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Kim Lane Scheppele

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Tracking the rise of legalistic autocracy around the world from Princeton University. And on BlueSky. @KimLaneLaw.

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Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) 's Twitter Profile Photo

JUST IN: Judge Howell rules that the Trump/DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace was illegal and should be treated as null and void. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_p…

JUST IN: Judge Howell rules that the Trump/DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace was illegal and should be treated as null and void.

ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_p…
Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Trump's effort to remove the U.S. Institute of Peace's board members is a "gross usurpation of power" and must be voided, a federal judge ruled. Trump's replacements and their actions also voided. Story soon, @AllRiseNews storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

BREAKING:

Trump's effort to remove the U.S. Institute of Peace's board members is a "gross usurpation of power" and must be voided, a federal judge ruled.

Trump's replacements and their actions also voided.

Story soon, @AllRiseNews storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Brute force" at the U.S. Institute of Peace A deep dive into Judge Howell's order voiding Trumpian upheaval inside the house Reagan built. @AllRiseNews allrisenews.com/p/usip-trump-h…

Szabolcs Panyi (@panyiszabolcs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💥🇮🇱 Hungary’s parliament voted to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC)—weeks after Orbán announced the move and defied an ICC arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, ordering police not to arrest him during his Budapest visit. Hungary is drifting further away from Europe.

💥🇮🇱 Hungary’s parliament voted to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC)—weeks after Orbán announced the move and defied an ICC arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, ordering police not to arrest him during his Budapest visit. Hungary is drifting further away from Europe.
Norm Eisen (#TryingTrump out now!) (@normeisen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Trump made a big mistake when he baselessly attacked the judiciary  They are in charge of deciding the cases! No wonder he's lost over 150 times

Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In two active cases, law firms suing the Trump admin for targeting them reported that judges have informed their lawyers in court that their security clearances have been suspended. Background allrisenews.com/p/jenner-trump…

In two active cases, law firms suing the Trump admin for targeting them reported that judges have informed their lawyers in court that their security clearances have been suspended.

Background allrisenews.com/p/jenner-trump…
John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group just got publicly rebuffed by the US. They came to DC to get off the US blacklist. It did not work out. Thanks to their own actions. You know about the human rights issues, but let me tell you why NSO is no friend to the United States. 1/

NEW: Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group just got publicly rebuffed by the US.

They came to DC to get off the US blacklist.

It did not work out. Thanks to their own actions.

You know about the human rights issues, but let me tell you why NSO is no friend to the United States. 1/
Joyce Alene (@joycewhitevance) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Someone please explain to me how this isn’t a flagrant violation of SCOTUS’ decision in AARP that due process requires more than 24 hours of notice.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨UPDATE: In a late-night court hearing, the Trump admin says that it deported the Burmese man to Burma, but is REFUSING to say where they deported the Vietnamese man, claiming it’s classified! The judge ordered ICE to tell everyone involved they may face criminal contempt.

🚨UPDATE: In a late-night court hearing, the Trump admin says that it deported the Burmese man to Burma, but is REFUSING to say where they deported the Vietnamese man, claiming it’s classified!

The judge ordered ICE to tell everyone involved they may face criminal contempt.
Jason Furman (@jasonfurman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm not sure I've ever seen such a brutal distributional analysis from CBO. This contrasts the Medicaid and SNAP cuts for the lowest decile with the tax cuts for the top decile.

I'm not sure I've ever seen such a brutal distributional analysis from CBO. This contrasts the Medicaid and SNAP cuts for the lowest decile with the tax cuts for the top decile.
Szabolcs Panyi (@panyiszabolcs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💥For over a decade, ‘Pravfond’ has been providing legal aid to Russians across the world. Internal emails obtained by journalists show how it collaborated with spies, funded propaganda efforts, and built points of influence along the way. #DearCompatriots occrp.org/en/project/dea…

Viktória Serdült (@viktoriaserdult) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Signatories said the survival of a free press was both a domestic Hungarian and European-wide issue, "especially in a region where an increasing number of populist leaders are adopting Viktor Orban’s methods". Thank you for your support! reuters.com/world/european…

Greg Sargent (@gregtsargent) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Unreal. The Trump administration is disappearing migrants to places that aren't even their origin countries, then refusing to say which countries they were sent to by claiming this is "classified," then refusing to say what the legal basis is for classifying that info:

Unreal. The Trump administration is disappearing migrants to places that aren't even their origin countries, then refusing to say which countries they were sent to by claiming this is "classified," then refusing to say what the legal basis is for classifying that info:
Anna Bower (@annabower) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Solicitor General John Sauer has now represented to the Supreme Court that Elon Musk is “not part of” the U.S. DOGE Service. An interesting representation considering what Trump said on Feb. 19: “I signed an order creating [DOGE] and put a man named Elon Musk in charge.”

Solicitor General John Sauer has now represented to the Supreme Court that Elon Musk is “not part of” the U.S. DOGE Service. 

An interesting representation considering what Trump said on Feb. 19: “I signed an order creating [DOGE] and put a man named Elon Musk in charge.”
Barb McQuade (@barbmcquade) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Kash Patel has shut down the FBI’s Internal Auditing Office, which overseas compliance with surveillance laws. In light of his previous comments about coming after rivals and journalists, the red flags are flying high. My thoughts in CafeGirl ☕.dot.com. @Vox.

Norm Eisen (#TryingTrump out now!) (@normeisen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: we say enough of Trump taking away security clearances out of retaliation & with no basis We just filed this preliminary injunction motion with an all-star team representing Mark S. Zaid in his landmark case to put a stop to this illegal conduct See you in court

BREAKING: we say enough of Trump taking away security clearances out of retaliation & with no basis  

We just filed this preliminary injunction motion with an all-star team representing <a href="/MarkSZaidEsq/">Mark S. Zaid</a> in his landmark case to put a stop to this illegal conduct  

See you in court
Telex (@telexhu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A fresh survey from Policy Solutions indicates that most Hungarians think that Viktor Orbán's 15 years in power have set the country back, benefited the rich, and only those who are close to the government can get ahead. Péter Magyar i... telex.hu/english/2025/0…

SzabadonMagyarul 🇬🇧🇭🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@szabadonmagyar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

About 280 cameras in Hungary got hacked by the Russian GRU Unit 26165. They got access to border security cameras at key locations, such as near border crossings, military installations, and rail stations near the Ukrainian border. The Hun. government is quiet on this matter.

About 280 cameras in Hungary got hacked by the Russian GRU Unit 26165. They got access to border security cameras at key locations, such as near border crossings, military installations, and rail stations near the Ukrainian border.
The Hun. government is quiet on this matter.