The [Tuesday] Papers

"First thing we do, let's thank all the lawyers," and other Shakespeare revisions for the Trump era

— M. Carrie Allan (@Carrie_the_Red) January 30, 2017

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"Mercedes Badia-Tavas, Chicago chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said she was at O'Hare on Saturday 'in the mayhem,'" WBEZ reports.

Badia-Tavas spoke with Morning Shift's Tony Sarabia and explained the legal response to the order.

What were attorneys doing on site at O'Hare airport on Saturday?

Badia-Tavas: I was out there Saturday in the mayhem and they were predominantly either permanent residents that were being detained, held and questioned, or students. What attorneys were doing was kind of triaging to find out who was in the back part in the inspection section. There's primary inspection (and) secondary (inspection and) they were being held in secondary. In secondary, they have no right to counsel. Period. It is difficult to get information, so (the attorneys) were (speaking with) families who were in the (waiting) area asking questions: "Do you have someone back there that has not come out yet? Who are they?" And the families came forward.

When I got out there, there was a table - a collection of attorneys on laptops - preparing habeases. (They were) drafting habeases for individuals whose families had come up to the attorneys or the attorneys had sought them out.

What are some of the concerns you continue to hear from refugees and detainees or their families?

Badia-Tavas: The refugees in particular have gone through a lot. It's 24 months of screening before any refugee is on a plane to the United States and landing. So they've gone through extreme vetting.

Refugees are refugees. They've lost homes, they've gone through horrific, horrific military situations that I can't even imagine. Having them turned away, when they had no knowledge and they were coming to the United States as their new home, on a human level I find that horrific. Now they've been turned back and they don't know when they'll be able to arrive because it's an indefinite ban. That's a major concern for families here, for communities that were receiving them - everything. It's just chaos.

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The immigration lawyers at O'Hare now have their own Twitter account - and more donated food than they can eat.

We LOVE that people are wanting to support us, but we are at capacity for office supplies and snack donations! Thank you guys SO MUCH.

— ORDLawyersHQ (@ORDLawyersHQ) January 30, 2017

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Also @goddessgrocer !!!! https://t.co/rlaUDzBc3U

— ORDLawyersHQ (@ORDLawyersHQ) January 30, 2017

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So many lawyers still showing up. Amazing. We are not in immediate need of attorney assistance at this time! pic.twitter.com/RViP6P98WG

— ORDLawyersHQ (@ORDLawyersHQ) January 30, 2017

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3rd shift is officially settled in and ready to help. #NoBanNoWall #ohare #MuslimBan; Thank you for your ongoing support. pic.twitter.com/IyMC9fpWti

— ORDLawyersHQ (@ORDLawyersHQ) January 31, 2017

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Get me rewrite: Do you need an attorney general?

.@ORDLawyersHQ offering legal help at @fly2ohare for three days in a row @fox32news pic.twitter.com/RnHdg1fw4P

— Elizabeth Matthews (@ElizabethFox32) January 31, 2017

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@ORDLawyersHQ is already scheduling lawyers out for next 7 days https://t.co/z3p2avTInx This is not a quitting group. #helpthelawyers

— Sara Kubik, PhD (@SaraKubik) January 31, 2017

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@ORDLawyersHQ ever has writing a brief seemed so exciting! Let me know if you need my help again. pic.twitter.com/WX7Vtx0BU8

— Farrah Qazi, Esq. (@Farrahq2002) January 31, 2017

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All, we are signing off tonight but know that we will be back at work tomorrow around six. Our night crew says goodnight! #NoBanNoWall pic.twitter.com/hHRwzGsNFX

— ORDLawyersHQ (@ORDLawyersHQ) January 31, 2017

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How can you help? We're good on supplies (except printer toner), so please donate to @cairchicago or Arab American Action Network.

— ORDLawyersHQ (@ORDLawyersHQ) January 31, 2017

First thing we do, let's kill all the printer-makers.

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This is why we fight. #nowallnoban https://t.co/FWlrAzXMJS

— ORDLawyersHQ (@ORDLawyersHQ) January 31, 2017

This clip is unbearable. pic.twitter.com/F31SaXYuGu

— Barry Malone (@malonebarry) January 31, 2017

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The first thing we do is,
we thank all the lawyers.
❤️💛💚💙💜pic.twitter.com/FlfotzADME

— Mike Grusin (@flyingcircuits) January 29, 2017

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First, thank the lawyers. Immigrant Advocates Plot 'Beginning of Legal Resistance' to Trump https://t.co/SNinMLf2nu via @lawdotcom

— Debra McLoughlin (@DBMcLoughlin) January 30, 2017

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By the way:

'Kill the Lawyers,' A Line Misinterpreted.

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Justice John Paul Stevens, dissenting in Walters v. National Association of Radiation Survivors:

"That function was, however, well understood by Jack Cade and his followers, characters who are often forgotten and whose most famous line is often misunderstood. Dick's statement ('The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers') was spoken by a rebel, not a friend of liberty. See W. Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part II, Act IV, scene 2, line 72. As a careful reading of that text will reveal, Shakespeare insightfully realized that disposing of lawyers is a step in the direction of a totalitarian form of government." 473 U.S. 305, 371, n.24 (1985)."

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Sally & Sessions
The Internet never forgets.

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TweetWood
A sampling.

An American.
With an American passport.
Detained.
Asked:
"Do you love your country."

You and I are next. https://t.co/NffguaCQW7

— Chris Sacca (@sacca) January 30, 2017

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It's me Sean. I had the TriLateral commission pitch in, then i went to the Illuminati. They were really cheap, so Stewie covered the rest https://t.co/Eg4Ra36K2K

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) January 31, 2017

Who is bankrolling the protests taking place at airports across the country? More with @newtgingrich right after the break #Hannity

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) January 31, 2017

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Fact check: White House claims 109 affected by travel ban - it's more like 90,000 https://t.co/M9jTMqbLf8 pic.twitter.com/TVaTkitooC

— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) January 31, 2017

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Pretty remarkable:

White House on January 29: "Extreme vetting"
White House on January 30: "Vetting...not extreme" pic.twitter.com/YAlDu6iFB8

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) January 31, 2017

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In statement, #Trump calls acting AG Yates "an Obama appointee," but so was the person he chose to replace her, Dana Bonete.

— Jacob Goldstein (@GoldsteinStreet) January 31, 2017

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Honestly it's a little hard right now to keep track of the number of different ways in which the US government is coming apart at the seams.

— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) January 31, 2017

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Actual question now on CNN: 'has our system of checks and balances broken down?' #trumpweektwo

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) January 31, 2017

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Boente born in IL. 'In 1982, began career as a law clerk for Chief U.S. District Judge J. Waldo Ackerman for the Central District of IL.'

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 31, 2017

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I googled Dana Boente and this is the first line of his Wikipedia page. pic.twitter.com/rl9WhQHCsH

— Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) January 31, 2017

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"Untitled" #MuslimBan #chicago pic.twitter.com/Vvm4zo9Icp

— Nuccio DiNuzzo (@ChiTribNuccio) January 31, 2017

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