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The Trump admin DOJ went to a secretive deportation court this week

After the first hearing ever convened by the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, the judge concluded DOJ still had more work to do to make its case. Also: Law Dork on MS NOW.
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Todd Blanche should not be attorney general. That won't likely stop Republican senators.
Also: The Trump administration is taking on law enforcement — to try and protect semi-automatic guns. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
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Federal judge finds Trump's IRS case and "settlement" was "improper," sanctions lawyers
Judge Williams: "[T]his was an attempt to use the Court to provide some legitimacy to an agreement to confer immunity to people and entities affiliated…
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Update: Judge denies WPATH request to block FTC from proceeding in Texas
Judge James Boasberg heard arguments on Thursday afternoon in D.C.
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Update: E. Jean Carroll got paid, despite Trump having "stall[ed] this case for years”
More than three years after a jury's verdict, Trump ran out of options to avoid paying the woman who, a jury found in 2023, he had sexually abused and…
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Immigration cases continue to reach shadow docket as Supreme Court recesses for summer
This week at SCOTUS, a student previously diagnosed with schizophrenia has been detained for 13 months. Also: An appellate academic freedom win. And…
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Two-hundred-and-fifty years in, Justice Jackson is doing the work that is needed from our leaders
The United States needs leaders willing to speak forthrightly about our past and ambitiously about our future in order to make it through the…
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The Trump admin went so far Thursday night that even Judge Reed O'Connor put a case on hold
O'Connor has been very receptive to the Trump admin and its anti-trans efforts, but an FTC request to him is now on hold after "consultation" with Judge…
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Second federal judge blocks DOJ from getting trans minors' info via grand jury subpoena
Judge Pitts issued the preliminary injunction covering a subpoena directed at Stanford. Also: About the dismissed charges in the "judge shopping" case…
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The six opinions in the birthright citizenship ruling have a lot to teach us about the U.S. today
The 5-4 decision was the least the court could do to keep the United States of America on a constitutional path.
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