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Oct 7, 2021 9 tweets 6 min read Read on X
NOW: A federal judge has blocked enforcement of SB 8, Texas's 6-week abortion ban, and denied Texas's request to pause his ruling pending appeal.

"...this Court will not sanction one more day of this offensive deprivation of such an important right."
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BREAKING, with more to come: A Judge Blocked Texas’s 6-Week Abortion Ban buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
A judge issued an order blocking Texas's 6-week abortion ban. It's not clear if/when providers will resume scheduling abortions, however — Texas is expected to appeal, and the law anticipates a situation like this and tries to preserve the legal risk buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Just now, Texas has filed notice that it will appeal tonight's order temporarily halting the state's 6-week abortion ban. Up to the 5th Circuit, where Texas is likely to ask for an immediate stay of Pitman's injunction. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Here's AG Merrick Garland on the SB 8 prelim. injunction (which Texas is already in the process of appealing): "Today’s ruling enjoining the Texas law is a victory for women in Texas and for the rule of law." buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
This is one of those opinions where the judge does a lot of work in footnotes. In early sections, Pitman uses them to explain why people seek abortions, why "heartbeat" isn't accurate at 6 weeks, and how Texas made some errors in its handling of the case buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Pitman writes that even though SB 8 is enforced via civil lawsuits filed by private citizens, he's not buying that Texas isn't in the driver's seat: "Indeed, the State has its prints all over the statute." buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The White House weighs in on tonight's SB 8 ruling and notes that Biden supports codifying Roe v. Wade. Pitman in one section of his opinion pointed out that there is "remarkably little legislation" on the subject of federal abortion regs buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
That section reminded me of rulings we got re: Trump-era exec branch actions on immigration where judges kept noting that courts wouldn't have to keep getting involved if Congress would just do something about immigration

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Dec 11, 2023
Hello from the DC federal courthouse, where Rudy Giuliani is waiting to get through security as jury selection is set to begin this a.m. to determine how much in damages he'll owe two Georgia election workers who sued him for defamation. Stay tuned.

Prev: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
And jury selection is just getting underway in Rudy Giuliani's damages trial -- Judge Beryl Howell, who was not amused that Giuliani was not in the courtroom at 9am when they were supposed to begin, is presiding
After a few hiccups related to the list of prospective jurors, *now* voir dire is officially underway in the defamation damages trial against Rudy Giuliani
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Nov 18, 2023
BREAKING: A Colorado judge has ruled that Donald Trump can appear on 2024 ballots - she found that he *did* engage in insurrection by inciting the Jan. 6 attack, *but* that the Constitutional prohibition does not apply to the presidency. More to come.
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NEW: A Colorado judge found Donald Trump engaged in insurrection by inciting the Jan. 6 attack.

But she held the Constitution's insurrectionist ban didn't apply to a president/the presidency, meaning he'll appear on 2024 ballots.

Story, more to come: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Lawyers for the Colorado voters who brought the insurrection disqualification case against Trump say they'll appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court. Whoever loses there can petition SCOTUS to intervene
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Oct 16, 2023
Today at 10am: Prosecutors will make their case before a DC federal judge for a partial gag order restricting what Donald Trump can say about the election obstruction case against him.

Why DOJ says it's necessary:


Trump's oppo: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
On how as long as Donald Trump is facing criminal charges and civil claims in court, what he says and does in the outside world can have consequences in a courtroom:
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Chutkan begins by swiftly resolving an issue raised by the govt over how to handle a future defense survey of the potential jury pool in DC. Judge is okay with defense agreement to give advance notice, timing, sample size, doesn't see need to micromanage further at this point
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Aug 31, 2023
Justice Clarence Thomas's 2022 financial disclosure is in, noting three trips w/ expenses paid for by Harlan Crow:

Thomas notes 2014 sale of properties to Crow (1st reported by ProPublica), saying he "inadvertently" didn't realize that should be reported assets.bwbx.io/documents/user…


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Justice Samuel Alito's 2022 disclosure is also out now:

No travel reported paid for by individuals, no note re: ProPublica reporting on earlier luxury trip reimbursed by GOP donor Paul Singer (Alito has publicly defended this/denounced the reporting)assets.bwbx.io/documents/user…
Justice Clarence Thomas:
- reported three 2022 trips w/ expenses paid for by Harlan Crow
- said he "inadvertently" didn't realize he had to report 2014 property sales to Crow
- defended not reporting earlier "personal hospitality," private plane trips
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Aug 28, 2023
Hello on this humid late August a.m. from the DC federal courthouse, where Judge Tanya Chutkan will hear arguments and is expected to set a trial date in Trump's 2020 election obstruction case. Special counsel wants to start Jan. 2. Trump wants April 2026:
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Judge Chutkan is on the bench and starts by saying that *neither* trial date proposal is "acceptable" -- DOJ wants Jan. 2, Trump wants April 2026.

Says trial sched can't depend on a defendant's personal and professional obligations, so Trump will have to make a date work
Chutkan says she is taking into account Trump's other cases and trial schedules, but explains why other arguments for a 2026 trial date don't fly -- SCOTUS has said time of investigation doesn't mean defense gets same time for prep, comparisons to other J6 cases aren't on point
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Aug 3, 2023
Hello on this not-too-hot August morning from the DC federal courthouse, where Donald Trump is expected to appear for a 4pm arraignment. It is obviously many hours until 4pm but here we are! A few streets are closed so far, barricades still going up, much heavier police presence https://t.co/UxzL1blKgWtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Coming up: Donald Trump returns to Washington
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The most popular employee at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse continues to be Legend the bomb-sniffing dog, hard at work. I can't take photos inside so you'll have to take my word that she's also adorable. A Very Good Dog.
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