Damn near every day I see brilliance like this dropped on here like breadcrumbs—sharp, sourced, structured—and yet the silence in the comments stays louder than the writing. Most folks throw a like and keep it pushing. But we both know: silence is the death of conversation. And the best ideas? They don’t come from praise. They come from pushback.
So let me push a little.
You wrote:
“The United Nations pressured El Salvador to tell the truth—and El Salvador came clean.”
“Now that a judge has broken the seal and held someone in criminal contempt, the path is clear.”
Here’s my question:
When, in American history, has the United Nations uncovering something ever led to justice in a U.S. courtroom?
We both know the track record.
In 2006, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention condemned Guantanamo Bay. You know how the U.S. responded? They kept it open.
In 2014, the UN accused the U.S. of torture in black sites. The DOJ shrugged.
And in 2021, when the UN warned the U.S. that its housing crisis and policing practices violated international human rights? Not a damn thing moved.
I say that not to diminish your fire Jay but to ground it.
You said, “Contempt isn’t extreme—it’s necessary.”
No lies there. But let me offer this:
As a retired cop who spent more time in briefing rooms than classrooms, I’ve seen how “legal precedent” bends under political pressure. Judges get rotated. Cases get delayed. Truth gets filed under “national security.” And meanwhile, people disappear.
So here’s the real challenge I’m wrestling with Jay:
Do we really think we can litigate our way out of this?
They tried to litigate their way out of slavery.
They tried again with Plessy.
Then Brown.
Then Shelby gutted it all.
Every win seems to come with an asterisk.
And yet… here I am, following your thread, nodding. Hoping. Because deep down I want you to be right. I want to believe that criminal contempt means the spell is breaking. That if enough judges stand up, the lie can’t hold.
But if we’re wrong?
Then the only way out is not through the courts—but through each other. Through enough people showing up, reading pieces like this, and deciding: I’m done waiting for justice to be delivered. I’ll build it myself.
That’s what this felt like. Not just law. Not just news. A piece of that build.
Would you be able to explain more about the class action ruling that minors who came here before 2019 cannot be deported? If that's true, it seems that would exonerate thousands of immigrants who are still here. Because many came here as children and teenagers back in the eighties and nineties.
Damn near every day I see brilliance like this dropped on here like breadcrumbs—sharp, sourced, structured—and yet the silence in the comments stays louder than the writing. Most folks throw a like and keep it pushing. But we both know: silence is the death of conversation. And the best ideas? They don’t come from praise. They come from pushback.
So let me push a little.
You wrote:
“The United Nations pressured El Salvador to tell the truth—and El Salvador came clean.”
“Now that a judge has broken the seal and held someone in criminal contempt, the path is clear.”
Here’s my question:
When, in American history, has the United Nations uncovering something ever led to justice in a U.S. courtroom?
We both know the track record.
In 2006, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention condemned Guantanamo Bay. You know how the U.S. responded? They kept it open.
In 2014, the UN accused the U.S. of torture in black sites. The DOJ shrugged.
And in 2021, when the UN warned the U.S. that its housing crisis and policing practices violated international human rights? Not a damn thing moved.
I say that not to diminish your fire Jay but to ground it.
You said, “Contempt isn’t extreme—it’s necessary.”
No lies there. But let me offer this:
As a retired cop who spent more time in briefing rooms than classrooms, I’ve seen how “legal precedent” bends under political pressure. Judges get rotated. Cases get delayed. Truth gets filed under “national security.” And meanwhile, people disappear.
So here’s the real challenge I’m wrestling with Jay:
Do we really think we can litigate our way out of this?
They tried to litigate their way out of slavery.
They tried again with Plessy.
Then Brown.
Then Shelby gutted it all.
Every win seems to come with an asterisk.
And yet… here I am, following your thread, nodding. Hoping. Because deep down I want you to be right. I want to believe that criminal contempt means the spell is breaking. That if enough judges stand up, the lie can’t hold.
But if we’re wrong?
Then the only way out is not through the courts—but through each other. Through enough people showing up, reading pieces like this, and deciding: I’m done waiting for justice to be delivered. I’ll build it myself.
That’s what this felt like. Not just law. Not just news. A piece of that build.
And if you keep writing like this?
I’ll keep showing up—comment section and all.
Call your elected members of congress. Demand accountability for criminal actions and lies by those in power. Now.
Would you be able to explain more about the class action ruling that minors who came here before 2019 cannot be deported? If that's true, it seems that would exonerate thousands of immigrants who are still here. Because many came here as children and teenagers back in the eighties and nineties.