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Judge blocks State's use of Trump's travel ban to reject visa applications
U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan's preliminary injunction is good for the rule of law, but only provides limited relief to those targeted by the…
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Chris Geidner
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Judge orders DOJ to give more info on subpoenas targeting trans minors' medical care
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia staff warned of "traumatic" effects if forced to provide patient information to the Trump admin. DOJ called the…
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Chris Geidner
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Law Dork talks with California A.G. Rob Bonta
The president, Bonta said, "is probably the most powerful person in the world with their actual given official power ... but he regularly attempts to…
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AG Rob Bonta
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How a Lafufu in a shot glass tells a stark story about the dangers of this moment
It's a serious story about the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, truly. Also: Tuesday at Law Dork, a discussion with California A.G. Rob Bonta.
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Chris Geidner
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Our leading papers failed to stand up to Trump's criminal justice authoritarianism
The Washington Post and The New York Times editorial boards failed to hold Trump accountable for his attack on D.C. And, for paid subscribers: Closing…
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Chris Geidner
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Update: D.C. police chief remains in control, but new Bondi order "directs" immigration enforcement support
The new order from A.G. Bondi followed a Friday hearing in response to D.C.'s lawsuit.
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Appeals court reverses course, upholding Arkansas's ban on trans medical care for minors
The law has been on hold since 2021, but, after June's Supreme Court ruling addressing a similar Tennessee law, the Eighth Circuit upheld Arkansas's…
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Trump takes on D.C., sort of, in a rambling news conference full of lies
It's bad. But there are limits to the steps Trump actually took on Monday — and reasons why he could take these steps — that are worth noting.
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Judge Karen Henderson is standing up for our divided system of government
She might be the only appellate Republican appointee in D.C. willing to do so regularly these days, but the D.C. Circuit judge has kept it up — for…
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D.C. Circuit Trump appointees shield Trump admin from accountability over March 15 flights
The 2-1 vote would cut off the contempt proceedings that followed the admin's Alien Enemies Act flights to CECOT. Full review by all 11 D.C. Circuit…
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DOJ manufactures another lawsuit to block in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants
A little-noted lawsuit in Oklahoma could block a state law with no actual adversarial litigation. Also: My Thursday reading, as I started catching up…
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Making my way in the world in 2025, as an American
The lessons I took from Edinburgh Fringe.
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