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Lindsey Halligan Is Under Investigation by the Florida Bar

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

In Gorsuch’s Homage to Legislative Power, a Subtle Reproach of a Neutered Congress

In Gorsuch’s Homage to Legislative Power, a Subtle Reproach of a Neutered Congress www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/u...

Surgeon general nominee faces scrutiny over qualifications and views on vaccines Dr. Casey Means, the wellness influencer and ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is the president’s nominee for surgeon general. As a prominent voice in the MAHA movement, some of her idea...

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Remember when Trump yanked funds from Mississippi after learning that the state's welfare chief had directed millions in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to sports celebrities, including not only Brett Favre, but the Million Dollar man and his two pro-wrestler sons?

Wait. He didn't.

Missed Funerals and Blocked Toilets: Iran Deployment Takes a Toll on U.S. Sailors The lengthy mission of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is causing strains for the crew members and their families.

The Ford’s sailors have been away from home for eight months already, setting up a possible deployment of 11 months, he said. That would break the record for a continuous deployment by a U.S. Navy ship. www.wsj.com/us-news/miss...

10% yesterday.

15% today.

As Gorsuch wrote, could be “1 percent or 1,000,000 percent .. and he may change his mind at any time for nearly any reason.” 🤡

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/b...

This is delusional. Putin has shown no willingness to meet Zelensky.

Denmark Rejects Trump’s Plan to Send Hospital Boat to Greenland

Trump just can’t stop thinking about Greenland… www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/u...

The Supreme Court Got It Right on IEEPA—But Don't Pop the Champagne Yet The Court did important work by reining in the misuse of IEEPA. But judicial intervention can only go so far.

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That's absurd, and also: Anthropic just caused a stir with their legal plugin, but what she's saying undermines using Claude for law. A "kind and worldly assistant" is different from a "zealous advocate." I don't need praise for my draft brief, I need to see how an unethical opponent will attack it.

US judiciary scraps climate chapter from scientific evidence manual The U.S. federal judiciary has withdrawn a chapter from the newest edition of its reference manual on scientific evidence that addressed climate change after Republican state attorneys general argued ...

New from me: The federal judiciary has withdrawn a chapter from the newest edition of its reference manual on scientific evidence that addressed climate change after Republican state attorneys general argued it was biased against fossil fuel companies. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

he literally dangled from power lines meant to symbolize the dilapidated Puerto Rican power grid

As a father of daughters too, Lindsey’s father is right. And I can’t imagine any doctor clearing her to race after a complex fracture like that.

Immigration judge rejects Trump effort to deport pro-Palestinian Tufts student An immigration judge has rejected the Trump administration's efforts to deport Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested last year as part of its targeting of pro-Palestinian campu...

New: An immigration judge has rejected the Trump administration's efforts to deport Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested last year as part of its targeting of pro-Palestinian campus activists, her lawyers said. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

So it’s going to be BAD bad

BREAKING: Sen. DURBIN makes public request for Pam Bondi, Jeanine Pirro to preserve all records related to investigations into Sen. Mark Kelly, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, and four House Members who are being threatened a weaponized Justice Department.

Masked up DEA agent knowingly participating in an illegal arrest of a journalist that was already rejected by two trial judges and an appellate court.

The de-Nazification after this period must be thorough. Seems likely we will need to fire the majority of federal law enforcement officers.

Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...

“We have a nice little database.”

Two weeks ago I wrote about the risk of Trump using his NSPM-7 memo to treat citizens exercising their rights like terrorists. Now it’s a reality. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

You observed on Wednesday that a lot of the justices sounded pissed. They were like: How did we get to this point? And it’s their own fault! They gave Trump so much leeway in all of these earlier cases to break the law. Then they seemed irked when he crossed the line that they had tried to draw in the sand over the Federal Reserve. They seemed to wonder: How could this happen? Well, look in the mirror. When you capitulate, you empower Trump to push further past your limits. That’s the lesson that the international community seems to have learned, and that our more courageous judges in the lower courts have learned. Let’s just hope that John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett are learning it now, because it’s one of the few things that could turn around this catastrophe. With Trump, you’ve got to hold the line, or else you just get bowled over. That is what everyone out in the streets in Minnesota is doing right now, and we are seeing the results. The average protester blowing a whistle on the streets of the Twin Cities has shown more courage than John Roberts has in maybe his entire career.

Trump is weak, Bondi is weak, Miller is weak. The administration is filled with cartoon bullies who crumple when they face real opposition. Minnesotans get it. Denmark gets it. Lower court judges get it, and the best have moved into DGAF mode. When will SCOTUS get it? slate.com/news-and-pol...

"A federal magistrate judge rejected that warrant, noting that Good was already dead and could not be considered a suspect for a warrant."

They killed her, exonerated her killer without an investigation, then tried to illegally investigate her.

ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis was dragged by car in earlier incident The agent, Jonathan Ross, was injured last year by a fleeing driver during an arrest, according to court records.

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Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State

A Dozen F.B.I. Agents Sue Patel After Being Fired Over Kneeling at Protest

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A neat thing about birthright citizenship is how it tests whether a person cares at all about the Constitution. There's no argument against it, birthright citizenship is the unambitious text, the obvious intent of the drafters, and the undisputed way it was followed for the past 150+ years.

The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come “You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress.

Turns out that the reminder from Congressional Democrats that members of the military shouldn’t follow illegal orders was timely. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

1/ You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what 6 Democratic members of Congress said on video. Trump called it seditious. The FBI launched an investigation. Then came reporting in WAPO about an order SecDef Hegseth gave ahead of the 9/2 attack on a boat allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.

this headline, and much of the reporting, is the result of believing that the key to good journalism is never taking a position

Love how this guy who constantly lies about everything, including basic numbers, is director of the National Economic Council and frontrunner for Fed Chairman.

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