Jacob Gardenswartz

Per the judges, Trump is still allowed to federalize the IL Guard, but "The administration remains barred from deploying the National Guard of the United States within Illinois." Significant loss for Trump in an appellate court
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JUST IN: A three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously DENIES Trump admin's request to stay the lower court ruling blocking his deployment of National Guard troops to IL.
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Just in: federal judge in NY grants *permanent* injunction requiring Trump admin to provide the $34M in MTA anti-terrorism funding it tried to block over NYC's "sanctuary city" status storage.courtlistene...

More briefs and motions expected in the coming days, with the next hearing on 10/28.
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Judge Illston also grants plaintiffs' show cause order as to why the TRO should not convert to a preliminary injunction, and preemptively denies requests for a stay of execution of the TRO or for an administrative stay. Gonna take an appellate court stepping in to block this

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"counsel for defendants refused to answer the question of whether or not defendants’ action are legal, instead saying that defendants were “not prepared” to address the merits today."

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If plaintiffs allegations are true, "the agencies’ actions in laying off thousands of public employees during a government shutdown... is the epitome of hasty, arbitrary and capricious decisionmaking."

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It's "far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party. But this is precisely what President Trump has announced he is doing," Illston writes.

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JUST IN: Judge Illston's full TRO blocking shutdown-related layoffs is finally out. Tl;dr: no more RIFs during the shutdown and those already carried out are stayed. Some highlights in thread:

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Comey formally informs the court that he intends to challenge the legality of the appointment of Lindsey Halligan, interim U.S. Atty for the Eastern District of Virginia
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"Defendants have done precisely what the Memorandum and Order forbids, which is requiring Plaintiff States to agree to assist in federal immigration enforcement or else forgo the award of DHS grants," Judge Smith writes. storage.courtlistene...
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New this morning: A federal judge says the Trump administration is essentially ignoring his order blocking the Trump administration from imposing conditions requiring states to comply with federal immigration laws in order to receive FEMA funding.

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NEWS: in a new court filing, AFGE official says he has reason to believe there were 1,300 RIF notices across Treasury today and asks court to block them.

White House official confirms to me President Trump’s “announcement” tonight concerns lowering prescription drug prices. He recently announced a deal with Pfizer to pursue “most favored nation” drug prices in the US and has promised more deals with drug makers in the coming weeks

James' initial court appearance scheduled for 9am on 10/24 at the federal courthouse in Norfolk, VA

James' attorney Abbe Lowell:
"When a President can publicly direct charges to be filed against someone... it marks a serious attack on the rule of law. We will fight these charges in every process allowed in the law.”

James' statement:

“This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system... We will fight these baseless charges aggressively"

The indictment is out - 2 counts, one on bank fraud, one on false statements to a financial institution. storage.courtlistene...

DOJ now confirms James was indicted on bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution. Still no copy of the indictment publicly available

There's now a criminal docket, USA v James, in the Eastern District of Virginia, but no indictment unsealed as of yet. I'll share my usual caution on speculating about charges before they're filed, so be careful jumping to conclusions until we see the papers themselves

Maxwell's attorney tells me in response:

Just in: The U.S. Supreme Court DECLINES to hear Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal - meaning her conviction and 20-year criminal sentence remain in place.

Another SCOTUS win for Trump: majority stays a lower court's order finding that Trump admin's cancellation of temporary protective status for Venezuelan nationals was unlawful. Cancellation can move forward while case proceeds. Kagan/Sotomayor would've denied stay, KBJ dissents

Garcia "has sufficiently presented some evidence that the Government had a stake in retaliating against him for exercising his rights in the Maryland suit and deterring him from continuing to exercise those rights." Now both sides to meet to discuss scope of discovery

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"The Court holds that the totality of events creates a sufficient evidentiary basis to conclude that there is a “realistic likelihood of vindictiveness” that entitles Abrego to discovery and requires an evidentiary hearing before the Court decides his motion" judge writes"

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NEWS: A Tennessee federal judge says Abrego Garcia is entitled to seek discovery from the government to determine if the Trump administration engaged in vindictive and selective prosecution of him.
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NEWS: In new statement, Hamas shows willingness to agree to some of Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan but wants continued conversations about those "related to the future of the Gaza Strip and the authentic rights of the Palestinian people"

A federal judge today struck down the Trump admin's attempt to block all federal education funding to NH unless it stopped engaging in activities "related" to DEI programs storage.courtlistene...

Can also confirm FDA recently approved a new generic version of mifepristone, the drug most commonly used to induce pregnancy termination. With pro-life groups fuming, HHS spox says FDA has "very limited discretion" over generics and approval does not equal endorsement of its use

Re the 9/15 strike, intel officials say boat was "affiliated with a designated terrorist organization and, at the time, engaged in trafficking illicit drugs, which could ultimately be used to kill Americans." Memo didn't identify which cartel the boat was allegedly part of
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