Congress considers permitting “reform” to allow agencies to simply ignore science (and public comments too). legal-planet.org/2025/09/07/h...

OLC reared its head recently to opine that Trump can abolish any national monument he wants. Here are just a few of the problems with OLC’s opinion. www.yalejreg.com/nc/olc-rears...

Trump is coming for libraries and museums too. Arizona Law’s Teresa Miguel-Sterns writes about what we stand to lose. tucson.com/opinion/colu...

A beautiful and haunting reflection on Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

This is the most important news right now. Finally, someone stands up in the Senate & uses the filibuster. We need to see more of this, but that only happens if we pay attention. He has committed to stand & talk on the Senate floor until he can’t anymore. Give this man some support!

Environmental Justice is Not About “Them.” It’s About All of Us. Check out this @acslaw.bsky.social op-ed co-authored by Prof. Sharmila Murthy @sharmilamurthy.bsky.social, former director for environmental justice at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. www.acslaw.org/expertforum/...

Trump is making the environmental review process under NEPA worse. Worse for the environment. Worse for the public. Even worse for business. John Ruple, Jamie Pleune, and I explain at the link and in a comment we filed with 25 other profs to CEQ. progressivereform.org/cpr-blog/tru...

We apologize to our Ukrainian supporters. We are embarrassed by how our president and vice president have behaved. We are fighting to redeem the soul of America. 🇺🇸

Leadership is doubling down, but GOP members are getting nervous about the budget’s extreme unpopularity. You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.

Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world.

Another Friday, another Friday night massacre. May the military’s new leadership remember that their first loyalty is to the constitution. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...

I'm quoted along with @rickhills.bsky.social and other experts in this deep dive on the attempted revocation of federal approval for congestion pricing, by @henrygrabar.bsky.social. slate.com/business/202...

And just like that, all of the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act are gone. Don’t know how they are going to avoid this causing massive chaos and unpredictability for anyone seeking a federal permit. ceq.doe.gov/docs/laws-re...

Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut. This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.

How can we have fair elections if the incumbent president controls the Federal Elections Commission? We need an independent agency to oversee our elections, not a political operations designed to steamroll opposition parties.

That THIS EO does not infringe on the independence or authority of courts doesn't mean those core principals aren't under threat (see statements of Vance). We need to save our fire on that front for when it's needed. 3/3

Trump's EO asserts that the President and AG provide "authoritative interpretations of law for the executive branch." The effect is to bind independent agencies, which have been understood to have the authority to adopt their own legal interpretations, not the "independent judiciary." 2/3

Let's be clear about the nature of Trump's latest power-grab . He is effectively ending the independence of independent agencies (if the courts allow him to). He DID NOT assert that the President's interpretation of the law overrides Congress or the Courts. 1/3 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Musk and his lackeys are taking the unprecedented, outrageous, unnecessary, and suspect step of accessing the tax returns and social security payments of every American family and business. Will the public wake up? Will Democrats successfully make hay? Will Republicans finally speak up?

Scientists explaining the devastating impact of Trump's assault on science. "[Trump's] actions will end research that is working to cure cancer, develop new technologies, drugs, and therapies, clean up environmental contamination, or solve climate change." tucson.com/opinion/colu...

In response to Trump’s assertion, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” we say: The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

Here is the oath all executive branch employees take. It is to support and defend the Constitution, not to “implement the president’s agenda.” If the two purposes diverge, the Constitution prevails.

I hear the nagging question you ask inside your head a few hundred times a day: "Is it me, or has a huge portion of this country lost its mind?" It isn't you. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli...

“And though it may be objectively shocking that a modern American president would repeatedly admit to this, without fear of significant pushback, on a random Saturday, it is regrettably unsurprising for this particular president.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

This is what slashing the federal workforce looks like. Human suffering. Opportunity squandered. And the continuing selflessness of (former) civil servants. And for what? Nothing that serves the America people. taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran...

Thanks to everyone out there who keeps fighting good fights, be they big fights or small ones. You matter. We see you.

Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

Musk said he was occasionally going to make mistakes. So what if it was almost immediately and involved nuclear weapons? What’s the big deal, we have lots of them. . . Oh wait, maybe this is a big deal.

Thankfully, it appears that “felonious individual” remains available.

I support our federal workers. I support our federal workers. I support our federal workers. I support our federal workers.

The interim US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, a FedSoc member and former Scalia clerk, has done more to publicly expose the corruption of the Trump administration this week at greater personal cost than any elected official I can think of.

If we needed even more evidence that Trump wants a DOJ loyal only to him and not the constitution or the rule of law . . .

“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.” static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics... All of this. All. Of. It.

The original proc: The quest for LGBT equality after Stonewall evolved from protests and small gatherings into a nationwide movement. Lesbian women, gay men, bisexual and transgender people united to ensure equal rights for all people regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity

The proclamation establishing Stonewall recognizes the importance of transgender people to the place and the movement it catalyzed. It’s shameful that NPS removed any reference to them. It’s also contrary to the legal document creating the monument. obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-of...

“I’m completely serious that the lawyers involved should be honored by law schools, the ABA, and any other institutions who care about the rule of law. Hell, they should get a ticker-tape parade down Broadway for this.” Agreed. They defended democracy at great personal cost as they are now targets.

98% of NIH grants that should have gone out this month, didn't. Despite court orders 'unfreezing' the funds, they are frozen. Biomedical research will grind to a halt. Clinical trials will end. All for no reason: the total impact on the US budget is miniscule

Honestly terrifying. How about securing nuclear stockpiles, managing nuclear export controls, nonproliferation around the world?

Between the Bove/Sassoon/Adams contretemps and Attorney General Bondi’s preposterous letters to Apple and Google, Thursday was about as bad a day for the Department of Justice’s credibility as we’ve seen in generations. Me, via “One First”: www.stevevladeck.com/p/124-the-th...

If you support any of this, you’re honestly just a terrible person. People’s lives are being upended and destroyed. For every 1% increase in unemployment, 40,000 people die—yet some are celebrating.

I'm looking for recommendations for lawyers who handle cases for wrongfully dismissed federal employees, specifically for probationary employees dismissed without adequate justification. Thanks.

Many more lives of people who have dedicated themselves to serving the public disrupted by Trump’s reign of terror. This isn’t about saving money - compensation for ALL federal employees is only 3% of the federal budget - it’s about incapacitating government. apnews.com/article/trum...

Danielle Sassoon and I probably don’t agree on a lot. She is a former Scalia clerk, federalist society contributor, and Trump appointee. But we agree that prosecutorial decisions should not be political favors. Thank you for standing up for the rule of law. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

This former US Atty supports the courage of Danielle Sassoon, the acting US Atty in SDNY, who put service ahead of self & refused to let politics interfere with prosecutions. True American hero. Thank you for your service, Danielle. You are the best of us. Who's with me?

“We should not have to prove our citizenship. We are the original people in this country, but we’re in a scary time right now, and I don’t want any American Indian to get lost in the system. [ICE] ‘lost’ children the last time they did this. It’s just like the boarding school experience.”

Thank you @repbarragan.bsky.social, @repyassansari.bsky.social, + 39 others for demanding answers on gutting DOJ's environment division. This is how the opposition must act: calling Trump to account. Where's the rest of the caucus @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social? barragan.house.gov/wp-content/u...

Another small sign that all is not yet lost: They still feel compelled to backtrack when an egregious example of the fleecing of America comes to light. time.com/7221880/stat...

The title of my essay published today in The Atlantic is pretty much what I'd have thought to be a unanimous understanding of the Constitution: “Presidents May Not Unilaterally Dismantle Government Agencies.” Yet Trump's assault on checks and balances continues. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Do Senate Republicans believe Trump’s nominees are fit for the job, or are they just cowards who care more about avoiding a primary challenge than the good of the country? Hint: McConnell being the only R to oppose Gabbard suggests an answer. And it’s not that McConnell has become a lefty.