Christine Corcos

And it’s a puppet. Made of foam rubber, faux fur, and plastic eyes. He’s ranting at the craft aisle at Michael’s.

Marius Borg Høiby se sienta en el banquillo: “Tiene miedo al juicio por la presión de los medios y la gravedad del caso”, dice su abogado El hijo de mayor de Mette-Marit de Noruega, en prisión preventiva desde ayer y hasta marzo, ha negado en su primera comparecencia ante el juez las acusaciones por violación, pero admite agresiones a varias mujeres

Entre las causas que enfrenta Marius Borg Høiby, el hijo mayor de Mette-Marit, se cuentan cuatro casos de violación y varios de maltrato. El inicio del juicio coincide, además, con un momento reputacional especialmente complicado para la casa real

Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit searches French office of Musk's X The Paris prosecutor's office said a search was underway as part of an investigation opened in January 2025.

The Paris prosecutor's office said a search was underway at the French offices of Elon Musk's social media network X today as part of an investigation opened in January 2025
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Lol you can buy my book about what antifa actually is here. In stores TOMORROW www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Cat...

Good grief.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FRITZ EMMANUEL LESLY MIOT, et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 25-cv-02471 (ACR) V. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: "America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions." More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington's vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take.? eSec Noem I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies. Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom-not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS. WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE. 6:52 PM - Dec 1, 2025 - 13.2M Views ' Letter from George Washington to Joshua Holmes (December 2, 1783). 2 Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl.) 1110 n.91. But see supra n.l.

So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) "damn" countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti's TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, "killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies." They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer's disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) 1 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. 1 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. | 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. 9| 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. 9|5. They claim that Secretary Noem's decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary's decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI.

Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things— in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.

BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Text of a poem

My son sent me this poem and now I’m sending it to you. Read it top to bottom, then bottom to top. "Refugees" by Brian Bilston.

#catcanoe 👇

A red, white, and blue rectangular scarf with Presidential signatures through (at least) Jimmy Carter.

Today’s scarf (Presidential signatures).

A gray and white cat questions your critical thinking skills.

“Seriously? I am a RETIRED rodent control officer.”

Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.

"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
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Volpi on Legal and Political Constitutionalism from Schmitt and Kelsen to Contemporary Debates: Notes on Constitutional Guardianship and Democracy /
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School canceled in Columbia Heights due to bomb threat Students and staff are being told not to report to school on Feb. 2.

"Classes have been called off in the Columbia Heights school district today due to what officials are calling a bomb threat. The closure comes as 5-year-old preschool student Liam Conejo Ramos & his father from Columbia Heights were released from an ICE detention center in Texas and returned to MN."

I didn't realize Neil Kinkopf was a colleague of yours. I think he was in my class (or maybe a year behind?) at CWRU Law.

Davies on One Complicated Hour /
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Law is not magic? There goes my research agenda.

Stigall on The Rousseau-Portalis Doctrine: French Legal Thought and the Law of War--Parts I and II /
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A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”

Google has agreed to pay $68M to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the technology giant's voice assistant had illegally recorded users (even if they didn’t activate it with “Hey Google”) and then shared their private conversations with advertisers.

As a nation, we face a decisive moment. Trust the journalists who witness tyranny at street level. • Kansas Reflector Amid the stream of coverage of state-sponsored violence you may have missed the stories of the journalists arrested, detained or roughed up.

As a nation, we face a decisive moment. Trust the journalists who witness tyranny at street level. kansasreflector.com/2026/02/01/a...

ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.

A gray and white cat has an opinion on tonight’s menu. It’s not favorable.

“What’s for dinner?” “I’m making chicken with vegetables.” “With vegetables? You ruined it.” #catcanoe #catsky

The International Journal of Law in Context is looking for a co-editor-in-chief. Terrific opportunity for socio-legal scholars out there: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Blizzard of Oz and Stephen Coldbert are good.

UK fires ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson over his links to Jeffrey Epstein British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fired the U.K’s ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, over his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

apnews.com/article/uk-m... fires ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson over his links to Jeffrey Epstein

DOJ misconduct complaint against Judge Boasberg dismissed /
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He really dominated the conversation, and kept talking even after @velshi.com signaled that they needed to go to break. I would have liked to hear more from Ana Marie Cox.

Columbo the legend. "Nah, I'm just a lieutenant."

Couple Turns Small NYC Apartment Into A Palace For Their Bonded Kittens A New York City couple leads a tour of their apartment, showing how they've added enrichment activities and spaces to keep their kittens, Lox and Lottie, consistently entertained.

Couple Turns Small NYC Apartment Into A Palace For Their Bonded Kittens / #catcanoe #catsky
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*omit that first tucked*. I need coffee...