"The party's hostility to Israel is too much, which is why I hired a Christian Nationalist as my personal lawyer on my Supreme Court petition for certiorari."

Ep 222 — Chief Justice Roberts Burned Down Democracy To Save Coal Plants Podcast Episode · Law and Chaos · April 21 · 59m

What happened inthose secret memos where Chief Justice Roberts steamrollered his colleagues back in 2016 to drastically reshape how the Supreme Court does business? We've got you covered.

Oh, and Kash Patel is hilarious & so much more
with @lizdye.bsky.social

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Agreed, I was thinking Kash was domiciled in DC, but Liz set me straight.

Important point: under DC Circuit precedent, DC’s local anti-SLAPP law is considered “procedural” and therefore does NOT apply in federal court (where this has been filed).

Possibly the Atlantic might try to remove to state court.

@lizdye.bsky.social @andrewtorrez.bsky.social I’ve been a happily paying subscriber to the podcast for a while. What I didn’t expect was how this 1970’s Baltimore kid would be so consistently delighted by the “Ahoy, Crewmembers!” intros. So thanks for those. 😀

NOTICE OF NEW CASE ERROR regarding 1 Complaint,. The following error(s) need correction: Noncompliance with LCvR 5.1(c). Please file a Notice of Errata stating the error and attach the corrected initiating pleading to include the name & full residence address of each party and file using the event Errata. Alternatively, file under seal using the event Sealed Document. COMPLIANCE DEADLINE is by close of business today. This case will not proceed any further until all errors are satisfied. (gsk)

Auspicious beginning as Binnall omits to put the parties' addresses in the original filing, or file them under seal.

Could happen to anyone, but it's annoying that we still don't know which judge winds up with this turkey

The Onion plans to turn Infowars into a comedy site with satirical echoes of the fringe conspiracy theories that Mr. Jones is known for. Tim Heidecker, one of the comedians behind “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, has been hired to serve as “creative director of Infowars.” He said he initially plans to parody Mr. Jones’s “whole modus operandi.” Mr. Heidecker has been working on his impression of Mr. Jones. But eventually, when that joke gets old, Mr. Heidecker said that he hoped to turn Infowars into a destination for independent and experimental comedy. “I just thought it would be just a beautiful joke if we could take this pretty toxic, negative, destructive force of Infowars and rebrand it as this beautiful place for our creativity,” Mr. Heidecker said in an interview. During a recent trip to Philadelphia, he traveled to the Liberty Bell to film a video in character as the new creative director of Infowars.

Get excited.

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In that case, if Trump continues with his war, he will be violating the War Power Resolution—in addition to usurping Congress's authority under the U.S. Constitution.

FBI Director Promises To Pound 'The Atlantic' Like A Six Pack On A Tuesday MAGA trollsuit lawyer prepares for another round.

As we all await Kash Patel's eleventy trillion dollar lawsuit against The Atlantic, let's spend a little time with his wonderweasel lawyer Jesse Binnall

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As @lizdye.bsky.social says, Trump has both retail and wholesale bribery outfits.

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The Strait of Hormuz is open. No wait, it's closed. Today on @heartlandsignal.bsky.social we'll dig into the latest on the mad man in the oval office with:

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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com

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Oh but Jesse Binnall did such a great job for Mark Robinson

If you thought the Flynn settlement was dipping a toe into the water, I give you this ocean of corruption:

the United States’ duty to safeguard tax return information under 26 U.S.C. § 6103 and the Privacy Act. The case remains in its early stages. Good cause exists to grant an extension in this matter while the Parties engage in discussions designed to resolve this matter and to avoid protracted litigation. This limited pause will neither prejudice the Parties nor delay ultimate resolution. Rather, the extension will promote judicial economy and allow the Parties to explore avenues that could narrow or resolve the issues efficiently. II. Argument A. Good Cause Supports a 90-day Extension. Courts routinely grant extensions motions where, as here, an extension serves the interests of justice and efficiency without harming any party. The Parties are engaging in discussions and need time to work through how to ensure those discussions can take place productively to avoid protracted litigation. This brief period will allow the Parties to initiate and structure those discussions in a manner that best serves the interests of all Parties and the Court

BREAKING: IRS confirms it's negotiating with Trump family to pay a "settlement" in the wildly defective lawsuit over the leak of his tax returns.

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BREAKING: Secretary Brain Worms has thoughts on the mental health of President Pope Jesus Doctor

Federal Tort Claims Act waiver of sovereign immunity

Sadly, neither part of this is a crime. The remedy for "don't have a grifter president who steals public funds and gives it to his grifter friends" is "don't elect grifters to the Presidency."

The Trump administration gave $1.25 million of our tax dollars to Michael Flynn to "settle" a bogus lawsuit for wrongful prosecution in a case WHERE HE PLED GUILTY.

Now, as Anna points out, the government might be gearing up to shovel even more money at him to settle another equally frivolous case.

Also a bunch of Andrew Was Wrongs!

Why don’t you ask your toaster oven what it thinks about Six-Day War?

Jeanine Pirro Moves To Un-Convict Proud Boys For Jan 6 AYFKMRN

Exactly what is the DOJ up to in the Proud Boys cases, and how did procedural shenanigans set the stage for the administration's efforts to rewrite history??

All in today's post:
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Yeah on a practical basis I don’t see the DC Cir appointing an amicus. Biggs previously moved to dismiss his appeal. The court will either vacate or deny and force the other defs to either move to dismiss or pay Norm Pattis (!!) to brief it.

I think both provisions would apply but yes

Wouldn’t

Yeah it means Thorpe doesn’t technically *foreclose* relief in the sense that I’d seek Rule 11 sanctions against Pirro for citing it. But would you cite this case as “see generally”? I sure as hell would t

STATE CONSTITUTIONS MATTER

(Link to US v. Thorpe)
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5/ The President has the power to pardon convicted criminals, Rao notes. "But except for this limited grant, the Executive has no authority to vacate or set aside court judgments."

"No authority." Not under Rule 48(a), or anything. Pardon or bust. (And of course these guys were already pardoned.)

Constitutional separation of powers also supports reading Rule 48(a) to preclude the government from using its "dismissal" authority to vacate final judgments. Article III of the Constitution vests federal courts with the power to issue binding judgments in cases and controversies within their jurisdiction. See Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc., 514 U.S. 211, 219, 115 S.Ct. 1447, 131 L.Ed.2d 328 (1995) (explaining the "judicial Power is one to 776*776 render dispositive judgments") (cleaned up); William Baude, The Judgment Power, 96 Geo. L.J. 1807, 1811 (2008) ("[T]he judicial power is the power to issue binding judgments and to settle legal disputes within the court's jurisdiction."). The Constitution expressly empowers the President to pardon criminal offenses. U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 1. But except for this limited grant, the Executive has no authority to vacate or set aside court judgments. See Chicago & S. Air Lines v. Waterman S.S. Corp., 333 U.S. 103, 113, 68 S.Ct. 431, 92 L.Ed. 568 (1948) ("Judgments within the powers vested in courts by the Judiciary Article of the Constitution may not lawfully be revised, overturned or refused faith and credit by another Department of Government."); Hayburn's Case, 2 U.S. 408 (2 Dall.) 409, 410, 1 L.Ed. 436 (1792) (explaining the Constitution does not authorize the Executive "to sit as a court of errors on the judicial acts or opinions" of an Article III court). Once a court enters judgment, only a "superior court[] in the Article III hierarchy" can modify or vacate the judgment.[6] Plaut, 514 U.S. at 218-19, 115 S.Ct. 1447; Miller v. French, 530 U.S. 327, 342, 120 S.Ct. 2246, 147 L.Ed.2d 326 (2000) (same). Rule 48(a) reflects these fundamental separation of powers principles by authorizing the Executive to dismiss criminal charges before the court enters judgment. with first sentence highlighted in yellow

4/ On THE VERY PAGE THE GOV'T CITES (776), Judge Rao - did I mention this opinion was written by Trump's favorite DC Cir judge, Neomi Rao? - says that separation of powers "supports reading Rule 48(a) to preclude the government from using its "dismissal" authority to vacate final judgments."