Legal News for Weds 7/2 - TPS Win for Haitians, Penn's Shameful Capitulation on Human Rights, A Ruling that Federal Judges are Public Officials and Gutting Grad Student Loans
This Day in Legal History: Night of the Long Knives Ends
On July 2, 1934, the Night of the Long Knives officially ended, marking one of the most chilling examples of how legal systems can be manipulated to legitimize authoritarian violence. Over the course of several days, Adolf Hitler ordered a purge within his own Nazi Party, targeting the Sturmabteilung (SA) and its leader Ernst Röhm, whom he saw as a threat to his consolidation of power. The executions, carried out primarily by the SS, claimed over 150 lives—many without trial or due process. While it was essentially a mass political…
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