Reminder that in the Trump immunity ruling, the Supreme Court ruled specifically that the president has total immunity when it comes to his communications with Justice Department officials:

Interesting read

Doesn't count unless this is on the list:

NEW: White House officials are "ecstatic" at their long winning run at the Supreme Court. Details on their aggressive legal strategy here: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Well it is my mum's 86th birthday, not sure if that counts.

It's so funny to see Pep slowly morph, tactically-speaking, into peak Mourihno.

In order to speed up the political prosecutions he has ordered, Trump wants to appoint one of his former personal lawyers as a US Attorney. Her background is insurance law.

Trump exerted public pressure on Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying it was time for the Justice Department to take action against a number of his political foes.

Good movie. RIP Robert Redford and his amazing jackets.

“You’re the Democratic nominee for Senator!” “You make it sound like a death sentence.” — “The Candidate”

New: The federal probe of Charlie Kirk’s killing has yet to find a link between Tyler Robinson & LW groups, per 3 sources familiar “Every indication so far is that this was one guy who did one really bad thing because he found Kirk’s ideology personally offensive” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

On a related note, couldn't Disney have just put Kimmel on Disney+ as a way to get around affiliate pushback?

sigh

In Global Health Council, Roberts *alone* has had the district court injunction on hold under a single-Justice administrative stay. That stay may be allowing Trump to effectively retroactively veto congressional appropriations that expire on 9/30.

And yet another Trump emergency filing at SCOTUS, this time accusing a lower court judge of defying SCOTUS in ongoing litigation over whether the administration can remove protected status from thousands of Venezuelans.

“Media outlets committed to liberal democracy should take the side of liberal democracy against authoritarianism. “Period. The end.”

Latest Trump shadow docket application at SCOTUS: Seeking to enforce policy aimed at transgender people that would prevent them from choosing sex designation on passports or use "X" as an alternative.

What?

But the mere implied threat of government action could presumably still count as unlawful jawboning if contested in court as a free speech violation.

The three Trump shadow docket cases now pending: -Trump trying to fire Fed board member. -Trump trying to fire FTC member. -Trump trying to withhold foreign aid funds.

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to immediately fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

This is of course Guy Fawkes Day in the UK, marking the occasion when a group of Catholics got together to plot against the king.

Supreme Court will hear tariffs case on Nov. 5

Judge, a Trump appointee, questions whether the Trump administration was acting in good faith.

Free Press, to be fair: www.thefp.com/p/jawboning-...

A key part of the analysis was that the plaintiffs lacked evidence the Biden administration's actions directly contributed to the decisions made by social media companies. In other words, no sign (unlawful) jawboning occurred. Contrast NRA case, where court said NRA had plausibly alleged coercion.

It's a strange world we live in

Was I imagining it or did Disney just win an Emmy the other day for a show about creeping authoritarianism?

Last month: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

BREAKING: Disney's ABC pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' 'indefinitely' after FCC chair criticizes the host's Charlie Kirk comments.

Judge Jeffrey Sutton, who chairs the executive committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference, asked yesterday on a press call about the concerns some judges have about safety in light of harsh Trump criticism and the Supreme Court's frequent & swift rulings for the president:

Some hot topics on the citizenship test:

happy constitution day theonion.com/area-man-pas...

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Obama on Charlie Kirk:

To be frank, people who are professional writers are not really the people who should or need to be using AI to write.

What's the feedback? It's been accepted by the clerk's office?

Republicans are pushing for additional security funding for the Supreme Court but not for lower court judges facing a wave of violent threats: www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Every man wants to dress like Robert Redford. No, wait. www.theguardian.com/film/gallery...

Did I hear someone say 303 Creative?

NEW: Tesla's "Full self-driving" is failing to detect oncoming trains at railroad crossings. Tesla drivers tell NBC News their cars didn't detect train horns, flashing lights and descending crossing arms. We even caught the issue on camera. www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

To be fair, she did try that last year.

The correct response

NEW: Bemoaning the lack of civics education, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wonders if Americans know the difference between a president and a king: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

No one rocks a herringbone jacket more than Robert Redford. RIP.

In MAGA world, any media that is not friendly to the president is engaging in defamatory and maybe even seditious activity.

Appeals court rules against Trump over his effort to immediately fire Fed member Lisa Cook. Trump appointee dissents.

A huge, monthslong data investigation from @NBCNews.com into childhood vaccination rates finds immunizations declining significantly. I was part of the dozens of journalists working on this story, which will be part of tonight’s NBC Nightly News broadcast. www.nbcnews.com/specials/vac...