Margaret H. Zhang
Law prof @ Widener University Delaware Law School. Reproductive justice, workplace justice, environmental justice. Philly. She/her.
Blog (legal news for new and aspiring lawyers): marzhang.wordpress.com
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangThe administration's lawless killing spree at sea continues with another maritime strike in the eastern Pacific. Real killing in a make believe armed conflict against unidentified enemies.
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangOne of the things that does come through in many of these emails is just how many men think that being a creepy, abusive, predator is just like how everyone is. Way to tell on yourself.
- Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind." This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students. yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
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- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangNEW: The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as it tells the reality of America today. "I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le — a government lawyer — told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..." Law Dork:
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- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangHappy Anniversary to those who celebrate cat attorneys.
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangEven if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction. It's a tour de force: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangGood to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE. Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangAnne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen
- Liam Conejo Ramos is not alone. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangLegal resistance is not futile “Jessie Calmes, an immigration lawyer in Atlanta, said that she had filed at least 40 petitions since November. Every one had been granted… “…That influx has led the Justice Department to pull some criminal prosecutors off regular duties…” Good work, all who do this
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangChildren. They are literally tear gassing children.
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangThe people who are saying shit like "well it's either this or the borders are totally open" are doing their best to convince America that we should have completely open borders.
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- Read it. It's 2.5 pages double-spaced. But each line contains multitudes. As does - of course - the picture at the end, which is worth a thousand words and more. 🥺
- NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangExtraordinary opinion for extraordinary times.
- NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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- Hoping they are ordered to restore the exhibit forthwith.
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- At its headquarters in Geneva, signs warning of the situation have been put up everywhere. In an almost desperate attempt to save cash, the escalators are regularly turned off and the heating turned down. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangThe Trump Adm is arresting Don Lemon and overcharging disruptive protesters at Cities Church to posture as if it’s protecting Christians. It’s not. DHS is staging disruptive ops at other churches, at least one of which has had to go online. ... 1/4
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- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangMy New One @slate.com: "Trump’s Continued Obsession With 2020 Is a Joke. His Raid on a Georgia Election Site Is Not." slate.com/news-and-pol...
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangDeeply inevitable, entirely predicted, and the shit people running this country don't give a damn.
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangBreaking NBC: Family members of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. boat strike in October have sued the U.S. government — accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings. The lawsuit is the first of its kind to be filed against the Trump admin.
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangNeedless to say that Renee Good and Alex Pretti will go down as heroes here in Minnesota and nationally, their names synonymous with sacrifice and caring for vulnerable neighbors even at the risk of your own life. And hopefully no more innocent lives are lost.
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangAs seen on r/nursing Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangThis one goes out to the family and friends of Alex Pretti - a son of the watershed. Words can not express the horror of what ICE did on Saturday. May his memory guide all in changing the US federal government to be truthful, transparent & for the people #MinnesotaStrong 🌊🌊
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangDHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
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- Reposted by Margaret H. Zhangas a parent I cannot imagine how absolutely fucking heartbreaking and awful it must be to have to put out a statement like this because the federal government killed your son and is telling monstrous lies about him
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangPlease read this dispatch from Minneapolis by @erikhane.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangAlex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
- The Strib has identified him. Alex Pretti. Another 37-year-old executed for standing up for our immigrant neighbors. For shame. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangA magistrate judge found no probable cause to support arrest warrants for 5 people involved in the St. Paul church protest. DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir. That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court… storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangDo you know how hard it is to get cops to seemingly side with people shot by a bunch of officers
- New blog post covering key U.S. legal developments from the last two weeks: marzhang.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/j... This was ready to go this morning. And then had to be edited to include the new tragedy out of Minnesota 😭 Themes and summaries threaded below ⤵️
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangI would like for trump and vance to summarily execute fewer people in Minnesota, sorry to sound partisan
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangThis sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangFederal agents shoot a person in Minneapolis, Gov. Tim Walz says. Dozens of masked federal immigration officers are on the scene and protesters have started to gather. nbcnews.to/4sYfypJ
- The GAO is special to me: professionally, becausetheir reports are top-notch and have saved me hours of research + personally, because my kid went to daycare there while I lived in DC.
- Hugely important piece by @mblawrence.bsky.social on the future of GAO and why you should care. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/is-t...
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangAnother day, another outrage; ICE under Trump is going to deport dozens of people to Iran, including two gay men previously arrested by the regime who face the death penalty for their orientation, and despite the ongoing crackdowns which have killed thousands. An administration of total inhumanity.
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangLook at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangWhile Trump has sucked up all the air, please take a moment to learn about heroes like Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho. Don't let the Beijing and Hong Kong governments get away with repression when the world is not looking. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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- Shameful and a disgrace. Philadelphia deserves better.
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangI can’t stop thinking about him
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangThe Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangThis is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangThis picture broke me, but the description of this kidnapping by a witness who says ICE referred to this precious child as “it” as they took him away fills me with an unspeakable, murderous rage.
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- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangI wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
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- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangGerman Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews. In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship. Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangI’m going to keep hammering this point: the excesses of ICE we see now are entirely contiguous with our system of policing more broadly, and the reason that almost no politician wants to threaten real consequences for ICE agents is because it opens the door to making the same demands of the cops
- Reposted by Margaret H. ZhangI went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
