2/ So @CNN thought biggest take-away was that Russia is still meddling "as we sit here." That CNN thought that was the biggest take-away tells me that they haven't been listening to a word from the right. AG Barr testified that months ago, see my @FDRLSTedition.cnn.com/2019/07/24/pol…
3/3 No, the biggest take-away was that Mueller didn't know who Fusion GPS was and that that aspect was beyond his "purview." Sequestering myself now to work on more complete thoughts. END
THREADETTE: THIS. AND we still don't know 2 key points: WHAT prompted Aspen Institute to run "table top exercise" to "prebunk" story amazingly similar to reality. AND why was Baltimore FBI agent running keyword searches to flag disinformation for Twitter? /1
2/ It wasn't merely FBI feeding "hack and leak" warnings to social media. THAT IS HUGE STORY & we need to know if folks doing that knew of Hunter Biden laptop OR were fed idea of hack and leak by someone who did. BUT also what/who prompted Aspen Institute's focus on Hunter.
3/ Here's my reporting on that aspect that I've yet to see anyone else pick up on. ALSO note that many "disinfo" experts say prebunking as MOST effective counter to folks believing disinformation, or here truth. thefederalist.com/2023/02/09/twi…
🚨Here is tDa terrorists filing in SCOTUS re Trump Administration's motions related to Alien Enemies Act case. 1/
2/ SCOTUS could go 2 ways: a) granting stay b/c court must ensure it has jurisdiction & no jurisdiction here + harm to Article II warrant relief; or b) since Trump is able to remove still this case can wait...unlike others where Trump is forced to pay out money.
3/3 I could actually see Justices doing so horse trading: Okay no stay here but stay in these other cases where Trump is forced to pay money & reinstated fired employees. Here's petition. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/2…
🚨BREAKING: Harris seeks en banc review in D.C. Circuit after panel granted Trump stay, meaning he Harris stayed fired. More details available in other threads. 1/
🚨Here's the docket for the appeal of the lower court's injunction requiring reinstatement of grants, employees, etc. of the Consumer Financial Protection Board. 1/
🚨Trump Administration files 🔥reply brief in SCOTUS in Dept. of Educ. v. California case. Trump asks for stay & vacatur of order they reinstate grants they terminated. Entire brief is worth a read for those knee-deep. A few topline take-aways. 1/
2/ Brief highlights absolute abuse of TROs & details cases where orders entered and illustrates why district court's lack jurisdiction over broad swatch of cases & basically begs SCOTUS to put an end to it.
3/ That portion confirms my point that once SCOTUS (or appellate courts) establish precedent on specific issues the lawfare will be greatly reduced. And here, as I've stressed before, the issue is Plaintiffs manufacturing claims under Administrative Procedures Act.
🧵With the flurry of federal litigation, I thought it would be helpful for the non-lawyers to provide a brief lawsplainer of federal court system. So, here it goes: Article III of the constitution established 1 Supreme court and such inferior courts as Congress may establish. 1/
2/ Currently there are 94 "district courts" and 13 "courts of appeals," named by their circuit, 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, through 11th Circuit. There is also a D.C. Circuit Court & a Federal Circuit.
3/ "District court" is the name of the trial court level, where trials are held and if there is a jury trial, where you would have the jury. In the state court system they are called something different in every state, such as New York it's called the "Supreme Court."