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: 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…
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.
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.
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.
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.