NEW in Trump's NY criminal case: After Trump's attempt to file another notice of removal was rejected last week, his team is now seeking permission from Judge Hellerstein to file a second removal notice. Read the documentcloud.org/documents/2508…

Charli XCX declared the end of brat summer exactly one hour after the official instagram account of NATO posted a brat meme.

Judge Hellerstein has DENIED Trump's motion for leave to seek removal to federal court a second time: "Good cause has not been shown, and leave to remove the case is not granted." Doc up now on Lawfare's NY docket, thanks to Katherine Pompilio lawfaremedia.org/current-projec…

This issue's keyword: Tyler McBrien on "lawfare," and the logic of a law and order president who hates the courts motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

For Mother Jones, I wrote about why everyone from Trump to Russell Vought to, well, Ted Nugent is using the word lawfare. The recent embrace reflects an understanding of law as a pliable means to a political end. For the right, all is fair in law and war. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

ICYMI: Last night, Trump filed a notice of appeal after a federal judge denied his motion for leave to seek removal to federal court a second time.

NEW: In a letter to Justice Merchan, the Manhattan DA writes that because the federal court rejected Trump's motion for removal, "there is no basis" for his request to stay all state court proceedings as requested in his August 29 letter-motion.

My intrepid colleagues Roger Parloff and Anna Bower are at Prettyman Courthouse today for the 10am hearing in US v Trump before Judge Tanya Chutkan. Follow Roger's thread below for a play-by-play 👇

From Elon Musk to Donald Trump, prominent figures on the right have been talking a ton about "lawfare" these days. Tyler McBrien unpacks their embrace of the term as a means to a political end. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

What would a Kamala Harris administration foreign policy look like, should she win in November? Is there an emerging Harris Doctrine? I spoke to Foreign Policy's Michael Hirsh about where to look, including in books by Philip Gordon and Rebecca Lissner. lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfar…

It’s Russia Week at DOJ.

NEW: Manhattan DA filed its opposition to Trump's motion for administrative stay with the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and argues that the court should address Trump's arguments "only after full briefing" from the DA's office.

As Roger Parloff pointed out to me just now, Justice Merchan will likely rule TODAY on Trump's request to delay the Sept 18 sentencing date. So uhhh, "watch this space," as they say.

In 1 hour, join Benjamin Wittes, Anna Bower, and Roger Parloff for this week's Trump's Trials and Tribulations where they will discuss of today's hearing in Trump's D.C. case, Trump's efforts to remove his N.Y. case to federal court, and more. lawfaremedia.org/article/lawfar…

hello Judge Tanya S. Chutkan fall

Ah, well, nevertheless… Justice Merchan delays the decision on whether to delay until TOMORROW. Goodnight all.