Carolyn Shapiro
Law prof at Chicago-Kent College of Law; co-director of CK Institute on the Supreme Court; Of Counsel, Schnapper-Casteras, PLLC; former IL Solicitor General.
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- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroThis is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
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- This is a really thoughtful post.
- Very good piece on the possibility of state laws to allow people harmed by federal officials to sue for violations of the federal constitution. (And I make a brief appearance!) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
- Reposted by Carolyn Shapiro“Seniors in long-term care facilities develop deep bonds with their staff. Blumberg’s residents, she said, ‘can relate to not being wanted, to being kicked out and coming to America for salvage and freedom and safety and shelter. And they want to be able to protect the Haitians.’”
- “About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.” www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroMy 10yo just asked me out of nowhere if ICE was going to pick me up. I explained I was a US citizen so this is highly unlikely and that if they did, we would sue the pants off of them. Notably she did not ask her white father. This is where we’re at.
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- To steel your spine
- Nice word for @profmsinha.bsky.social’s THE SLAVE’S CAUSE in another fine Bouie video, this one about the incredible odds abolitionists faced for generations, and eventually, overcame.
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroI testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
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- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroAnd finally there is an editorial, in which we argue that Donald Trump is "creating a militia which answers only to himself" and how he could use it to "stage provocations pretty much anywhere with impunity, including during elections" if Congress does not step in www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
- www.facebook.com/share/v/17oA... Musical balm
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroUnion workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
- Outstanding piece
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroBreaking on MS NOW: Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests. The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
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- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroI know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
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- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroMaher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael. On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition. ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroIn Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law. The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia: tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroThe US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroWe need to get it broadly understood that Stephen Miller's ethnic cleansing will result in a permanent metastasized immigrant carceral state and paramilitary warfare on US streets that goes on *for years.* The internal logic of his agenda dictates this of necessity. newrepublic.com/article/2041...
- Con Law professor here. I feel you.
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroDHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroLiterally EVERYTHING else aside: Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it. Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroUPDATE: Minnesota Department of Corrections puts out a statement refuting Bovino’s lies about the man they say they were arresting before they killed Alex Pretti. The Trump regime’s lies are endless.
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroCBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today. This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
- Stare criminal prosecutions are possible. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
- After Saturday's tragic shooting, I wrote about why Minnesota "officially" isn't doing more to resist ICE — and why Trump's actions are so dangerous. www.wired.com/story/why-mi...
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroA reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
- Pritzker
- All of the analysis applies to the killing of Alex Pretti.
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroReminder: after Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez in October, DHS tried to claim it was because she was armed. The gun never left her purse and she had a concealed carry license for it.
- Very important for local authorities to maintain control of the scene and to gather evidence. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroIf you have any firsthand video of today’s shooting, please please submit here so the Hennepin County Attorneys Office can review it hennepinprosecutor.evidence.com/axon/communi...
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- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroThis sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroI am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroYou did not bear the shame. You resisted. You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour. — The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
- Reposted by Carolyn Shapiro#FrontPage comparison NYT editors are entrusted by their readers to prioritize what’s important. Their editorial decisions such as layout of the #FrontPage contribute to public memory. Democracywashing Minnesota under siege by Federal agents and #Minneapolis community mobilizing in frigid temps 👇
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroWe owe an incredible debt to the Minnesotans who are on the streets protesting and documenting what is happening.
- Really important thread. Tens of thousands of Minnesotans demonstrating in the bitter bitter cold are a beacon of warmth and hope.
- Minnesota shifting narrative from "rabble rousing protesters" vs "law enforcement" to "people of conscience" vs "evil regime." This is essential to defeating authoritarianism - exposing who, what & why they are by demonstrating who, what & why we are. And MAGA knows it. www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/p...
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- Very much like the way the Fugitive Slave Act operated. bsky.app/profile/csha...
- When an ICE agent confronts you is "when your due process ends," says the member of Congress from the largest border district. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroThirty-one known defendants have been charged in Chicago with non-immigration crimes tied to “Operation Midway Blitz.” With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared. No one has been convicted.
- #BREAKING: Federal jury finds Chicago man NOT GUILTY of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino. The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
- A month ago I wrote for SCOTUSblog about what we can learn from the Fugitive Slave Act - and as importantly, from the resistance to it. Seems appropriate to re-up today, in honor of the general strike in Minnesota. www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/the-...
- Exactly. bsky.app/profile/csha...
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroWhen an ICE agent confronts you is "when your due process ends," says the member of Congress from the largest border district. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
- Good news from Illinois- the state is investigating whether the landlord/management used ICE to get rid of tenants. And on a point of personal privilege - the young man interviewed here happens to be my son. youtu.be/L14vAWX93ag?...
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroYou don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
- Reposted by Carolyn Shapiro"The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
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- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroThe grimness of US history should encourage us. Yes, people used to send lynching postcards. And other people saw that, worked towards building a more just society anyway, and succeeded beyond anyone's wildest imagination. There's more work to be done. What's our excuse for choosing despair instead?
- talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme... Thoughts from me and others on the timing of the tariffs case. (Spoiler alert: four con law profs agree that we can’t draw any conclusions from the fact that SCOTUS has not issued an opinion yet.)
- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroI've been waiting for this. Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. It's strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about the second or third shot through the left-side window. It's the second and third shots that make the easiest criminal case of a willful killing.
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- Reposted by Carolyn ShapiroThe justices keep returning to the hypo of a Fed governor posting pro-Nazi videos to ask whether that would meet the bar for for-cause removal. The idea that this kind of content would obviously cross the line seems a bit farcical given some of the material that DHS regularly posts on social media
