Law and Chaos

As Sean "Hoagie Hero" Dunn goes on trial in DC for throwing a sandwich at an immigration agent, we learn what a "husher" is. A judge in New York yanks the seal off of another harassment campaign against Trump's enemies. The Oregon national guard remains federalized but not deployed. And we've got a deep dive into all the many illegal ways Trump is trying to keep his cronies in position as US Attorneys. Plus for subscribers: Justin Baldoni is back to teach us all CivPro.

Links:

In Re Grand Jury Subpoenas to the Office of the New York State Attorney General v. United States

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71844954/in-re-grand-jury-subpoenas-to-the-office-of-the-new-york-state-attorney/

US v. Comey

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459121/united-states-v-comey/

US v. Rabbit [Abughazaleh]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71795281/united-states-v-rabbitt/

LULAC v. Trump [Voter Registration]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69823792/league-of-united-latin-american-citizens-v-executive-office-of-the/

US v. Dunn [Sandwich man]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284294

Oregon v. Trump

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481149/state-of-oregon-v-trump/?order_by=desc

Lively v. Wayfarer

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510553/lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc/?order_by=desc

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The psychopaths running the government are not going to let a crisis go to waste. They're taking advantage of the shutdown to cut SNAP benefits and fire civil servants — or they would if courts would let them. Plus, the Ninth Circuit and even the Supreme Court (GASP!) are putting the kibosh on Trump's plan to flood blue states with troops. And still, Lindsey Halligan, the wannabe US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, is finding new and creative ways to screw up the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey.

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Massachusetts v. USDA [SNAP benefits]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71783393/commonwealth-of-massachusetts-v-united-states-department-of-agriculture/

AFGE-AFL CIO v. US [shutdown RIFs]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502325/american-federation-of-government-employees-afl-cio-v-united-states

Drake v. UMG [trial docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69546009/graham-v-umg-recordings-inc

Oregon v. Trump [Ninth Circuit]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71554902/state-of-oregon-et-al-v-trump-et-al

SCOTUS Docket: Chicago Troop Deployment

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25a443.html

US v. Comey

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459120/united-states-v-comey/?order_by=desc

US v. Ramirez [Essayli]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71166841/united-states-v-ramirez/?order_by=desc

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The Trump administration got caught lying to the Ninth Circuit about the so-called crisis in Portland. Will it matter? Is Stephen Miller correct that ICE and CBP can beat up protesters without worrying about legal repercussions? (No, but …) And what even is spoliation anyway? Asking for Justin Baldoni. Plus for subscribers, a deep dive into the government's effort to repurpose years-old evidence in the Comey case.

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US v. Abrego Garcia

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70476164/united-states-v-abrego-garcia/?order_by=desc

Abrego Garcia v. Noem

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191591/abrego-garcia-v-noem/?order_by=desc

US v. Comey

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459121/united-states-v-comey/?order_by=desc

Oregon v. Trump [Ninth Circuit]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71554902/state-of-oregon-et-al-v-trump-et-al/?order_by=desc

Chicago Headline Club v. Noem

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559589/chicago-headline-club-v-noem/?order_by=desc

Bovino interview CBS https://www.cbsnews.com/news/border-patrol-chief-gregory-bovino-agents-use-of-force-in-chicago

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US Attorney Lindsey Halligan takes a break from prosecuting Jim Comey for leaking to reporters to … leak to reporters. Jim Comey noticed, and so did New York Attorney General Tish James. The Ninth Circuit blesses Trump's invasion of Los Angeles. There is gambling in basketball. We are shocked, SHOCKED! And Trump demands $230 million from US Treasury.

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O'Hara v. Beck (Star Wars Music)

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.286143

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna--lindsey-halligan-here

US v. Ramirez (Challenge to appointment of US Atty Bill Essayli)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71166841/united-states-v-ramirez/?order_by=desc

US v. Tish James

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71601419/united-states-v-james/?order_by=desc

US v. James Comey

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459121/united-states-v-comey/

US v. Aiello (NBA indictment 1 - poker cheating) [docket via CourtListener]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.537409/gov.uscourts.nyed.537409.1.0_2.pdf

US v. Earnest (NBA indictment 2 - basketball cheating) [indictment via New York Times]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/23/nyregion/nba-betting-scheme-indictment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vk8.BGFB.maF0MnGV9jLM&smid=url-share

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It's make or break time for the rule of law at the Supreme Court, as the Trump administration's plan to flood the streets with troops comes to One First Street. The Ninth Circuit says: YES. The Seventh Circuit says: NO. Meanwhile in Virginia, Trump's insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan is LARPing as US Attorney so she can prosecute his nemesis James Comey. Which motion to dismiss will put this dumb case out of its misery? Selective and vindictive prosecution? Halligan's unlawful appointment? Literal truth of the supposed false statements? And for bonus subscribers: ANTIFA is the new RICO.

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US v. Comey

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459121/united-states-v-comey/

US v. Giraud [Seventh Circuit Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71195676/united-states-v-julien-giraud-jr/

Trump v. Illinois [SCOTUS DOCKET]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25a443.html

Oregon v. Trump [Ninth Circuit Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71554902/state-of-oregon-et-al-v-trump-et-al/

US v. Arnold (Hill)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71664415/united-states-v-arnold/?order_by=desc

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Donald Trump is weaponizing the government against his enemies. But at least there are no national guard troops on the streets of Chicago or Portland. And a trial judge in California blocked Russ Vought's efforts to burn down every federal agency during the shutdown. Plus, Alex Jones is still and always a loser.

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Candace Owens Can't Go To Australia

https://www.hcourt.gov.au/sites/default/files/eresources/2025-10-15/HCA/Farmer%20v%20Minister%20for%20Home%20Affairs%20%28S160-2024%29%20%5B2025%5D%20HCA%2038.pdf

AFGE/AFL-CIO v. OMB

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502325/american-federation-of-government-employees-afl-cio-v-united-states/

Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-investigations-left-leaning-groups-democratic-donors-612a095e

The Tish James Indictment Looks Like Country Fried BS

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-tish-james-indictment-looks-like

Illinois v. Trump (Seventh Circuit)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71608106/state-of-illinois-v-donald-j-trump/

Chicago Headline Club v. Noem

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559589/chicago-headline-club-v-noem

US v. Bolton

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17254525/united-states-v-bolton/

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The Justice Department continues to be a sh*tshow, with the indictment of James Comey already hitting the skids. Whodathunk that putting Trump's personal insurance lawyer in charges of criminal prosecutions would work out badly! Justice Amy Coney Barrett heads to Fox News to flog her book and express her disappointment that we are all being so mean about the shadow docket. Please do not let up! And Trump's efforts to flood the streets of blue states with troops makes its way through the courts.

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US v. Kevontae Stewart

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71380817/united-states-v-stewart/

Alex Jones SCOTUS Docket

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25-268.html

Justice Barrett Fox Interview

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382650913112

Federal Judges, Warning of 'Judicial Crisis,' Fault Supreme Court's Emergency Orders

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/judicial-crisis-supreme-court-trump.html

Illinois v. Trump [District Court]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559895/state-of-illinois-v-trump

Illinois v. Trump [Seventh Circuit]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71608106/state-of-illinois-v-donald-j-trump/

Oregon v. Trump

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481149/state-of-oregon-v-trump/?order_by=desc

US v. Comey

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459120/united-states-v-comey/?order_by=desc

Illinois v. FEMA (D. R.I.) [docket via CourtListener]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.59597/

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Liz and Andrew talk to Professor Eric Segall of Georgia state University College of Lawl. He teaches federal courts and constitutional law I and II, and is the author of the books Originalism as Faith and Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is not a Court and its Justices are not Judges. How can one teach ConLaw when the Supreme Court is burning down precedent? We'll find out!

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How the Hell To Teach Constitutional Law in 2025: Twenty Questions and No Answers

https://www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/08/how-hell-to-teach-constitutional-law-in.html

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The government may be shut down, but ICE is not. We'll compare Trump's efforts to deploy the National Guard in LA, DC, Portland, and Chicago. In better news, Alex Jones looks to be at the end of the road with his plot to use bankruptcy to shield his company from the Sandy Hook parents. And we have breaking news in Law and Chaos's FOIA suit against the DOJ. Plus for subscribers: Was Lindsey Halligan lawfully appointed as US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia? Asking for James Comey.

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Res Ipsa Media v. DOJ

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71236135/res-ipsa-media-llc-v-department-of-justice/

First Circuit Birthright Citizenship Ruling

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca1.52521/gov.uscourts.ca1.52521.00108348619.0.pdf

Oregon v. Trump

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481149/state-of-oregon-v-trump/

Newsom v. Trump (N.D. Cal.) [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70496361/newsom-v-trump

Newsom v. Trump (Ninth Circuit)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70527602/newsom-et-al-v-trump-et-al

Alex Jones Bankruptcy

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones-and-official-committee-of-unsecured-creditors/

DOJ FY 2026 Contingency Plan

https://www.justice.gov/jmd/media/1377216/dl

National Review - Lindsey Halligan - Alito 1986 memo

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.njd.578930/gov.uscourts.njd.578930.61.1.pdf

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Mike Lindell is having a bad day in court, and Alex Jones is about to. The Supreme Court decides that Trump can steal Congress's power over the budget, Constitution be damned. And Justin Baldoni returns to teach us all how NOT to do civil procedure.

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Oregon v. Trump Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481149/state-of-oregon-v-trump

Smartmatic v. Lindell Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/62605230/smartmatic-usa-corp-v-lindell

Alex Jones Bankruptcy Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones-and-official-committee-of-unsecured-creditors

YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/youtube-to-pay-24-5-million-to-settle-lawsuit-brought-by-trump-808f6823

Lively v. Wayfarer

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510553/lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc/?order_by=desc

SCOTUS ruling in State v. AIDS Vaccine Coalition motion for stay

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a269_bp7c.pdf

AIDS Vaccine Coalition v. State (trial court docket) [Docket via CourtListener]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277333/gov.uscourts.dcd.277333.145.0_4.pdf

White House "pocket rescission" announcement (Aug. 29, 2025)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/08/historic-pocket-rescission-package-eliminates-woke-weaponized-and-wasteful-spending/

Impoundment Control Act of 1974

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-114HPRT96107/pdf/CPRT-114HPRT96107.pdf

GAO opinion on Ukraine impoundment

https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/703909.pdf

GAO Opinion Letter B-330330 (December 10, 2018)

https://www.gao.gov/products/b-330330

White House EO Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/

NSPM -7

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/

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After Trump appoints his lackey Lindsey Halligan US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, he finally gets his indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. But will it stand in front of a real judge? We break down the grand jury process, and why they say a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich. And for subscribers, Andrew and Liz explain how the DOJ's internet brain poisoning is jeopardizing the Luigi Mangione prosecution.

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US v. Comey

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459120/united-states-v-comey/

Hook v. Rave (D. S.D.) [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71428718/hook-v-rave/

US v. Mangione [District Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69486519/united-states-v-mangione/

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Domestically, Tom Homan takes bribes and Republicans just don't care. Internationally, the Trump administration is engaged in international war crimes by murdering foreign civilians, and… Republicans still just don't care. Learn why this is an Article I Constitutional crisis with guest Brian Finucane.

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Brian Finucane, International Crisis Group

https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/people/brian-finucane

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The Trump administration goes mask-off with its attack on Jimmy Kimmel. If you'd told us the Man Show guy would become a First Amendment avatar … we'd never have believed you. Meanwhile, the Justice Department has torched its cred with all the judges, even the FedSoc ones! But Lisa Cook is still a Fed governor!

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SCOTUS Docket Lisa Cook

https://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docket/docketfiles/html/public\25a312.html

Barco Mercado v. Noem

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71065570/barco-mercado-v-noem/

L.G.M.L. v. Noem

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71240524/lgml-v-noem

Trump tries to stick up The New York Times with a water gun

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-lawsuit-new-york-times-15-billion

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The Department of Homeland Security has decreed that we will all learn what chain refoulement is … by watching them try to rendition wave after wave of immigrants. Andrew and Liz will explain how that's totally illegal. Plus, Newsmax is suing Fox News, again.

Links:

Newsmax v. Fox [Wisconsin Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71323347/newsmax-broadcasting-llc-v-fox-corporation

Newsmax v. Fox [Florida Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71258079/newsmax-broadcasting-llc-v-fox-corporation

Biden v. Byrne

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67990012/robert-hunter-biden-v-patrick-m-byrne

Comey v. DOJ

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71348216/comey-v-united-states-department-of-justice

American Federation Of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. United States Office of Personnel Management

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69655364/american-federation-of-government-employees-afl-cio-v-united-states/

D.A. v. Noem

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71323714/da-v-noem

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District and Circuit Court judges are in more or less open revolt over the Supreme Court's abuse of the shadow docket. Perhaps Justice Gorsuch shouldn't have implied that they were all stupid and insubordinate for failing to read his mind! The Trump administration insists it's very cool and very legal to deport immigrant children in the middle of the night so long as it's Health and Human Services doing the deporting. Will Judge Tim Kelly agree? And Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are back to teach us civil procedure. Sanctions, anyone?

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Ronny Jackson v. Weber (CA Sec State)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71235529/jackson-v-weber/

Kash Patel Makes FBI Great Again By Getting It Sued

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/kash-patel-makes-fbi-great-again

Alex Jones SCOTUS Cert Petition Docket

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25-268.html

Judge Ho "Denny's" Order

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

First Circuit Order, Rhode Island v. Trump

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.59257/gov.uscourts.rid.59257.79.0.pdf

Judges, desperate for guidance, plead with Supreme Court justices: 'Write an opinion'

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/11/supreme-court-emergency-rulings-judges-00558058

L.G.M.L. v. Noem

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71240524/lgml-v-noem

Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510553/lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc/?order_by=desc

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The Supreme Court used the shadow docket to legalize racial profiling, although only Justice Kavanaugh was dumb enough to admit it out loud. It also overturned Humphrey's Executor, but this time even Kav wouldn't cop to it. Meanwhile at the White House, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought discovers ONE WEIRD trick to steal Congress's power of the purse. And the Second Circuit confirms, Alina Habba is still very bad at her job.

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White House Prayer Executive Order

https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250/america-prays/

SCOTUS Shadow Docket Order Trump v. Slaughter

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/090825zr_4f15.pdf

Second Circuit Order Carroll v. Trump 1

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.e508a4b2-feae-4592-a6dc-d30f9ed35bb6/gov.uscourts.ca2.e508a4b2-feae-4592-a6dc-d30f9ed35bb6.134.1_1.pdf

SCOTUS Docket Trump v. Vasquez Perdomo

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25a169.html

White House "pocket rescission" announcement (Aug. 29, 2025)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/08/historic-pocket-rescission-package-eliminates-woke-weaponized-and-wasteful-spending/

AIDS Vaccine Coalition v. State

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277333/gov.uscourts.dcd.277333.145.0_4.pdf

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Newsmax is suing Fox News, and they've scored antitrust expert (lol) Judge Aileen Cannon. And while the Supreme Court is busy burning down the judiciary, trial judges are standing up. This week Judge Allison Burroughs of the District Court of Massachusetts ordered the Trump administration to give Harvard University its grant money back, and along the way reads SCOTUS conservatives for filth. And for subscribers: Why is the White House racing to appeal the tariff ruling when it could ride the stay for another eight months?

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Newsmax v. Fox News

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71258079/newsmax-broadcasting-llc-v-fox-corporation

L.G.M.L. v. Noem

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71240524/lgml-v-noem

Trump v. V.O.S. Selections [SCOTUS Docket]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25-250.html

V.O.S. Selections v. Trump [Federal Circuit Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70394463/vos-selections-inc-v-trump/?order_by=desc

In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-trump-cases-federal-judges-criticize-rcna221775

Harvard v. HHS [docket via CourtListener]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.283718/

NIH v. APHA (Supreme Court stay)

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a103_kh7p.pdf

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Today on Law and Chaos … Trump's tariffs are illegal. A Judge named Sparkle just lit Kristi Noem on fire for trying to kidnap hundreds of Guatemalan children in the middle of the night. And Rudy Giuliani is getting the presidential medal of freedom. Plus, subscribers get a deep dive into all the ways the Department of Homeland Security is violating the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.

Links:

Res Ipsa Media v. DOJ

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71236135/res-ipsa-media-llc-v-department-of-justice/

X Corp v. Apple

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71236135/res-ipsa-media-llc-v-department-of-justice/

L.G.M.L v. Noem [docket via CourtListener]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284360/gov.uscourts.dcd.284360.1.0_1.pdf

VOS Selections, Inc. v. Trump [Federal Circuit docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70394463/vos-selections-inc-v-trump

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After "fixing" crime in DC, Trump is off to "fix" Chicago. But since Chicago is in an actual state, he may encounter one or two legal issues. And after the Supreme Court shook its finger at the president and said not to fire members of the Federal Reserve, he's trying to do it anyway. Whodathunkit? Meanwhile, DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro can't seem to indict a ham sandwich.

Links:

Lisa Cook v. Trump [Fed Board of Govs case, Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71218248/cook-v-trump/

US v. Dunn [Hoagie Hurler, Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71223125/united-states-v-dunn/

US v. Reid [Triple No Bill, Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71196710/united-states-v-reid/?order_by=desc

Prosecutors Fail to Obtain Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/politics/trump-sandwich-assault-indictment-justice-department.html

D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/27/trump-crime-surge-court-cases/

Trump Executive Order "Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia"

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/

Chicago crime dashboard

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/vrd/home.html

Chicago crime fact sheet

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/mayor/Press%20Room/Press%20Releases/2025/August/FACT%20SHEET%20CITY%20OF%20CHICAGO%20CONTINUES%20TO%20SEE%20HISTORIC%20DECLINES%20IN%20VIOLENT%20CRIME%20UNDER%20MAYOR%20BRANDON%20JOHNSON.pdf

DC Home Rule Act

https://dccouncil.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Home-Rule-Act-2018-for-printing-9-13-182.pdf

10 USC § 12406

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/12406

10 U.S.C. 253

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/253

Trump Tries to Grab 'Em by the Comme Positatus

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/trump-tries-to-grab-em-by-the-posse

Newsom v. Trump (N.D. Cal.) [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70496361/newsom-v-trump/?order_by=desc

Trump Title 10 proclamation for Los Angeles

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/department-of-defense-security-for-the-protection-of-department-of-homeland-security-functions/

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been returned to Maryland… where he was promptly arrested by ICE, which is threatening to deport him to Uganda. Will the courts stop it? Meanwhile, Texas tees up to defend breaking apart majority-minority districts by claiming that they were only trying to hurt Democrats, not Latinos. Also: can Trump really ban flag burning? (No.)

Links:

Flag Burning EO

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/prosecuting-burning-of-the-american-flag/

Abrego Garcia v. Noem [MD Docket before Judge Xinis]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem/?order_by=desc

Texas Redistricting 2021 (LULAC v. Abbott)

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387/gov.uscourts.txwd.1150387.1127.0.pdf

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The Fifth Circuit says yes to drag shows, but no to workers' rights. Donald Trump loses one fight to keep his dingbat lawyer Alina Habba on as Acting Interim Assistant Special Top Secret Temporary US Attorney for New Jersey, but wins big in a New York appellate court. And multiple courts tell Attorney General Pam Bondi to pound sand, even though she would really, really like to invade the secrecy of the grand jury to try and make everyone forget that her patron and Jeffrey Epstein were best buds.

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US v. Giraud [challenge to Alina Habba; docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69409922/united-states-v-giraud-iii/

Trump v. New York [New York Appellate Division]

https://nycourts.gov/courts/AD1/calendar/AppsMots/2025/apps/20250821/2023-04925,%20et%20ano..pdf

Spectrum WT v. Wendler [5th Cir.]

https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-10994-CV0.pdf

SpaceX v. NLRB [5th Cir.]

https://ecf.ca5.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servlet/TransportRoom?servlet=ShowDocMulti&incPdfHeader=Y&pacer=t&CSRF=csrf_1956458841209811746&incPdfHeaderDisp=Y&caseId=220409&outputType=doc&d=10658064&outputForm=view&incPdfFooter=&dls=7661567

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As Dominion Voting Systems settles its defamation suit with Newsmax, Hunter Biden is making defamation suits great again. He's currently suing Overstock founder Patrick Byrne, and about to be sued by the first lady. Meanwhile, Media Matters scores a big victory over the Federal Trade Commission, and football coach Brian Flores notches a win against the NFL.

Links:

Trump v. Selzer

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69476247/trump-v-selzer/

Biden v. Byrne

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67990012/robert-hunter-biden-v-patrick-m-byrne

MMFA v. FTC

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70612884/media-matters-for-america-v-federal-trade-commission/

X Corp v. MMFA

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68023366/x-corp-v-media-matters-for-america/

Flores v. NFL

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67718968/flores-v-the-national-football-league/

Aviel v. Gor

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69746961/aviel-v-gor/

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We welcome back National Security Counselors' Kel McClanahan to discuss how the Law & Chaos podcast will be suing the Trump administration. Also: no, Trump can't order a new census just because he doesn't like the actual numbers. And the Supreme Court tees up an argument advanced by Clarence Thomas to gut what remains of the Voting Rights Act.

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Donate to Kel McClanahan!

www.nationalsecuritylaw.org/donate

Robinson v. Callais [Supreme Court docket]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-110.html

Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 103 et seq.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/subtitle-I/chapter-103

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What's going on in Texas, where Democrats have walked out of the state legislature in an effort to thwart (or at least postpone) handing Donald Trump five more congressional seats in the 2026 midterms. Is it a crime? Does it break norms? And most importantly: will it work? And we check back in with the administration's efforts to keep Alina Habba on a job she's not legally entitled to have and for which she has zero qualifications. What could possibly go wrong??

Links:

Texas HB4

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=891&Bill=HB4

Texas HB4 Map

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/texas-redistricting-congressional-maps-house-republicans/

Texas Constitution

https://tlc.texas.gov/docs/legref/TxConst.pdf

Texas House Rules

https://www.house.texas.gov/pdfs/resources/House-Rules.pdf

US v. Giraud

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69409922/united-states-v-giraud-iii/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc

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The Department of Justice has filed an ethics complaint against the Chief Judge of the District Court in DC, James Boasberg, and we've enlisted Kel McClanahan to help us figure out what (if any) evidence the Trump administration has to support its claims. Plus, Liz and Andrew listened to the Federal Circuit's oral argument over Trump's tariffs. And what does a disgraced former superlawyer have to do to get a pierogi in Martha's Vineyard?? For our subscribers, we chortle with glee at the return of the Super Best Election Lawyer in All the Land!

Links:

Boasberg Judicial Misconduct Complaint via Courthouse News

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/FINAL-Misconduct-Complaint-7.28.pdf

EXCLUSIVE: Memo Reveals D.C. Judges Are Predisposed Against Trump Administration

https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/16/exclusive-memo-reveals-d-c-judges-are-predisposed-against-trump-administration/

Newsom v. Trump [docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70496361/newsom-v-trump/?order_by=desc

Biden v. Byrne [docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67990012/robert-hunter-biden-v-patrick-m-byrne/

Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, 18 U.S. Code § 1385

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1385

VOS v. Trump (tariffs - US Court of International Trade) [via Court Listener]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cit.17080/gov.uscourts.cit.17080.55.0.pdf

VOS v. Trump (tariffs - Federal Circuit) - admin stay [via Court Listener]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cafc.23105/gov.uscourts.cafc.23105.7.0.pdf

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The ghost of Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt Donald Trump, so he sent his attorney Todd Blanche to Florida to visit Ghislaine Maxwell for an exorcism. Despite the Supreme Court's valiant efforts, lower courts are still refusing to let the Trump administration un-person children of immigrants. And Alina Habba is back in her office at the US Attorney's office in New Jersey pretending to be a real prosecutor.

Links:

Ghislaine Maxwell SCOTUS Docket

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-1073.html

Trump v. Murdoch Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70843413/trump-v-murdoch/?order_by=desc

New Jersey v. Trump Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69561497/state-of-new-jersey-v-trump

Federal Vacancies Reform Act

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/part-III/subpart-B/chapter-33/subchapter-III

28 USC 546

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/546

NLRB v. SW General, 580 U.S. 288 (2017)

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10679305642695926350

Biden v. Byrne Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67990012/parties/robert-hunter-biden-v-patrick-m-byrne/

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The Supreme Court can't be bothered to do real law — but they still expect trial judges to read their minds and treat those nebulous shadow docket orders like binding precedent. And that invisible ink precedent says that Trump can fire anyone, anywhere, at any time. Abrego Garcia is still dancing on the knife edge between Trump's DOJ and his DHS. And we explain why the current state of our media is all Hulk Hogan's fault.

Links:

SCOTUS Shadow Docket Order Trump v. Wilcox

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

SCOTUS Shadow Docket Order Trump v. Boyle

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a11_2cp3.pdf

Harper v. Bessent Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69951586/harper-v-bessent/

Abrego Garcia v. Noem [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem

US v. Garcia [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475970/united-states-v-garcia

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Today on the show the First Circuit is reversing DOGE's "DEI" cuts at NIH. Trump is suing the Wall Street Journal for defamatory reporting that he was friends with that pedophile he used to party with all the time. And trial courts are calling SCOTUS's shadow docket bluff. Plus, Alina Habba is headed for the exit.

Links:

SCOTUS Shadow Docket Order Dept. of Education v. California

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a910_f2bh.pdf

American Public Health Association v. National Institutes of Health

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70621936/american-public-health-association-v-national-institutes-of-health/

CREW v. OMB

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69858087/citizens-for-responsibility-and-ethics-in-washington-v-office-of/

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What do Trump's plans to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, level illegal tariffs, and stuff the court with his cronies have in common? They're all the fault of the Supreme Court's six conservatives. Then we'll take a break from … all this … and learn some more civil procedure from Justin Baldoni.

Links:

Can Trump Actually Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell?

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/can-trump-actually-fire-fed-chair

SCOTUS Order in Trump v. Wilcox

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

Lively v. Wayfairer

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510553/lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc/?order_by=desc

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The Supreme Court is handing out lit matches and gasoline to the arsonist in chief and inviting him to burn down the Department of Education. Attorney Pam Bondi keeps inventing new ways to be corrupt, and none of them have to do with Jeffrey Epstein. And DHS is now kidnapping IP along with actual human beings. Plus, for subscribers, we'll talk about an effort by Americans United for the Separation of Church and state's efforts to save the Johnson Amendment from the DOJ's collusion with the Christian right.

Links:

Trump v. Selzer

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69476247/trump-v-selzer/

US v. Plastic Surgery Institute of Utah

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66735053/united-states-v-plastic-surgery-institute-of-utah/

Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/two-thirds-doj-unit-defending-trump-policies-court-have-quit-2025-07-14/

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Instagram C&D

https://www.instagram.com/p/DL8JVH7OIJ-/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=63f144d7-f9ed-4213-8170-f6432849d3fb

US v. Amesty

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69553068/united-states-v-amesty/

Judge Orders ICE Goons To Stop Racial Profiling And Start Following The Constitution

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/judge-orders-ice-goons-to-stop-racial

Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70594806/pedro-vasquez-perdomo-v-kristi-noem/

Supreme Court stay New York v. McMahon

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1203_pol1.pdf

National Religious Broadcasters v. Werful

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69105317/national-religious-broadcasters-v-werfel/

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Trump's executive order stripping citizenship from children of immigrants has been enjoined again. Will the Supreme Court burn down another plank of civil procedure just to avoid ruling on it? And DOJ whistleblower Erez Reuveni is dropping receipts! He's got all the texts and emails that prove Trump's henchman Emil Bove ordered the DOJ to defy court orders. That's going to make it a lot harder for his former colleagues to lie to judges in immigration cases, and those judges are already PISSED. Plus Republican state AGs in Florida and Missouri are wilding out. And for subscribers, let's talk about Trump's threats to tariff Brazil for prosecuting former president Jair Bolsonaro.

Links:

Barbara v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70651853/barbara-v-trump/

MO AG Andy Bailey threatens AI for MEAN TO TRUMP

https://ago.mo.gov/attorney-general-bailey-fights-to-expose-big-tech-censorship-of-president-trump-as-ai-chatbots-produce-fake-news/

Erez Reuveni Whistleblower Disclosures

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/durbin-releases-documents-corroborating-justice-department-whistleblowers-allegations-against-embattled-trump-judicial-pick-emil-bove

J.O.P. v. Department of Homeland Security [District Court Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/15867241/jop-v-us-department-of-homeland-security

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Mike Lindell's sparklemagic lawyers find out that sometimes ChatGPT ends with Rule 11. Then we visit Elon Musk and Sam Altman for a lesson in civil procedure. After that Andrew and Liz explain how Trump can't actually un-ban TikTok via presidential edict and break down the latest Supreme Court efforts to burn down the judiciary. Plus for subscribers, Nate Silver — who only gambles for fun, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise! — is right about the Republicans' trillion dollar tax heist???

Links:

Coomer v. Lindell [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63296393/coomer-v-lindell/

Musk v. Altman [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69013420/musk-v-altman/

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

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

Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D. [SCOTUS Docket]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a1153.html

EO 14166 (TikTok ban)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/application-of-protecting-americans-from-foreign-adversary-controlled-applications-act-to-tiktok/

FOIA production re TikTok

https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/25989866-25-3980-nd-cal-response-07032025/

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We may not know how to fix America, but we can tell you the law of fireworks! Plus the latest on Kilmar Abrego Garcia and what it tells us about how Homeland Security is carrying out Trump's deportation regime. Plus, Trump's lawyers are learning so much about civil procedure by getting their asses kicked all over Iowa.

Links:

Hundreds of Jan 6ers Are Hoping For Big DOJ Payday

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/hundreds-of-jan-6ers-are-hoping-for-big-doj-payday

US v. Russell [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70627303/united-states-of-america-v-russell

Abrego Garcia v. Noem [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem

US v. Garcia [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475970/united-states-v-garcia

Trump v. Selzer [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69476247/trump-v-selzer/

World Population Review of Fireworks Laws by US state

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/fireworks-laws-by-state

Federal Hazardous Substances Act, 15 USC Ch. 30

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/chapter-30

"Banned Hazardous Substances" regulations, 16 C.F.R. 1500.17

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/16/1500.17

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The Supreme Court's last day of the term was an exercise of raw power. The six conservative justices gave lower courts the back of their hand, making clear that they — and only they! — will decide the law. Nationwide injunctions are out, and so is stare decisis. Andrew and Liz will break down the power grab, along with Mahmoud v. Taylor, in which the howler monkey wing allowed religious parents to opt their kids out of the "religious coercion" of reading books about gay people.

Links:

Kennedy v. Braidwood Management.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-316_869d.pdf

Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers' Research

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-354_0861.pdf

Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1122_3e04.pdf

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf

Mahmoud v Taylor

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-297_4f14.pdf

Trump v. CASA

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf

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The Trump administration's war on the judiciary continues, and this time he's suing judges. Also, he's trying to install his henchman Emil Bove in the Third Circuit as a reward for burning down the firewall between the White House and the DOJ. Luckily SCOTUS is distracting us by cramming as many horrible decisions as possible into the last two days of the term.

Links:

SCOTUS 23-1002 Hewitt v. United States https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1002_1p24.pdf

SCOTUS 23-1275 Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1275_e2pg.pdf

SCOTUS 23-7809 Gutierrez v. Saenz https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-7809_3e04.pdf

A judge sided with Trump. Behind the scenes, he was lobbying for a nomination.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/20/ed-artau-trump-judge-nomination-florida-00415408

Erez Reuveni DOJ Whistleblower Report

https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/e285ec96adf8d443/5868d536-full.pdf

Law and Chaos, The Trump Administration Is Lawless. Judges Are Adapting. [Substack post]

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-trump-administration-is-lawless

Tatis v. Big League Advance Fund

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/tatis-vs-big-league-advance-fund.pdf

US v. Russell [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70627303/united-states-of-america-v-russell/

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The Supreme Court's howler monkey wing greenlights Trump's third country renditions without notice and cuts the legs out from underneath the entire federal judiciary. So much for CJ Roberts, protector of the courts! And the Ninth Circuit lets Trump steal California's National Guard for a fictitious emergency. In better news, Harvard gets an injunction against the government's effort to kneecap it by blocking foreign students. And Disney takes on Midjourney, the AI company whose business model appears to rest on wholesale copyright infringement.

Links:

Supreme Court Shadow Docket Order DHS v. DVD https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1153_l5gm.pdf

President and Fellows of Harvard College v. United States Department of Homeland Security [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70349156/president-and-fellows-of-harvard-college-v-united-states-department-of/

Newsom v. Trump [Trial Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70496361/newsom-v-trump/

Newsom v. Trump [9th Circuit Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70527602/newsom-et-al-v-trump-et-al/

US v. Abrego [TN Criminal Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475970/united-states-v-garcia/

Disney v. Midjourney (C.D. Cal.) [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70513159/disney-enterprises-inc-v-midjourney-inc/

Midjourney Terms of Service

https://docs.midjourney.com/hc/en-us/articles/32083055291277-Terms-of-Service

2022 Midjouney interview in The Register

https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/01/david_holz_midjourney/

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This week the Supreme Court's conservatives greenlit an all-out attack on trans kids and their healthcare. So much for parents' rights! At least Alex Jones is still bankrupt. And the trustee in his bankruptcy case just sued him to claw back millions of dollars in "fraudulent" transfers to his friends and family. Plus, we'll discuss NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, Judge Hannah Dugan, and everyone else swept up in ICE's deranged dragnet.

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US v. Skrmetti (S. Ct. 2025)

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-477_2cp3.pdf

Alex Jones bankruptcy (S.D. Texas) [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones-and-official-committee-of-unsecured-creditors

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Liz and Andrew welcome Lawfare's Anna Bower back to the show to discuss her singular obsession: who is the administrator of DOGE? Find out why that's still a critical question and what discovering the answer might mean in terms of undoing policy, preserving records, and more.

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Who Is The Administrator of DOGE, by Anna Bower

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfare-daily--witaod

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A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump illegally seized control of the California National Guard. We tell you everything that means and what happens next. Also, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is home and facing trumped-up charges in Tennessee. And Alina Habba is still cosplaying as a prosecutor, and this time she's decided to try and indict a sitting member of Congress for doing her job.

Links:

Newsom v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70496361/newsom-v-trump/

Abrego Garcia v. Noem [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem/

US v. Abrego Garcia [docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475970/united-states-v-garcia/

US v. Mciver [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70317726/united-states-v-mciver

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The Trump administration is trying to provoke a riot in California by "federalizing" the National Guard. We'll tell you what that means and what legal recourse blue states and cities have to resist being occupied by the military. Plus, it turns out that the Trump administration could facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after all, it just needed to gin up a dubious criminal indictment first. And finally, Justin Baldoni's trollsuit against Blake Lively meets precisely the demise we told you it would.

Links:

US v. Abrego Garcia [docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475970/united-states-v-garcia/

DHS Referral to DOJ (Abrego Garcia) https://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/releases/2025/25_0418_hsi_referral-abrego-garcia.pdf

Abrego Garcia v. Noem [District Docket] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem/

Harvard College v. Department of Health and Human Services [Docket via Court Listener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69921962/president-and-fellows-of-harvard-college-v-us-department-of-health-and/

White House Memo Federalizing National Guard

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/department-of-defense-security-for-the-protection-of-department-of-homeland-security-functions/

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Justin Baldoni's lawyers are wilding out, the Justice Department is suing to purge North Carolina's voter rolls, and Pillow Pumper Mike Lindell is teaching us about journalism shield laws. And for subscribers: Have Trump's minions discovered one weird trick that will allow them to steal Congress's tariff authority?

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Kingdom v. Trump

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69717615/kingdom-v-trump/

Trump's Justice Department examining pardons issued by Biden

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-justice-department-examining-pardons-issued-by-biden-2025-06-02/

US v. Navarro

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63359365/united-states-v-navarro/

J.G.G. v. Trump [District Court Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741724/jgg-v-trump/

Wayfarer Studios v. Lively

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69550325/wayfarer-studios-llc-v-lively/

Lively v. Wayfarer Studios, LLC

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510553/lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc/

Coomer v. Lindell

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63296393/coomer-v-lindell/

Covington & Burling tariffs article

https://www.cov.com/-/media/files/corporate/publications/2016/12/law360_the_presidents_long_forgotten_power_to_raise_tariffs.pdf

19 USC 1338

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1338

US v. North Carolina State Board of Elections [docket via Court Listener]

ttps://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70380331/united-states-v-north-carolina-state-board-of-elections/

Help America Vote Act, 52 USC 21083

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/21083

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The Trump Administration is putting the Justice Department in a terrible bind. DOJ lawyers can tell judges the truth and admit that the government is deliberately violating court orders. Or they can bob and weave and prevaricate and cross their fingers and hope it all comes out okay. But that strategy is running into a brick wall as courts are increasingly ruling against the government. Plus for subscribers: How low will SCOTUS go to protect the sacred right to walk around with a giant murder cannon slung over our shoulders?

Links:

The Trump Administration Is Lawless. Judges Are Adapting.

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-trump-administration-is-lawless

Judge Russell Standing Order

https://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/sites/mdd/files/Amended%202025-01.pdf

Trump v. Selzer [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69476247/trump-v-selzer/

Arevalo Millan v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70294725/darwin-antonio-arevalo-millan-v-donald-j-trump/

Melgar-Salmeron v. Bondi

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70409956/melgar-salmeron-v-bondi/

SCOTUS Orders List for June 2, 20025

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/060225zor_4f15.pdf

J.O.P. v. Department of Homeland Security [District Court Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/15867241/jop-v-us-department-of-homeland-security

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This week Trump got his ass kicked in courts no one's ever heard of! From tariffs to immigration, Harvard to WilmerHale, it's been a week of losing bigly. Andrew and Liz will break it down and explain what's next.

Links:

Harvard College v. Department of Health and Human Services [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69921962/president-and-fellows-of-harvard-college-v-us-department-of-health-and/

V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump [District Court Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69888953/vos-selections-inc-v-donald-j-trump

V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump [Federal Circuit Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70394463/vos-selections-inc-v-trump/

WilmerHale v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69807328/wilmer-cutler-pickering-hale-and-dorr-llp-v-executive-office-of-the/

Jenner & Block v. DOJ [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69807126/jenner-block-llp-v-us-department-of-justice/

MTA v. Duffy (Congestion Pricing) [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69652290/metropolitan-transportation-authority-v-duffy/

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

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

Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D. [SCOTUS Docket]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a1153.html

The Punch That Launched Trump's War on American Universities

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-college-university-federal-funding-fight-91c2a274

How to Hide a Constitutional Crisis

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/legalistic-noncompliance/682927/

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President Trump's genius plan to announce that he's about to violate the First Amendment — and then do it! — runs into the judicial buzzsaw as two federal courts restrain his attacks on Harvard and the law firm Jenner & Block. And his campaign's lawsuit against Iowa pollster Ann Selzer continues to be a humiliating series of self-owns. But SCOTUS hands the administration a win by allowing the president to fire anyone and everyone. They exempted Fed Chair Jerome Powell for, uh, reasons.

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Jenner & Block v. DOJ [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69807126/jenner-block-llp-v-us-department-of-justice

Trump v. Selzer [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69476247/trump-v-selzer/

Trump Allies Look to Benefit From Pro Bono Promises by Elite Law Firms

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/business/trump-law-firms-pro-bono.html

Trump v. Wilcox [Supreme Court order]

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

Seila Law v. CFPB

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-7_n6io.pdf

President and Fellows of Harvard College v. DHS [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70349156/president-and-fellows-of-harvard-college-v-united-states-department-of/

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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.

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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

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The Supreme Court does one good thing on immigration, which made Sam Alito BIG MAD. And although the administration has been stymied (for now) in its efforts to rendition detainees out of the country with no notice, the Supreme Court did allow the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans. Then, since we all need a good chuckle, we spend some time pointing and laughing at California's plan to outsource the bar exam to an AI chatbot. And in the patreon bonus, we describe how one of America's worst trial court judges just tried to overrule the Supreme Court.

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Alito Gets Fragged in Supreme Court Order

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/alito-gets-fragged-in-scotus-order

New York Times, "Emil Bove, Top Justice Dept. Official, Is Considered For Circuit Court Nomination"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/us/politics/emil-bove-circuit-court-federal-appeals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IU8.KLV8.yndwN6PJV_HE

Noem v. National TPS Alliance et al. [SCOTUS Miscellaneous order]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051925zr1_5h26.pdf

Washington Post, "Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/17/trump-justice-department-prosecutions/

State of Texas v. EEOC order (Kacsmaryk)

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.393489/gov.uscourts.txnd.393489.59.0.pdf

DOJ OCR Letter Harmeet Dhillon to Brandon Johnson

https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1400811/dl?inline

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Today, Liz and Andrew interview Prof. Leah Litman about her book Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes. And, as if to prove the point, the Supreme Court today entertained absolutely nonsense arguments in the birthright citizenship cases about how district courts can't issue the kind of injunctions they've issued for the past two centuries because it would make Trump sad.

Links:

Leah Litman's Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes

https://www.amazon.com/Lawless-Supreme-Conservative-Grievance-Theories/dp/1668054620/

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Meta thinks that if you steal tens of millions of books, the value of each individual theft rounds down to zero. Is that the law? (No.) Also, the Qatari Royal family wants to give Donald Trump a half-billion-dollar plane and make the US government pay to renovate it. Turns out, that hasn't been legal for more than two hundred years, but who's counting? Oh, and the administration arrested the Mayor of Newark. Rumeysa Ozturk is free, though, so it's not all bad news.

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Ozturk v. Hyde

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69845539/ozturk-v-hyde/

W.M.M. v. Trump (Alien Enemies Act case in Northern District of Texas)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69898198/wmm-v-donald-j-trump

US v. Baraka

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70242142/united-states-v-baraka/

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While SCOTUS is MIA, trial judges across the country are stepping up. The full Circuit Court in DC leaps in to save Voice of America from the May hell panel hearing emergency appeals. A judge in Maryland orders the government to facilitate the return of a man wrongly deported to the Salvadoran gulag. No, not Kilmar Abrego Garcia — another one! In New York, a third trial judge rules that we are NOT under invasion by Venezuela. And in Alabama, trial judges ordered the state to fix its racist maps again.

Links:

DHS Courts Contempt In Its Zeal To Deport As Many Harmless Grannies As Possible

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/dhs-courts-contempt-in-its-zeal-to

Widakuswara v. Lake [Circuit Court Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69940505/patsy-widakuswara-v-kari-lake

Dragon Law Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69837453/jane-doe-no-2-v-clinton-county-of/

J.O.P. v. Department of Homeland Security [District Court Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/15867241/jop-v-us-department-of-homeland-security

U.S. v. Watkins (SDNY 1946)

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2209995717379331353

G.F.F. v. Trump [SDNY Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69857769/gff-v-trump/

Milligan v. Allen Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61494291/milligan-v-allen/

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On today's episode, we break down how Radio Free Europe just might be the key to preserving the separation of powers in America. We talk the Tucker Act and all of the pretextual, vapid, and/or just plain wrong arguments coming out of Trump's Department of Justice. Perkins Coie wins their case in front of Our Favorite Beryl, a dingus is trying to sue Chief Justice John Roberts, and Maine's Governor Janet Mills promised the President she'd see him in court. Four days later, the administration caved, meaning Maine kids will get to eat their school lunches after all.

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Trump Admin Unveils Exciting Plan To Magic Away Impoundment Lawsuits

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/trump-admin-unveils-exciting-plan

RFE/RL v. Lake (USAGM) D.D.C. docket [via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69752936/rferl-inc-v-lake/

US Agency for Global Media DC Circuit docket [via Court Listener]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.42001/

America First Legal Foundation v. Chief Justice Roberts [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69924761/america-first-legal-foundation-v-roberts/

Perkins Coie LLP v. Dept. of Justice [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69725919/perkins-coie-llp-v-us-department-of-justice/

US v. Kirk [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69580642/united-states-v-kirk/

US v. Smirnov

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68254959/united-states-v-smirnov

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