This story opens with an account of a Salvadoran on temporary protective status who scrubbed Logan Airport bathrooms for nearly 30 yrs but just got fired because of a Stephen Miller initiative. Somehow reminds me of that tweet that got @terrymoran.bsky.social fired. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/u...

Had me cackling like a fool 😭

As you may've noticed, this was not a "mixed" decision, but a clear victory for Beatty, @democracydefendersaction.org, & Wash Litigation Grp. I got mixed up because Judge Cooper simultaneously denied a *different* grp of plaintiffs a prelim injunction to oversee the Kennedy Center's renovations.

Hopefully Todd Blanche won't scroll down far enough to see it, but Trump eventually says Judge Cooper "should be brought up on charges. " (Mainly because his wife worked as an attorney on some cases Trump doesn't approve of.)

As for Trump's "last-ditch" claim (filed 5/26) that removing his name from the Kennedy Center would render it "financially nonviable," Judge Cooper drop-kicked it in a footnote: untimely; "zero evidentiary value"; "unsupported opinion" & "contradicted by the record" & 60 yrs of history.

Yesterday from Maria Shriver. (I wonder if Judge Cooper knew about the birthdate.)

Judge Cooper has rendered mixed decision on Kennedy Center, which I'm still reading. But he finds RENAMING was ILLEGAL, and decision to close it down for 2 years was dereliction of common law duty of prudence. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Hearings on injunctions against the Trump/Blanche "Anti-Weaponization Fund": CREW v Trump: Wed 6/10 at 4pm (Judge Leon in DC) Floyd v DOJ: Fri 6/12 at 10am (Judge Brinkema in EDVa) Brinkema has BARRED govt from funding AWF, hearing claims, or disbursing funds in interim.

Judge Brinkema (EDVa) has issued, in effect, a temporary restraining order blocking any funding or disbursements under the $1.776B anti-weaponization fund pending further briefing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros says any claim that his office opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll is "categorically false."

And a couple hours earlier the Andrew Floyd et al suit in EDVa, represented by @democracyforward.org , asked Judge Brinkema for a temporary restraining order to stop the "Anti-Weaponization Fund." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

@citizensforethics.org has asked Judge Leon for a temporary restraining order to stop govt from implementing in any way the Trump-Blanche "Anti-Weaponization Fund" order of 5/18. Says "time is of the essence." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

11th Circuit has set the briefing schedule for the challenges by @knightcolumbia.org & @weareoversight.bsky.social to Judge Cannon's order barring release of Jack Smith's Vol 2 Report on the classified docs case. Briefing should be done late July. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Doesn’t get worse than this. DOJ probes 82 yo who is enemy & adjudicated victim of Trump. Alleged false statements in civil cases are ubiquitous & criminal probes of them are nearly unheard of. Judge & unanimous appeals panel found the mistake benign & irrelevant. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/u...

@cnn.com reports that Trump's DOJ is now criminally investigating E Jean Carroll over a mistaken answer she gave to a deposition in 2022 that both the District Judge & unanimous 2d Circuit found was benign. ... 1/2 www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/p...

The warrant sought "subscriber info" about those whol "subscribed" to "The Don Lemon Show." Magistrate can't see how that would be evidence of a crime. ...

Here is US Magistrate Docherty's newly unsealed order of 2/24/26 denying 5 search warrants in the Cities Church FACE Act cases (including @donlemonofficial.bsky.social ), all for lack of probable cause and other flaws. 1/2 www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

For context, the case to restore to Kennedy Center its proper name was filed on 12/22/25. Since then, The govt has filed 5 briefs & participated in 2 oral arguments. Yesterday was the first time the govt made this contention.

COO of [Trump-]Kennedy Center files declaration telling Judge Cooper that removal of Trump's name from the Center would render all trust-funded operations (that is, all programming) financially nonviable. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump's whacked out claims about @splcenter.org being "a part of the rigging of the [2020] election" are front and center in SPLC's motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution.

The SPLC has filed its motion to dismiss for vindictive and selective prosecution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge Perry sets briefing schedule for sanctions in the Broadview case. She'll release at least some portion of the grand jury minutes. Asks parties to try to agree upon "the scope of the redactions of the grand jurors' opinions about the case."

3d Circuit panel has GRANTED Mahmoud Khalil's petition to, essentially, let him to stay free and in the US while he seeks SCOTUS review of its ruling that Judge Farbiarz never had jurisdiction to release him.

MORE: "Broadview Six" defense attorney Chris Parente says there's reason to believe U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros had "personal contact with this grand jury."

NEW: In the Cities Church FACE Act cases in MN (with Don Lemon), govt sought five search warrants on 2/24 that were rejected by the magistrate judge. Govt resubmitted 4 of them on 3/6, & they were rejected again. Magistrate will now unseal litigation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Highly informative (gift) article, by @nytimes.com's Alan Feuer, about grand jury misconduct by Trump DOJ, including the Broadview case but also a case in Wyoming I hadn't known about ... 1/5 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

Bad-ass Pope Leo XIV bitch-slaps Pete Hegseth, while inviting @anthropic.com co-founder @colah.bsky.social to his press conference: "[I]t is not permissible to entrust lethal or otherwise irreversible decisions to artificial systems." www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

DEEP DIVE INTO SLUSH FUND! Read @annabower.bsky.social and me in @lawfaremedia.org as we explore what it is, where it come from, and what can be done about it. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

CREW (@citizensforethics.org) drew a cool docket number for a suit challenging an unconstitutional $1.776B slush fund: 26-cv-1789. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I don't have words for how this feels

BREAKING: Federal judge dismisses criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

So the 3d Circuit has, indeed, DENIED REHEARING EN BANC of Mahmoud Khalil's appeal. Five of 11 would have voted to rehear. A very big loss for Khalil and a many other noncitizen habeas petitioners, because the panel dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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He's so selfless when it comes to helping those who commit crimes to benefit him.

Mahmoud Khalil's motion to recuse Judge Bove from rehearing en banc of his appeal has been DENIED as MOOT in an order signed by Bove. (Bove at DOJ when Khalil was targeted.) Maybe that means Khalil's motion for rehearing has also been denied, but there's no indication of that in the docket yet.

NEW: The transcript of today's sealed hearing in the "Broadview Six" case IS IN. Read it here: cst.brightspotcdn.com/95/75/a403b7...

Proud Boys, too. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

With no extended discussion, the DC Circuit has VACATED and remanded the seditious conspiracy convictions in the top Oath Keeper cases (Rhodes, Meggs, Watkins, Harrelson) for "consideration of the govt's forthcoming motion to dismiss the indictment." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge Bates: "To adopt the government’s position that the [Presidential Records] Act is unconstitutional would disable Congress and future Presidents from reflecting on experience, in defiance of the very words engraved on the National Archives Building in Washington: 'What is past is prologue.'"

The corrupt Trump-Blanche deal is a "reward, if not an incentive, for political violence" ... [email protected] www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-228-... 1/2

"Trump has once again done something that is obviously corrupt but may prove impossible to unravel—unless a Congress controlled by his party finds the rare gumption to buck him." By colleauges @annabower.bsky.social & @ericcolumbus.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Judge Bates grants preliminary injunction ordering Exec Office of Pres, WH, Ofc of VP, & Chief of Staff Wiles to follow & enforce Presidential Records Act. (Injunction does not apply directly to POTUS or VP.) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

So, uh, DOJ believes a federal official should be prosecuted for taking documents they’re not entitled to? abcnews.com/US/doj-charg...

In seashells case, Comey files unopposed motion to put off arraignment till October, allowing time to fully brief "multiple" constitutional motions to dismiss beforehand. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Barney Frank, 1940-2026 GIFT LINK: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...

Reupping: "Those who engaged in the attacks last week will be brought to justice." ---Trump on 1/13/21, after the House impeached him but before the Senate had voted on whether to convict.