New today: A UT professor and expert on freedom of expression weighs in on the controversial arrests of 57 individuals, including a journalist, at a campus demonstration yesterday. An interview from Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio ... https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-palestine-first-amendment/
#Palestine #Austin #UTAustin #Texas #Police #FreeSpeech #activism #protest #GregAbbott #StudentSpring
FWIW y'all, I became a subscriber of the @TexasObserver after they laid me off.
I don't agree with the board's decision to eliminate the Digital Editor, however I want to see that historic publication continue into the future, and I know all the journalists there are passionate about telling stories that matter. #TexasNeedsAnObserver, so please don't abandon them on my account.
(of course, if you want to support me directly there are ways to do that!)
Really, Texas' legal argument is breathtaking:
“There is no basis to second-guess Governor Abbott’s determination that a sudden & unprecedented influx into Texas of hostile non-state actors … justify Operation Lone Star’s initiatives, including ... SB4" https://www.texasobserver.org/sb-4-immigration-deportations-david-ezra/
“Under no reasonable understanding can irregular migration or criminal cartels’ smuggling activities amount to an ‘invasion’ justifying #Texas engaging in ‘war.‘“
Senate Bill 4 would “turn us from the United States of America to a confederation of states,” said a federal judge. Senior Staff Writer @gusbova reports from today's hearing: https://www.texasobserver.org/sb-4-immigration-deportations-david-ezra?utm_campaign=mastodon
#immigration #border #TXLege #GregAbbott #SCOTUS #CriminalJustice #law #police #Mexico #SB4
Today's federal court hearing seemed to bode well for the US government in its case against Texas' state deportations law Senate Bill 4.
"It just slaps the federal immigration law right in the face," said the judge: https://www.texasobserver.org/sb-4-immigration-deportations-david-ezra/
NEW: I checked in with Palestinian activists across Texas' major cities about their efforts to get city councils to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
They face resistance even from sympathetic officials who claim the issue is too divisive or is not local: https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-gaza-ceasefire-austin-dallas-houston-san-antonio/
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