Listening to oral arguments in Abu Zubaydah v. United States. Our @krhawkins5 on the stakes: pogo.org/analysis/2021/… The government is talking about the "mosaic theory" which is their way of alluding to the fact that *everyone knows* that detention site BLUE where Abu Zubaydah was tortured is Poland.

Thread: 1. Before Merrick Garland was confirmed as Attorney General, we sent him a letter asking him to take three major steps to restore the rule of law. pogo.org/letter/2021/02… 2. They were: (a) investigate and acknowledge previous rights violations by the past administration (b) develop a national strategy to address law enforcement officers’ links to white supremacist and far-right extremist groups and inadequate response to far-right violence.

1/ The “zero tolerance” policy is causing intolerable constitutional chaos. Over the last several days, we’ve written urgent letters to 5 US Attorneys in border states with this message: You can and should use your discretion to *not* enforce this policy. bit.ly/2MFMEGz 2/ It appears that the implementation of this “zero tolerance” policy has brought a “meet ‘em and plead ‘em” system of justice into federal courtrooms on our southwest border, with practices that almost certainly don’t pass constitutional muster.

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