David Noll

One thing that stands out about this to me is that the settlement uses a lot of buzzwords that are loaded with meaning in right-wing legal circles (e.g., "proxies" for discrimination) without defining them. One wonders whether the university lawyers knew what they were agreeing to.

Trump administration moves to end veterans’ abortion access in cases of rape, incest and health The Trump Administration has taken its first step toward restricting access to abortions for veterans who are covered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ medical benefits, reversing a 2022 rul...

New from me:

Rescinding the rule was a directive in Project 2025, which called for the repeal of all department clinical policy directives that are “contrary to principles of conservative governance, starting with abortion services and gender reassignment surgery.”

to borrow from one of this site's all-time greatest posts, you can see how this mfer bankrupted a casino

look they managed to publish a piece that's not about Zohran. let's enjoy the small wins.

And it's not even the worst instance of both sides-ism in today's paper!

The economy is on the precipice of recession. That’s the clear takeaway from last week’s economic data dump. Consumer spending has flatlined, construction and manufacturing are contracting, and employment is set to fall. And with inflation on the rise, it is tough for the Fed to come to the rescue. Unemployment remains low, but that’s only because labor force growth has gone sideways. The foreign-born workforce is shrinking, and labor force participation is declining. Telling is the economy-wide hiring freeze, particularly for recent graduates, and the decline in hours worked. It’s no mystery why the economy is struggling; blame increasing U.S. tariffs and highly restrictive immigration policy. The tariffs are cutting increasingly deeply into the profits of American companies and the purchasing power of American households. Fewer immigrant workers means a smaller economy. Any notion that the economic data misrepresents the reality of how the economy is performing is way off base. There are revisions to the data, even big revisions, but they universally say the economy is doing worse. That’s because it is. BTW, the DOGE cuts are a key factor in the revisions—not because BLS has cut staff, although that can’t help, but because the government often reports payrolls to BLS late. It didn’t matter when government employment was stable, but now that it’s declining, the cuts are picked up in the revisions.

Trump is panicking because the economic numbers are giving a recession vibe.
From the Chief Economist at Moody's.

i think he believes that everyone should treat him like a friendly Fox News host or a 1L looking for a recommendation letter, because he's internalized the idea that he's some kind of genius.

how so?

this officer did a terrific job protecting vendors' right to not associate with a creep

I don't understand what is meant by a "Democratic Stephen Miller." Miller is motivated by contempt and hatred and his most successful tool has been his willingness to lie. "Hatians eating dogs and cats" and "invasion," etc.

Not even the truth beat those lie. So what is it they're asking for?

Did you say “admitted to the bar in 2024?”

The DEI of it all. This is insane.

Judge Boasberg is the rare public official who is acting like the executive branch's respect for the rule of law is critical to the success of the American project and a prosperous global economy. More judges and politicians should take cues from him.

Just reading transcript of 7/24 hearing before Judge Boasberg in JGG—AEA case where govt sent Venezuelans to CECOT despite his orders. Even if DC Cir blocks criminal contempt proceedings, Boasberg says he’ll refer DOJ attys to bar authorities & court’s own disciplinary committee ...
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Day in Trump's economy: > Wake up, check the news > BLS: "10 billion new jobs created" > Check my phone to see what today's tariff rates are. > Norway up 20%, Cambodia down 5% > Go to my iphone assembly line job where I make $7.25/hour > Spend next 4 hours putting chips inside phones > Take 15 minute break > Check my shitfartpisscoin holdings > Rugged > Watch the FOMC meeting > FOMC is just Trump > Trump goes on stage and announces he's raising rates from -10% to -5% > Also announces date of Jay Powell's public execution > AI manager scolds me for taking 16 minutes on my 15 minute break > It's only been 12 minutes > Call employee help line to complain > It's also AI > Go home frustrated > Complain to my girlfriend about my job > She's also AI

This is a perfect example of how an unfettered presidential removal power can undermine accountability (despite unitary executive theory claims to the contrary). How can you hold the President accountable for economic conditions if the President can keep us from knowing about those conditions?

Here’s the relevant statute. Even under normal times I don’t see how she could challenge her removal.

Bagdad Bob

BREAKING: White House announces selection of new Commissioner of Labor Statistics

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump I was just informed that our Country’s “Jobs Numbers” are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s chances of Victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were Records — No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes. McEntarfer said there were only 73,000 Jobs added (a shock!) but, more importantly, that a major mistake was made by them, 258,000 Jobs downward, in the prior two months. Similar things happened in the first part of the year, always to the negative. The Economy is BOOMING under “TRUMP” despite a Fed that also plays games, this time with Interest Rates, where they lowered them twice, and substantially, just before the Presidential Election, I assume in the hopes of getting “Kamala” elected – How did that work out? Jerome “Too Late” Powell should also be put “out to pasture.” Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Okay you can officially get ready for an attempt to cook the books.

It's interesting how UET insists as a formal matter on the president's absolute power over anything deemed to be an executive function when that's practically impossible. I'm not sure I've seen this labelled as a legal fiction or explored in the literature.

Good one

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

Using beg the question when the poster means raise the question

Arbitrary, unchecked, and unconstitutional administrative government, driven by the caprices of a dithering know-nothing

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 25-cv-872 (JMC) V. KRISTI NOEM, in her official capacity as jecretary of Homeland Security, et al Defendants. ORDER For the reasons stated in the accompanying memorandum opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion for a Stay of Agency Action under 5 U.S.C. § 705, ECF 22, is GRANTED. It is further ORDERED that, to preserve status or rights pending conclusion of the review proceedings, the effective dates of implementation and enforcement of the January 23 Huffman Memorandum, February 18 ICE Directive, and March 25 Parole Termination Notice for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) are immediately postponed and stayed insofar as they subject individuals who have previously been granted parole at ports of entry to expedited removal. SO ORDERED. Quall.Cot JIA M. COBB United States District Judge

NEW: a federal court in DC has barred DHS from using “expedited removal” to strip those people who entered the country legally through humanitarian parole of a right to a court hearing.

Full opinion here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

fwiw, I think some combination of (1) and (2) is most likely.

I can think of three explanations for this:

1. DOJ was in such disarray from Blanche and Bove's intimidation of career staff that the report slipped through the cracks.

2. Folks in the IG's office were afraid to act on the disclosure, knowing that Bove would come for their heads.

3. A cover-up.

Israel’s leading advocates in Washington becoming increasingly freakish and bizarre: x.com/robsatloff/s...

Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

is he selling memberships

Unnoticed Whistle-Blower Document Alarms Justice Department Veterans

"The inspector general appears to have done nothing with the information for more than two months, and many in that office did not realize they even had the material until a day or two before the full Senate voted on Mr. Bove’s nomination."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...