Nostr notes by Chris Geidner

NEW: Federal judge orders misconduct inquiry into Trump admin ...

2026-10-31T00:33:19Z

NEW: Federal judge orders misconduct inquiry into Trump admin actions in case over D.C. golf course.

It was always going to come down to golf, if we were being honest with ourselves.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/federal-judge-orders-misconduct-inquiry

Pulled this into a quick breaking news report at Law Dork: ...

2026-10-11T23:51:05Z

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Pulled this into a quick breaking news report at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-federal-judge-order-an-immediate

BREAKING: Federal judge orders Trump administration to stop ...

2026-10-11T23:24:40Z

BREAKING: Federal judge orders Trump administration to stop DHS's pro-Trump propaganda ads immediately, including ordering the canceling of ads set to run as soon as this evening.

Background: https://www.lawdork.com/p/doj-does-not-defend-legality-of-pro-trump-ads

BREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to use its Systematic Alien ...

2026-09-25T15:41:06Z

BREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to use its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database with Social Security info, staying a district court order that had vacated the new policy.

Justice Jackson dissents for the three Dem appointees.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a308_pok0.pdf

BREAKING: SCOTUS denies the Trump administration’s request to ...

2026-09-14T23:36:14Z

BREAKING: SCOTUS denies the Trump administration’s request to enforce the new U.S. Postal Service rule for the 2026 elections. Justices Alito and Thomas dissent.

More to come at Law Dork. https://www.lawdork.com/

NEW: The Supreme Court will choose soon whether Trump can ...

2026-09-07T23:30:49Z

NEW: The Supreme Court will choose soon whether Trump can illegally take over elections.

Election law expert Rick Hasen said it’s an “easy” question and Trump should lose.

And yet.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/the-supreme-court-will-choose-soon

NEW: Seth Moulton lost. Good. Moulton’s willingness to throw ...

2026-09-02T16:42:51Z

NEW: Seth Moulton lost. Good.

Moulton’s willingness to throw trans people under the bus in 2024 showed his character. It’s good he won’t be going to the Senate.

Today, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/seth-moulton-lost-good

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s new U.S. ...

2026-08-28T01:31:36Z

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s new U.S. Postal Service rule setting new restrictions for mail ballots.

Judge Talwani’s TRO lasts for 14 days while she considers the preliminary injunction requests, with a hearing set for Sept. 3.

NEW: Todd Blanche should not be attorney general. That won't ...

2026-07-16T21:47:46Z

NEW: Todd Blanche should not be attorney general. That won't likely stop Republican senators.

Today, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/todd-blanche-should-not-be-attorney-general

BREAKING: E. Jean Carroll got paid. ...

2026-07-14T16:44:21Z

BREAKING: E. Jean Carroll got paid. https://www.lawdork.com/p/despite-trump-stalling-this-case

BREAKING: Federal judge finds that Trump's IRS suit was ...

2026-07-13T15:58:06Z

BREAKING: Federal judge finds that Trump's IRS suit was improper because Trump controlled both sides of the litigation.

Judge Kathleen Williams also sanctions Trump's lawyers, issues monetary sanctions, and harshly criticizes DOJ's "untenable" conduct.

More to come at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/

NEW: Despite Trump "stalling this case for years," it ...

2026-07-09T03:07:07Z

NEW: Despite Trump "stalling this case for years," it appears that E. Jean Carroll is about to get paid.

More than three years after a jury's verdict, Trump is running out of options to avoid paying the woman who, a jury found in 2023, he had sexually abused and defamed.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/despite-trump-stalling-this-case

NEW: Two-hundred-and-fifty years in, Justice Jackson is doing the ...

2026-07-04T19:50:02Z

NEW: 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 treacherous present.

This Fourth, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/two-hundred-and-fifty-years-justice-jackson

BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Fourteenth Amendment ...

2026-06-30T14:44:46Z

BREAKING: The Supreme Court holds that the Fourteenth Amendment protects birthright citizenship, blocking Donald Trump's executive order to end it.

Roberts has the opinion for the court, which is 5-4 on the constitutional question and 6-3 on whether federal law protects birthright citizenship.

BREAKING: States are allowed to count ballots mailed by Election ...

2026-06-29T14:04:55Z

BREAKING: States are allowed to count ballots mailed by Election Day but received after Election Day, Supreme Court rules. Barrett has the 5-4 opinion for the court, holding that federal law does NOT preempt the state laws. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1260_g3cn.pdf

BREAKING: The Supreme Court grants six new cases for next term ...

2026-06-29T13:36:44Z

BREAKING: The Supreme Court grants six new cases for next term and, among other cases, denies Trump's appeal of the E. Jean Carroll verdict.

The $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict against Trump in Carroll's case stands.

NEW: The Kennedy Center is a reminder that we can win, it will be ...

2026-06-14T01:52:11Z

NEW: The Kennedy Center is a reminder that we can win, it will be messy, and Trump will be petty.

The illegal effort to put Donald Trump's name on the Kennedy Center has always been a metaphor — but, this weekend, it became a story of how we get through this.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/kennedy-center-naming-trump-beatty-lessons

BREAKING: Judge Angel Kelley blocks Interior Sec. Doug ...

2026-06-12T23:13:07Z

BREAKING: Judge Angel Kelley blocks Interior Sec. Doug Burgum's “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” Order as "a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization" and orders DOI to "restore and reinstall" removed materials "forthwith."

ORDER: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.296214/gov.uscourts.mad.296214.41.0.pdf

BREAKING: Federal court rules Alabama's nitrogen gas ...

2026-06-10T03:04:07Z

BREAKING: Federal court rules Alabama's nitrogen gas execution protocol unconstitutional.

Judge Emily Marks on Tuesday barred Alabama from using nitrogen gas to suffocate Jeffery Lee to death Thursday.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/alabama-nitrogen-hypoxia-unconstitutional

BREAKING: A federal judge in California has, as a very interim ...

2026-06-09T12:28:22Z

BREAKING: A federal judge in California has, as a very interim step, blocked Stanford children's hospital (LPCH) from turning over patient records responsive to the N.D. Texas trans care grand jury subpoena and barred DOJ from taking any action to enforce it while he considers a new TRO request.

NEW: Federal judge blocks Trump admin's effort to move 14 ...

2026-06-08T20:01:43Z

NEW: Federal judge blocks Trump admin's effort to move 14 trans women to men's prisons.

"[I]t is fundamentally unreasonable for prison officials to respond to serious risks ... by intentionally creating those risks and offering to treat them after they predictably occur."

Today, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admin-trans-prison-transfer-policy-blocked

NEW: SPLC seeks dismissal of charges, citing Trump admin's ...

2026-05-27T03:18:19Z

NEW: SPLC seeks dismissal of charges, citing Trump admin's "vindictive motive to punish the SPLC."

The motion highlights other cases either dismissed by courts or by the Trump administration itself in the wake of other vindictive prosecution claims.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/splc-seeks-dismissal-of-charges

NEW: After a string of losses in its anti-trans project, DOJ ...

2026-05-13T23:34:16Z

NEW: After a string of losses in its anti-trans project, DOJ turns to grand jury subpoenas in Texas.

At least seven judges have blocked invasive administrative subpoenas targeting gender-affirming care for minors, so DOJ appears to be trying a new tactic.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/after-a-string-of-losses-in-its-anti

NEW: SCOTUS majority gives Alabama GOP a chance to use a map ...

2026-05-12T00:21:56Z

NEW: SCOTUS majority gives Alabama GOP a chance to use a map already found to be unconstitutional.

Justice Sotomayor, for the three Dem appointees, noted in dissent that the majority acted "without regard for the confusion that will surely ensue." The primary election was to be held May 19.

https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-majority-gives-alabama-gop

BREAKING: Mifepristone is back at the Supreme Court in case over ...

2026-05-02T19:20:54Z

BREAKING: Mifepristone is back at the Supreme Court in case over mailing the medication abortion drug.

After a Fifth Circuit ruling Friday that would end the mailing of mifepristone, a drugmaker asked SCOTUS to act immediately to keep the FDA policy allowing mailing in place.

New, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/mifepristone-supreme-court-return-mailing

BREAKING: DOJ's leaders just filed what amounts to a Truth ...

2026-04-28T05:23:37Z

BREAKING: DOJ's leaders just filed what amounts to a Truth social post as a legal filing in the ballroom case.

Acting A.G. Todd Blanche, Associate A.G. Stanley Woodward, and Trent McCotter beclowned themselves in yet another dark, embarrassing moment for DOJ.

Overnight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/doj-ballroom-filing-blanche-woodward-mccotter

NEW: SCOTUS majority lets shadow docket order justify tossing out ...

2026-04-27T23:07:36Z

NEW: SCOTUS majority lets shadow docket order justify tossing out Texas redistricting case ruling.

The GOP appointees reversed a 160-page ruling that found Texas's mid-decade redistricting map likely unconstitutional.

Today, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-summary-reversal-texas-redistricting

Off to SCOTUS. Orders at 9:30a, followed by arguments over ...

2026-04-27T13:29:01Z

Off to SCOTUS. Orders at 9:30a, followed by arguments over geofence warrants and Monsanto’s Roundup beginning at 10a. Subscribe to Law Dork to support my independent legal journalism. https://www.lawdork.com/

I’ve researched the entire history that led to the 25th ...

2026-04-07T21:42:03Z

I’ve researched the entire history that led to the 25th Amendment and what followed and wrote about all of it nearly a decade ago.

Since then — and, in part, due to its limits and complications — I’ve only called for Section 4 to be invoked on two dates: January 6, 2021, and today. https://www.lawdork.com/p/donald-trump-must-be-removed-twenty-five

NEW: We have the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. Now is the time to use ...

2026-04-07T18:58:17Z

NEW: We have the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. Now is the time to use it.

It's past time for Trump to be removed from office. This is a global crisis. It's time for J.D. Vance and the Cabinet to invoke the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.

Now, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/donald-trump-must-be-removed-twenty-five

NEW: The birthright citizenship arguments will show what Donald ...

2026-03-29T22:27:50Z

NEW: The birthright citizenship arguments will show what Donald Trump has done to the United States.

Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship is at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The case will test his anti-immigrant authoritarian project — and the court.

Today, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/birthright-citizenship-arguments-preview

BREAKING: Trans West Virginians ask full appeals court to revisit ...

2026-03-25T03:33:03Z

BREAKING: Trans West Virginians ask full appeals court to revisit alarming ruling in Medicaid coverage case.

"Left to stand, the panel’s reasoning could amount to judicially-endorsed regulation of transgender people’s liberty to be themselves," lawyers for the plaintiffs wrote.

At Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trans-west-virginians-ask-full-appeals

HUGE: Alabama was set to kill Sonny Burton on Thursday. Governor ...

2026-03-10T17:28:34Z

HUGE: Alabama was set to kill Sonny Burton on Thursday. Governor Kay Ivey stopped it.

Sonny Burton did not kill anyone, but Alabama put him on death row. Ivey granted Burton clemency on March 10, commuting his death sentence to a life sentence.

Law Dork coverage: https://www.lawdork.com/p/alabama-sonny-burton-kay-ivey

BREAKING: Former military lawyers say use of JAG lawyers in ...

2026-03-10T15:00:09Z

BREAKING: Former military lawyers say use of JAG lawyers in Minnesota violates the Posse Comitatus Act.

Although recent litigation has focused on troop deployments to American cities, a new challenge in Minnesota looks at DOJ's use of JAG lawyers in non-military cases.

New, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/posse-comitatus-special-attorney-challenge

NEW: Alabama is set to kill Sonny Burton on Thursday. Governor ...

2026-03-08T01:34:34Z

NEW: Alabama is set to kill Sonny Burton on Thursday. Governor Kay Ivey must stop it.

Sonny Burton did not kill anyone, but Alabama put him on death row and his execution is scheduled to be carried out this week — unless Ivey grants clemency or courts intervene.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/alabama-sonny-burton-kay-ivey

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks new DHS policy that would allow ...

2026-02-28T00:44:14Z

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks new DHS policy that would allow arrest of thousands of legal refugees.

"The new policy turns the refugees’ American Dream into a dystopian nightmare," Judge Tunheim wrote.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/federal-judge-blocks-dhs-refugee-policy-minnesota

NEW: Federal prison officials face civil contempt hearing, as ICE ...

2026-02-27T00:45:00Z

NEW: Federal prison officials face civil contempt hearing, as ICE is threatened with criminal contempt.

Orders from two Republican judicial appointees Thursday show greater willingness to push back with increasingly harsh tools in the face of continued Trump admin lawlessness.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/bop-contempt-show-cause-ice-criminal-contempt-threat

UPDATE: Judge Royce Lamberth has set a hearing on the ...

2026-02-26T16:46:16Z

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UPDATE: Judge Royce Lamberth has set a hearing on the plaintiffs' motion — alleging violations of his Feb. 19 court order — for 2:30 p.m. today.

Background: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trans-inmates-retaliation-contempt-motion

BREAKING: Trans inmate's lawyers claim "egregious ...

2026-02-26T05:51:20Z

BREAKING: Trans inmate's lawyers claim "egregious retaliation" in violation of court order.

Trans woman involved in a lawsuit challenging anti-trans policies says federal prison official told her on Feb. 22: “I don’t give a fuck what that judge says, I do what I want.”

https://www.lawdork.com/p/trans-inmates-retaliation-contempt-motion

EXCLUSIVE: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and ...

2026-02-19T01:24:05Z

EXCLUSIVE: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo.

Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case — including remote electronic docket access.

https://www.lawdork.com/p/exclusive-senior-dhs-officials-double

NEW: A Presidents' Day lesson from Philadelphia. “Each ...

2026-02-17T00:15:39Z

NEW: A Presidents' Day lesson from Philadelphia.

“Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history,“ Judge Cynthia Rufe wrote.

This evening, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/a-presidents-day-lesson-from-philadelphia

DHS is currently targeting 5,600 refugees in Minnesota as a first ...

2026-02-13T17:59:29Z

DHS is currently targeting 5,600 refugees in Minnesota as a first step in an expansive plan aimed at reviewing — and presumably restricting — the legal status of refugees admitted since the start of the Biden administration.

Read my Law Dork report on newly filed Trump admin documents: https://www.lawdork.com/p/uscis-refugee-detention-rescission-memo

BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO ...

2026-02-13T00:16:36Z

BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.

"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."

BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly. ...

2026-02-12T17:43:09Z

BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.

"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."

Background: https://www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-kelly-sues-hegseth-over

NEW: DHS's investigation of a man who emailed a DHS lawyer is ...

2026-02-10T22:22:00Z

NEW: DHS's investigation of a man who emailed a DHS lawyer is over — but not the concerns it raises.

After 99 days, DHS retracted an administrative subpoena targeting a man following his exercise of his First Amendment rights — but never explained why it was investigating him.

Today, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/dhss-investigation-of-a-man-who-emailed

BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security is taking a third ...

2026-02-10T00:23:37Z

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BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security is taking a third crack at restricting congressional oversight visits to immigration facilities — a requirement under federal funding laws that is not new to the Trump administration.

More: https://substack.com/@chrisgeidner/note/c-212380581

The memo — ...

2026-02-09T23:41:49Z

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The memo — https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283200/gov.uscourts.dcd.283200.55.1.pdf — was released in a DOJ filing in the case this evening: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283200/gov.uscourts.dcd.283200.55.0.pdf

Here is my Law Dork report from last week on Judge Jia Cobb's ...

2026-02-09T23:40:53Z

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Here is my Law Dork report from last week on Judge Jia Cobb's order blocking Noem's second attempt. https://www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-judge-blocks-noems-second

BREAKING: On February 2, Sec. Noem issued a memo asserting the ...

2026-02-09T23:39:36Z

BREAKING: On February 2, Sec. Noem issued a memo asserting the lapse in appropriations for DHS meant there is no Sec. 527 — the provision protecting congressional oversight visits to immigration detention facilities — and she was issuing a new (third) policy requiring seven-day notice for visits.

NEW: The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as ...

2026-02-05T05:01:49Z

NEW: The unfathomable Minnesota transcript that must be read, as it tells the reality of America today.

"I am not white, as you can see," Julie Le — a government lawyer — told a federal judge on Tuesday. "And my family's at risk as any other people that might get picked up too ..."

Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnesota-julie-le-show-cause-transcript

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will not stop the use of ...

2026-02-04T19:00:49Z

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will not stop the use of California's new congressional maps in this year's midterm elections.

The court rejected California Republicans' effort to stop the use of the new maps. There were no noted dissents and no opinion.

What’s up with the government lawyer who told a federal judge ...

2026-02-04T16:07:44Z

What’s up with the government lawyer who told a federal judge in Minnesota on Tuesday that “the system sucks” and her “job sucks”?

I have you covered at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/the-system-sucks-or-what-a-federal

NEW: Regarding federal immigration agent killings of Renee Good ...

2026-01-29T01:11:35Z

NEW: Regarding federal immigration agent killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, as well as the nonfatal shooting this month, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty told Law Dork: "I know enough now to feel pretty confident that we will be able to make a decision about charges in those three cases.” https://www.lawdork.com/p/hennepin-county-attorney-mary-moriarty

BREAKING: Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz sets a contempt hearing for ...

2026-01-27T14:36:53Z

BREAKING: Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz sets a contempt hearing for Friday in one of the hundreds of habeas cases in Minnesota pending as a result of Operation Metro Surge, ordering acting ICE Director Todd Lyons personally to appear in court and face contempt. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.230171/gov.uscourts.mnd.230171.7.0.pdf

NEW: DOJ's defense of Trump's Fed firing effort falls ...

2026-01-21T22:47:21Z

NEW: DOJ's defense of Trump's Fed firing effort falls flat at SCOTUS.

Fed Governor Lisa Cook looks safe in her job for now. No justice was eager to back Solicitor General John Sauer's arguments for Trump on Wednesday.

Today, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/dojs-defense-of-trumps-fed-firing

As for me, heading into year two, I will keep doing what I have ...

2026-01-19T03:27:08Z

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As for me, heading into year two, I will keep doing what I have been doing, what I told you I would do in this new administration on January 19, 2025: “It’s going to be a rough ride, but remembering — and acting on — our values will be key.” https://www.lawdork.com/p/on-year-two-of-trump-two

NEW: On heading into year two of the second Trump administration, ...

2026-01-19T03:02:18Z

NEW: On heading into year two of the second Trump administration, and the necessity of pushback.

The Minnesota pushback to "Operation Metro Surge" shows the power that the people maintain in the face of Trump's authoritarianism.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/on-year-two-of-trump-two

Answering questions outside the White House on Thursday, DHS Sec. ...

2026-01-16T14:49:19Z

Answering questions outside the White House on Thursday, DHS Sec. Kristi Noem made clear that virtually anyone could face a Kavanaugh stop: https://www.lawdork.com/p/noem-says-anyone-can-face-a-kavanaugh-stop

"If, as Noem said on Thursday, the administration’s view is ...

2026-01-16T04:25:32Z

"If, as Noem said on Thursday, the administration’s view is that anyone 'surrounding' any person involved in a Kavanaugh stop can have their citizenship questioned — a Kavanaugh stop once removed, if you will — then virtually anyone in the U.S. could find themselves subject to a Kavanaugh stop." https://www.lawdork.com/p/noem-says-anyone-can-face-a-kavanaugh-stop

BREAKING: Senator Mark Kelly sues Pete Hegseth, DOD, and others ...

2026-01-12T18:43:02Z

BREAKING: Senator Mark Kelly sues Pete Hegseth, DOD, and others over Hegseth's censure of Kelly and effort to reduce his retirement grade, alleging violations of the First Amendment, due process, Speech & Debate Clause, and federal laws.

Kelly is represented by Arnold & Porter.

NEW: Following Wednesday's ICE killing, D.C. residents take ...

2026-01-09T02:37:32Z

NEW: Following Wednesday's ICE killing, D.C. residents take to the streets, chanting "ICE out now."

A protest at 14 and U streets in Washington, D.C., stopped traffic for roughly an hour on the evening after an ICE agent killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.

Tonight, a photo essay at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/dc-ice-protest-fourteenth-u-streets

NEW: The latest effort to hold Gregory Bovino accountable for his ...

2026-01-02T22:58:38Z

NEW: 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.

This evening, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bovino-kilmar-abrego-garcia-sanctions

At Law Dork today, I highlighted "four key lessons that we ...

2025-12-31T22:19:28Z

At Law Dork today, I highlighted "four key lessons that we can and must take out of 2025." https://www.lawdork.com/p/four-lessons-of-the-year-trump-scotus

As I did that, Trump announced that he was giving up on his National Guard efforts in states where the action is opposed by the state — illustrating all four of my points.

BREAKING: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive ...

2025-12-25T05:31:39Z

BREAKING: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena.

The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses.

New, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-federal-judge-in-pittsburgh

Here is my full report at Law Dork: ...

2025-12-24T01:00:51Z

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Here is my full report at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-court-illinois-national-guard-order

NEW: Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, rejects Trump's effort to ...

2025-12-24T00:53:59Z

NEW: Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, rejects Trump's effort to deploy National Guard in Illinois for now.

More than two months after DOJ asked for "immediate" relief, the Supreme Court said no on Tuesday. Also: A Kavanaugh note on Kavanaugh stops.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-court-illinois-national-guard-order

Here is the order and opinions: ...

2025-12-23T20:32:03Z

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Here is the order and opinions: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a443_ba7d.pdf

More to come at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration’s ...

2025-12-23T20:28:01Z

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration’s request to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois at this time, over the dissenting votes of Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.

Background: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admin-asks-scotus-for-an-order

BREAKING: Judge James Boasberg rules for those deported under the ...

2025-12-22T22:01:51Z

BREAKING: Judge James Boasberg rules for those deported under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15 — certifying a class, finding the U.S. maintained constructive custody over them at CECOT, finding they were not given due process, and ordering return or that such process be given by Jan. 5, 2026.

NEW: Zero minutes, or journalism on the chopping block at CBS ...

2025-12-22T03:13:56Z

NEW: Zero minutes, or journalism on the chopping block at CBS News.

Bari Weiss's CBS News makes a last-minute decision to pull 60 Minutes CECOT report.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/sixty-minutes-cecot-report-pulled

While a bunch of journalists were at the Kennedy Center taking ...

2025-12-20T04:31:53Z

While a bunch of journalists were at the Kennedy Center taking pictures today, I asked the VP of Facilities and Operations at the Kennedy Center a direct question:

“Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“

Only at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/q-and-a-defacing-kennedy-center

BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to ...

2025-12-05T19:12:57Z

BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to take up a challenge to President Trump's January 20 birthright citizenship executive order.

The court will hear DOJ's appeal of a loss below in a class-action challenge brought in the wake of June's decision limiting universal injunctions.

BREAKING: Supreme Court allows new Texas congressional map to be ...

2025-12-05T00:24:24Z

BREAKING: Supreme Court allows new Texas congressional map to be used in 2026. The Dem appointees dissent in the racial gerrymandering case.

Also: An "administrative stay" at the D.C. Circuit means National Guard can remain deployed in DC for now.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-court-allows-new-texas-map

NEW: With nine justices, every vote matters. In Monday's ...

2025-12-02T00:50:57Z

NEW: With nine justices, every vote matters. In Monday's argument, the ground began shifting.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is bringing legislative history back to the Supreme Court.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/every-vote-matters-kbj-legislative-history

BREAKING: As part of his contempt inquiry, Judge Boasberg orders ...

2025-11-28T21:59:17Z

BREAKING: As part of his contempt inquiry, Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations by 12/5 attesting to their actions relating to the decision not to turn around March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights.

Background: https://www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawyers-name-emil-bove-now-a

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that Lindsey Halligan's ...

2025-11-24T17:53:09Z

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.

NEW: Court blocks Texas's mid-decade redistricting, finding ...

2025-11-18T23:34:30Z

NEW: Court blocks Texas's mid-decade redistricting, finding it likely unconstitutional, with DOJ largely to blame.

"DOJ Asked Texas to Engage in Unlawful Racial Gerrymandering," Judge Jeffrey V. Brown, a Trump appointee, wrote for the 2-1 majority. Texas is appealing to the Supreme Court.

Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/court-blocks-texass-mid-decade-redistricting

When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling ...

2025-11-17T00:44:27Z

When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.

Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: https://www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bovino-is-exactly-who-eb-white-warned-of

NEW: Oklahoma governor stops execution, commuting death sentence ...

2025-11-13T21:33:34Z

NEW: Oklahoma governor stops execution, commuting death sentence of Tremane Wood.

Wood will now spend life in prison following Gov. Kevin Stitt's grant of clemency. Also: SCOTUS allows Florida execution to go ahead.

Today, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/oklahoma-governor-clemency-florida-execution

BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim ...

2025-11-10T14:36:27Z

BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.

NEW: Trump admin ordered to distribute SNAP benefits, using ...

2025-10-31T21:19:48Z

NEW: Trump admin ordered to distribute SNAP benefits, using contingency fund. A pair of rulings both found the effort to suspend SNAP payments is likely illegal, with one judge issuing a TRO on Friday.

Also: Appeals court rejects court's Bovino check-in order.

Today, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admin-ordered-to-distribute

So much has gone on today regarding Trump’s extreme immigration ...

2025-10-29T23:25:29Z

So much has gone on today regarding Trump’s extreme immigration enforcement efforts in Illinois. SCOTUS, Seventh Circuit, and the Northern District of Illinois — key developments at all levels of court today.

What happened? I have you covered at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-holds-off-trump-illinois-ruling

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition ...

2025-10-21T20:21:45Z

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

NEW: Oregon and Portland filed an amended complaint in their ...

2025-10-06T01:07:57Z

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NEW: Oregon and Portland filed an amended complaint in their lawsuit against Trump tonight, with a new plaintiff added who is joining them: California. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.189270/gov.uscourts.ord.189270.58.0.pdf

Highlighting that America’s “historical tradition” makes ...

2025-10-05T06:31:15Z

Highlighting that America’s “historical tradition” makes clear that “this is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law,” U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut on Saturday issued an order temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s effort to deploy the National Guard in Portland, Oregon. https://www.lawdork.com/p/judge-blocks-trump-oregon-national-guard-action

"This is not law. It is a spell, announced by a phantom." ...

2025-10-04T02:40:33Z

"This is not law. It is a spell, announced by a phantom."

Tonight at Law Dork, my look at today's SCOTUS order.

https://www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-court-noem-tps-venezuela-jackson-dissent

What happened at SCOTUS today? The case over $4 billion in ...

2025-09-27T03:30:15Z

What happened at SCOTUS today?

The case over $4 billion in foreign aid led to an unsigned Friday SCOTUS order that, in effect, means Trump can overturn certain laws — and that preventing him from doing so is a "harm" for which SCOTUS can grant him relief.

Here's my report at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-impoundment-is-ok-when-trump-does-it

NEW: Trump the tyrant is on full display — but his acting out ...

2025-09-26T03:41:28Z

NEW: Trump the tyrant is on full display — but his acting out highlights how weak he is.

Trump got his Comey indictment Thursday and issued a memo directing "domestic terrorism" investigations. And yet, both provided more evidence that Trump is losing.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-weakness-comey-indicted-domestic-terrorism

The big news tonight is two-fold — Trump's "domestic ...

2025-09-25T23:07:39Z

The big news tonight is two-fold — Trump's "domestic terrorism" memorandum and James Comey's reported indictment — and both are signs that Trump's authoritarianism is here. Now.

Both situations, though, show how weak Trump actually is.

That will be coming tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/

BREAKING: Judge overseeing DOJ's prosecution of Luigi ...

2025-09-24T16:06:02Z

BREAKING: Judge overseeing DOJ's prosecution of Luigi Mangione orders DOJ to explain by Oct. 3, via sworn declaration, why prejudicial statements continued to be made about him by DOJ officials, contrary to rule/order. Judge Garnett warns that sanctions could follow if there are future violations.

Yeah, Kimmel is back. And Trump made him much stronger. This was ...

2025-09-24T04:24:47Z

Yeah, Kimmel is back. And Trump made him much stronger.

This was excellent.

410K views on YouTube in the first 30 minutes. https://youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY

NEW: SCOTUS majority says Trump can ignore precedent if the ...

2025-09-23T02:49:49Z

NEW: SCOTUS majority says Trump can ignore precedent if the majority doesn't like it.

A 90-year-old precedent meant nothing to the majority allowing Trump to fire an FTC commissioner during litigation. This is no way to run a court, let alone a country.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-trump-precedent-humphreys-executor-ftc

In dissent as to the stay, Justice Kagan — joined by Justices ...

2025-09-22T19:47:41Z

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In dissent as to the stay, Justice Kagan — joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson — lays out the lawlessness of the majority plainly.

"Our emergency docket should never be used, as it has been this year, to permit what our own precedent bars."

Order/dissent: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a264_o759.pdf

BREAKING: SCOTUS will hear a case over whether it should overrule ...

2025-09-22T19:41:50Z

BREAKING: SCOTUS will hear a case over whether it should overrule Humphrey's Executor — in a shadow docket order that also allows Trump's firing of Rebecca Slaughter as an FTC commissioner to take effect while the appeal is considered, which should not be allowed under Humphrey's Executor.

BREAKING: Saying that the Trump administration’s explanation ...

2025-09-18T15:07:16Z

BREAKING: Saying that the Trump administration’s explanation for its Labor Day weekend effort to send children to Guatemala “crumbled like a house of cards” upon examination, Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, grants provisional class certification and a preliminary injunction.

NEW: On this September 11, Trump's troops remain in ...

2025-09-12T05:18:30Z

NEW: On this September 11, Trump's troops remain in Washington, D.C.

It's been more than a month now since President Donald Trump unleashed soldiers on the nation's capital. A lawsuit challenging their presence is moving forward, slowly.

Tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/on-this-september-11-trumps-troops

BREAKING: SCOTUS refuses to step in, for now, in a dispute over ...

2025-09-10T20:16:34Z

BREAKING: SCOTUS refuses to step in, for now, in a dispute over one trans student's bathroom access in South Carolina. For now, the Fourth Circuit's injunction granting the student relief stands. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would have granted SC's stay.

Background: https://www.lawdork.com/p/two-cases-involving-20-people-show

If you need a reminder of the Skrmetti decision, here's my ...

2025-09-10T00:40:39Z

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If you need a reminder of the Skrmetti decision, here's my report on that ruling: https://www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-scotus-upholds-tennessees

Here's the opinion, concurrences, and dissents: ...

2025-09-10T00:36:12Z

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Here's the opinion, concurrences, and dissents: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca11.80444/gov.uscourts.ca11.80444.173.1.pdf

NEWS: The full Eleventh Circuit, in an 8-5 vote, held that an ...

2025-09-10T00:34:19Z

NEWS: The full Eleventh Circuit, in an 8-5 vote, held that an insurance policy excluding transgender gender-affirming surgical care does not facially violate Title VII b/c — following SCOTUS's Skrmetti reasoning — "it does not treat anyone differently based on a protected characteristic."