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Here's the feds' motion to deny video access: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: Judge Charles Breyer cuts Zoom video feed for trial next week on whether Trump's use of National Guard troops for immigration enforcement violates Posse Comitatus. Just audio, after admin said safety of ICE witness(es) could be threatened. Doc:
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Appeals court rules Trump clamp-down on spending data defies Congress’ authority An order issued Saturday evening by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel gives the administration until Friday to restore the data online.

JUST IN: DC Circuit's most senior active GOP appointee, Henderson (GHWBush), forcefully rejects Trump administration lockdown of federal spending data. 3-0 ruling to restore by Friday. Wilkins (Clinton) joins opinion. Garcia (Biden) doesn't. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

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JUST IN: Judge Micah Smith blocks Trump admin attempt to allow fishing in Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, first created by President George W. Bush in 2009. Smith, a Biden appointee, says notice and comment was required
Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Opinion: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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BREAKING: In 2-1 ruling, DC Circuit overturns Judge Boasberg's order initiating contempt proceedings against Trump admin over Alien Enemies Act Deportations. Majority Katsas (Trump)/Rao (Trump). Dissent: Pillard (Obama). Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow ‘roving’ immigration raids in Los Angeles The Justice Department called a lower-court order that limited the raids “a straitjacket" for law enforcement.

NEW: Trump administration asks #SCOTUS to remove judge-imposed 'straitjacket' limiting immigration raids in and around L.A. w/@kyledcheney
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

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BREAKING: Trump administration asks #SCOTUS to lift federal judge's order barring "roving" immigration raids in Los Angeles area. Filing says 1 in 10 residents of the district are undocumented immigrants. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

JUST IN: Following POLITICO report, U.S. Courts confirms 'escalated cyberattacks of a sophisticated and persistent nature' on case filing system (CM/ECF). Release: www.uscourts.gov/data-news/ju... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

Pam Bondi hires a former Jan 6 defendant who is caught on tape here urging rioters to "kill" police. The Bondi DOJ calls him a "valued member" of the administration; his fellow workers call him a thug. www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

PACER and CM/ECF are a Threat to National Security and Must be Urgently Overhauled Why Congress must finally act to urgently and properly fix PACER/CM/ECF.

Well, PACER was hacked again, probably by a nation state: www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Luckily, our blog post from 2021 still holds up. If only we could have known this might happen. free.law/2021/10/05/p...

Trump admin targets lawyer who attempted to halt his client’s deportation DOJ’s move comes after Trump directed the department to seek to sanction lawyers “who engage in frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious litigation.”

EXCLUSIVE: Justice Dept carries out Trump directive by seeking 'substantial' financial penalty for lawyer who won court orders delaying client's deportation to Laos for two weeks. DOJ accuses attorney of misleading judges by invoking Alien Enemies Act www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

JUST IN: Another suit filed over laws Rubio invoked to target pro-Palestinian students for deportation. Suit from an unexpected source: @StanfordDaily, which says its non-US citizen writers don't want to touch Israel-Palestine topics. Via @TheFIREorg Doc: www.thefire.org/sites/defaul...

Georgetown researcher targeted for deportation settles with Trump admin The agreement allows Badar Khan Suri to resume his employment as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service.

NEW: Trump administration agrees to allow Georgetown postdoc Badar Khan Suri to return to work despite ongoing litigation over efforts to deport him over alleged Hamas ties. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

JUST IN: Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell oppose release of Jeffrey Epstein-related grand jury records. Judge declined Maxwell's lawyers' request to review them so they object. Also say this really isn't like other cases where GJ recs came out. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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BREAKING: Trump & Murdoch cut deal postponing Murdoch deposition in $20B libel case re Epstein letter until after WSJ's forthcoming motion to dismiss. Barring health issues, neither Murdoch nor Trump will be deposed for months. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

DOJ is walking back the White House’s goal to arrest 3,000 immigrants per day It’s another discrepancy between what White House advisers say and the administration’s legal posture.

NEW: When is a 3,000-deportation-arrests-a-day quota not a 3,000-deportation-arrests-a-day quota? When the Trump administration is challenged on it in court. So far, judges aren't buying the jiggery-pokery. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

JUST IN: Senate confirms Jeanine Pirro as US Atty for DC, 50-45

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JUST IN: Judge Aileen Cannon rules alleged attempted Trump assassin Ryan Routh can't have access to classified evidence government showed her potentially relevant to his prosecution. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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BREAKING: Judge tosses fmr Rep. Nunes' libel suit re MSNBC report on handling of package from Russia-linked legislator. Maddow & producer said they relied on POLITICO report suggesting Nunes sat on package, didn't see later 1 saying he gave it to FBI. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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JUST IN: 9th Circuit joins DC Circuit in lifting lower-court orders that blocked Trump's plan to snub federal employee unions by denying them collective bargaining rights. Panel: Owens/Obama, Bade/Trump, Bress/Trump. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Judge rips Noem’s latest termination of immigrant protections: ‘Color is neither a poison nor a crime’ U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson extended temporary protected status for Hondurans, Nepalis and Nicaraguans until Nov. 18.

NEW: Judge postpones end of TPS protection for Hondurans, Nepalis & Nicaraguans. In scathing ruling, Biden appointee Trina Thompson says Trump admin's action to expel about 63,000 immigrants is bid to "purify" the "blood" of America. w/@kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Wow. A group of top scholars at Harvard just sent a letter to its president, Alan Garber, warning against surrendering to Trump.

Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt.

Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:

Justice Brett Kavanaugh is probably reading this The Supreme Court justice discussed a wide variety of topics during an onstage conversation at a judicial conference — including his media consumption habits.

NEW: Amidst flood of attacks by President Trump/allies on fed judges, Justice Brett Kavanaugh tells judicial colleagues he knows they suffer slings & arrows. But he didn't mention physical threats or talk of defying the courts & exhibited no air of crisis.
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

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JUST IN: DOJ argues disputed re-appointment of Alina Habba as U.S. Attorney in NJ is 'nothing like' disputed appointment of Special Counsel Jack Smith that Judge Aileen Cannon ruled illegal in Trump prosecution. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

AAUP Letter Supports CUNY Law Professor Ramzi Kassem Yesterday the AAUP sent a letter of support for Ramzi Kassem, a professor of law at the City University of New York singled out by US Representative Elise Stefanik in a recent hearing of the US House ...

The @aaup.org submitted a letter to @cuny.edu leadership supporting the academic freedom & constitutional rights of Prof Ramzi Kassem in response to the outrageous suggestion by Rep. Stefanik that he be disciplined for representing Mahmoud Khalil.

Read it here:

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I could not believe he came out and said it explicitly, but I watched the video and he does indeed call 'Trump accounts' a "backdoor for privatizing Social Security."

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NEW: Full bench of DC Circuit declines to step in to block panel's order that allowed Trump to strip union @afsatweets of collective bargaining and other rights under federal law. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... (corrected: case isn't about mass firings)

JUST IN: Ghislaine Maxwell's petition challenging her sex trafficking convictions related to Jeffrey Epstein is officially slated for discussion at #SCOTUS' post-summer long conference, this year on Sept. 29.

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JUST IN: Judge declared 1st day of planned trial in Hunter Biden's libel suit v. Overstock founder Patrick Byrne 'circus-like' & 'a carnival,' due to Byrne & his lawyers. Judge also denied admission to a lawyer who faces felony charges in Michigan. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...