Katrin Marquez
@KatrinMarquez
@IJ Attorney in Miami. @YaleLawSch, @PennGSE, @AmherstCollege, @FulbrightKorea, and @SASWhiteTigers alumna. Opinions my own.
Yesterday we found out that this hearing resulted in a third preliminary injunction against FinCEN's unconstitutional regulation heightening reporting requirements for certain businesses. July 18 really is just a great day!
27 years ago, on July 18, 1998, my parents and I came to the U.S. from Cuba. Today, I’m in federal court challenging a regulation violating constitutional and statutory rights. Can’t think of a better way to celebrate!
Harlow v Fitzgerald may be the best example of judicial tyranny, actually. Congress passes a law to secure Constitutional rights by holding state and local officials accountable for violating them. SCOTUS "amends" it by adding qualified immunity, largely gutting the law.
27 years ago, on July 18, 1998, my parents and I came to the U.S. from Cuba. Today, I’m in federal court challenging a regulation violating constitutional and statutory rights. Can’t think of a better way to celebrate!
In NRA v. Vullo, SCOTUS held that the NRA had a First Amendment claim against NY's finance czar because she coerced NRA's insurers to punish it for speech. Today, the 2d Cir. holds it doesn't matter. Why? QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. It's time for SCOTUS to end this lawless doctrine.
Oh look! More police departments who claim they don't share license plate reader data for immigration enforcement sharing data for ... immigration enforcement. We need warrant requirements for accessing these cameras. sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/oak…
It was great to hear my friend and @IJ colleague Andrew Ward give practical tips on litigating some of the hardest and most important cases there are.
The first panel of the 2025 Florida Young Lawyers Summit explores how attorneys build cases to challenge precedent and what it takes to shape the future of law. #FedSocEvents Ft. Jeff DeSousa, Denise Harle, Stephen Petrany, Daniel Tilley, Andrew Ward, & Hon. Anne-Leigh Gaylord…
A NY town banned building more cozy #cottage clusters like these "To enable the building of these #creative dwellings, cities need to reexamine their #zoning regulations. ...if it’s your #property, you have the right to build something magical on it" @IJ ij.org/when-the-gover…
BREAKING: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow Florida to enforce a state law that makes it a crime for anyone who entered the country illegally to enter or remain in the state. Amy Howe has the context: scotusblog.com/2025/07/suprem…
Should be good--there's some pretty great panels lined up!
Registration for the Florida Young Lawyers Summit is still open! The conference will include a discussion on litigation strategies, a U.S. Supreme Court review, a keynote address by Hon. Carlos G. Muñiz, and more! Register using the link below:
BIG 1A WIN FOR @IJ! After securing a GVR from SCOTUS in the retaliatory arrest case Murphy v. Schmitt, the 8th Cir. now reverses itself in light of Gonzalez v. Trevino (another IJ case). And the right at issue was clearly established, so NO qualified immunity. Judge Grasz: 1/
As we've argued in cases challenging FinCEN's reg imposing reporting requirements on certain businesses in 30 zip codes near the border, these requirements function as unconstitutional searches and are, as @EconWithNick concludes, "both costly and ineffective." #financialprivacy
Despite banks spending $59 billion in compliance and filing more than 27 million reports, the US government still struggles to prove this regime is effective. Only 370 investigations at the IRS were initiated by the 27 million reports last year. cato.org/blog/reporting…
Civil forfeiture turns cops into robbers. As simple as that.
This is Sergio Velazquez, former police chief of Hialeah, FL. Over $1 million in civil forfeiture funds vanished on his watch. Now he’s facing prison—because he allegedly stole a bunch of that. It’s not the first time legalized larceny became actual larceny. A thread.
Like @pjaicomo, I'm disappointed that @IJ's Heck-bar case (which has some truly wild facts) hasn't been granted cert. But I'm really excited to hear Alyson--an amazing advocate (and wonderful human being)--take on the Heck-bar.
Olivier v. Brandon is a case (by the great Alyson Ho at @gibsondunn) challenging the 5th Cir.'s absurd application of Heck v. Humphrey to injunctive relief. A street preacher was fined. The 5th Cir. held he could never enjoin the unconstitutional law because he paid. But @IJ...