Manoj Mate

Noel Francisco is silent and has no answer after Sotomayor suggested Elon Musk has benefitted from quid pro quo corruption in the form of lucrative government contracts.

Sotomayor discussing examples of how Clinton, Biden, and Trump presidential campaigns were able to raise significant amounts of money from individual donors after McCutcheon, and that if the Court overturned the ban on coordinated spending there would be almost no limits left.

Alito discussing the "much maligned" Citizens United decision

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett is running for the US Senate in Texas. Allred to seek House seat Crockett, one of Congress’ most outspoken Democrats and a frequent target of GOP attacks, jumped into the race on the final day of qualifying in Texas.

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches bid for U.S. Senate in Texas, looking to flip a Republican-held seat.

Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 200 Filed 12/08/25 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA J.G.G., et al., Plaintiffs, V. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. 25-766 (JEB) ORDER In response to the Court's Order of November 28, 2025, the Government has submitted cursory declarations from Secretary Kristi Noem and attorneys then at the Department of Justice who advised her. Noem avers that she made "the decision to continue the transfer of custody of the Alien Enemies Act detainees who had been removed from the United States before this Court issued its temporary restraining order in the evening of March 15, 2025." ECF No. 198-1 (Declaration of Secretary Noem). As this declaration does not provide enough information for the Court to determine whether her decision was a willful violation of the Court's Order, the Court cannot at this juncture find probable cause that her actions constituted criminal contempt. See United States v. Young, 107 F.3d 903, 907 (D.C. Cir. 1997) (contempt requires finding that (1) court order was "clear and reasonably specific; (2) "the defendant violated the order"; and (3) "the violation was willful") (internal quotation marks omitted). A referral for prosecution, consequently, would be premature. The Court thus believes that it is necessary to hear witness testimony to better understand the bases of the decision to transfer the deportees out of United States custody in the context of

the hearing on March 15, 2025. The events surrounding this decision should shed light on this question. The Court accordingly ORDERS that: 1. Plaintiffs shall attempt to secure the presence of Erez Reuveni for testimony on December 15, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.; 2. The Government shall produce Drew Ensign for testimony on December 16, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.; and 3. Both sides shall appear in person at such hearings and will have the opportunity to question witnesses. /s/ James E. Boasberg JAMES E. BOASBERG Chief

NEWS: Judge Boasberg orders Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign to testify in court next week as part of his ongoing contempt inquiry over Alien Enemies Act flights.

Annotated Guide to Historical Amicus Briefs in the Slaughter and Cook Removal Cases As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in two cases challenging the removal of independent agency heads, several historians and legal scholars have filed friend-of-the-court briefs focused on...

Helpful and concise Brennan Center preview for today’s big case on the unitary executive oral arguments (against the historical claim of an unchecked presidential removal power)

Annotated Guide to Historical Amicus Briefs in the Slaughter and Cook Removal Cases
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CERTIORARI -- SUMMARY DISPOSITION 25-133 MILLER, JOSEPH, ET AL. V. McDONALD, COMM'R, ET AL. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for further consideration in light of Mahmoud v. Taylor, 606 U. S. 522 (2025).

The Supreme Court just set aside a 2nd Circuit decision upholding New York's requirement that all school students, public and private, obtain certain vaccinations, without any religious exemptions. It orders the 2nd Circuit to reconsider the ruling in light of SCOTUS' LGBTQ school books decision.

it’s just remarkable how thoroughly the media has normalized all of this; how clearly the media will normalize absolutely anything provided it endures longer than a handful of news cycles.

Black Residents in West Tennessee Just Won Fairer Districts. Now Comes SCOTUS. - Bolts The Supreme Court may further erode the Voting Rights Act in an upcoming decision. Beyond affecting Congress, that would reverberate across local governments nationwide.

A harmful SCOTUS ruling in Louisiana v. Callais could disproportionately affect voters at the local level, who often use Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to challenge discriminatory maps and voting policies, @kevintmorris.bsky.social told @boltsmag.org. boltsmag.org/voting-right...

and I fear that even more re-redistricting will be on the way, perhaps even later in the year if the Supreme Court waters down or kills Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the Callais case.

Public Trust in Government: 1958-2025 While trust in government has been low for decades, the current measure is one of the lowest in the nearly seven decades since the question was first asked by the National Election Study, and it is lo...

Recent Pew Research/NES data highlights continued decline in trust in government numbers.

www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Stopping Kavanaugh stops should be at the heart of the 2026 and 2028 Democratic platforms

"Signed contracts for Manhattan homes costing $4 million or more rose to 176 in November, a 25% increase from October’s 141 deals... New signed contracts of more than $4 million increased at more than twice the rate of the overall market..."

‘There is no Mamdani effect’: Manhattan luxury home sales surge after mayoral election, undercutting predictions of doom and escape to Florida | Fortune Signed contracts for Manhattan homes over $4 million skyrocketed 25%; “the idea that people would flee New York was overblown,” said realtor Donna Olshan.

Manhattan luxury home sales surge after New York mayoral election.

fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...

An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns

Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.

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SCOTUS order in LULAC v. Abbott opens the door to a partisan gerrymandering free for all. Rucho has proven to be a disastrous decision for democracy.

Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections #ELB You can find the order. a concurrence, and a dissent at this link. [This post is in progress]

Breaking: Supreme Court on 6-3 Party Line Vote, Allows Texas to Use Its Re-redistricting Maps for 2026 Congressional Elections electionlawblog.org?p=153359

Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."

HAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Breaking: Grand jury declines to indict NY AG Letitia James.

"The firm said layoff plans totaled 71,321 in November, a step down from the massive cuts announced in October but still enough to bring the 2025 total up to 1.17 million. That total is 54% higher than the same 11-month period a year ago and the highest level since 2020"

Layoff announcements top 1.1 million this year, the most since 2020 pandemic, Challenger says The firm said layoff plans totaled 71,321 in November, a step down from October but still enough to bring the 2025 total up to 1.17 million.

Report: Layoffs highest since pandemic.

www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/l...

Natasha Bertrand: Lawmakers are apparently being shown the full video of the Sept 2 boat strikes in their meetings with Adm Bradley and Gen Caine. HIMES: “what I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service…you have two individuals and clear distress, without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, were killed by the United States.”

They need to release this video to the public

CDC advisers could reverse newborn hepatitis B vaccine recommendations Hepatitis B vaccines given at birth have essentially eliminated the disease in kids. A vote this week could upend that success.

CDC considering reversing guidelines on *Hepatitis B vaccine for newborns*

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Excited to see that my article "Voids of Constitutional Law" is listed on SSRN's Top Downloads for the Law & Society: Public Law-Courts eJournal, in addition to the top recent downloads for the Election Law & Voting Rights eJournal. @ssrn.bsky.social

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The commonality of both Signalgate and 'kill em all' is that he's an unqualified drunk who plays with people's lives out of an emotional need to look cool and manly in front of the SOF guys he never joined when he served.

San Francisco Will Sue Ultraprocessed Food Companies

Breaking: San Francisco today will sue 10 of the biggest manufacturers of ultraprocessed food, arguing the companies knew their products were making people sick but sold them anyway. The fare makes up 70% of the country’s food supply.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

Another story on SF's lawsuit against companies manufacturing ultra processed food.

Here's a link to the complaint:
sfcityattorney.org/wp-content/u...

San Francisco takes 10 corporations to court over ultra-processed food The lawsuit is the first of its kind.

SF sues corporations over ultra-processed food.

www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Excerpt from ruling: “Bluntly put, why the Court ruled as it did remains unclear-and without reasoning, this order cannot even be considered as persuasive. Second, Justice Kavanaugh's conclusion that the plaintiffs lacked standing in Perdomo rested on the claims asserted in that case specifically, plaintiffs there sought to enjoin defendants from targeting individuals for immigration stops based on certain factors, such as race or ethnicity, their accent, and the type of work they did. Id. Justice Kavanaugh reasoned that plaintiffs in Perdomo likely lacked standing under Lyons, as defendants may "stop suspected illegal immigrants based on a variety of factors," and thus "plaintiffs ha[d] no good basis to believe that law enforcement will unlawfully stop them in the future" based "only on [prohibited] factors." Id. at *3 (emphases in original). In contrast, this case concerns an entirely different context, namely, civil immigration arrests rather than immigration stops, which were at issue in Perdomo, and a different type of challenge. Specifically, plaintiffs are not arguing which factors defendants may consider in their application of a legal standard, but rather contend that defendants have abandoned the proper legal standard entirely. See Pls.' Reply at 8. Thus, Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence in Perdomo, to the extent it has persuasive, let alone controlling, authority, is inapposite.”

While we were sleeping, a huge ruling:

Federal judge blocks the Trump administration from warrantless immigration arrests in Washington, D.C. “without a pre-arrest individualized determination … of probable cause.”

She addresses Kavanaugh stops head on.

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