There are 13 days until the midterms. What has your U.S. Representative done this week? What have YOU done about it this week?
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Emergency motion filed in mail in ballot case
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Mail in Ballots emergency motion filed
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Two nonprofits have sued the federal government over a proposed deep-sea mining operation in the pristine waters near Rose Atoll, American Samoa. I was once chief counsel to the American Samoa Fish and Wildlife Agency. Please keep your eyes on this one, it needs attention.
There are 76 days until the midterms. What has your U.S. Representative done this week? What have YOU done about it this week?
The Aloha Friday Morning Report for August 14: a sweeping new DOJ executive privilege memo, Trump's emergency ask to the Supreme Court over the White House ballroom, and the Harvard antisemitism case dismissed. Watch: https://youtu.be/702wdykDcyU
Phang v. Blanche: at today's status hearing, Judge Emmet Sullivan held DOJ lawyers in contempt over their handling of the unredacted Epstein records. A firsthand account from court. brynodc.com/opinions
The slowdown in sex-trafficking investigations is one consequence of an overhaul of federal law enforcement the Trump administration launched last year. Almost everything that isn't tied to immigration has taken a back seat.
Phang v. Blanche update from the D.C. federal courthouse: the judge pressed DOJ on redactions, withheld handwritten notes, and claimed duplicate documents in the Epstein files under the Epstein Transparency Act.
Update on Phang v. Blanche: journalist Katie Phang's civil suit pressing the DOJ and Todd Blanche to release Epstein files under the Epstein Transparency Act; a federal judge has been questioning DOJ over its failure to produce privilege logs.
Trump sued over his Truth Social plan: The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation argue charging for early access to the President's posts unconstitutionally burdens access to official government statements. #firstamendment
There are 83 days until the midterms. What has your U.S. Representative done this week? What have YOU done about it this week?
An update on Barbara v. Trump: attorneys have asked the district court to clarify whether Trump's two new executive orders violate the injunction protecting birthright citizenship. More at brynodc.com/opinions
9th circuit on time limits and tort claims for immigration detainees. storage.courtlistener.com/pdf/2026/08/...
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Just where is he investing this money, I wonder. #civics #civics101
Today's Morning Report is up. A judge blocks the VA from tearing up its 320,000-employee union contract, a court sets aside HUD's homelessness funding overhaul, and Maine takes on DOJ over unmarked license plates for ICE agents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh002cidsxc
Update on Trump v. The Wall Street Journal: after this morning's 90-minute hearing, the judge stayed discovery and reserved his ruling on the motion to dismiss. No decision yet, and Trump's amended complaint still has to clear the actual-malice bar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CehxaRAtuj8
Trump filed an emergency motion in his BBC defamation case, one day before he must hand over financial records for his trust and businesses. He sued them, claimed huge financial harm, and now doesn't want to prove it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxk_FJdkHeo
There are 90 days until the midterms. What has your U.S. Representative done this week? What have YOU done about it this week?
A new round of tariff cases just hit the federal trade court. On 8/3, 25 states led by Oregon sued at the U.S. Court of International Trade over the new Section 301 tariffs, the third attempt at sweeping tariffs after IEEPA and Section 122 fell short. #tariffs #civics