Ack. I just deleted a tweet because I think I was mistaken.
It said the Trump campaign didn't comply with the court's order, but as @Jaime_ASantos and others kindly pointed out, they probably didn't need to file their response *on the docket.*
Sorry, world.
The district court ordered the Trump campaign to "respond" to discovery requests made by the Democratic party and other defendants in the case. The order directed them to "provide supplemental responses and documents" by yesterday. When I checked the docket this morning and ...
... didn't see anything, I was startled. Without thinking carefully enough first, I figured that meant that they didn't comply with the court's order. Hence my tweet.
What I failed to realize was that the order did not require the campaign to file their response ...
... on the docket, available to the public. A party provides discovery responses by sending them directly to the other side, not by filing them electronically so that they show up on the docket. I know this, I just failed to think it through before tweeting it.
I especially regret my error because my tweet instantly got liked and retweeted to every corner of the universe. I've been mighty alarmed about the spread of false information online, and here I am contributing to it. (Also it's mega embarrassing, but that seems secondary.)
Sincere thanks to everyone who corrected my error.
Now I'm going for a bike ride.
Though my mastery of district-court discovery practice remains shall we say a work in progress, I'm pleased to report that I can still ride a bike.
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