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It's better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.” – James Thurber All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

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BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court won’t take action on Trump’s emergency petition over the firing Hampton Dellinger, head of a watchdog agency. Dellinger will remain in his role until at least Feb. 26 as litigation continues in a lower court. Order: www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/u... Background:

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BREAKING: Court pushback against Trump executive actions reaches intelligence community as judge halts firing of CIA & ODNI personnel involved in DEI. Judge Anthony Trenga (GWBush appointee)in Alexandria grants administrative stay blocking dismissals of 11 officials www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that if the U.S. decides to leave NATO, “The risk that Russia will occupy Europe is 100 percent.” President Donald Trump has frequently threatened to leave the alliance.

submitted 6 days ago • 26 comments

The court will provide access for the public to telephonically attend the hearing. The hearing can be accessed by dialing the Toll Free Number: 833-990-9400 (Meeting ID: 493633106).

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

NEWS: Hagan Scotten, one of the SDNY attorneys prosecuting Eric Adams' case, has resigned ... and is blasting the Trump Justice Department on the way out.

submitted 8 days ago • 60 comments

Holy shit.

submitted 9 days ago • 82 comments

SC’s Republican Attorney General issues a statement responding to Nancy Mace’s speech tonight in the House by basically saying she is an unhinged nut.

submitted 11 days ago • 305 comments

Judge Rules the White House Failed to Comply With Court Order www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...

submitted 12 days ago • 18 comments

Don't forget, Project 2025 openly called for ignoring the courts.

submitted 12 days ago • 43 comments

Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island just ruled for the enforcement of the temporary restraining order against the Trump administration's federal funding freeze. "...must immediately end any federal funding pause during the pendency of the TRO." 🍿

submitted 12 days ago • 13 comments

Doug Mills is one of the greatest to ever do it.

submitted 12 days ago • 137 comments

As people are trying to understand how courts enforce their orders, this DOJ Org Chart may come in handy. The courts don’t have their own enforcement agency. The US Marshal’s Service is part of DOJ.

submitted 12 days ago • 420 comments

NEW @motherjones.com: An analysis found Elon's cybertrucks are deadlier than infamous the Ford Pintos, which were the subject of a famous @motherjones.com cover story that prompted a federal investigation. Cybertrucks have had 5 known fatalities in just 1 year. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 13 days ago • 59 comments

A reminder to DOGE.👇 "It is long settled that courts possess inherent authority to initiate contempt proceedings for disobedience to their orders, authority which necessarily encompasses the ability to appoint a private attorney to prosecute the contempt." -Young v. U.S. ex rel. Vuitton (1987).

submitted 13 days ago • 293 comments

All kidding aside, the reason he is doing this is to establish some kind of culpability by @profgalloway.com and I. We never threatened these people but it is all in service of getting his supporters to think we did. It’s not a random tweet — all planned for a larger effort to silence us or worse.

submitted 13 days ago • 1292 comments

BREAKING: A Reagan-appointed federal judge in Seattle has issued a nationwide injunction blocking Trump's executive order, which sought to strip birthright citizenship from Americans born to two undocumented parents.

submitted 16 days ago • 260 comments

How is this not a crime, a conflict of interest requiring recusal, or something you get disciplined for? You are the prosecutor and the defense lawyer on the same case?

submitted 16 days ago • 89 comments

BREAKING: Lots of good news for the courts (and plaintiffs counsel) standing up for the rule of law.

submitted 16 days ago • 31 comments

In celebrating Trump’s inauguration, America’s oligarchs made clear they are done pretending to care about immigrants, the LGBTQ+, or our democracy. That’s all over — they’re ready to cash in with Donald Trump.