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Senior Legal Correspondent @FDRLST, Of Counsel @NCLALegal, ~25 yrs 7thCir law clerk, former full-time univ. faculty, Catholic conservative, wife to DH/mom to DS
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Jul 20 14 tweets 7 min read
🔥🔥🔥Obama ordered the fraudulent ICA on Russia influence in 2016 before IC pulled PDB that @DNIGabbard released yesterday, declassified emails show! Working on deep-dive of release & just discovered this detail!Image 2/ Until now, everyone (unless I missed someone who already caught this) assumed Obama ordered the ICA during the 12/9/2016 meeting, but NO, this email from day before (12/8/2016) referenced that ordered ICA, noting goes to Obama 1/9. AND 12/8 email referenced upcoming 12/9 "PC" meeting.Image
Jul 19 4 tweets 1 min read
🚨BREAKING: Lawyers in Alien Enemies Act case representing aliens removed to El Salvador now want Trump Administration to bring them back from Venezuela where they are now, to provide them habeas. IF they want asylum, though, they can seek from Venezuela. 1/ 2/ If citizens, they could show and come without habeas (and none are). And none of the others have a right to be in U.S., plus they'd be nuts to agree to come back to U.S. now. Trump Administration also has stronger argument that they are enemies given Venezuela wanted them.
Jul 18 17 tweets 4 min read
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: HUGE releases by @DNIGabbard 1/ 2/ dni.gov/index.php/news…
Jul 17 6 tweets 3 min read
😡😡😡Holy BEEP! So, I've been re-reading yesterday's report at Real Clear Investigations teasing an upcoming release of Russia-collusion hoax info and this passage sent me back to the Durham report. Well, what did Durham say about the ICA? 1/ Image 2/ Durham frickin' cited the ICA as one of those "careful examinations" in footnote 19!!! (Still digging in so maybe he makes note of issues later BUT if he does WTF is he including it in this footnote as a see also and if not, did Durham not know of it?) Image
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Jul 15 9 tweets 3 min read
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: @ChuckGrassley released emails include a smoking gun exposing how Tim Thibault was searching for a crime to investigate! 1/ Image
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2/ They wanted to open an investigation to allow for investigative activities. NOTE open an investigation to investigate a crime of which they had evidence! Image
Jul 14 9 tweets 3 min read
🚨🚨🚨Trump Administration files response in opposition to Preliminary Injunction in Planned Parenthood case. The Court already entered a blatantly improper TRO. 1/ 2/ Here's filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Jul 14 4 tweets 2 min read
🚨🚨BREAKING--BOOM: Trump scores another win at SCOTUS. 1/ Image 2/ Order with dissents: . Summary of lower court's injunction and import of stay to follow.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf…
Jul 14 7 tweets 2 min read
Here's the docket for this appeal. Still no filings to understand what Trump is seeking. courtlistener.com/docket/7079205… x.com/ProfMJClevelan… 🚨🚨🚨BOOM. Trump Administration seeks immediate stay! Details to follow. Image
Jul 12 4 tweets 1 min read
I'm thinking I may have an idea who some of the State Department employees laid off are...remember those in the "Global Engagement Center" pushing censorship of American media outlets under guise of fighting foreign disinformation? Remember Biden Administration pretending . . . 2/ to shutter GEC after Congress cut off funding but instead moving them to a "Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub ('R/FIMI Hub')." Image
Jul 12 8 tweets 3 min read
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: California judge enters TRO against ICE actions. OMgosh...I so called it...it is an "obey the law injunction" that is worthless! Image
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Jul 12 4 tweets 3 min read
🚨Trump is appealing district court's refusal to discharge Preliminary Injunction related to passport sex designations. Trump asked it to be discharged based on recent SCOTUS decision re bars on puberty blockers...stay with me, I'll explain. 1/ Image 2/ In deciding if a law is constitutional, a court has to decide what standard to review the law with, i.e. how carefully to review it. The district court applied "intermediate scrutiny" in deciding if gov't had grounds to limit to sex M/F. SCOTUS then said no, you only use rational basis scrutiny which is easy to pass.Image
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Jul 12 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Judge dissolves TRO granted Planned Parenthood to enter a new one that supposedly complies with the requirements. She's so full of bias, it's crazy! 1/ Image 2/ This is the most blatantly ridiculous point: Even in the case of aliens possibly being deported, the court held a hearing. Even in the case of national guard on streets, court held a hearing. And 14 days later is not quickly setting a hearing. Image
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Jul 11 5 tweets 1 min read
2/ ~2 weeks ago, Judge Breyer entered injunction against Trump Administration barring Trump from federalizing (i.e., taking over control) of National Guard from Gov. Newsom. Newsom had sued. A 3-judge panel of the 9th Cir. court of appeals immediately stayed injunction, meaning 3/ injunction had no effort & Trump remained in charge of National Guard. NOW, Newsom could have asked "full" 9th Cir. to rehear case in something called "en banc." (Note: Not really "full" b/c 9th Cir. is so large, it is just more judges ~11) OR could have appealed to SCOTUS.
Jul 11 8 tweets 3 min read
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Trump Administration files Motion to Dissolve Temporary Restraining Order judge handed Planned Parenthood. 🧵Link & Analysis to follow. 1/ 2/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Jul 11 6 tweets 2 min read
Was anyone life posting on this? I'm baffled by these details below because every stop/arrest must be assessed separately. This is not an example of a "checkpoint" where everyone is "seized" with or without suspicion and even those aren't necessarily unconstitutional. 1/ 2/ Here's a nice summary: legal-info.lawyers.com/criminal/traff…
Jul 9 4 tweets 2 min read
🚨In the THREAD below I detail how Khalil (Columbia student whom Rubio revoked permanent residency status for harming foreign relations), was found removable by an Immigration Judge but Khalil claims district court habeas decision trump IJ's removal decision. 1/ 2/ As I noted in THREAD, that is nuts and contrary to how immigration cases work. District court's don't have jurisdiction--that is for IJ and then Board of Immigration Appeals and then circuit court (5th Cir.) to decide. And yet judge JUST entered order for briefing on this. Image
Jul 8 7 tweets 2 min read
🚨🚨🚨BOOM another SCOTUS win for Trump with high court staying lower court injunctions regarding downsizing. 1/ 2/ Layman's summary to follow.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf…
Jul 7 4 tweets 1 min read
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Called. It. Judge enters TRO against defunding of abortion providers.
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Jul 7 5 tweets 1 min read
Planned Parenthood sued HHS challenging Big Beautiful Bill's defunding of "non-profit" abortion provides like Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood also seeks a TRO. Will abuse of TROs continue? 1/ 2/ Here's motion. A few thoughts. First, this is NOT a bill of attainer as not funding organizations that provide abortion is not punishment but a policy preference. Two: The defunding is NOT based on speech" but on performance of abortions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Jul 4 9 tweets 5 min read
The entire case is not available but I'm listening in to hearing. 1/ Image 2/ DOJ: Is not waiving defense to location, should be in Maryland if it is HABEAS. And says it is jurisdictionally barred.
Judge: If had to be brought in habeas because of relief sought, to extent habeas is not jurisdiction, but venue, you waived it.
DOJ: This is a new case so couldn't have waived.
Jul 3 4 tweets 2 min read
🚨🚨🚨YUGE win for Trump in SCOTUS, clarifying yes, its stay is a stay! 1/ Image 2/ SCOTUS: We expect the district court will NOW obey us but if not then use mandamus. Image
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