Chris Geidner

E. BARRETT PRETTYMAN UNITED STATES COURT HOUSE

I am headed in to the show cause hearing over whether BOP officials should face civil contempt for allegations they violated a court order barring retaliation against witnesses in a case over the Trump admin’s treatment of trans people in prison.

Background: www.lawdork.com/p/bop-contem...

Kristofer Goldsmith (@krisgoldsmith85) Are the courts still holding the constitutional line? In this episode of On Offense, I talk with legal journalist @Chris Geidner, founder of Law Dork, about the legal battles unfolding between federa...

Are the courts still holding the constitutional line?
In this episode of On Offense, I talk with legal journalist @chrisgeidner.bsky.social founder of Law Dork, about the legal battles unfolding between federal courts & #DHS.
Judges across the country are reviewing ICE detention policies, executive

DOJ filed a corrected version this morning.

Well, someone at DOJ saw my post. (See you soon!) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The second and final SCOTUS opinion today is Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corp. The court, in an opinion by Sotomayor, unanimously holds that New Jersey Transit Corp. is not entitled to sovereign immunity. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

The first SCOTUS opinion is in Urias-Orellana v. Bondi. Jackson has the unanimous opinion for the court, affirming the First Circuit in the immigration case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Shhhh

9 now. 🫢

OK, I have SCOTUS opinions at 10a, so I should let the elections wait 'til morn and head to bed. Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.

thanks, kathy

👀

@cfidd.bsky.social is exactly right

I talk to state leg candidates every week on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social - key thing about state leg candidates is they knock doors. A lot of doors. They get direct feedback from voters who are pissed about costs, for sure, also the chaos, corruption, often ICE

The GOP primary for #TXAG (an open seat, with Paxton running for Senate) is also going to a runoff between state Sen. Mayes Middleton and U.S. Rep. Chip Roy. Roy is the bigger name but Middleton currently leads him 41–31%.

1. it's not him.
2. if i vaguepost, there's a reason for it.
3. it's not "not exactly," it's "NOT." he. did. not. you're doing the same thing.

taking the position that "it's fine if a former member of congress has a false post up because it could be true in the future, and i'm going to fight with you about it over multiple posts" is a position that i consider a blockable offense, i learned about myself tonight

By the way, Democrats have now flipped 27 legislative seats in Trump 2.0.

Republicans are still stuck at zero.

Even in 2017-18, the GOP managed to flip a few. This time, just a goose egg, despite several good chances.

Yeah, gonna side with this.

I mean, he literally beat Paxton tonight.

Cornyn torching Paxton:

"Judgment Day is coming for Ken Paxton."

That's fun. I love influencers.

lol at Dan Crenshaw losing
[looks into the other guy]
Ah,

I’ve seen enough. Not about the election. Just generally.

Oh, absolutely. I wouldn't have quoted them. ;-)

"just pardoned" is false.

it's irresponsible of him to have done that. period.

Kelley, get your shit together.

That did not happen.

[I did just link to the Tribune, and, I'm sorry, but Kornacki is not a pundit.]

Do you think she said it? Or not?

Kornacki just said Crockett is likely still short of what she needs in Dallas based on the just-in early vote count — where she had about 60% in the early vote, when Kornacki's benchmark for her to win was getting 70% there.

Supreme Court orders Dallas to "separate" certain votes Dallas and Williamson counties closed centralized voting centers, which had become a common practice, at the request of local Republicans.

This is really frustrating in Texas.

Here's the @texastribune.org story: www.texastribune.org/2026/03/03/j...

Rep. Crockett says "we're not going to have election results tonight in my opinion. Unfortunately, this is what Republicans like to do."