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@mchammond.bsky.social

Clean energy, nuclear, & national security. Regulatory attorney. Administrative law nerd. Incurable optimist. Karaoke enthusiast. Funnier in person. Views are my own.

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a woman is talking to a man and says `` so you agree ? you think you 're really pretty ? '' . ALT: a woman is talking to a man and says `` so you agree ? you think you 're really pretty ? '' .

Perfect.

02.03.2026 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Case 1:25-cV-02942-TJK
Document 74
Filed 02/24/26 Page 1 of 17
1 of 17
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
L.G.M.L.., et al.,
Plaintiffs,
V.
Case No.: 25-cv-2942-TJK
KRISTI NOEM, et al.,
Defendants.
PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR AN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
After a temporary restraining order narrowly thwarted the government's secret, middle-of-
the-night attempt to expel unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the United States over Labor
Day weekend, this Court certified a provisional class of certain Guatemalan children who are or
will be in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other Defendants and
enjoined Defendants from "transferring, repatriating, removing, or otherwise facilitating the transport" of class members from the United States. Defendants declined to appeal that injunction
and it remains in place while this matter proceeds to final judgment. But Plaintiffs have learned that Defendants are engaged in a practice that openly flouts the plain text of the Court's injunction
and the statutory protections guaranteed by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
(TVPRA). Specifically, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are returning
unaccompanied children from noncontiguous countries, including class members, to their home
countries within 72 hours of entering government custody, typically before they can be transferred

Case 1:25-cV-02942-TJK Document 74 Filed 02/24/26 Page 1 of 17 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA L.G.M.L.., et al., Plaintiffs, V. Case No.: 25-cv-2942-TJK KRISTI NOEM, et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR AN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE After a temporary restraining order narrowly thwarted the government's secret, middle-of- the-night attempt to expel unaccompanied Guatemalan children from the United States over Labor Day weekend, this Court certified a provisional class of certain Guatemalan children who are or will be in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other Defendants and enjoined Defendants from "transferring, repatriating, removing, or otherwise facilitating the transport" of class members from the United States. Defendants declined to appeal that injunction and it remains in place while this matter proceeds to final judgment. But Plaintiffs have learned that Defendants are engaged in a practice that openly flouts the plain text of the Court's injunction and the statutory protections guaranteed by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). Specifically, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are returning unaccompanied children from noncontiguous countries, including class members, to their home countries within 72 hours of entering government custody, typically before they can be transferred

NEW: Remember when the government rounded up dozens of unaccompanied children in the middle of the night and tried to summarily deport them?

A Trump-appointed judge entered an injunction barring their removal.

But lawyers for the children say the government is trying to circumvent that order.

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Even if you’re not into reactors, the mid-century modern restoration is perfection.

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Had an amazing day on the Nucear
Ship Savannah in Baltimore yesterday. They used Section 106 of the NHPA to preserve the reactor internals, so you can actually go inside the containment and see inside the reactor vessel! It is really a rare wonder.

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US removing guardrails from proposed Saudi nuclear deal, document says Trump has told Congress he is pursuing a civil nuclear pact with Saudi Arabia that does not include non-proliferation safeguards the U.S. has long said would ensure the kingdom does not develop nuclea...

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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I had two clients moved within an hour of ICE learning we were looking for them and advising us there was not plan to move them.

A family of four moved 36 hours after a court order forbidding them from being moved.

3 other clients moved within a day of court-ordered injunctions.

20/

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209. The Modern Emergency Docket Turns Ten The February 2016 rulings blocking the Clean Power Plan were unprecedented; in retrospect, they were harbingers of a paradigm shift in the Supreme Court's role.

Ten years ago today, #SCOTUS issued five unsigned and unexplained 5-4 rulings granting emergency applications to block President Obama’s Clean Power Planβ€”a completely unprecedented move that helped to usher in the Court’s modern … (mis)adventures … with its shadow docket.

Me in today’s β€œOne First”:

09.02.2026 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1874    πŸ” 650    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 21
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The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.

www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...

09.02.2026 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Puerto Rico's electricity crisis In this episode, lawyer and activist Ruth Santiago discusses Puerto Rico's latest electricity crisis, as the island struggles to restore power in the wake of Hurricane Fiona. In the wake of Hurricane ...

What's that? You say you want to learn more about Puerto Rico's electricity grid?

09.02.2026 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1080    πŸ” 331    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 9
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MN Sanctuary School Organizing + Mutual Aid Fundraisers - SHARE

School-based mutual aid for the kiddos and families affected: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

26.01.2026 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MarΓ­a Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal
The Venezuelan opposition leader did not confirm whether the US president accepted the award

World news MarΓ­a Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal The Venezuelan opposition leader did not confirm whether the US president accepted the award

breathtakingly embarrassing for absolutely everyone involved lol

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Meta Locks In Up to 6.6 GW of Nuclear Power Through Deals With Vistra, Oklo, and TerraPower In-Depth: Meta's suite of three landmark agreements is poised to provide the financial certainty to extend aging plants, accelerate first-of-a-kind

A nice dive from Sonal Patel on the three Meta nuclear deals announced yesterday with Vistra, Oklo, and TerraPower.

www.powermag.com/meta-locks-i...

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Pritzker to sign clean energy bill lifting moratorium on new nuclear plants, adding battery storage Governor JB Pritzker will sign a bill Thursday that lifts the state's moratorium on new nuclear power plants.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signs historic legislation to fully remove the state's ban on nuclear energy!

It takes a lot to get a popular elected official to backtrack on a previous veto like this. Awesome to see his mind change on the topic!

πŸ”ŒπŸ’‘ abc7chicago.com/post/illinoi...

08.01.2026 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Supreme Court decisions giving you heartburn? Please take a moment and read this outstanding essay for an intense and educational assessment of the last year's work by SCOTUS.

05.01.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A seismic change in nuclear liability law in India, and something the DOE was working on since 2008.

07.01.2026 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Venezuela live updates: Uncertainty and legal questions remain after US captures Maduro The Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan President NicolΓ‘s Maduro and claims that it will β€œrun” the country are raising stark new questions about the legality of the U.S. actions and its future operations in the South American nation.

BREAKING: The U.S. won’t govern Venezuela, but will press changes through an oil blockade, Rubio says, after Trump claims of running the country.

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Hill Deposition | YaleGlobal Online

Also 2019 - Fiona Hill warned about a "Venezuela for tRump/Ukraine for Putin" plan: archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/hill...

03.01.2026 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

It’s called β€œtraining data”

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FECOHP – Federal Employees and Contractors Oral History Project

The Organization of American Historians is conducting an oral history open to those who worked for the federal government or were contractors. This includes those who retired or were forced to leave because of changes since January.

www.fecohp.org

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200. Five Questions About the Maduro Arrest Operation Friday night's U.S. military operation in Venezuela was a textbook violation of international law. It's also entirely unauthorized by U.S. law, which ought to (but probably won't) matter.

"If we hadn’t already, we’ve unquestionably joined the league of ordinary nationsβ€”a league in which we’re acting as little more than a bully, and in circumstances in which no obvious principle of self-defense, human rights, or even humantarianism writ large justifies our bellicosity."

Me on Maduro:

03.01.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1353    πŸ” 391    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 23

Thank you for writing this Steve.

03.01.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There may not be a more complex policy topic than civilian maritime nuclear liability, and I was happy to speak about it at the OECD-NEA.

17.12.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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India proposes landmark nuclear law to end state monopoly and allow private sector operators India on Monday set in motion steps to end decades of state control over nuclear power, by introducing a bill in parliament that would allow private firms to build and operate plants as the government...

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

17.12.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Administration Threatens to Dismantle Leading Climate and Weather Research Center The Trump administration is threatening to dismantle one of the U.S.’ leading weather and climate research institutions.

Devastating and dangerous blow to the weather and climate community tonight, as 20,000 earth and space scientists meet at #AGU25.

New @ucs.org statement from @carlonimbus.bsky.social on the Trump administration plans to dismantle @ncar-ucar.bsky.social:

www.ucs.org/about/news/t...

17.12.2025 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9
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Nuclear credits a timely gift for Illinois electricity customers ComEd customers will receive more than $800 million in credits as power markets generate more money for reactors outside of Chicago.

βš›οΈπŸŽ…πŸ»βš›οΈπŸŽ…πŸ» Nuclear Santa gives tax credits for Christmas (or what well designed clean energy tax credits can do). βš›οΈπŸŽ…πŸ» www.eenews.net/articles/nuc...

11.12.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Electricity Should Be Free at Noon And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs

Fantastic piece from @leahstokes.bsky.social, with several practical ideas about how to reduce electricity prices.

03.12.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy

1. Cars are the biggest source of climate pollution in the country.

2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.

2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.

Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

03.12.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 669    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 10
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I was sworn into the SCOTUS Bar in person on Monday and @ericconradfl.bsky.social made a little sketch of me standing before the Court and it’s the best thing.

03.12.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shop local with Free DC's holiday shopping guide A new shopping guide features dozens of places that have pledged to support D.C.'s autonomy.

51st.news/local-dc-bus...

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