Chris Geidner
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- “Let’s just assume you’re dead wrong“ about the order’s constitutionality, Justice Elena Kagan told Solicitor General John Sauer.
- My “an unauthorized modification was made at approximately 3:15 AM PST” T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
- More than 15 years into covering the Supreme Court in person — and despite it all — I still consider it an unbelievable privilege that I get to do this for a living. All the more since I am doing it now subscriber by subscriber, paying for my work, at Law Dork. Thanks, all.
- I truly don’t know why Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. chose to highlight the TikTok case as proof the court can get things done quickly. Because. www.lawdork.com/p/birthright...
- NEW: Ultimately, the "nationwide injunction" arguments were about the birthright citizenship order. Although justices might be skeptical of nationwide injunctions, the problems with Trump's birthright citizenship executive order loomed larger at SCOTUS on Thursday. In depth, at Law Dork:
- I’m off to SCOTUS for this morning’s arguments over the nationwide scope of the injunctions blocking Trump’s birthright citizenship EO. Subscribe to Law Dork to keep up with and support my work. www.lawdork.com/subscribe
- A 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court shadow-docket ruling from April 4 has been used as a tool by DOJ to try and avoid Trump administration actions on the merits. At Law Dork, I dive in:
- In Jenner's lawsuit challenging Trump's EO targeting the firm, Cooley tells the court that Jenner was notified, perhaps only when DOJ told the court in another case(?), that one of its lawyers had their security clearance suspended. This, they note, follows suspensions for WilmerHale lawyers, too.
- NEWS: Paul Clement tells the court that two WilmerHale attorneys had their security clearances pulled under the Trump executive order targeting the firm. (Note: This is not violating the TRO, which did not enjoin the clearances part of the executive order.) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- What do Sec of State Marco Rubio, Deputy A.G. Todd Blanche, and U.S. Agency for Global Media Sr. Adviser Kari Lake have in common? DOJ is using a SCOTUS shadow-docket ruling from April to try and get out of defending their actions on the merits in cases brought in federal district court.
- In the morning, SCOTUS is holding arguments over the scope of the injunctions blocking Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. I wrote about it at Law Dork when the court announced this and will be at court in the morn covering arguments: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-s...
