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4 weeks agoChief Justice Roberts Explains Why Thomas Paine Would LOVE Presidential Immunity And Troops Patrolling Streets, Actually - Above the Law
If there's one figure in American history who would not stand for any of the present nonsense, it'd be Thomas Paine. The revolutionary pamphleteer hated the idea of monarchs trampling on people behind the veil of absolute immunity so much that he followed up the American Revolution by rolling over to France and getting elected to the revolutionary government without knowing how to speak French.
US politics
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months agoTexas Republicans push back against the suspension of GOP-favoring electoral map
A federal judge long aligned with Texas conservatives found the state's new congressional map to be unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, triggering Republican outrage and an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Law
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months agoFederal Judge Who Melted Down in Texas Redistricting Dissent Once Wrote Fake Majority Opinion Bashed as Barbaric Fanfiction'
A federal appeals judge dissented after a court found Texas's 2025 congressional map racially gerrymandered and ordered reversion to the 2021 maps.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
3 months agoMorning Docket: 10.20.25 - Above the Law
Multiple legal institutions and figures face funding, accountability, personnel, and ethical pressures across judiciary operations, patent review authority, prosecutorial conduct, and high-stakes litigation and M&A.
US politics
fromABA Journal
3 months agoMost federal judges responding to survey express dissatisfaction with SCOTUS emergency docket decisions
Most responding federal judges express dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court's use of the emergency docket, citing insufficient guidance, eroded public perception, and demoralizing effects.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months agoFederal Judge Blocks Trump From More Layoffs During Shutdown
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from laying off more government employees, after the administration had already pushed to cut thousands of workers during the U.S. government shutdown. Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. district court's northern district in California made the ruling. The judge's ruling comes after a number of unions argued the firings would be illegal and motivated by political retribution, according to The New York Times.
US politics
US politics
fromABC7 Los Angeles
5 months agoCourt throws out lawsuit by Trump administration against all Maryland federal judges
A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit against Maryland's entire federal bench over an order halting immediate deportations of migrants seeking review.
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