Trump judge rules against Trump (on jurisdictional grounds)
Background from @ZoeTillman: over the summer, Judge Nichols had hoped the three parties—Trump, House Ways and Means Committee, New York—could work out a solution rather than force him to make the decision for them. But they couldn’t:
At the time some people were confused as to why Judge Nichols even entertained having NY/House work out a deal to restrain themselves. To which my answer was
But in the end, because House Dems/NY forced his hand on this jurisdictional question, Judge Nichols had no choice but to state what the law is.
On this, @JoshuaMatz8 nailed the analysis
