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Sep 27, 2020 6 tweets 3 min read Read on X
WELL. I read the tax story, and let me say, this is incredible reporting — with an unbelievably complex set of facts told in a relatively accessible way. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Some parts that jumped out to me. Trump’s property purchases have cost him money, not made him more wealthy. Image
It really looks to me like the story comes as close as possible as they could to saying that he paid the $750 in 2016 and 2017 so that, without releasing his taxes, he’d be able to say he paid taxes in both years. ImageImage
A really interesting look at this question of whether the Trump kids, at least Ivanka, had their Trump Org jobs (and pay) AND also got paid as consultants for the same projects. Image
OH. (This is one of like three truly sketchy elements of the Seven Springs part of the story; go read it!) Image
Finally: This is so unbelievably bad! If the president is personally on the hook for more than $400 million, we 100% should know exactly who he owes it to. Image

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Mar 4
There is highly questionable action from the Fifth Circuit this weekend, flagged to me by @steve_vladeck. On Saturday, the Fifth Circuit issued "a temporary administrative stay," allowing Texas S.B. 4 — the challenged Texas immigration law — to go into effect in 7 days. COURT ORDER granting a temporary administrative stay is granted. The Appellees’ request to stay the temporary administrative stay for seven days following the date hereof pending an application to the Supreme Court of the United States is granted. It is further ordered that this appeal is expedited to the next available Oral Argument Calendar.It is further ordered that Appellants’ opposed motion for a stay pending appeal is deferred to the oral argument merits panel thatreceives this case. [43] [24-50149] (CCR) [Entered: 03/02/2024 06:13 PM]
Here's my thread on the preliminary injunction ruling from Feb. 29:
Here are Steve's tweets on the Fifth Circuit's order:
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Jan 2
BREAKING: Fifth Circuit holds that fed'l emergency room protections (EMTALA) do not mandate that physicians provide abortions when that is the "stabilizing treatment" needed, upholding an injunction issued in a lawsuit brought by Texas. More to come: lawdork.com
For background on this issue (while I'm reading and writing), here's some a post relating to the still-pending SCOTUS stay application filed by Idaho in the inverse EMTALA litigation, where DOJ sued Idaho: lawdork.com/i/139439910/th…
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Dec 28, 2023
"What do you want me to say about slavery?" should be the end of Nikki Haley's political career. Q: What was the cause of the United States Civil War? Haley: Well, don’t come with an easy question or anything. I mean, I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run. The freedoms and what people could and couldn’t do. What do you think the cause of the Civil War was? Q: I’m not running for president. I wanted to hear you view on the cause of the Civil War. Haley: I mean, I think it always comes down to the role of government. We need to have capitalism, we need to have economic freedom, we need to make sure that we do all things so that individuals have ...
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Dec 11, 2023
BREAKING: Supreme Court will NOT hear case over Washington's conversion therapy ban, over the objection of Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh. Thomas and Alito write.
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Supreme Court also DENIES RFK Jr.'s request to intervene at SCOTUS in Murphy v. Missouri, the case over Biden administration social media influence out of the Fifth Circuit. Thomas notes his dissent. Image
Here is the full #SCOTUS orders list (the dissents are at the end): supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
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Oct 11, 2023
BREAKING: On a 2-1 vote, the 11th Circuit DENIES Florida’s request that it be allowed to enforce its anti-drag law against everyone in the state except the plaintiffs during the appeal.

tl;dr: The law remains wholly blocked.

Background at Law Dork: lawdork.com/p/florida-anti…
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Jordan and Rosenbaum, both Obama appointees, hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion in granting an injunction prohibiting all enforcement of the ban, given its underlying finding that the law is likely overbroad and this likely facially unconstitutional.
Brasher, a Trump appointee, dissents and would grant a partial stay, finding the injunction to be, itself, overly broad to achieving the goal of protecting the plaintiff’s rights.
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Oct 10, 2023
Oh my god, y'all. I wrote last night about how out of control the Fifth Circuit is — — but I had NO IDEA what was coming down the pike ...lawdork.com/p/the-supreme-…
Today, Judge Jerry E. Smith published a mock opinion as an attachment to a dissent in a death penalty case, writing that it's "the Fifth Circuit panel opinion that should have been issued." He literally published it, putting other judge's names on it! I am losing my mind here.
Jerry E. Smith, Circuit Judge, dissenting:  The majority opinion is grave error. It succumbs to a vapid lastminute attempt to stay an execution that should have occurred decades ago.  In the interest of time, instead of penning a long dissent pointing to the panel majority’s and district court’s myriad mistakes, I attach the Fifth Circuit panel opinion that should have been issued.  I respectfully dissent
The first page of Judge Jerry E. Smith's fake opinion.
This is unreal shit, folks.

Here's the Fifth Circuit opinion and dissent and attachment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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