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Here's the (very brief) email that led to that late Jan. 3 call discussed in earlier stories between a senior DOJ official and the US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia: Image
Less than 10 hours later, BJay Pak, the US Attorney in question, had submitted his resignation. Image
After Cc'ing the senior DOJ official, Richard Donoghue, on his goodbye email to his office, which did not directly reference any of the shenanigans going on, Donoghue replied that Pak was a "class act." Image
These and much more, detailed earlier today by others, in the House Oversight release of documents today. Large PDF here: oversight.house.gov/sites/democrat… Image
A week earlier, Donoghue, the acting deputy AG at the time, sent another late Sunday night email. This one, forewarning of "antics," was sent to then-OLC head Steven Engel. Image
By New Year's Eve, Donoghue and Engel were ... not partying. Acting AG Jeffrey Rosen and his chief of staff when he was DAG, Patrick Hovakimian, were not either. ImageImage
As was reported previously, this all came to a head on Jan. 3, when another DOJ official, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, said Trump was going to be making him the acting AG and top DOJ officials went to the WH to fight out for control of DOJ. We get the emails of that evening. ImageImage
But now, this is where this all comes together. Look at that:
* At 9:47p, Donoghue tells DOJ senior staff to call in at 10p.
* At 10:09p, Donoghue tells Pak to call him ASAP. ImageImage

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Apr 10
BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds district court order that the Trump administration "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was improperly sent to El Salvador.

More to come at Law Dork: lawdork.comThe application is granted in part and denied in part, subject to the direction of this order. Due to the administrative stay issued by THE CHIEF JUSTICE, the deadline imposed by the District Court has now passed. To that extent, the Government's emergency application is effectively granted in part and the deadline in the challenged order is no longer effective. The rest of the District Court's order remains in effect but requires clarification on remand. The order properly requires the Government to "facilitate" Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure th...
A part of the government's request to vacate the original order is "effectively granted" b/c the deadline passed, SCOTUS holds, but the rest of the order stands. As to the requirement to "effectuate" Abrego Garcia's return, the district court should "clarify" that, w/ deference to executive.
Here is the full order, including a statement from Sotomayor, joined by Kagan and Jackson: supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf…
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Apr 4
BREAKING: On a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court allows the Education Dep't to halt payment of grants.

A district court issued a TRO blocking the cancelation of the grants in a suit brought by eight states. The appeals court refused a stay pending appeal.

Today, SCOTUS stayed the TRO—blocking payments.Image
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Thomas, Alito and the three Trump appointees formed the five-justice majority who issued the unsigned per curiam opinion.

Roberts wrote nothing but noted he would have denied the application.

Kagan and Jackson wrote dissents. Sotomayor joined Jackson's dissent, which does not hold back:Image
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Mar 15
BREAKING: Chief Judge Boasberg issues a classwide, nationwide temporary restraining order, blocking removal of any noncitizens in U.S. custody who are subject to today's AEA order for the next 14 days.

With planes leaving, he says, "I am required to act immediately."
Boasberg adds that planes in the air are to be turned around, says clients need to be informed "immediately."

Planes that have landed, with people discharged, he says, he cannot act on.
The next hearing before Boasberg is set for 2:30p March 21.
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Mar 15
BREAKING: A federal judge this morning issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport several Venezuelan nationals with no process.

Subscribe to Law Dork for more: lawdork.comMINUTE ORDER: The Court has reviewed Plaintiffs' Complaint and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. Given the exigent circumstances that it has been made aware of this morning, it has determined that an immediate Order is warranted to maintain the status quo until a hearing can be set. As Plaintiffs have satisfied the four factors governing the issuance of preliminary relief, the Court accordingly ORDERS that: 1) Plaintiffs' 3 4 Motion for TRO is GRANTED; 2) Defendants shall not remove any of the individual Plaintiffs from the United States for 14 days absent further Order of the Court; ...
The judge has now also set a hearing for 5p today to consider certifying a class to protect all who would be subject to the administration's effort. Date Filed # Docket Text 03/15/2025  MINUTE ORDER: The Court ORDERS that the parties shall appear for Motion for Class Certification on March 25,20 2s. ring 0 pa. The hearing oil for Cla sy Cidiconie ence or the parties and by telephone for members of the public. Toll free number: 833-990-9400. Meeting ID: 049550816. So ORDERED by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg on 3/15/2025. (Icjebl) (Entered: 03/15/2025)
The lawsuit — J.G.G. v. Trump — was filed this morning in D.C. by the ACLU and Democracy Forward.

Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…Image
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Jan 9
BREAKING: A federal district court judge in Kentucky vacates the Biden administration's Title IX rule, challenged largely for its transgender protections, a decision with nationwide effect.

Law Dork's extensive coverage of challenges to the rule can be found here: lawdork.com/t/title-ix-ruleHaving determined that the challenged portions of the Final Rule are invalid, the Court considers the appropriate remedy. While the Department argues in favor of severance, the Court remains persuaded that the three challenged provisions fatally taint the entire rule. As the Court has explained, the definition of discrimination “on the basis of sex” lies at the heart of Title IX and permeates virtually every provision of the law. While not directly challenged in this proceeding, the Final Rule brings new requirements for handling grievances, training, recordkeeping, and processing complaint...
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Nov 19, 2024
This is the shot of the night.

Schumer is filing cloture on several judicial nominations. Republicans are forcing them to go into executive session separately for each nomination. The Dems are just pushing ahead. Here was Schumer before the 10th vote, by my count, began. Schumer at the lectern, hands gripping over the top of it.  TEXT:  MR. SCHUMER: I MOVE TO PROCEED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER CALENDAR 711.
By the Republicans refusing to give unanimous consent, the Dems are having to go through a series of procedural votes on each nominee.

They're passing on party-line votes, but the Republicans are literally just forcing them to take hours on this.
So far, cloture has been filed for:
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- Cynthia Dixon (C.D. Calif.)

This voting began at 6:32 pm, C-SPAN notes, after the vote on Kidd for the 11th Circuit. Senate floor: Partial Text: "THIS VOTE SERIES BEGAN AT 6:32pm ET"
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