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No day off for the federal judges upholding the Constitution against a lawless president. Fed. judge grants a PI to stop Trump from choking transportation funding to (Democratic-led) states which aren't cooperating with ICE kidnappers. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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If you're planning on arguing that there is no surprise to the opponent to justify excluding an untimely expert, I advise you not to begin your email "Surpise, Surprise, Surprise!!!!"

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Based on a post-trial brief filed by plaintiffs today, it looks like there is some uncertainty over the scope of the vacatur, including whether it would be limited to those which impact the plaintiffs storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Trump's two weeks never means two weeks, but just the fact that he's saying it's a decision that can be made over a period of time shows that there are no imminent circumstances that justify an attack

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From a declaration explaining why counsel wasn't receiving court notifications, the consequences of accidentally taking over Mark Herrin's email address

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I need all of #lawsky to see this video from a Colorado appeals court livestream yesterday. I am in actual tears. Sound incredibly on, the subtitles will not help.

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Begging a senior partner to stop using the phrase "going open kimono"

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For those waiting on Judge Young's NIH order, it looks like he directed modifications to proposed orders today. Nothing entered yet.

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It is insufficiently noted that Geduldig was decided at a time when sex discrimination received rational basis review. Even if you agree with its outcome, its Equal Protection Clause analysis is entirely unreliable.

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I don't think I've encountered this particular misspelling of "de minimis" before

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First time a tax cut's been given a CBO negative dynamic score to my knowledge

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Forgive me for saying something obvious, but the problem with Roberts' logic is that when a certain condition by definition can only occur in one class of people, targeting that condition is indistinguishable from targeting the class. It's a distinction without a difference.

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🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court UPHOLDS Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, concluding that it does NOT discriminate on the basis of sex, is not subject to heightened scrutiny, and survives rational basis review. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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Absolutely sucks that they've co-opted this flag, which is a badass reference to Locke: "Where the body of the people, or any single man, is deprived of their right, ... and have no appeal on earth, then they have a liberty to appeal to heaven, whenever they judge the cause of sufficient moment."

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Federal judge finds Florida AG James Uthmeier in contempt of court. Boy wonder told cops that the court order saying he couldn't enforce FL's facially illegal immigration law might apply to HIM, but THEY were free to keep enforcing it. He was wrong. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Judge Kathleen Williams holds Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt.

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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the State Department from enforcing the Trump administration's passport gender policy, which bars passport holders from select an X or identifying as a gender other than their sex at birth. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

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This may be the most absurd and expansive view of Article II that Trump has put forward yet. DOJ is arguing that Trump can deploy the military within the states to do anything, for essentially any reason, even reasons not in the statute, and no court has jurisdiction to review it.

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Jesus. Trump demanded “unconditional surrender" from a state with which THE UNITED STATES IS NOT AT WAR, one that just a few hours ago he was still talking about a "deal" with.

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Ilya Somin: Rise of "No Kings" movement is great time to note that Trump's tariff power grab is similar to the "Ship Money" abuse of emergency taxation power by King Charles I, which helped precipitate English Civil War. reason.com/volokh/2025/...

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Since it's now Tuesday and they've arrested the NYC Comptroller, I think it's safe to say that the Democrats have not done enough to respond to McIver and Padilla being prosecuted and manhandled for doing their jobs

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I always want to make fun of people who pronounce spoliation as "spoilation," but it actually does make more sense as a word. You're spoiling the evidence!

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Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.

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This continues to be embarrassingly divorced from actual policies or outcomes. It's like he's just wistful that he missed out on being a guest star on a soap opera episode.

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A California judicial panel has upheld a recommendation that attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump @davidjthomas.bsky.social reut.rs/4e8ja1x

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DENVER (AP) — Jury finds MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company.

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More from Judge Young, that Kyle posted on the other place...

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The quotes make this anonymous professor sound unhinged (even for him)

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#AppellateSky has invaded my dreams. I dreamt last night that one of my state cases was suddenly pulled into a federal circuit court, so I posted about it and someone from #AppellateSky called to say "That's just something that Judge Niemeyer does." But I'm not even in the 4th Circuit?

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What do you can it when the government uses leverage to control business but doesn't nationalize it?

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I feel like you could explain to a fairly young child why it's better to have too little experience than to have proven you'll abuse your power when given a position of public trust

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