Judges handed down harsh sentences connected to a shooting at an ICE facility — but some of the defendants weren’t even there.
Prairieland Defendant Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Moving a Box of Antifascist Zines
Anti-ICE activists received lengthy prison terms — including a 100-year sentence — in the first major trial of the NSPM-7 era.
Unlike The Defendants, One Of The Prairieland Judges Is Part Of An Organized Cell Of Extremists | Defector
Whether you remember his name or not, you’ve probably been reading about Judge Reed O’Connor and his judicial malevolence for years. O’Connor is making headlines again for being one of two judges to sentence 15 ICE protestors to a combined 547 years in prison. As the writer Lauren Fadiman pointed out in The Baffler, the…
‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison
Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech
Daniel Sanchez Estrada’s 30-year sentence for moving a box of pamphlets is likely just the start for criminalizing possession of information.
The Prairieland Sentences Are a National Emergency
A federal court has punished Texas ICE demonstrators with decades in prison. This is dark news, not just for them but for anyone who may want to register political dissent.
10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies
A POLITICO analysis reveals judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90 percent of cases since the agency mandated that millions of immigrants must be locked up while they face deportation proceedings.
Watch These Judges Rip Into Lawyers For Citing Cases That Don't Exist
“It's striking, concerning, disappointing, and saddening to think that members of the bar would forward cases to a court that don't exist, and to think that the lawyers on the other side of that didn’t read it for whatever reason, didn’t check it.”
Court: The First Amendment Allows You To Tell The ICE Director He’s A ‘Sad, Despised Man’
You may recall that back in July we had the ridiculous story of how ICE decided to go all gestapo on its critics, including tracking down and threatening David Streever, who had emailed then-acting…
From Haymarket to Prairieland: How dissent has unleashed the long arm of the law
The Prairieland sentencing has dark historical parallels, Kim Kelly writes. But we can change the end of the current story.
Eight Federal Prairieland Defendants Sentenced Today to Prison Terms Ranging From 30-100 Years for Common Protest Activity - Support the Prairieland Defendants
Family Members, Faith and Community Leaders, Rally in Support of Defendants, Vow to Continue Fight for Freedom, Justice for Loved Ones
A Year After Historic Anti-ICE Protests, LA City Attorney Launches Surprise Prosecution of More Than Twenty Demonstrators - Knock LA
The charges, filed just days before the statute of limitations would have expired, draw comparisons to the repression of protesters by Trump's federal prosecutors.
The legacy of the 5th Circuit: Past and present
Today, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is known as a conservative juggernaut. But that hasn’t always been the case.
Charlie Kirk had a message for the over 2 million unemployed Gen Z NEET men: You don’t need college to make your dreams happen
From dropout to multimillion-dollar nonprofit leader, Kirk claimed college was overrated—and many Gen Zers share his skepticism.
Why Elite White-Collar Criminals Are Rarely Punished
White-collar criminals benefit from institutionalized non-enforcement practices, regulatory policies, and legal representation not available to street criminals.
