Andrew Weissmann
NYU Law, MSNBC legal analyst, podcast cohost "Main Justice" (previously "Prosecuting Donald Trump"); NYT bestselling author.
Substack "Behind The Headlines" https://weissmann.substack.com
Offering legal analysis & opinion
- Presidential power is expanding—and ominously Stephen Miller talks abt suspending habeas corpus. Justice Jackson warned us. I walk through his Youngstown opinion and why it demands our attention. Stay engaged.
- On Friday, a judge ordered the release of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts student seized by ICE in March. The ruling affirms our habeas and due process rights—just as Stephen Miller suggests erasing them. The law is not on his side. Jen Rubin and I break it all down.
- A Member of Congress —who was at the facility today with the Newark mayor — told Alicia Menendez on air tonight that the Newark mayor was *invited* into the detention facility. And then when he left, ICE arrested him for trespass!
- Reposted by Andrew WeissmannArticle 3 of the Convention Against Torture (to which the United States is a party)
- With reports of Trump admin. plan to send migrants to Libya This analysis by @becingber.bsky.social @scott-roehm.bsky.social is relevant "Non-refoulement is ... codified in US statutes. It prohibits States from transferring...person would be at risk of certain serious human rights violations."
- Reposted by Andrew WeissmannBREAKING: Second Circuit panel, one day after arguments, unanimously rejects government's arguments and orders that Rumeysa Ozturk be transferred to Vermont no later than May 14. ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
- New court rulings push back hard on Trump’s tactics. Judge Rodriguez blocks his use of the Alien Enemies Act, while Judge Howell strikes down all of his executive order targeting a law firm. The courts are so far doing their duty under the constitution. #TrumpAccountability #NationalSecurity
- Reposted by Andrew WeissmannIf you were looking to combat transnational crime, especially drug cartels, this is the exact office you would NOT shut down. This move by Trump's DOJ undermines any argument they want to prosecute international cartels, human traffickers, and gang members such as MS-13.
- Trump Admin is shutting down OCDETF program — prosecutors, agents and analysts who target transnational drug cartels. Odd decision in light of stated priorities. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
