For those confused, SCOTUS already denied review of Carroll's $5M verdict, for sexual abuse (in 1996) and post-presidency defamations, which was tried first. Trump is now seeking review of the $83.3M verdict, for defamations during his first term.

Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · 36m ago

E. Jean Carroll asks SCOTUS not to review her $83.3M verdict. Trump is trying to raise an absolute immunity claim after his trial attys disavowed the defense twice & he litigated 3 years before raising it for the 1st time. ... 1/2 www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

E. Jean Carroll asks SCOTUS not to review her $83.3M verdict. Trump is trying to raise an absolute immunity claim after his trial attys disavowed the defense twice & he litigated 3 years before raising it for the 1st time. ... 1/2 www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

Judge Gleason has dismissed with prejudice (no opportunity to amend) DOJ's suit to stop the certification of the Alaska Senate election over the dual Dan Sullivan situation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Order on Motion for Leave to File AND Order on Motion for Leave to File AND Order on Motion for Leave to File AND Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief AND Order on Motion to Dismiss AND Order on M...

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION: The State's Motion to Dismiss at Docket 55 ; the Campaign's Motion to Dismiss at Docket 57 ; and the League of Women Voters' Motion to Dismiss at Docket 60 are each GRANTED. T...

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Judge Chutkan has set a briefing schedule for the new plaintiffs, DC & VA, who are seeking to bar Trump's Arch. The briefing will be complete at noon on 11/4, the day before work could begin. She will take DC & VA's request for an "administrative stay" under advisement.

Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · 23h ago

DOJ has argued that the suits to block Trump’s Arch don’t become ripe until agency action is final. That won’t happen, they say, ‘til the Nat Capitol Planning Com’n approves the Arch on 11/5 & Dept of Int approves it on 11/5 & Nat Park Svc publishes notice on 11/5. Work then starts—on 11/5. 1/2

DOJ has argued that the suits to block Trump’s Arch don’t become ripe until agency action is final. That won’t happen, they say, ‘til the Nat Capitol Planning Com’n approves the Arch on 11/5 & Dept of Int approves it on 11/5 & Nat Park Svc publishes notice on 11/5. Work then starts—on 11/5. 1/2

Judge Gayles dismisses *with prejudice* Trump's amended defamation complaint against Murdoch & @wsj.com over the Epstein birthday letter. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#80 in TRUMP v. MURDOCH (S.D. Fla., 1:25-cv-23232) – CourtListener.com

ORDER granting 68 Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint. Signed by Judge Darrin P. Gayles on 10/31/2026. See attached document for full details. (hs01) (Entered: 10/31/2026)

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I like Pope Leo XIV, but actress Barbara Barrie—95, with terminal cancer—was wiser than him on this issue. She opted for medically assisted death & peacefully took her final exit. Thanks, NY, for having a law that allows this. people.com/barbara-barr...

Barbara Barrie’s Daughter Reveals Mom’s Final Day Before Medically Assisted Death: ‘She Read the New York Times’ (Exclusive)

Actress Barbara Barrie died with medical assistance at age 95 on Wednesday, October 28. Her daughter Jane Harnick opens up about her mom’s final moments, and how Barrie was proud to ‘die with dignity....

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Here's DC & VA's brief seeking a temporary restraining order to block the Arch. It's been filed before Judge Chutkan as a "related case" to the one already before her, brought by Vietnam veterans. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Memorandum in Support – #2, Att. #1 in DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03838) – CourtListener.com

MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Declaration of Roger Kirchen, # 3 Declaration of David Maloney, #...

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Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · 2d ago

New suit by DC & Virginia to block Trump’s Arch seems to overcome standing hurdles. Cites impacts on traffic, emergency response, air traffic, environment & historic preservation. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

New suit by DC & Virginia to block Trump’s Arch seems to overcome standing hurdles. Cites impacts on traffic, emergency response, air traffic, environment & historic preservation. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

D.C. and Virginia sue to block Trump’s proposed triumphal arch

The lawsuit by the two jurisdictions, which called the arch “flagrantly unlawful,” increases legal pressure against the president’s planned construction project.

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At 4 pm ET, Benjamin Wittes will sit down with @mollyroberts.bsky.social @rparloff.bsky.social and @ericcolumbus.bsky.social to discuss developments in litigation against Trump administration’s policies on this week’s Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration. youtube.com/live/fVtxfd2...

No one has tracked the golf course shenanigans more closely than @mollyroberts.bsky.social, our top Golf Course Correspondent at @lawfaremedia.org. Not a job I ever expected a national security law site would need…and yet 🤷‍♀️🤣 Give her a follow! www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...

How Judge Reyes Became the Lorax

A case about a golf course turns into a tale about the rule of law.

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Molly Roberts@mollyroberts.bsky.social · 3d ago

There’s another hearing today in Lorax v. Once-ler Redux — sorry, I mean D.C. Preservation League. Doesn’t look like there’s a media room for this, so I’ll be in the courtroom. But I’ll try to type up some salient points after!

Some short memories on ballot-stacking. Remember when Republican operatives, including a Trump lawyer, tried to get Kanye West on state ballots as an independent presidential general election candidate in 2020, to siphon off votes from Biden? www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/u...

Republicans Aid Kanye West’s Bid to Get on the 2020 Ballot (Gift Article)

Republican activists in at least half a dozen states are deeply involved in the effort to get Kanye West’s name before voters, renewing questions about the aim of his campaign.

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After a 90-min hearing, Judge McFadden took under advisement James Comey’s motion to dismiss the 10/5 “waiverless information” filed against him in DC. He didn’t bar govt from seeking an indictment meanwhile, but said he’d be “unhappy” if Comey was arrested in a “dawn raid.” 1/6

Lawfare Live: Ex-FBI Analysts Charged Over Lying to Congress Hearing Dispatch - YouTube With @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org , @rparloff.bsky.social , and @annabower.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zvT...

Lawfare Live: Ex-FBI Analysts Charged Over Lying to Congress Hearing Dispatch

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Following the hearing in the criminal case of former FBI analysts charged with lying to Congress, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org will sit down with @annabower.bsky.social and @rparloff.bsky.social to discuss the 3-day preliminary hearing. youtube.com/live/-zvTxp7...

Lawfare Live: Ex-FBI Agents Charged Over Lying to Congress Hearing Dispatch

On Thursday, October 29, at 5 p.m. ET, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes will sit down with Senior Editors Anna Bower and Roger Parloff to discuss thre...

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Colleague @annabower.bsky.social, who's been live-posting the whole hearing, has a great explanation here of why Trump & Patel commenced a criminal probe of 2 decorated FBI analysts. When the probe came up dry, they filed a tortured false statement case instead. 1/3 bsky.app/profile/anna...

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 5d ago

Patel's directive to investigate Floris came just one day after Trump's July 16 address to the nation regarding the 2020 election. In that speech, he accused "rogue bureaucrats" of "burying" Chinese activities to manufacture illegal ballots for Joe Biden. www.cnn.com/interactive/...

Here's Judge Seabright's reasoning for expanding the scope of his earlier disqualification of Bill Essayli as US Atty in L.A. It seems to hold that his "First Assistant" title is "not meaningful" here & he can't supervise cases. Order stayed for now. 1/2 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Dismiss Case AND Disqualify Counsel – #85 in United States v. Ramirez (C.D. Cal., 5:25-cr-00264) – CourtListener.com

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART RENEWED MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND TO DISQUALIFY BILAL A. ESSAYLI FROM SUPERVISING CASES 68 by Judge J. Michael Seabright as to Defendant Jaime Hector Ramirez . ...

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Live-posting this hearing was quite challenging. Things moved fast, there were references to materials that aren’t public, and I don’t have a transcript yet. But here’s a 🧵with some additional details we learned today (with the caveat that i’ll need to confirm some things w/ the transcript later):

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 6d ago

COMING UP: Preliminary hearing before magistrate judge Faruqui in the criminal case of former FBI agents charged with false statements to Congress and obstruction. Things could get very interesting... I'm here in the media room for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along!

See my colleague @mollyroberts.bsky.social's definitive backgrounder. Funny, but not funny. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...

How Judge Reyes Became the Lorax

A case about a golf course turns into a tale about the rule of law.

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Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · 6d ago

Govt appeals Judge Reyes's preliminary injunction in the East Potomac golf course case. (The "I-am-not-the-Lorax-case.") storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Govt appeals Judge Reyes's preliminary injunction in the East Potomac golf course case. (The "I-am-not-the-Lorax-case.") storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#105 in DC PRESERVATION LEAGUE v. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-00477) – CourtListener.com

NOTICE OF APPEAL TO DC CIRCUIT COURT as to 101 Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Order on Motion to Stay, 103 Memorandum & Opinion by NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, JESSICA BOWRON, DEPARTMENT OF INT...

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COMING UP: Preliminary hearing before magistrate judge Faruqui in the criminal case of former FBI agents charged with false statements to Congress and obstruction. Things could get very interesting... I'm here in the media room for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along!

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 6d ago

While you were sleeping: DOJ files superseding complaint, adds obstruction counts in case against former FBI agents Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides Preliminary hearing set for today at 11 am. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Okay we're on lunch break until 2:45 pm. See you all back here then!

Attys for Floris & Benavides have just moved to strike the "purported superseding criminal complaint" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

From @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social re USA v Floris:

Overnight, DOJ rolled out a new (draft) complaint against Nikki Floris and Brad Benavides, the FBI agents Jeanine Pirro claims lied to cover up their knowledge of Hunter Biden investigation. It reveals the FBI had misrepresented a key witness' knowledge of the Hunter Biden investigation.

FBI Agent Byron Militello Gets Cold Feet on His Hearsay Witness in the Floris Case - emptywheel

The original affidavit charging Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides relied on undisclosed hearsay to present misleading claims that the Hunter Biden trial team made. So FBI found a new charge and a new...

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While you were sleeping: DOJ files superseding complaint, adds obstruction counts in case against former FBI agents Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides Preliminary hearing set for today at 11 am. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Govt's attempt to upend "long-settled case law" by invoking "stray language" from Slaughter and Trump v US is without merit and "would risk a return to the spoils system that Congress has sought to end since the 19th century."

Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · last wk.

Judge Furman rules that Maureen Comey's firing violated separation of powers. Orders backpay. Govt's arguments violate 2 centuries of SCOTUS rulings & would "unsettle the equilibrium established by this Nation's constitutional system." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge Furman rules that Maureen Comey's firing violated separation of powers. Orders backpay. Govt's arguments violate 2 centuries of SCOTUS rulings & would "unsettle the equilibrium established by this Nation's constitutional system." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ninth Circuit just finished hearing oral argument in DOJ's case to sequester 20K mail-in ballots in California IMHO, most likely outcome: dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, with District Judge Carter hearing case Tuesday. Two of 3 on panel seemed skeptical of DOJ's case on merits too.

Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · last wk.

In case to sequester 20K Calif ballots, DOJ waited till 10/15 to sue; waited till 10/19 to seek a TRO; was granted a hearing 10/27, but then demanded ruling by 10/22; when none issued, it appealed “constructive” denial 10/23. Incredibly, 9th Circ is hearing oral arg today at 4pm ET (Sunday). 1/2

In case to sequester 20K Calif ballots, DOJ waited till 10/15 to sue; waited till 10/19 to seek a TRO; was granted a hearing 10/27, but then demanded ruling by 10/22; when none issued, it appealed “constructive” denial 10/23. Incredibly, 9th Circ is hearing oral arg today at 4pm ET (Sunday). 1/2