How broken is #FOIA? In 2009, I asked DoD for info on membership of some reorganized NSC committees under Obama. Just got the response yesterday, 16+ years later
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How broken is #FOIA? In 2009, I asked DoD for info on membership of some reorganized NSC committees under Obama. Just got the response yesterday, 16+ years later
JUST IN: Trump admin asks 1st Circuit to stay Judge Brian Murphy's order that would sharply limit so-called 3rd country deportations. #SCOTUS twice blocked his earlier similar rulings. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27... Story from round 2: www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
JUST IN: Various immigrant rights groups plus @SEIU file broad lawsuit in RI fed court against various Trump admin holds on asylum, naturalization and other benefits at USCIS. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
JUST IN: 7th Cir. panel splits, 2-1, on resolving moot Chicago ICE protest case. Brennan/Scudder (Trump) wipe out dist ct's 'constitutionally suspect' injunction. Easterbrook (Reagan) would just dismiss appeal, sees majority violating party presentation www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
JUST IN: VOS plaintiffs in Trump tariffs case, repped by Neal Katyal, grumpy about being leapfrogged by Atmus. Now seeking a conference before Eaton or some other judge ASAP to get in on devising refund process. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
JUST IN: Fed judges presiding over trans sports fight between Trump admin and Maine won't recuse due to connection to a family member of a court staffer. Consulted the Judicial Conference conduct committee and got a letter saying it wasn't required. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Camp East Montana was supposed to be the Trump administration's model for a new breed of large-scale, makeshift immigrant detention centers. Eight tumultuous months, 60 violations and three deaths later, ICE is preparing to close it. New from me: t.co/jOIIRAMJCo
JUST IN: AG Pam Bondi purports to 'ratify' Kash Patel's firing, 5 months ago, of FBI agents who kneeled at 2020 #BLM protest. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
NEW: Feds say they'll appeal magistrate judge's decision to take over the process of reviewing data FBI seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson. That judge is also proposing next steps he said both sides could find 'uncomfortable.' www.politico.com/newsletters/...
JUST IN: CBP official says importers who paid IEEPA tariffs are entitled to refunds with interest, but 'review period' needed 'to ensure no violation of other Customs laws and no other duties, taxes, or fees are owed.' www.documentcloud.org/documents/27... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
“She also suggested the anti-masking law would be constitutional if it were broadened to cover state law enforcement as well.”
Looks like it will be resubmitted with those guidelines in mind.
I feel like we typically see these sorts of completely outraged opinions from federal judges a couple times a year across the whole country, maybe a little more often in last few years. Now, in cases stemming from Trump's immigration crackdown, judges are ringing the alarm bell several times a week.
Even NPR slinging (imputed) obscenities now
JUST IN: 9th Cir. panel seems likely to keep block on CA state law requiring ICE/other police to display ID during most ops. All 3 judges, Nguyen (Obama), Bennett & Collins (Trump), appeared to view law as unconstitutional intrusion on fed govt. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
JUST IN: Trump admin reverses course again in litigation of Trump executive orders targeting major law firms. 1 day after moving to drop appeals aimed at reviving the orders, DOJ asks to keep going with the appeals. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Screenshot of excerpt from opinion that reads: "Despite this, the New York courts refused to stay the trial court’s order. After that highly questionable injunction was issued, the applicants filed appeals in both the Appellate Division (the State’s intermediate appellate court) and the Court of Appeals (its highest court) challenging the trial court’s order on federal constitutional grounds. At the same time, applicants asked both courts to stay the trial court’s order. The Appellate Division refused to issue a stay, and by order issued on February 11, the Court of Appeals sent the appeal filed in that court to the Appellate Division and dismissed applicants’ motions for a stay."
![With nowhere else to turn, the applicants asked us to issue a stay, and we have jurisdiction to entertain their application. Title 28 U. S. C. §1257(a) gives us jurisdiction to review “[f]inal judgments or decrees” that are rendered by a State’s highest court and adjudicate federal constitutional claims, and the Court of Appeals’ February 11 order falls
within that category.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/bafkreibhhdcymq4dbg2pzqxsntooytqznjfgrztweju4jb5kdbqpsy6okq@jpeg)
With nowhere else to turn, the applicants asked us to issue a stay, and we have jurisdiction to entertain their application. Title 28 U. S. C. §1257(a) gives us jurisdiction to review “[f]inal judgments or decrees” that are rendered by a State’s highest court and adjudicate federal constitutional claims, and the Court of Appeals’ February 11 order falls within that category.
1/9: In the New York redistricting case, Justice Alito's justification for why #SCOTUS even had *jurisdiction* to issue a stay is based upon a remarkably misleading portrayal of the state court proceedings.
I realize this is technical, but I wanted to write a short thread to explain the shadiness:
Non-politician Trump mimics politicians' classic tell when their prior statements have led to confusion www.politico.com/story/2009/0...
Matt Walsh is having an absolute public meltdown today.
Said-to-be-departing DOJ official downplays threats to judges, suggests "60 Minutes" missed the real story.
War! War! It’s the Department of War! Don’t be so afraid to say war, you beta cucks!
Is this a war?
No.
NEW: An FBI operative gone rogue fueled an epic ACLU lawsuit over post-9/11, federal government snooping at southern California mosques. Now, that operative has gone rogue again, roiling the case's second trip to #SCOTUS www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Plaintiffs continue their outreach and report here on “the number of Plaintiffs who wish to travel independently to a U.S. port of entry or who wish to be flown from a third country to the United States for their court proceedings, understanding that in both scenarios they will be detained upon arrival.” ECF No. 247 at 7. There are nineteen (19) such Plaintiffs as of the date of this filing. Further details are submitted separately under seal, as ordered by the Court.
Incredible.
19 of the 137 Venezuelans whom Trump sent to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act, & who were swapped back to VZ & then escaped to 3d countries, seek to come back to the US to contest their Tren de Aragua designation—knowing they'll be detained (& God knows what else) by the Trump Admin.
This is why SNL should always be hosted by people who only got famous like 20 minutes ago. They know how to WORK and they COMMIT to the BIT.
JUST IN: Trump admin says tariff refund process will proceed but may take long time, opposes speeding up court process. DOJ doesn't say it plans to seek #SCOTUS rehearing, but suggests Congress may act although Trump said flatly last week he would not. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...
NEW: Judges in MN challenge Bondi over her X posts featuring names and photos of people arrested for allegedly interfering with immigration enforcement. One judge says Bondi "violated a court order" on sealing & undercut DOJ bid to protect agent identities www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
we already know who was arrested bsky.app/profile/tayl...
Hasn't been argued yet
JUST IN: #SCOTUS announces it is likely to release opinion(s) next Wednesday, March 4
DEVELOPING: Superseding indictment returned in Don Lemon Minnesota church protest case. Local press says more defendants added and arrested. Awaiting more details. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27... Report: www.kare11.com/article/news...
NEW: Judge turns down bid to halt Trump's White House ballroom project. President falsely claims lawsuit 'thrown out,' but Judge Richard Leon (GWBush) gave preservationists a roadmap to renew litigation www.politico.com/news/2026/02...