard received, contrasting "Trump has pardons and tanks" with the Constitution and the people's duty.
• 🚨 The ruling compares the masking of ICE agents to "cowardly desperados" and the KKK, warning against an armed, masked secret police.
• 🗣️ Judge Young expresses fear that Trump believes Americans are too divided to defend constitutional values, questioning if this belief is correct.

Implications for Free Speech and Non-Citizens

• ✊ The ruling unequivocally states that non-citizens lawfully present in the U.S. have the same free speech rights as citizens.
• 🚫 It refutes the idea that habeas corpus is solely a presidential right, emphasizing that the First Amendment applies equally to all.
• 🥶 The court found that actions were taken to intentionally chill the rights to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly of non-citizen plaintiffs.
• 🎭 The judge acknowledges the bravery of federal agents who testified, thanking them for their honesty about being weaponized for "ignoble ends."

Update on the Abrego Habeas Case

• 🇺🇸 In the Abrego case before Judge Senius, attorneys argue that his ongoing detention is unauthorized and punitive.
• 🇨🇷 The government offered deportation to Costa Rica, a country providing guarantees against refoulement, but is now contemplating sending him to Uganda or Eswatini.
• 📢 Abrego's attorneys argue that sending him to Eswatini, which has publicly stated it would return him to El Salvador, circumvents a court order prohibiting his detention in El Salvador.
• ⏳ The argument is that if there's no immediate plan for deportation to a suitable country, the government cannot justify holding him for an indeterminate period, thus he should be released.
• ⚖️ The case involves claims of vindictive prosecution, suggesting Abrego is being punished for asserting his rights, including winning pre-trial release from two federal judges.

Upcoming Hearings and Independent Media

• 🗓️ Adam Classfeld plans to attend the Abrego hearing in Maryland and the arraignment of James Comey in New York.
• 🎙️ The interview will be replayed on Allison Gill's Substack and included in tomorrow's Daily Beans podcast.
• 📰 Support for independent media like All Rise News and The Breakdown is crucial for reporting facts without intimidation.