Coming to a Supplement to Motion to Dismiss for Selective and Vindictive Prosecution near you* *if you live in the Eastern District of Virginia

On today’s episode: the Democrats caved on the shutdown & we’ll tell you why. And, as it turns out, Dr. Phil may be even more of a scumbag than you imagined. With @lizdye.bsky.social https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law-and-chaos/id1727769913

Today's timely post breaks down how the Trump administration secretly hijacked employees' email accounts to transmit partisan messages during the shutdown. Unless you think the government will never shut down again... with @lizdye.bsky.social www.lawandchaospod.com/p/court-slap...

I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”

Thanks for the excellent review of the tariff argument at the Supreme Court! Actually, thank you for all of your excellent reviews of what's happening in law right now. I live in a red State and it helps me to explain my position to others.

What’s going on at the Supreme Court with Trump’s tariffs? Is he headed for a (rare) loss at the highest court? And if so, why? We break it all down for you with @lizdye.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Each day I think this Supreme Court can't hit a new low, and each day they manage to surprise me.

The Trump administration got pummeled by the Supreme Court's conservatives yesterday in its efforts to argue that the President can raise taxes any time, anywhere in the world, by any amount, on every import, for any length of time. We wrote about it here: www.lawandchaospod.com/p/trumps-tar...

A must-read from @lizdye.bsky.social and a special guest elections analyst who might be familiar to our listeners….

Okay, I'm ready to call it: currently Justice *Gorsuch* is pantsing Sauer over the nondelegation and major questions doctrines. "Can you give me a reason why your argument doesn't cover Congress handing off the power to declare war to the President?" Sauer: [dissembles]

1/ Listening to the SCOTUS oral argument over Trump's tariffs and it's seems like Trump has already lost Justice Barrett. (Sadly), this is the most fire Solicitor General John Sauer has *ever* come under from the Supreme Court in Trump's second term. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

Legal experts agree that the indictment against me and five others is politically-motivated. Thank you @legaleagle.tv @lizdye.bsky.social for bringing attention to this case.

Clever girl! With @lizdye.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Yet another Trump goon illegally installed as US Attorney so Trump can prosecute his enemies. Has he prosecuted cases before? NO. Is he willing to drop abusive subpoenas on NYAG Tish James's office? YOU BETCHA. www.lawandchaospod.com/p/another-da...

Yes, @lizdye.bsky.social is back with another video for @legaleagle.tv. This time she has everything you need to know about the @katmabu.bsky.social indictment. GO! WATCH IT NOW! www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5T-...

1/ Judge Karen Immergut (a Trump appointee) just issued a remarkable, five-day preliminary injunction in Oregon v. Trump, where the parties just concluded a three-day bench trial on the merits of deploying national guard troops to Portland, Oregon. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The following members of the House and Senate think that -- as a legal matter -- the longstanding accepted view that the 14th Amendment confers citizenship to anyone born in the US (with minor exceptions) is wrong:

Who’s Bronston, why does he have a motion, why is James Comey borrowing it, and will it work?? And why does Ted Cruz suck so much at his job? These questions and more will be answered on today’s episode of Law & Chaos with me & @lizdye.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."

On Tuesday Lindsey Halligan got to splain why her Signal chats were NBD. Then the judge deciding if she should be DQ'd asked for the Comey & James grand jury transcripts. And another court ruled that Trump gets 1 interim USAtty per district. She's number 2 www.lawandchaospod.com/p/lindsey-ha...

I don't have a subscription to the @economist.com, so I can't tell you who the dipshit was who wrote this piece, and I highly recommend that you don't have one, either.

1/ In Abrego's criminal trial in the Middle District of Tennessee, the trial judge ordered the gov't to produce documents in camera (that means only to the judge, not Abrego) for initial review. Absurdly, the gov't DID NOT BATES NUMBER THOSE DOCUMENTS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

1/ The gov't just asked the 9th Circuit for a writ of mandamus telling Judge Ellis in Chicago she may not force Greg Bovino to show up in her courtroom every day, wear a body cam & personally stop teargassing peaceful protestors. I don't think it'll work. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I know this is procedural, but it is impossible to overstate what a win this is. (It is also impossible to overstate how low our expectations are of this Supreme Court.) SCOTUS has given Trump everything he's wanted since *May 16* (when it blocked Alien Enemies Act deportations in Texas in WMM)

BREAKING: SCOTUS defers any ruling for now in DOJ's request in the Nat'l Guard deployment case out of Illinois. Instead, the court asks for briefing about the term "regular forces" in Section 12406 — a matter raised by @martylederman.bsky.social. The means the TRO stays in effect for now.

The Kat Abughazaleh indictment has been assigned to Judge April Perry, the judge who issued the TRO blocking the National Guard deployment to Chicago . . . . . . . . . 😂 www.courtlistener.com/docket/71795...

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

Drake invites Second Circuit to release its own diss track

Did you hear Stephen Miller lie and say ICE and CBP agents are immune from state prosecution? That’s a lie. Find out why:

This headline is so bad at math it should be losing at poker to Nate Silver. Here’s a free rewrite: “Voters Who Liked Eric Adams Are Now Andrew Cuomo Voters” You’re welcome. thehill.com/homenews/sta...

Our @lizdye.bsky.social is back with another video for @legaleagle.tv, this time breaking down Trump's naked theft of $230 million in taxpayer dollars for nonexistent injuries he never suffered & for which he's not legally allowed to sue the government. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFQW...

On today's show, we talk about the lies told by Greg Bovino in Chicago. He's currently on the stand in federal court. Follow along with @jonseidel.bsky.social 's liveblogging below:

Lies. The connective tissue across all of our stories on today’s show is: this government lies. Also, we feature the return of Justin Baldoni Teaches Civil Procedure, this time with SPOLIATION! With @lizdye.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Yeah, so that is extremely not true. Texas trial courts are incredibly pro-plaintiff in personal injury cases. The problem for Paxton is that his claims are made up. Which may or may not matter.

As we wait for the Supreme Court to decide whether it matters that Trump LIED about a non-existent "rebellion" in Illinois, we wonder if the Ninth Circuit will care that Trump told similar LIES in the Oregon nat'l guard case. with @andrewtorrez.bsky.social www.lawandchaospod.com/p/will-9th-c...

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style. Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

It’s not just that they don’t have to turn off SNAP benefits — they’re not legally allowed to. They legally must use the contingency fund. The admin is pretending they can’t use it even though their own guidance from a month ago (that they’ve since deleted) contradicts that.

"Large firms represented plaintiffs in 15% of cases challenging Trump exec orders btw the start of his term in Jan and mid-Sept, compared with roughly 75% of cases during a comparable period in Trump’s 1st term." Big round of applause for Paul Weiss. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Q: On the pardon of Changpeng Zhao, Binance has significant business interests with World Liberty Financial, the president family's crypto company. How do you respond to criticisms that this is a corrupt act? LEAVITT: I would respond and say the president is exercising his constitutional authority

Zeldin is "sick" of people who are "just asking questions" about contrails being "dismissed and vilified by the media" for being morons. Zeldin instructed the EPA to compile a list of "everything we know about contrails." Here you go, Lee: contrails are exhaust trails from airplanes. The end.

BRB gotta go huff my soda stream canister

It may be worth pointing out that this is denying en banc rehearing of the *stay* in Newsom v. Trump. The merits ruling from that same panel is still outstanding.

The full 9th Circuit just voted NOT to rehear en banc the panel decision in Newsom v. Trump re: federalized troops in Los Angeles. (The motion for rehearing en banc in the Oregon v. Trump case is still pending.) No Republican appointees joined the dissent. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

@andrewtorrez.bsky.social www.rawstory.com/amp/james-co... The legal expert is Andrew Torrez!

"After sniping at a reporter for documenting their text conversation, Halligan went back to her tragicomical prosecution of a former government official for lying about conversations with reporters. Maybe she’s just pissed because Jim Comey knows how to speak on background?" — @lizdye.bsky.social

How are reporters quoting HHS Spox Tricia McLaughlin w/o noting she routinely fabricates lies about ICE's interactions with citizens and noncitizens alike? McLaughlin *just* invented a convoy of cars, when it turned out ICE rammed the victim and shot her unprovoked. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Called it youtu.be/4vfiCcgW2F4?...

Update: Comey's motion to disqualify Lindsey Halligan because she was illegally appointed US Atty for EDVA has been assigned to Judge Cameron McGowan Currie of the District of South Carolina. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...