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Heidi Li Feldman blog
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Choosing courage
https://heidi-says.ghost.io/choosing-courage/
Published: March 15, 2025 04:00
Today was tough. Too many Democratic Senators caved, enabling the passage of a truly horrible six month spending bill favored by the Republicans. While that was unfolding on the Senate floor, Donald Trump personally visited the Justice Department and…
Explained: Perkins Coie's lawsuit against Trump's order targeting it
https://heidi-says.ghost.io/explained-perkins-coies-lawsuit-against-trumps-order-targeting-it/
Published: March 12, 2025 01:23
As I wrote in my earlier post today, Donald Trump has escalated his attack on rule of law and U.S. constitutional democracy by issuing an executive order targeting Perkins Coie, a law firm he dislikes and fears. Now, Perkins Coie, represented by Williams &…
Trump stepping up his attack on civil society and rule of law - fight back!
Published: March 11, 2025 21:19
Donald Trump has been going after large law firms who represent clients and causes he doesn’t like. This started with his executive order stripping security clearances from any Covington & Burling lawyers and employees who assisted Special Counsel Jack…
Mahmoud Khalil, further Trump regime undermining of the judiciary, and passing a personal test
Published: March 11, 2025 04:13
Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest and detention by the Trump DHS/ICE is in the news and the courts. Today, his lawyers have filed a motion to have ICE return him to New York, asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to protect Khalil
Mexico’s lawsuit against gun makers and distributors
https://heidi-says.ghost.io/mexicos-lawsuit-against-gun-makers-and-distributors/
Published: March 8, 2025 07:43
I haven’t been able to post here for the past couple of days because I was readying an article for forthcoming publication. From the Mundane to the Unprecedented to the Lawless: Litigating Civil Cases Against Firearms Industry Actors discusses, among other…
A closer look at Dellinger v. Bessent, a case key to understanding Trump’s dictatorial aspirations
Published: March 2, 2025 21:24
This is a longer post than my usual, due to the significance and intricacy of its topic. On March 1, 2025, Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the District Court of the District of Columbia issued a critically important opinion. Jackson ruled on the merits of a…
Keep your bearings and know the fight we are in
https://heidi-says.ghost.io/keep-your-bearings-and-know-the-fight-we-are-in/
Published: February 27, 2025 06:30
[Note: As readership of Heidi Says has grown, it has been brought to my attention that some background on me might be useful. I’ve expanded the “About” page accordingly.]The scale and pace of Republican Fascist activities escalates daily. Bizarre,…
Blizzard of lawsuits
https://heidi-says.ghost.io/blizzard-of-lawsuits/
Published: February 24, 2025 22:11
Even for lawyers, keeping up with all the litigation filed against the Trump Executive Branch is hard. For nonlawyers, I imagine it is harder, especially because many of the suits make similar claims, seeking similar relief: injunctions – specific commands…
Note on bravery
https://heidi-says.ghost.io/note-on-bravery/
Published: February 21, 2025 06:49
As the Trump regime settles in, it menaces so much. I will spare you a list. Today, I kept feeling surges of fear. I tried to summon courage but it was hard. Then, I came across some examples of other people showing courage and it got easier for me to
A short guide to the United States Digital Service, currently under destruction by the Trump regime
Published: February 20, 2025 04:09
NOTE BENE: Many of the links in this post go to archived web pages. I have done this in case the current live pages are taken down.Today, Engineering Director of the United States Digital Service (USDS) resigned in protest over the USDS's takeover by…
Glad the legal professional organizations are speaking up, but they aren't talking about the elephant in the room
Published: February 19, 2025 01:18
Today, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) finally put out a statement saying they are "very concerned" by Trump regime members questioning the "courts' authority to review the legality of executive action." The entire statement is fairly tepid…
Resignations from DOJ and new litigation developments sharpen the U.S.'s ongoing constitutional crisis
Published: February 14, 2025 00:37
There are a number of dimensions to the current, ongoing constitutional crisis in the United States, all of which arise from actions taken by the Trump regime. There is the burgeoning conflict between the federal executive and federal judiciary which is…
Fear and loathing plus what blue states should be doing now
https://heidi-says.ghost.io/fear-and-loathing-plus-what-blue-states-should-be-doing-now/
Published: February 12, 2025 22:25
Just when you think you can't be more alarmed and disgusted by the Republican Fascist regime, further horrendous stuff happens. Just because none of it is surprising doesn't mean it isn't shocking. Nothing Trump, Musk, the Trump cabinet heads and other…
Constitutional crisis update 2/10/2025 3:53 pm
https://heidi-says.ghost.io/constitutional-crisis-update-2-10-2025-3-53-pm/
Published: February 11, 2025 00:23
Even a (so-far) nonviolent constitutional crisis moves swiftly. So far today there have been significant developments in two ongoing lawsuits to check the unlawful, unconstitutional conduct of the Trump regime. Both bring us closer to the inevitable…