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Stepping back (though not entirely) from SCOTUS, some thoughts on this moment in the presidential race — and what’s ahead.

Many questions, few answers. Confronting Trump, Biden, and this moment.www.lawdork.com All three branches of government have failed us. We have to do this.

NEW: Tump, Biden, the federal government, the media, and — ultimately — us. My Law Dork look at this moment: www.lawdork.com/p/many-quest...

Many questions, few answers. Confronting Trump, Biden, and this moment.www.lawdork.com All three branches of government have failed us. We have to do this.

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In sum: Cannon set two weeks of briefing on whether to hold briefing on the effect of the SCOTUS immunity decision on the Mar-a-Lago case. Assuming she decides yes (at some point), there then would be months of briefing before an actual decision on the effect. Then, applying it.

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Today's order followed Trump's Friday filing requesting the partial stay and supplemental briefing on the effect of Trump v. US on the case. Notably, the supplemental briefing Trump is seeking, if granted, is itself contemplated to last multiple months. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: Judge Aileen Cannon halts some Trump deadlines in the Mar-a-Lago proceedings and creates a substantial delay in the case by setting a briefing schedule to precede deciding whether there will be supplemental briefing regarding the effect of Trump v. U.S. on the case.

If you didn’t see this, you don’t want to miss it —>

Judge John Broomes, a Trump appointee, issued a nationwide Title IX rule injunction covering all children of "Moms for Liberty" members this week. That's bad enough, but the procedural/notice mess he made of it is also really absurd: www.lawdork.com/i/146289012/...

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Trying to make a coherent whole of the court's handiwork this term takes an effort, to be sure. Ultimately, though, I think Will's throat-clearing to so strongly defend the court in all but the Trump cases is wrong. I'd look at my take as a counterview: www.lawdork.com/p/the-spinel...

The spinelessness of John Robertswww.lawdork.com Chief Justice John Roberts doesn't want to lead. He is, though, carefully setting up a path to allow the right-wing court to respond to whatever comes its way in 2025.

Imagine writing a NYT piece talking about how the court, actually, is good right now. But Will Baude did it! Essentially, saying that all they get wrong was the Trump cases — and then insists, sort of, IDK, that even that was for what they thought were good reasons. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/o...

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These three injunctions were all issued July 3, and I wrote about them — as well as another Title IX rule injunction from July 2 — yesterday at Law Dork. Read and subscribe; there are free and paid options. www.lawdork.com/p/trans-heal...

Trans healthcare anti-discrimination rule blocked nationwide as other LGBTQ rule challenges proceedwww.lawdork.com Some aspects of the rule enforcing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act go into effect on Friday. Also: Another Title IX rule injunction.

Parts of the Biden administration’s healthcare nondiscrimination rule went into effect today, but three federal judges — all GOP appointees — issued injunctions against aspects of it, including a Mississippi judge who issued a nationwide injunction blocking the rule’s gender identity protections.

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Ah, Texas is trying to be a little sneaky here, spreading the wealth. When I saw an E.D. Tex. Sec. 1557 case, I thought I should check, and, shock, the case was filed in a division where 100% of the cases go to Trump appointees. www.lawdork.com/p/trans-heal...

Update: There were four rulings. (Story updated to include a Texas/Montana Section 1557 injunction.) www.lawdork.com/p/trans-heal...

NEW: A trio of federal court rulings this week have blocked Biden administration efforts to protect LGBTQ people in getting healthcare and going to school without discrimination. www.lawdork.com/p/trans-heal...

I would have held off on publishing this, but one of these is a nationwide injunction blocking the gender identity protections under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and the judge issued it yesterday — one business day before some of the rule goes into effect on Friday.

My three immunity-related SCOTUS stories at Law Dork this week: 1. The ruling: www.lawdork.com/p/robertss-m... 2. The conservatives: www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-dec... 3. The chief justice: www.lawdork.com/p/the-spinel...

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Time and time again, Chief Justice John Roberts made clear that this SCOTUS term was a term of contingent planning, leaving open two paths depending what happens with the election. @chrisgeidner.bsky.social wrote all about it at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/the-spinel...

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In case after case, the Supreme Court has whispered, “We’ll hold off to see whether Donald Trump finds his way back into office,” even as the justices acted — repeatedly — to make that possible, if not more likely. From @chrisgeidner.bsky.social —>

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I feel like a fool, a real rube, for having not previously predicted cops demanding free OnlyFans access arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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A lot has happened in this past week, but don't forget that Neil Gorsuch and the rest of the conservatives said cities can criminalize needing a blanket in the cold.

The Supreme Court's cold ruling criminalizing homelessness: Justice Gorsuch's horrifying opinion in the Grants Pass case recalls an earlier heartless dissent. www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-co...

Assuming Wiener (sr status) participates, it will be an 18-member court — with 2 GOP appointees on the panel who already voted to partially uphold the district court's injunction, plus 5 Dem appointees on the court. I'm watching Richman, Haynes, and Willett here. Maybe Wilson?

UPDATE: Jonathan Mitchell and Kyle Duncan get another go at the First Amendment, as the Fifth Circuit this evening announced — after business hours going into the holiday weekend — that they're taking the Llano County library books litigation en banc. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Here's the 2-1 panel opinion, which was vacated with this evening's en banc grant. Duncan had dissented back in June, and Mitchell represents Llano County: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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FYI, DC: “This is a precautionary notice to all customers to boil water that may be ingested due to water of unknown quality. Customer should not drink the water without boiling it first.“

DRINKING WATER ADVISORY: DC Water Issues Boil Water Advisory for All Customers in the District of Columbia, the Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery and Reagan National Airport | DC Waterwww.dcwater.com

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We live in deeply unserious times

NEWS: Judge John Broomes, a Trump appointee in Kansas, today blocked the Biden admin Title IX rule as to Alaska, Kansas, Utah, & Wyoming — but also any school nationwide where Young America's Foundation members or the kids of Moms for Liberty go. Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Three things here: • The rule is not going into effect until September. • This ruling would block it from being enforced against the plaintiffs but is not a “nationwide injunction” blocking the rule as to everyone. • The final ruling, expected in Aug, could be more broad.

Breaking: Judge Ada Brown, a Trump appointee in N.D. Texas, has blocked the FTC’s noncompete rule, limited to the named plaintiffs, in an APA challenge as likely contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious. The rule is set to go into effect in September. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NOTE: This is *substantially* more broad than initial reporting I saw of this injunction — which just referenced the applicability in the four states.