“The Court should not enjoin a democratically enacted law on which so many students depend without careful deliberation informed by arguments on both sides of the issues,” Public Justice argued to a federal judge. The judge blocked the law on Friday without even considering the

NEW: This weekend in Trump's effort to make fascism happen. The Trump administration tried to illegally send children to Guatemala as troops walked aimlessly around Dupont Circle. This evening, at Law Dork: lawdork.com/p/this-weekend…

In the midst of the Labor Day weekend, the Trump administration continued trying to make Donald Trump’s fascism happen. What I saw in response, though, was heartening — on multiple fronts. Tonight, at Law Dork: lawdork.com/p/this-weekend…

every time they pick a new Mary it’s like a new pope being chosen

NEW: The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump's authoritarianism. Trump's efforts to go after U.S. cities — first Los Angeles and D.C., with, it appears, Chicago next — are alarming. A lot happened, as to all three cities, on Tuesday. Now, at Law Dork: lawdork.com/p/the-posse-co…

On Tuesday evening, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, blocked removals from the Northern District of Texas under President Donald Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation. substack.com/@chrisgeidner/…

NEWS: The Justice Department is appealing Tuesday's ruling that the Trump administration violated the Posse Comitatus Act in Los Angeles, as well as the injunction ordering it to stop doing so in California, to the Ninth Circuit. Background, at Law Dork: lawdork.com/p/the-posse-co…

At 4p ET today, I’ll be talking about the Trump administration’s funding disputes — the impoundment debate, public access to appropriations info, pocket rescission, and more — with Protect Democracy’s Cerin Lindgrensavage. Join us then! open.substack.com/live-stream/56…

NEW: Impoundment, the power of the purse, and the Trump admin — with Protect Democracy’s Cerin Lindgrensavage. "They've said that they can unilaterally cancel funds, and I certainly think that that's unconstitutional, to say the least." Law Dork: lawdork.com/p/impoundment-…