Trump complains that the FBI acted "with no understanding of the distress that it would cause most Americans."
As we consider video from this weekend of law enforcement beating a man on the pavement, this line makes clear, from the start, that this is not a legal document.
Reminder: It was conservative, Trump-friendly outlets that got the warrant in advance of its court release — almost certainly leaked by Team Trump — yet Trump complains here about "[g]overnment leaks to favored outlets."
Just going to read this paragraph whenever I need a laugh.
"Now it all makes sense."
So many good lines, honestly.
Um, I'm sorry, I know I haven't practiced law in some time, but if you don't know what is in *your* numbered boxes that were taken, it seems like that's on you? There was very specific information given!
#protip: In your filing claiming that you're being wronged, don't lay out the details of exactly when and how you threatened the Attorney General.
Here's the full Trump filing, which was filed as a new lawsuit, and not in the search warrant docket or even listed as a related case (which it certainly is): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
As to the actual request, I responded to this, in brief, in my newsletter *last* Monday: chrisgeidner.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-… // In addition, expect to see discussion of "laches," or, delaying a claim for so long that the court need not grant it.
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BREAKING: The full Fifth Circuit, on a 13-6 vote, upholds Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting by those convicted of any of a number of felonies. A prior three-judge panel had held that the ban violates the 8th Amendment. The full court rejected that. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Judge Edith Jones, a Reagan appointee, writes the court’s opinion upholding Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution. Here is that provision, which lists the convictions subject to lifetime disenfranchisement.
Judge James Dennis, a Clinton appointee, wrote for the six dissenters.
Breaking: Booksellers' challenge to Texas's book-ban regime succeeds at the Fifth Circuit.
Today, the full Fifth Circuit announced that the far-right judges of the court LOST a vote for rehearing en banc 8-9 after a 3-judge panel had previously upheld the dist ct's injunction.
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.
Here's my thread on the preliminary injunction ruling from Feb. 29:
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…