LISTEN IN: To MidPoint on WMNF Free Speech Roundtable on Wed. 9/24, 10 am on 88.5 fm wmnf.org. Join lawyers Ryan Barack of employeerights.com, James Shaw former Chair ACLU of FL Legal Panel and Tiffany Hilton, former V.P. ACLU of FL for a discussion of free speech rights and the 1st Amendment.

Here is Judge Merryday’s order striking Trump’s complaint. Merryday is a stickler for the rules and an order like this should have been expected. In some ways this helps Trump because it tells his lawyers to clean up their pleading without having to respond to a substantive motion to dismiss

The Florida Bar filed a comment on the petition of the Fla Attorney General and others to allow out of state attorneys to practice law in Florida without having to pass the Bar Exam. You can read it here. acis-api.flcourts.gov/courts/68f02...

Folks need to be reading 404 Media which continues to have the most important and interesting reporting on tech issues, like this story about how a very well known dashcam company was very easily hacked and is selling the videos you are recording to governments. www.404media.co/this-company...

State of Florida is painting over ALL street murals statewide. They cannot acknowledge any acceptance of gay, trans or black folks so anything that does needs to be silenced. If that requires destroying the artwork of children or parents so they can claim to be content neutral they are ok with that.

On Aug 1 the Ninth Circuit lifted a stay in AFGE v Trump, essentially allowing Trump to end labor rights for federal employees. The Executive Order holds that virtually all federal employees, except for the few unions politically aligned with Trump, primarily work in national security.

Trump’s new executive order on college sports isn’t about saving anything. It protects a system built on unpaid labor while billions flow to universities, coaches, and corporate partners. It discourages revenue sharing and tells the DOL and NLRB to keep calling athletes “not employees.”

In Fulton v. Fulton County Board of Commissioners, the 11th Cir holds that Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause provides a direct cause of action against local governments—even without a statutory remedy like § 1983. Takings Clause is “self-executing,” entitling property owners to just compensation.

Who are the out-of-state developers financing the effort to create a Christian nationalist community in Tennessee - and why are they banking on a collapse of society as we know it?

NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask Judge Crenshaw to bring DHS back in line after its tweets and comments calling the judge "LAWLESS" and Abrego an "MS-13 gang member" and "human trafficker." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Hugging the head of HR is a choice.

Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated). It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings. It has written majority opinions in only 3. Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*

“.. a burst of activity from clients who were holding off on purchases until the bill was signed.” @cnbc.com www.cnbc.com/2025/07/14/t...

BREAKING: Judge rules that during its large-scale enforcement operation in LA, DHS/ICE has been arresting people without probable cause -- based on factors like accent and line of work. She orders the agencies to stop. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

New FREE Murderbot novella. reactormag.com/rapport-mart...

Florida law, which was already awful on non-competes just got even worse. www.employeerights.com/blog/2025/ju...

11th Circuit holds that public high school teacher who is transgender cannot use preferred personal title and pronouns in classroom. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

While the case was pending in front of him at the state appeals court Judge Artau was actively seeking a federal nomination. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

New SCOTUS decision in Stanley v. City of Sanford. Affirms 11th Circuit, holding ADA does not protect former employees. City policy giving better benefits to regular retirees than to disability retirees is not actionable under the ADA. Fractured majority. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Time to talk about the elephant in the room: The unified Florida Bar is becoming unworkable. The Florida Supreme Court has steadily limited what the Bar can do, making it harder for it to function as both regulator and member service provider. 🧵

The first person arrested by the Marines is an Army veteran who was on his way to work at the Veterans Administration. It appears he was arrested for crossing a yellow line which the Marines did not realize was not designed to exclude federal employees from reporting to work.

Florida Supreme Court orders Florida Bar to end affiliation with American Bar Association (ABA). Commanded via letter from Chief Justice, no formal order, no opportunity for public or Bar members to comment.

Too bad there is not some sort of organization to combat antisemitism www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-rfk-...

This bespoke exception for the Fed is one of the most brazenly made-up things I've ever seen the Supreme Court do (which is saying something). There is no principled basis to distinguish the Fed from other independent agencies. The conservative justices just don't want Trump to crash the market!

Florida AG acknowledges that Bar Exam is unnecessary! Wants out of state lawyers to be admitted to Florida Bar without having to take Bar Exam www.floridabar.org/the-florida-...

You hang a Dear Leader banner on a federal building and #LordLaser is gonna have something to say about it.

Florida court rules judicial bypass which allowed minor to receive health care without parent’s consent is unconstitutional. www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

The thing that’s so stupid about BigLaw continuing to capitulate is that they ARE LAWYERS and could challenge these illegal actions themselves if they had the slightest bit of courage; it’s not like they are dentists and would have to go hire attorneys. www.abajournal.com/news/article...

the left is making a big push in (western) Pennsylvania next week:

Don’t believe the hype… the average American has three friends.

After worker leaders were detained, the bus transported the remaining workers to the worksite. The targeting of known union supporters in this action is deeply troubling and raises questions about whether immigration enforcement is being misused to intimidate organizing workers.

URGENT: This morning in Western NY, federal immigration agents stopped a bus of farm workers from Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms. They had a list of names, including UFW worker leaders who have been organizing to unionize their workplace. Those workers were detained.

A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday found Leo Govoni in contempt of court after he finally responded to one subpoena issued in September with a financial record she described as " a complete waste of paper." Govoni also faces a FBI investigation. www.tampabay.com/news/health/...

A complete victory for Perkins Coie over the Trump EO. Justice prevails. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Glad to see that Perkins Coie had a complete victory over the illegal Trump EO.

Great job, Brad Karp.

I will be speaking this Thursday at the noon at Federal Courthouse in Tampa. Please come join us in Tampa or your local event.

The legal profession observed Law Day for 67 years. It's never looked like this, with lawyers set to mobilize en masse in front of 40 U.S. courthouses. They're reaffirming their oaths because of the "full-blown assault" on the rule of law. @www.AllRiseNews.com www.allrisenews.com/p/law-day-de...

We received very nice post cards thanking us for standing up for the rule of law.

Take a minute from your day and read this chilling story about how quickly we've gotten to where we are.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

Honored to be one of more than 800 law firms filing another amicus brief opposing the Trump administration’s attacks on law firms. files.constantcontact.com/3c8705f3801/....

On May 1st, join your Tampa Bay area colleagues in front of the U.S. District Court Courthouse as we retake our Oath of Admission to the Florida Bar on Law Day! lawdayofaction.org

1/ To be clear: This is Homeland Security (a named defendant) deliberately evading an injunction preventing the admin from renditioning detainees anywhere other than their country of origin/removal - i.e., El Salvador - by first sending them to Gitmo & then having Defense Dept send them to CECOT...

Congrats to Mark Carney on another +5 to come in the polls

Whomever is keeping the list of capitulating law firms will want to add Holland & Knight and these other folks.

The federal government is making lists of Jews. At Barnard College. In 2025. theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...

Fascism Watch: At the end of February 2025, the Florida Attorney General's Office replaced their normal logo which had featured a law book and scales of justice with this weird thing featuring an eagle, alligators and the words "FREE STATE OF FLORIDA."

It is awful when people, including Supreme Court justices, fake outrage about a book they haven’t bothered to read.