Laura Moyer
@moyer.bsky.social
Courts scholar, runner, mountain person, all things October
All the "Where's Mitch" coverage reminds me of this evergreen piece 😂: babylonbee.com/news/family-...
Family Torn Between Placing Grandpa In Hospice And Having Him Run For Senate
LOUISVILLE, KY — A local family was faced with a difficult decision this week regarding whether to place their beloved grandpa in hospice care or have him announce a campaign for a U.S. Senate seat. T...
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From the Cato Institute --
Patrick G. Eddington@pgeddington.bsky.social · 3d agoA week after Trump issued his "national emergency" proclamation for the southern border, the military began planning for a potential invocation of the Insurrection Act & much more. Another major #FOIA get, out now. cc: @radleybalko.bsky.social @cjciaramella.bsky.social www.cato.org/blog/northco...
Former J6 federal prosecutors are begging senators -- mostly GOPers, but a handful of Dems are in there, too -- to stop confirming election deniers to lifetime federal courts seats. “Please stop poisoning our courts." www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
Former J6 Prosecutors Beg Senators To Stop Confirming Election Deniers To Court Seats
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I encourage folks to go to the article and its appendix and search for their institution. (This is how I discovered that my institution's campus police uses Flock's surveillance network.)
Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 2w ago"We found that at least 150 institutions of higher ed... are using Flock’s surveillance network.. many campus police departments have facilitated immigration related investigations, even when they are located in sanctuary states and are legally prohibited from doing so" by @torinmonahan.bsky.social
I've been teaching my National Security Law students about the "Alien Terrorist Removal Court" for 20 years. Now that the Trump administration is using it for the first time (ever), today's "One First" looks at what it actually *does,* why it exists, and where we should (and shouldn't) be concerned:
239. The Alien Terrorist Removal Court
The Trump administration has activated a secret 30-year-old court that's never been used. Here's what we know, and why we should (and shouldn't) be worried.
stevevladeck.com
I heard a bus full of judges was traveling across America so I got in my car and chased it to Ohio. What I witnessed was extraordinary. Inspired by Poland’s March of a Thousand Robes, retired judges walked through Columbus to stand up for the rule of law. Carlo 🐾 was a fan favorite. Watch:👇
LIVE from Ohio: I Followed a Bus Full of Judges. Here's Why.
Watch now | What I witnessed gave me hope for America.
livingitwitholiviatroye.com
Check out my colleague Jasmine Farrier's very timely article arguing that the Supreme Court is unlikely to effectively check presidential unilateralism www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Trump 47 and the Judicial Burdens of Presidential Unilateralism | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
Trump 47 and the Judicial Burdens of Presidential Unilateralism - Volume 59 Issue 3
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The outcome is thus: 5–4 that the Constitution protects birthright citizenship for the children of all immigrants. 6–3 that Trump's order is unlawful (because Kavanaugh says it violates a statute, NOT the 14th Amendment.) www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
A few times a year we all gather around the computer to find out which of our constitutional rights we no longer have.
The Supreme Court Gives Donald Trump Full Control Over the Executive Branch, Except the Part of It that Impacts Their Retirement Portfolios
Wong Kim Ark mural unveiled in Chinatown ahead of Supreme Court birthright citizenship decision localnewsmatters.org/2026/06/26/w...
Wong Kim Ark mural unveiled in Chinatown ahead of Supreme Court birthright citizenship decision - Local News Matters
San Francisco's Chinatown on Friday morning celebrated the unveiling of a mural entitled "I Am an American," featuring birthright citizenship historical San Francisco Chinatown unveils the “I Am an Am...
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"The Court’s behavior in the Louisiana and Alabama cases over the past six weeks can’t be reconciled with or explained by any coherent understanding of what Purcell supposedly stands for. ... The overall pattern reveals justices behaving in a way that has no obvious explanation other than politics."
231. The Death of Purcell's "Principle"
There is no coherent defense of the "Purcell principle" that can be rationalized with the Supreme Court's recent behavior in the AL and LA redistricting cases.
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New from me @notus.com: The DOJ has cancelled biannual election-crimes classes for investigators. It deleted the manual that explains how to avoid tampering with votes. And it isn't prepping for the usual Election Day command center at FBI hq. www.notus.org/2026-electio...
The Justice Department Hasn’t Taken Its Usual Steps to Protect the 2026 Election
The DOJ appears to be quietly scrapping its typical “command center” that would monitor Election Day emergencies.
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Van Hollen to Rubio: "Let's face it, Mr Secretary, the Trump foreign policy has become a dumpster fire"
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) said in a yet-to-be-published proposed rule Friday that it’s drawing up plans to radically crack down on mail voting by sending ballots only to voters who are registered with the federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Postal Service moving forward with Trump’s attack on mail voting
It signaled it plans to only send ballots only to voters who are registered with the federal government.
democracydocket.com
Congress must investigate Trump regime’s malfeasance, incompetence, and dishonesty. If war crimes were committed, the officials responsible need to be held accountable. And finally, Congress needs to pass legis to prevent presidents from unilaterally blundering into unnecessary, ill-advised wars
Extremely relevant today - our new report on the state of the rule of law in America brightlinewatch.org/erosion-of-t... Most notably, 91% of legal experts say Trump's DOJ provides favors or benefits to his allies, including 56% of legal conservatives. Findings thread below; please read & share.
Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3mo ago🚨New Bright Line Watch report on the rule of law in the US - joint w/@rickhasen.bsky.social's Strengthening Democracy Project at UCLA Law The most comprehensive expert survey to date - 21 federal judges, 113 elite lawyers, and 193 law profs brightlinewatch.org/erosion-of-t... 🧵 on findings below ⬇️
I’ve been invited to testify on what the House calls “Court Packing: A Threat to SCOTUS’s Legitimacy.” Drawing on research w/ Daphna Renan for our book, Supremacy, Congress has the duty—and all the tools it needs—to protect our Constitution from judicial supremacy. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Steve's right....and we need a Congress that cares about its role as a coequal branch.
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 3mo ago“Assuming courts will save us absolves our political leaders of both responsibility and accountability for allowing this kind of mischief to continue, and it absolves all of us of our responsibility to refuse to tolerate those who would just as quickly shrug their shoulders and move on.” My latest:
Breaking NOTUS: Trump pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune to fire the Senate parliamentarian after she ruled Republicans could not include funding for the ballroom in a budget bill, two sources familiar with the request told NOTUS.
Trump Is Pressuring John Thune to Fire the Parliamentarian Over Ballroom Funding
The nonpartisan Senate adviser determined that the ballroom funding, as written, could not be included in the party-line budget bill.
notus.org
The more interesting point is that only in the mid-20th c. did the vice president come to be regarded as part of the executive. His sole constitutional duty was to preside over the Senate. Presidents pro tem were elected only when the VP was absent. A great example of living constitutionalism!
Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 3mo agoeven apart from everything else, Vance occupies the office that very famously, as has been known ever since its first occupant John Adams complained about it 1793, consists of doing nothing and collecting a paycheck. "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived..."
The big story is about the unappropriated, misappropriated funds being dumped into an account for the enrichment of (in some to-be-determined combination) Trump personally, his personal lawyers and political lieutenants, and his insurrectionist rioting henchmen. 1/
Super interesting research on AI and governments.
Eddie Yang@eddieyang.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew paper in Nature. The more a government controls its domestic media, the more it dominates AI training data, the more pro-regime outputs we get from AI. By scraping the open web, LLMs are unwittingly laundering state-coordinated narratives into seemingly objective answers.
If you're worried about the November election, there's something important you can do to help: sign up to work at a voting location near you. You don't need experience; you'll get trained. Elections happen because thousands of ordinary people step up and help: www.eac.gov/help-america...
Become a Poll Worker | U.S. Election Assistance Commission
The EAC encourages those interested in becoming poll workers at the polls on Election Day to learn more about what is required and how to sign up to work with your local election office.
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The 2026 primary election voter guide from Kentucky Public Radio is live. Here's a post about how we made it. www.lpm.org/news/2026-05...
How we made Kentucky's 2026 primary election voter guide
The 2026 primary election voter guide from Kentucky Public Radio is live. Here's a post about how we made it.
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