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DOJ, Virginia A.G. manufacture lawsuit to block in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants
Virginia A.G. Jason Miyares is trying to harm undocumented students in his last days in office — but a nonprofit is pushing back. And, for paid…
 • Chris Geidner
The latest effort to hold Gregory Bovino accountable for his disregard of the rule of law
The Border Patrol official is the subject of a sanctions request in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal case in Tennessee.
 • Chris Geidner
The Sixth Circuit jumps out ahead of SCOTUS to block Michigan's conversion therapy ban
In doing so, the appeals court also shows how conveniently standing law is used. Also: SCOTUS rejects DOJ's stay request in a case about immigration…
 • Chris Geidner
Florida's year of executions masks broader discontent with the death penalty
Beneath an alarming number of executions in 2025, there are signs of continued growing opposition. Also: USA Today's ICE propaganda. And, for paid…
 • Chris Geidner
The Trump administration's authoritarian house of cards is starting to fall down
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is "[o]n his way home." Another grand jury rejected DOJ's effort to indict Letitia James. And, Indiana Republicans said no to…
 • Chris Geidner
Birthright citizenship, firing powers, the National Guard, and Trump's made-up "peace prize"
A Trump era Friday in December is not a normal Friday in December.
 • Chris Geidner
The Trump administration's lawlessness is front and center, on multiple fronts
The response to the shooting of two National Guard troops, reporting on the boat-strike murders, and the continued contempt inquiry keep Trump's…
 • Chris Geidner
DOJ lawyers state that DHS Sec. Kristi Noem made decision not to return March 15 flights
Also Tuesday, ACLU lawyers name Emil Bove, now a federal judge, as a possible witness in Boasberg's contempt inquiry over the flights. And, for paid…
 • Chris Geidner
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust…
 • Chris Geidner
SCOTUS holds off ruling on Trump's Nat'l Guard request, leaving troops blocked from Illinois for now
Court orders briefing about a part of the law the Trump admin is using to federalize National Guard troops. Also in Illinois: Protesters indicted and an…
 • Chris Geidner
The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later
"What a sick world." And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
 • Chris Geidner
A guide to what is happening in the challenges to Trump's National Guard deployment efforts
Expect significant rulings from the courts — including the Supreme Court — in the coming weeks. Also: The Supreme Court won't stop an eighth execution…
 • Chris Geidner
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