š¾Victories, Vetoes, and the Courts That Bit Back
While the regime tried to tighten its grip this week, resistance movements clawed out wins in courtrooms, communities, and cultural spaces. From SCOTUS smacking down fascist deportation plans to grassroots collectives rising up in real time, hereās what weāre celebrating.
āļø SCOTUS Blocks Trumpās Alien Enemies Deportation Scheme
In a 7ā2 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down Trumpās plan to deport Venezuelan migrants under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act with just 24 hours’ notice. The Court upheld that due process still appliesāeven when fascists scream āemergency.ā
A brutal regime just got told: read the damn Constitution.
šØ Unanimous Ruling in Police Brutality Case
In Barnes v. Felix, SCOTUS ruled unanimously that courts must consider the totality of circumstances in excessive force casesānot just the moment an officer pulled the trigger. This slams the brakes on years of conservative attempts to shield violent cops.
The blue wall? Cracked.
š¶ SCOTUS Side-Eyes Trumpās Birthright Citizenship Attack
The Court heard oral arguments on Trumpās executive order to gut the 14th Amendment and restrict birthright citizenship. The justices looked skepticalāvery skepticalāespecially when forced to consider tossing 100+ years of legal precedent.
No ruling yet, but the regime felt the heat.
š Resistance Through Art: PEN Americaās Festival Strikes Back
Authors, artists, and activists gathered this week for the World Voices Festival, calling out censorship, state violence, and global authoritarianism with stories that hit harder than any press release.
ā Featured Resister: Postcards to Voters
Because democracy needs defenders with stamps.
Postcards to Voters mobilizes thousands of volunteers to write friendly, handwritten postcards to voters in key electionsāboosting turnout, defending democracy, and making fascists furious, one zip code at a time. The more mail we have, the less likely they are to dissolve the USPS.
š Postcards to Voters
ā This Weekās To-Do List
- Celebrate the winsābut prep for backlash. The regime always retaliates.
- Flood your reps’ inboxes to defend birthright citizenship and stop judicial power grabs.
- Donate to legal defense funds backing migrants, tenants, and protestors.
- Print Resistance Survival Guide #28 and throw a joy-fueled block party to mark the moment.
- Join or start a study group with Red Bloom, SRA, or your local antifascist network. Education = armor.
š± Final Scratch from Resistance Kitty
This week we clawed back due process, broke blue silence, and made the regime squirm in their black robes. But donāt stop swinging. The next battleās already lining upāand weāll be ready, with teeth bared and glitter bombs armed.
š Source List
- AP News ā SCOTUS Blocks Trump Deportation Plan
- Vox ā Barnes v. Felix Ruling
- Reuters ā SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Hearing
- Chronogram ā Red Bloom Collective Feature