NEW🧵of cases against Trump Administration where proceedings have reached Supreme Court. 1/
2/ Office of Personnel Management v. American Federation of Government Employees, 24A904: Trump Admin. seeks stay & vacatur of N.D. of Cal., injunction ordering ~ 6 agencies to offer to reinstate 16,000 fired probationary employees. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
3/Trump v. New Jersey, 24A886: Trump Admin. seeks partial stay of D.Ct. of Mass. "nationwide" injunction prohibiting Trump from giving affect to his EOs denying birthright citizenship; requests SCOTUS limit injunction to district. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
4/ Trump v. Washington, 24A885: Trump Admin. seeks partial stay W.D. of Wash. "nationwide" injunction prohibiting Trump from giving affect to his EOs denying birthright citizenship; requests SCOTUS limit injunction to district. Parallel to #3 & #5. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
5/ Trump v. CASA, 24A884: Trump Admin. seeks partial stay D.Ct. of Maryland, "nationwide" injunction prohibiting Trump from giving affect to his EOs denying birthright citizenship; requests SCOTUS limit injunction to district. Parallel to #3 & 4 above.
6/ Trump v. J.G.G., 24A931: Trump Admin. seeks stay and vacatur of Judge Boasberg's injunction prohibiting removal of terrorists pursuant to Alien Enemies Act. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
7/ Bessent v. Dellinger, 24A790: Trump sought stay of D.C. D.Ct. injunction ordering Dellinger reinstated as Special Counsel. SCOTUS held in abeyance. D.C. Circuit later granted Trump stay so Dellinger remained fired; Dellinger then dismissed his lawsuit. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
8/ State Dep't v. AIDS Vaccine, 24A831: Trump sought stay of D.C. D.Ct. Order demanding he pay $2 billion in grants within 36 hours. Justice Roberts entered immediate admin. stay. SCOTUS then denied longer stay but order Judge to be specific & realistic. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
9/ INTERLUDE: Here is my THREAD with the comprehensive link to the lower court and appellate court dockets for the challenges to the Trump Administration's execution of its American First policies.
10/ Dept. of Educ. v. California, 24A910: Trump Admin. seeks stay and vacatur of D.Ct. of Mass. injunction that ordered Admin. to reinstate & pay millions in DEI grants canceled by Dept' of Education. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
2/ One other stay request is pending; and there are seven appeals where stay requests have not yet been filed. This is not yet the full set of appeals as I need to cross check to make sure I have them all. But I thought it was interesting to see where we are now.
3/ One more stay request just filed this in Fourth Circuit in case Maryland v. Dep't of Ag, challenging firings of probationary employees. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
11/ Noem v. Garcia, 24A949: Trump Administration seeks stay and vacatur of D.Ct. of Maryland's order to have Garcia returned from El Salvador prison.
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12/ Trump v. Wilcox/Trump v. Harris, 24A966: Trump Administration seeks stay of lower court order that he reinstate the NLRB Board member and Merit Systems Protection Board member AND to grant cert and hear appeal. supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?Fi…
13/ A.A.R.P. v. Trump, 24A1007: Putative class action seeks order Trump can't remove members of tDa under Alien Enemies Act, where lower courts had not yet certified class or enter order. SCOTUS barred all removes & has yet to rule on application. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
14/ Social Security Administration v. American Federation of State, County & Mun. Workers, 24A1063: Trump Administration seeks stay of 4th Cir. en banc decision DOGE employees couldn't access PPI in SS system. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
15/ United States v. Shilling, 24A1030: Trump Administration seeks stay of lower court injunction barring implementation of trans ban in military. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
16/ Noem v. National TPS, 24A1059: Trump Administration seeks stay of order that bars President from rescinding extension of Temporary Protected Status that Biden granted on way out. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/2…
17/ Trump v. American Federal of Gov't Employes, 24A1106: Trump Administration seeks stay of lower court ordering halt to RIF and mandating government provide documents to unions. 9th Cir. hasn't ruled on stay request for weeks.
18/ US DOGE v. Citizens for Ethical Responsibility, 24A1122: Trump seeks stay of discovery ordering DOGE provide all recommendations made in FOIA case to determine if DOGE is covered by FOIA. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/2…
19/ DHS v. DVD, 24A1153: Trump seeks stay of injunction related to removal of criminal aliens to third countries absent jumping through hopes to ensure no Convention Against Torture concerns. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/2…
20/ Trump v. American Fed. of Gov't Employees, 24A1175: Trump seeks stay of injunction barring mass firings of various agencies. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
20/ *Should be 24A1174
21/ Trump v. Boyle, 25A11: Trump seek immediate stay of lower court order countermanding Trump's firing of Consumer Protection Safety Commission members and reinstatement. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
22/ National Institute of Health v. American Public Health Ass., 25A103: Trump seeks immediate stay of lower court order requiring feds to pay DEI grants. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/2…
23/ Trump v. V.O.S., 25-205: Trump Administration seeks to appeal ruling by federal circuit that he lacks tariff authority. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
24/ Trump v. Slaughter, et. al. 25A264: Seeking stay of order reinstating members of FTC. Administrative stay granted. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
25/ Trump v. Illinois, 25A443: Seeking stay of order barring Trump from using federalized national guard in Chicago. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/2…
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The press (legacy and new) and the investing public seem to have no idea what the Obama Administration launched in the Consolidated Audit Trail and what current SEC is currently doing--computer searches of OUR private data without any basis! @NCLAlegal 1/
2/ I'm frankly shocked that more civil libertarians aren't screaming about this! And now SEC is trying to delay Plaintiffs' day in court! Details here: nclalegal.org/feds-are-steal…
I'm working on a piece tomorrow to counter all the spin on the courts refusing to issue arrest warrant against Don Lemon in first instance as somehow vindicating him. BUT I think it merits stressing WHY DOJ sought arrest warrant that way first. 1/
2/2 DOJ feared there would be widespread copycat assaults in places of worship the following weekend unless it moved quickly to show public such behavior was illegal and would be prosecuted.
THREAD: Yesterday @EdWhelanEPPC defended Judge Schlitz for not recusing in ICE cases even though he is publicly listed as a donor to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. @HarmeetKDhillon called him out. 1/
2/ Ed quoted from a section of the Compendium § 4.2-3(g)), a federal appellate judge shared with him that stated: “A judge may contribute financially to legal service associations that provide counsel for the poor. A judge need not recuse merely because lawyers who accept appointments by such associations are also counsel of record in cases before that judge.”
3/ @HarmeetKDhillon correctly pointed out that language is out-of-context & cherry picked & ignores other canons. Before explaining, let me provide some background so you can judge the analysis. For at least 6 (possibly 8) years, my federal appellate judge tasked me as sole
2/ Jordan lays out at high level all efforts to "get Trump" that has been going on for 10 years. Beginning with Clinton and Steele dossier, and Comey, and impeachment one, impeachment two, Bragg, and Fani Willis.
3/ Jordan notes how Smith brought on same people who ran raid at Mar-a-Lago and Jan. 7. And how Smith ignore procedures, gagged Trump, filed a 165 motion 33 days before the election.