Ep 135 — Deadpool Teaches Civ Pro & Church And State Are Still Separate (For Now!)

Law and Chaos

It's been another wild week of injunctions, executive orders, and just plain insanity from the Trump administration. Then, we'll let Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni teach us about civil procedure. And for a deep dive, we discuss a surprising recusal from Justice Barrett that preserves what's left of the separation of church and state.

Links:

How Trump Officials Debated Handling of the Abrego Garcia Case: 'Keep Him Where He Is'

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/trump-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-deportation.html

Judge James Ho Public Meltdown

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.224134/gov.uscourts.ca5.224134.25.1.pdf

D.V.D. v. Department of Homeland Security [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69775896/dvd-v-us-department-of-homeland-security/

Somerville Public Schools v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69778837/somerville-public-schools-v-trump

US v. McIver [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70317726/united-states-v-mciver/

Trump v. Wilcox [Supreme Court order granting stay]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a966_1b8e.pdf

Oklahoma Statewide School Board v. Drummond [Supreme Court per curiam order]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-394_9p6b.pdf

Lively v. Baldoni (SDNY) [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510553/lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc&page=2

We Can Bury Anyone': Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine, New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html

Show Links:

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/

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It's been another wild week of injunctions, executive orders, and just plain insanity from the Trump administration. Then, we'll let Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni teach us about civil procedure. And for a deep dive, we discuss a surprising recusal from Justice Barrett that preserves what's left of the separation of church and state.

Links:

How Trump Officials Debated Handling of the Abrego Garcia Case: 'Keep Him Where He Is'

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/trump-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-deportation.html

Judge James Ho Public Meltdown

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.224134/gov.uscourts.ca5.224134.25.1.pdf

D.V.D. v. Department of Homeland Security [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69775896/dvd-v-us-department-of-homeland-security/

Somerville Public Schools v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69778837/somerville-public-schools-v-trump

US v. McIver [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70317726/united-states-v-mciver/

Trump v. Wilcox [Supreme Court order granting stay]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a966_1b8e.pdf

Oklahoma Statewide School Board v. Drummond [Supreme Court per curiam order]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-394_9p6b.pdf

Lively v. Baldoni (SDNY) [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510553/lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc&page=2

We Can Bury Anyone': Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine, New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html

Show Links:

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/

BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod

Threads: @LawAndChaosPod

Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

2025-05-23 57 min
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