NYT nails it.

Important paper from @stevevladeck.bsky.social exploring how SCOTUS is steadily undermining the authority of the judiciary as a whole by treating federal district court rulings as provisional findings that can be whimsically swept adide. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The founder of the IALDF said in a sworn statement filed today that a senior Iranian official confided in him that ICE had shared the details of dozens of Iranian nationals’ asylum claims with his office. A number of Iranian detainees held by ICE reported the same in their own declarations.

The number of children receiving SNAP nationwide has dropped by more than 1.5 million since Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill became law, based on CBPP’s analysis of available data from 17 states. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

"the second time in a week that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have stopped the wrong vehicle while executing an arrest warrant and fatally shot someone."

Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman.

Similar agreements out of Florida are also locking the federal government into the Trump administration’s goals on immigration and, more recently, voter verification through the SAVE database.

“It’s purely political and will throw the country into chaos to not have a functioning commission four months before the midterm elections.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

"Ms. McGonigle's satirical social media content is purr-tected speech," ACLU ​lawyer says of her client, who runs an Instagram account called "CatsOnACouch" that mocks Vice President JD Vance and is suing over her exclusion from a recent event in Maine. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

In Florida, Judge T. Kent Wetherell rules that a settlement agreement DHS signed with Florida in December requires the agency to restore access to the SAVE system to Florida and three other red states. Writes the agreement overrides Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s earlier order shutting down access.

NEW: A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that ICE held monthly in-person meetings with Iranian officials in which it divulged details on Iranian asylum seekers and gave Tehran some say in which individuals the Trump administration would deport. Claims both State and ICE coordinated handing over files.

In a remarkably direct exchange, Judge Reyes dressed down a government lawyer over the lack of details surrounding Trump’s plans to redesign East Potomac Golf Links into a luxury championship course. Said it was clear from the past week that plans are underway, and gov isn’t acknowledging it.

JUST POSTED PART II A NYT ANALYSIS OF CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS EVIDENT IN TRUMP's $2.2 BILLION HAUL (free link) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

NEW: Federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people in the last 5 days, a major surge that has stemmed from a push at ICE to increase arrests. The WH has wanted more arrests. The expectation inside ICE is 2K arrests a day. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

Judge Emmet Sullivan rules that under a settlement agreement USPS reached with NAACP in 2021, the Postal Service cannot pursue a proposed rule — required by Trump’s EO this year — restricting mail-in voting based on state voter lists. Terms of that settlement were to run through the 2028 cycle.

🚨 We analyzed the Supreme Court’s decisions over the past 20 years and found that for the first time, the court issued more consequential rulings on its “shadow docket” (unsigned orders often decided without arguments) than the traditional merits docket. www.propublica.org/article/supr...

The NRA and its charitable foundation are suing each other in multiple courts. Maybe they really can *both* lose! www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-nra-is...

* Hormuz Vessel Crossing Update, Back down to 24 “.. The pullback to 24 reflects renewed escalation: the U.S. conducted fresh strikes on Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday ..” @bloomberg.com

There's no sugar-coating Slaughter. It's an enormously important ruling (far more important than the other three decisions #SCOTUS handed down today). It's a huge win for Trump/the executive. And it's going to have massive ramifications for the functioning of the government long after Trump is gone.

JUST IN: NYT v Sullivan escapes unscathed at #SCOTUS as justices deny review of dismissal of law prof Alan Dershowitz's libel suit v. CNN. Justice Thomas joined by Gorsuch again complain that Sullivan standard is made up, but can't get votes for cert. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

putin is bleeding his country dry for his own ego and megalomania

GREAT SCOOP from @michaelscherer.bsky.social: National Park Service projects are now being defunded to cover President Trump’s Washington renovation spree. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

DC saw the largest jump in residential electricity prices in the US last year—hitting those struggling most. Urban experts outline three steps the next mayor and council can take to improve energy affordability. #Electricity #Affordability #DC

BREAKING: Judge Sullivan just granted my Motion for Preliminary Injunction, ordering Todd Blanche to produce TO THE PUBLIC, on or before July 2nd, specific UNREDACTED Epstein Files documents or show cause as to why they should not be produced. Details to come! www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246...

Fourth (and *last*) ruling from #SCOTUS is in TPS. For the usual 6-3 majority, Justice Alito holds that federal law forecloses judicial review of statutory challenges to the executive branch's termination of temporary protected status for Haiti, Syria, etc.: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

The Trump DOJ has no right to seize Michigan's voter data, the Circuit's majority rules, in alignment with every district court to have considered the question.

Potential candidates are both quietly and loudly teeing themselves up to be considered if a Supreme Court seat opens. Allies are privately pushing their people to those in Trump’s orbit. But some of the perceived jockeying among judges is pretty public. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

BREAKING: over the next few years NARA will close: National Archives at Chicago Chicago Federal Records Center (FRC) National Archives at San Francisco San Bruno FRC NARA COO Jay Trainer told agency staff he knows this will be "unsettling" and "challenging" for them. In addition, NARA will move 🧵

By a 2-1 vote, a D.C. circuit panel ruled that the Trump administration can expand expedited removal to people arrested far from the southern border, overturning a decision by Judge Jia Cobb that the policy violated due process rights. Majority view by Judges Walker and Rao (both Trump appointees)

This article examines whether DHS's expansion of expedited removal from border enforcement affecting thousands to nationwide application affecting hundreds of thousands survives scrutiny under the major questions doctrine & post–Loper Bright framework #AILALawJournal https://bit.ly/4dlsFKu

JUST IN: the DC circuit allows the Trump administration to resume the use of “expedited removals” for people apprehended far from the southern border, reinstating a policy that Judge Jia Cobb had blocked last year. Earlier:

The higher ed angle here is clear: the H-1B to Green Card system has allowed US college universities to higher on a global basis, and faculty could feel quite secure in their immigration status. Now? Not so much.

Today the Court only issued a decision in case number 4: Blanche v. Lau. A 6-3 decision declares that green card holders returning from trips abroad may be deemed "applicants for admission" in some situations, despite their permanent resident status, via a rapid decision by a frontline CBP official.

Third (but *not* last) #SCOTUS ruling is in Landor. For the usual 6-3 majority (noting a theme, here?), Justice Gorsuch makes it *much* harder for plaintiffs to sue under any federal statute enacted under the Spending Clause. Another quietly *major* ruling: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Judge Sparkle Sooknanan barred the Trump administration from providing combined DHS and Social Security data to states after Texas and others used the system and flagged eligible voters as noncitizens. Says govt “trampled on the privacy rights of Americans” and “threatens the sacred right to vote.”

Many lessons to be taken from this new searchable database including: Todd Blanche's gross mismanagement of DOJ over this period Courts saying: 'presumption of regularity'/government good faith simply gone Courts: increasingly sanctioning DOJ attorneys⬇️ www.justsecurity.org/133928/immig... 1/🧵

BREAKING: A federal court just blocked the DOJ from seizing private data on millions of Maryland voters. In 9 out of 9 attempts, courts have prevented the Trump administration from accessing voters' data.

The Department of Justice is trying to get the NAACP’s Clean Air Act suit against xAI tossed because it claims the government should be able to block *all* citizen suits it opposes to avoid “Article II” concerns. As today’s “One First” explains, this argument is as scary and alarming as it is novel:

Fantastic @susanrinkunas.com on the disingenuousness of Collins: "a closer look at Collins’ record on judicial nominees shows, she'd do it all over again if she had the chance. In Trump’s 2nd term alone, Collins confirmed at least 17 anti-abortion judges to lifetime seats" www.ms.now/opinion/susa...

The Rhode Island district court will not sanction a DOJ attorney who failed to disclose that a man appearing before Judge DuBose was wanted for murder in the D.R. The court had appointed a special counsel who found that ICE concealed that fact so the man would be released, engineering a controversy.

Today is election day in Washington, DC, Georgia, Alabama, and Oklahoma! Want to keep up with the coverage? Follow these local newsrooms and reporters for the very latest:

New lawsuit in D.C. challenging plans to redesign West Potomac Park as Trump's proposed "Garden of American Heroes." That makes (at least) 9 active cases related to Trump's various redevelopment schemes spanning the ballroom, Kennedy Center, Memorial Circle arch, East Potomac Links, etc.

“Some fighters will receive bonuses in ‘stablecoins’ issued by Trump family business World Liberty Financial”

The Kennedy Center board has filed an emergency motion to stay at the DC Circuit and it is bonkity-bonkers. For the first time, they say they amended the bylaws to strip all funding from the center if it removes Trump's name. No Trump KC, no money. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: Judge Susan Baxter (Trump/WDPA) dismisses suit challenging alleging that improper vote counting and ballot production procedures in PA led to inaccurate results in 2024 election. Baxter says challengers claim vote dilution & lack standing. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: Judge Amit Mehta declines to intervene to stop the UFC fight on Trump’s birthday, just two days from now. Raised concerns over standing and the “unreasonable delay in bringing the suit” after planning had been underway for a whole year.

I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.

NEW from @ms.now + @themarshallproject.org: ICE has detained *over 500 babies and toddlers* during Trump's second term. www.ms.now/news/trump-i...

11th Cir.: Florida man, descendant of slaves held in Confederate states, does not have standing to force state to stop maintaining Confederate memorials, including street names, on public land with taxpayer dollars. Injury is not concrete or particularized. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

Just used this case to scare the living shit out of every attorney in my firm, with dire threats and refreshers on policy. I am humming a little tune.