Thread: NACDL President Christopher A. Wellborn responds to Trump officials who believe government agents can now search our homes without a warrant (a violation of the Fourth Amendment). Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u... - ThreadSky

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Thread: NACDL President Christopher A. Wellborn responds to Trump officials who believe government agents can now search our homes without a warrant (a violation of the Fourth Amendment). Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/trump-alien-enemies-immigration-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5U4._SHx.rGvPDrCBuc1_&smid=bs-share

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the-art-of-hobbes.bsky.social•2 days ago

So. Um. What are the chances that there will be a subsequent uptick in self-defense/Castle doctrine/stand-your-ground cases?

wwardcraft.bsky.social•2 days ago

Germany once had its own ICE. They called theirs Gestapo.

lindarn.bsky.social•2 days ago

WTH. We have rights. Need a warrant!!

better-2be-kind.bsky.social•2 days ago

No way!

andyp8424.bsky.social•2 days ago

NYT is not allowing comments on the article, although the majority of mine don't make the cut.

sarikaarina.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wish platforms would not screen replies. People can choose to skip over ones they do not care to read. For example lots of swearing I find triggering so I just skip. I will read other viewpoints. Lots of news now is opinion not fact based.

claudineg.bsky.social•2 days ago

Unclear? He’s been doing WTH he wants regardless of the law. Why wouldn’t he do this if they believe it’s allowed? SMH 🤦🏻‍♀️

fuckswasticars.bsky.social•1 day ago

Good way to lose agents

purplepuppy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please read this!

wordswithsteph.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just reposted. ✔️

nacdl.org•2 days ago

Thank you for sharing, and for standing up for the rule of law and equal justice for all.

vmg-ylw.bsky.social•2 days ago

REMINDER: Benito Mussolini, a fascist dictator, was executed on April 28, 1945, by Italian partisans. Captured alongside his mistress, Clara Petacci, while attempting to flee to Switzerland, Mussolini was recognized despite being disguised as a German soldier. Both were shot by a firing squad.

assholefromepaso.bsky.social•2 days ago

nacdl.org•2 days ago

Devlin Barrett of NYT reports: "Trump administration lawyers have determined that an 18th-century wartime law the president has invoked to deport suspected members of a Venezuelan gang allows federal agents to enter homes without a warrant, according to people familiar with internal discussions.

bluememe.bsky.social•2 days ago

As @jamellebouie.net said, they are not merely doing unconstitutional things.

They are anti-constitutional, all the way down.

nacdl.org•2 days ago

"The disclosure reflects the Trump administration’s aggressive view of presidential power, including setting aside a key provision of the Fourth Amendment that requires a court order to search someone’s home.

nacdl.org•2 days ago

"Christopher A. Wellborn, the president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, called the old law a relic that is dangerously prone to abuse — particularly when it comes to people’s right to privacy in their homes.

nacdl.org•2 days ago

"'The Fourth Amendment applies to everyone in the U.S., not just individuals with legal status,' he said. 'Taking away that right would be an “abuse of power that destroys our privacy, making Americans feel unsafe and vulnerable in the places where our children play and our loved ones sleep.'"

gforce0ne.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Setting aside" should be ignoring at best or trashing more specifically.

recamc.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why is the article not being more transparent about the fact that many, if not all, of the Venezuelan nationals subjected to this deportation have no proven connections to TdA and were erroneously targeted due to random tattoos?

coachd71.bsky.social•2 days ago

What about those states with stand your ground laws? I'm not letting a stranger in my home.

sarikaarina.bsky.social•2 days ago

Be safe

lonessmith.bsky.social•2 days ago

When visiting a communist dictatorship, be sure to carry a burner phone because they will search it and find out if you have been critical of them. My brother does that for China.

Oops, now please add the United States to that list! Trump dives full dictator!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained

noreligion4me.bsky.social•2 days ago

realbenisons.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thanks for flagging

Not your fault but I don't like the headline at all

Who knows what Trump or Bondi "believe"?

They claim
They purport

+ Charlie Savage just had a story about the learning curve of judges who are letting go of deference to DOJ