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Mar 31 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Rubio and Hegseth have installed a twenty-something DOGE affiliate, Nate Cavanaugh, as acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, per court filing.

Before DOGE took control of USIP, the president was George Moose, a career diplomat who joined the foreign service in 1967. Photo of Nate Cavanaugh, the twenty-something DOGE affiliate who is purportedly serving as the new acting president of USIP. The photo shows a young white man with brown hair and blue eyes. He’s wearing a black shirt and smiling at the camera.
In addition to appointing Cavanaugh as the acting president of USIP, Rubio and Hegseth’s “resolution” directs him to “transfer USIP’s assets, including USIP’s real property and rights thereof, and including all assets recently received from the Endowment, to [GSA].” Image
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The plaintiffs in USIP v. Jackson have filed a motion seeking to block the transfer of USIP’s property and assets.

Judge Howell set a status hearing for tomorrow morning at 10 am.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

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Mar 23
THREAD: Law firm statements issued in response to Trump’s executive orders targeting lawyers.

(This thread will be updated as more statements are released. Want to flag something I missed? DM me, email me at anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org, or message on Signal at annabower.24)🧵⬇️
Keker, Van Nest, & Peters:

“We encourage law firm leaders to sign on to an amicus effort in support of Perkins Coie's challenge to the Administration's executive order targeting the firm, and to resist the Administration's erosion of the rule of law." Image
Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC: “Make no mistake, the goal of the Trump Administration is not only to punish specific lawyers or firms, but to chill the legal profession itself, until there is no one left willing to stand up in court and say, 'This is wrong.'” For decades, the lawyers of Kwall Barack Nadeau PLLC have stood with the people, fighting to uphold the rights of employees, safeguard constitutional protections, and ensure that no one is above the law. We have represented individuals and classes of people who have faced discrimination, retaliation, and injustice, not because it was easy, but because it was the right thing to do. The Trump Administration's recent memorandum targeting attorneys who dare to challenge unlawful actions is a direct threat to the rule of law. It is meant to intimidate law firms like ours and to discourage the k...
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Mar 12
NOW: Judge Howell is presiding over an emergency hearing regarding Trump’s executive order that targets Perkins Coie, a well-known law firm.

Chad Mizelle, AG Pam Bondi’s chief of staff, is here to represent the Trump administration.
Counsel for Perkins Coie wrapped up after addressing questions from Judge Howell about how the EO could harm the firm’s business and ability to practice law.

Perkins Coie’s counsel, Dane Butwinkas, said the national security concerns raised in the EO are mere “pretext.”
Chad Mizelle is up now for the Trump administration.

(Btw, you can listen to the ongoing hearing on the public access line below ⬇️) Image
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Jan 31
I’m sad to learn that my law school classmate, Kiah Duggins, died in the DC plane crash.

Kiah was an exceptionally talented civil rights lawyer & aspiring legal scholar.

I hope you’ll read about her work and the issues she cared about, some of which I’ll 🧵 below.

What a loss. Professional headshot of a woman with long black hair wearing a navy suit
“Abolition and International Human Rights: Taiwan’s Affirmation of Black American Abolitionist Movements,” by Kiah Duggins:

journals.law.harvard.edu/crcl/wp-conten…
“DEBATING BAIL REFORM: Isaac talks with Kiah Duggins and Ken Good”:

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Jan 3
BREAKING: Justice Merchan orders Donald Trump be sentenced on Jan. 10 before his inauguration as President.

nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFs/pre…
“ORDERED, that defendant appear for sentencing following conviction on January 10, 2025…”

Trump can appear virtually or in person, per order. Image
Justice Merchan says he is *not* inclined to sentence Trump to serve jail time, noting the prosecution’s concession that incarceration is no longer a “practicable” recommendation given Trump’s election as President. Image
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Nov 18, 2024
NEW: The Georgia Court of Appeals has canceled the Dec. 5 oral argument it previously scheduled to hear Trump’s appeal seeking to disqualify Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis.

Argument is canceled “until further order of this court.” Image
The court previously granted a request for oral argument—and as recently as last month extended the time allotted to the parties for argument.

Unclear what precipitated the hearing’s cancellation. But the court *can* issue a ruling based on the briefs without oral argument.
I’m not sure what to make of this, but one possibility (of many): In June, Willis filed a motion to dismiss the appeal as improvidently granted. Possible the court cancelled argument bc it intends to grant that motion and dismiss the appeal without reaching the merits. But 🤷🏻‍♀️
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Nov 5, 2024
NEW: A Trump-appointed judge has rejected the RNC’s claim that some GA counties violated the law by accepting in-person delivery of absentee ballots over the weekend. The claim "does not withstand even the most basic level of statutory review and reading comprehension," he said.
The ruling followed an hours-long hearing before Judge Stan Baker, a federal court judge appointed by Trump.

The RNC & GA GOP already lost a similar suit filed in state court last week.

Both suits were filed by Alex Kaufman, who was involved in Trump's 2020 post-election efforts. Kaufman sat in on the infamous call in which Trump asked Raffensperger to “find” 11,780 votes. The Fulton Co. special grand jury recommended that DA Fani Willis seek indictments against Kaufman, but he was not charged.
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