Jack Lerner
Professor at UCI Law, director of UCI IP Arts & Tech Clinic, interested in copyright, documentary, freedom of expression, voting rights, justice. He/him.
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https://endrapontrial.org
https://ipat.law.uci.edu
- Reposted by Jack Lernerthere are a few outlets that require owners who see them as a public trust. the post is (was?) one of them, a national institution of accountability and public knowledge. nobody should ever forget what bezos has done, & i truly hope he faces consequences.
- Reposted by Jack LernerJeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
- Reposted by Jack LernerPerfection
- Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- Reposted by Jack LernerThe only response here is a motion to enjoin the whole operation If the government's position is "I'm sorry your honor but we don't be the capacity to both respect constitutional rights and conduct the operation as it is currently being conducted" the answer is "then you must stop the operation"
- Flooding the zone with shit, but for the legal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
- Reposted by Jack Lerneralways bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
- Reposted by Jack Lernermaking tulsi gabbard DNI is itself a watergate level scandal
- Reposted by Jack LernerThinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
- Reposted by Jack Lerner"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it." - Fred Korematsu Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Reposted by Jack LernerI understand a lot of people are confident these charges will be dropped or amount to nothing, but we also have a sitting Congressmember still facing federal charges after being targeted for arrest. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
- Reposted by Jack LernerThe arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
- Reposted by Jack Lerner“Abolish” or “defund” aren't within grasp in 2026. But where are: - End qualified immunity - Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy” - Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo - Reinstate TPS - Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions He doesn’t even *ask* for it.
- Reposted by Jack LernerWe are now 40 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files
- Reposted by Jack LernerThe testing ground for Bovino’s Operation At Large was Los Angeles. A California judge initially prohibited ICE/CBP’s most flagrant constitutional violations. SCOTUS overruled her 6–3, handing Bovino a blank check to inflict unspeakable brutality on Chicago and Minneapolis. The 6 bear so much blame.
- BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Jack Lernerhe’s scared to fucking death of getting booed by the entire stadium on live television
- Reposted by Jack Lernerbrass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
- Dear Senators, I phoned your offices and made this request. Now I’m asking on you here on social media to speak out and REFUSE to fund DHS. @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov
- Dear Senators, I phoned your offices and made this request. Now I’m asking on you here on social media to speak out and refuse to fund DHS. @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
- Reposted by Jack LernerFeeling helpless? Get involved. From all I'm seeing and hearing from our neighbors in MLPS, these resistance networks didn't spring up overnight; they were built, brick by brick, for years. The best time to get involved was yesterday; the second best time is today. We all have a place in the work
- Reposted by Jack LernerEvery Ice Agent needs to understand that eventually they WILL be charged with every crime they commit. Trump can not save them from states holding them responsible for the criminal actions.
- Reposted by Jack LernerDemocrats have been debating how to handle next week's vote on a bill that funds ICE. With today's shooting, that debate should be over. Standing up and using every iota of your limited power is not just the right thing to do; it’s the righteous thing to do. www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-democr...
- US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
- Reposted by Jack LernerI just called and told Amy Klobuchar that abolition of ICE and DHS as a whole is the baseline position now.
- Reposted by Jack LernerTreat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.
- Reposted by Jack LernerAll of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
- Reposted by Jack LernerFrom this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
- Reposted by Jack LernerPolice have arrived. Arrests seem imminent. The crowd chants “let them pray” and “Minnesota nice means prosecute ICE”
- Reposted by Jack LernerThings worth really hammering to any family and acquaintances whose reflexive attitude is “but we gotta enforce the law”: (1) Lots of the folks being targeted came here legally; the administration has retroactively declared them “illegal” despite having done nothing wrong
- Reposted by Jack LernerToday is January 23rd, 2026 and Pam Bondi covered up the Epstein files.
- Reposted by Jack LernerNational media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
- And more people voted against him than for him in EVERY election he has run in, including 2024!
- Reposted by Jack LernerOne of the reasons I am so insistent that everyone remember that only 22% of the US population voted for Trump is that the Christian Nationalists want the myth of a mandate in circulation. We need to reject it. They never had a mandate, and their coalition is shrinking.
- Reposted by Jack LernerCommentary: The small town of Springfield, Ohio awaits an invasion of unaccountable thugs who conceal their faces and identities, drive in unmarked vehicles, stomp on the Bill of Rights, and viciously brutalize human beings based on their race and accent. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/22/s...
- “Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider." - Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 1963
- It wasn’t hard to see this coming. Here’s my post from September 3, 2016.
- Reposted by Jack LernerJUST ADDED: Can't make it to the Internet Archive for our Public Domain Film Remix Contest screening party? Join the LIVESTREAM to watch the winning films and honorable mentions! LIVE from the Internet Archive January 21 @ 7pm PT Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/1980757251...
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- Reminds me of the film “Missing.”
- Reposted by Jack LernerNPR just referred to the Trump regime’s “willingness to push the boundaries of the law.” Trump keeps breaking laws, and the media keep saying he’s *almost* breaking laws.
- Reposted by Jack LernerIt wasn’t long ago that saying we’re becoming “papers, please” society would get you accused of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Here we are. www.newsweek.com/kristi-noem-...
- Reposted by Jack LernerHi - I'm one of the American people. What I'm demanding is that you focus on what it takes to protect American citizens from the "papers please" temu gestapo
- Reposted by Jack LernerGetting a lot of messages. A lot are like "Can I come help?" (appreciated, but unless you know the area very well, probably not THAT useful) or "Can I send money?" (not to me, please). But the best ones are like "I want to build what you guys have back in my home city." YES, DO THAT. DO IT NOW.
- Reposted by Jack LernerAppreciate that major media outlets are finally, albeit reluctantly, starting to affix nouns verbs when describing violence that involves government representatives.
- Reposted by Jack Lerneri hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
- Reposted by Jack LernerWe don't need less polarization, we need more commitment to pluralistic democracy
- Terrific op-ed by @riana.bsky.social.
- Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
- Reposted by Jack Lerner"The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state." —William J. Brennan Jr., joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens, & Marshall, Houston v. Hill, 1987
- To recap... #reneegood #ICE
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- Reposted by Jack LernerI was just about to make a “We are all Renee Good” sign but how can we claim to be worthy of that?
- Reposted by Jack LernerSo an officer has his phone out recording obviously distracted, shoots a woman and calls her a “f’ing Bitch” and they think that HELPS the case?!?
- Reposted by Jack LernerThe Don't Tread On Me folks are sure turning into Comply Or Die.
- Reposted by Jack LernerShe voted to confirm a Trump judge just yesterday.
- Reposted by Jack LernerThe federal government's policy now appears to be that if you're in your car, masked Trump goons yell at you, and you try to drive away, then they can and will attempt to execute you on the spot. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...
- Reposted by Jack LernerConway: This man is violating his oath in myriad ways each and every day. Impeachment is not an option. It is mandatory. It is required. It is morally, constitutionally, and legally obligated.
- Reposted by Jack Lernerinteresting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
- Reposted by Jack LernerHere’s some things that can be done by a party out of power - file impeachment articles every day in the House - withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee - be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- Reposted by Jack LernerDon't print lies in the newspaper
- Reposted by Jack LernerCome the fuck on. Five hours later and the headline is still about a disputed shooting. Just a basic lack of courage to acknowledge the obvious.
