Heidi Li Feldman<p>A federal district court judge in NJ has just denied the Trump regime’s latest effort to have Mahmoud Khalil’s habeas corpus petition dismissed. <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.njd.564334/gov.uscourts.njd.564334.153.0_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.njd.564334/gov.uscourts.njd.564334.153.0_1.pdf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a> 1/</p>
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David<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.party/@sheddi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sheddi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> I think there'd be quite a market for retrofits of this sort: open hardware appliance controllers running open-source software, to rip and replace the stock controllers. Ask <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a> to be sure, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't count as DRM circumvention to remove and discard the DRM-containing electronics and install de novo replacements. </p><p>I imagine the retrofit kits could be sold either as boxed kits or pre-assembled, like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>frameworkcomputer</span></a></span> products. </p><p>I imagine there'd also be a significant secondary market for installation services, and perhaps also for retrofit design: reverse engineering non-computerized wiring; scanning and quantitatively modelling appliance cavity geometries; designing compatible adapter circuits between a PLC, programmable microcontroller, or SBC and the operational hardware (e.g., motors, fans, and heaters or compressors). </p><p>And I imagine there'd be a need for an (ideally federated) community repository of retrofit spec files: detailed internal physical dimensions of cavities in appliances with their stock controllers removed; wiring diagrams and documentation of residual non-computerized electronics; connector specifications (e.g. which type of wire end to use); instructions like on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iFixit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iFixit</span></a></span> for opening, removing stock controllers, installing replacements, and closing; and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/3Dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3Dprinting</span></a> files for controller mounting brackets and the like. This would best be community funded like most of the rest of the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a>. </p><p>I imagine there'd also be room to community fund development of firmware or software for the replacement controllers. </p><p>There could also be a tertiary service market in safety testing and re-certification of retrofit appliances, in case anyone wants to resell their retrofits with insurance and all. </p><p>And I second favouring "Unauthorized Bread." Unlike the poor migrants in the book, though, enough of us can currently afford to hack the hardware rather than the firmware, by removing and replacing all but the passive and operational components, discarding and replacing every programmable but not (intentionally) owner-reprogrammable component. Indeed, I'm sure it's best those who can, start working on this immediately, before <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GreatDepression2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatDepression2</span></a> kicks in.</p>
Heidi Li Feldman<p>Georgetown University Law Center students are working to heighten their peers’ awareness of which firms have caved to Trump and which have stood firm. Upper level students are creating a resource for 1Ls interviewing for jobs. They sent me this ask for help⬇️. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p>
Heidi Li Feldman<p>The American Bar Association today announced a running list of bar associations that have issued statements defending rule of law. <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/03/bar-organizations-stand-for-rule-of-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americanbar.org/news/abanews/a</span><span class="invisible">ba-news-archives/2025/03/bar-organizations-stand-for-rule-of-law/</span></a> and <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/bar-leadership/resources/resourcepages/executiveorders/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americanbar.org/groups/bar-lea</span><span class="invisible">dership/resources/resourcepages/executiveorders/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p>
Heidi Li Feldman<p>I could not be prouder of this Georgetown University Law Center student group. They were invited to an exclusive recruiting event with Skadden and withdrew because of Skadden’s preemptive capitulation to the Trump regime. Alanna, Caleb, and Carly were all students of mine.@ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p>
Yappari<p>Our Law Firm Won’t Cave to Trump. Who Will Join Us?</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/opinion/perkins-coie-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.704.dPkl.jx7x0mbduwED&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/30/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/perkins-coie-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.704.dPkl.jx7x0mbduwED&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fedilaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedilaw</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USconstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USconstitution</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/1stAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1stAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GiftLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftLink</span></a></p>
Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor<p>From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span>, a hopeful rundown of law firms taking a stand against the 🍊 stain and his horde of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ZombieSupplicants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZombieSupplicants</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/114240632590422058" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@heidilifeldma</span><span class="invisible">n/114240632590422058</span></a></p>
Catherine Morris<p>My new column:</p><p>The US as an Authoritarian State: Danger to the Global Rule of Law</p><p>“Checks & balances among the three US branches of government are in tatters… It is unclear whether the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> legal system can withstand the Trump administration’s increasingly brazen threats against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a>.” | SLaw: Canada’s Online Legal Magazine <a href="https://www.slaw.ca/2025/03/25/the-us-as-an-authoritarian-state-danger-to-the-global-rule-of-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">slaw.ca/2025/03/25/the-us-as-a</span><span class="invisible">n-authoritarian-state-danger-to-the-global-rule-of-law/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internationallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationallaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a> /1</p>
Heidi Li Feldman<p>Trump has appealed the emergency TRO granted by Judge Boasberg in the Venezuelan rendition case, a TRO upheld by the DC Circuit court, the first court of appeals. <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25872802/24a931.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">s3.documentcloud.org/documents</span><span class="invisible">/25872802/24a931.pdf</span></a> 1/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p>
Heidi Li Feldman<p>Yesterday, Trump targeted another major private law firm for retribution. Wilmer Hale has joined the ranks of firms fighting back, filing a lawsuit. <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278933/gov.uscourts.dcd.278933.1.0_4.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.dcd.278933/gov.uscourts.dcd.278933.1.0_4.pdf</span></a> 1/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span> </p><p>I agree, you might add <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediLaw</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegalNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegalNews</span></a> to your text for reach.</p><p>Also, a headline helps quite a bit, as well as an image or link.</p><p>👉<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClientRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClientRepresentation</span></a>: Trump Administration on Course To Destroy Rule Of Law👈</p><p>Also, this reminds me of Russia's treatment of lawyers having defended political dissidents.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-opposition-leader-navalny-lawyers-jail-16aaab94a7e812df7927c40e1104625d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/russia-oppo</span><span class="invisible">sition-leader-navalny-lawyers-jail-16aaab94a7e812df7927c40e1104625d</span></a></p><p>It is a clear case of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstTheyCame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstTheyCame</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110952620112236816" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1109</span><span class="invisible">52620112236816</span></a></p>
Heidi Li Feldman<p>Attention U.S. lawyers, law firms, law professors: please join me and hundreds of others who have signed this letter to Bondi, attempting to remind her of her obligations to rule of law and her duty to stop enabling Trump’s attacks on client representation and the independence of the legal profession. <a href="https://democracyforward.org/action/open-letter-ag/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">democracyforward.org/action/op</span><span class="invisible">en-letter-ag/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p>
Heidi Li Feldman<p>Go American Bar Association! “We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not.” <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/03/bar-organizations-statement-in-support-of-rule-of-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americanbar.org/news/abanews/a</span><span class="invisible">ba-news-archives/2025/03/bar-organizations-statement-in-support-of-rule-of-law/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p>
B.Blalock<p>Historical perspective on US governmental attack on lawyers and the role of lawyers in protecting vulnerable populations from hostile governmental actors:</p><p>"The use of litigation to challenge and disarm the aggressive actions of authoritarians is a uniquely American phenomenon that was developed and perfected by civil rights lawyers in the south. Challenging southern Governors who literally stood in the schoolhouse door and refused to obey court orders ..."</p><p><a href="https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/trumps-attack-on-lawyers-and-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sherrilyn.substack.com/p/trump</span><span class="invisible">s-attack-on-lawyers-and-law</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a></p>
Heidi Li Feldman<p>There’s a law firm amici brief in the works opposing the Executive Order in the Perkins Coie case. Law firm Munger Tolles is leading the effort. Good for them. </p><p>If you’re a managing partner of a firm, you can reach out to amicus@mto.com. If you’re an associate, you can reach out to partners in your firm to encourage them to take a stand. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p>
Heidi Li Feldman<p>We are now going to learn whether big law firm Jenner & Block is going to be knave or hero. Trump today targeted them as he has done to Perkins Coie, which is fighting; Paul Weiss, which caved; and Covington, whose reaction is unclear. Here’s the EO. <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addressing-risks-from-jenner-block/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac</span><span class="invisible">tions/2025/03/addressing-risks-from-jenner-block/</span></a></p><p>Here is some background, by me, <a href="https://heidi-says.ghost.io/heroes-and-knaves/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heidi-says.ghost.io/heroes-and</span><span class="invisible">-knaves/</span></a> and <a href="https://heidi-says.ghost.io/explained-perkins-coies-lawsuit-against-trumps-order-targeting-it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heidi-says.ghost.io/explained-</span><span class="invisible">perkins-coies-lawsuit-against-trumps-order-targeting-it/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p>
Catherine Morris<p>My column is out:</p><p>The US as an Authoritarian State: Danger to the Global Rule of Law</p><p>“Checks & balances among the three US branches of government are in tatters… It is unclear whether the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> legal system can withstand the Trump administration’s increasingly brazen threats against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a>.” | SLaw: Canada’s Online Legal Magazine <a href="https://www.slaw.ca/2025/03/25/the-us-as-an-authoritarian-state-danger-to-the-global-rule-of-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">slaw.ca/2025/03/25/the-us-as-a</span><span class="invisible">n-authoritarian-state-danger-to-the-global-rule-of-law/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internationallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationallaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a></p>
Jonathan Joshua<p>Trump says he'll move student loan servicing to SBA. Of course, Congress would have to amend the Higher Education Act to enable this. <br><a href="https://esq.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a> <a href="https://esq.social/tags/studentloanlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentloanlaw</span></a> <br><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5207597-trump-student-loans-sba-special-needs-disabled-students-hhs-mcmahon-kennedy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/homenews/education</span><span class="invisible">/5207597-trump-student-loans-sba-special-needs-disabled-students-hhs-mcmahon-kennedy/</span></a></p>
Heidi Li Feldman<p>Judge Howell is a first rate judge and she really couldn’t follow the doctrine on emergency TROs and grant the plaintiff’s motion for one. Her primary audience is the DC Court of Appeals, the court that ends up reviewing her rulings if the govt appeals them. 2/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p>
Heidi Li Feldman<p>In JGG v. Trump, the executive branch has today submitted one of the most misleading and disrespectful filings I have ever seen in a federal court. They mischaracterize all the proceedings as they continue to defy the judge. <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.37.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.37.0.pdf</span></a> 1/ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p>
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