Judge Burroughs speeds up her consideration of Somali TPS termination but not before taking a swipe at DHS General Counsel James Percival and what she calls "shameful cruelty" of refusing to give people a short window to prepare for deportation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: Judge Philip Brimmer has rejected Trump's attempt to compel Colorado to hand over the statewide voter registration list.

We tallied 75 cases in which federal district court judges ruled against the Trump administration's actions on the grounds that it was violating the plaintiffs' First Amendment rights.

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Trump vowed to 'bring free speech back.' Judges in 75 cases ruled that he has stifled it reut.rs/4fOpOLh

"Are you wearing the—" "The airbrushed T-shirt version of the 1974 artwork Lynda Benglis ran as an ad in Artforum printed as an almost unrecognizably ethereal palimpsest on a sheer, beaded, short-sleeved dress in the Dior Haute Couture F/W 26-27 collection? Yeah, yeah I am." greg.org/archive/2026...

Scoop: New "60 Minutes" boss Nick Bilton sent a memo to staff about leaks, which naturally leaked to @status.news. Details here: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

Bilton’s Leak Battle

The new “60 Minutes” executive producer welcomed staff back from their July vacations with a weekend memo in which he delivered a stern message about leaks, a missive that naturally leaked to Status.

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CNN: Pirro seen leaving the White House wheeling a box and a large briefcase

Judge blocks New York ban on face coverings for ICE

Judge blocks New York ban on face coverings for ICE

The ruling allowed another state law that bars agreements between ICE and state or local law enforcement agencies.

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“Time is not Paramount’s ally. Beginning Sept 30, the company owes Warner shareholders a $650 million ticking fee every quarter .. out of a firm with .. free cash flow of $96 million last quarter and $123 million the quarter before ..” @jeffsonnenfeld.bsky.social fortune.com/2026/08/03/p...

NEW/EXCLUSIVE: Paul Weiss led the legal resistance during Trump’s 1st term. But when Trump came for Paul Weiss last year, the firm quickly capitulated. Here’s the inside story of how that happened. w/ the incomparable Michael Schmidt. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...

How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (Gift Article)

Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...

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UPDATE: Burgum joins Trump-Pirro fray, says "evidence is clear" that vandals damaged reflecting pool, despite Pirro saying that until recently Burgum's agency withheld info that undercut criminal prosecution www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Trump dings longtime ally Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case

The president said he disagreed “100%” with the top Washington prosecutor after her office abandoned vandalism charges for the former Olympian.

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Trump dings longtime ally Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case

A federal appeals court ruled that the former CEO of Steward Health Care cannot sue members of a Senate panel for subpoenaing him in 2024 to testify about the hospital operator's collapse and then holding him in criminal ​contempt when he refused to appear @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4ce2zt7

A federal judge blocked the city of Houston, Texas, from enforcing race-conscious policies governing a program that sets aside certain public contracts for minority-owned businesses after finding they were unconstitutional @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4vWiIKT

10th Cir. shoots down an ACLU challenge to Oklahoma's anti-riot statute, which it brought following the prosecutions of several George Floyd protesters. Plaintiffs had a double-heavy burden: they brought a facial challenge and appeal is of the denial of a PI. www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...

President Trump had (loudly) promised that he would ask #SCOTUS to grant rehearing of its June 30 decision blocking his executive order purporting to limit birthright citizenship. The deadline for such a request was yesterday—and ... crickets.

New: eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million to resolve a lawsuit by a Massachusetts couple who fell victim to a ‌bizarre stalking and harassment campaign carried out by several employees in retaliation for their newsletter's coverage of the company. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

EBay, former executives to pay $56 million to settle couple's harassment case

EBay and three former top executives have agreed ​to pay $55.7 million to resolve a lawsuit by a Massachusetts couple who fell victim to a ‌bizarre stalking and harassment campaign carried out by seve...

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New: eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million to resolve a lawsuit by a Massachusetts couple who fell victim to a ‌bizarre stalking and harassment campaign carried out by several employees in retaliation for their newsletter's coverage of the company. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

EBay, former executives to pay $56 million to settle couple's harassment case

EBay and three former top executives have agreed ​to pay $55.7 million to resolve a lawsuit by a Massachusetts couple who fell victim to a ‌bizarre stalking and harassment campaign carried out by seve...

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Judge blocks Minnesota from implementing novel prediction markets ban reut.rs/4fBbgPj

Judge blocks Minnesota from implementing novel prediction markets ban

A federal judge on Monday ​blocked Minnesota from enforcing ‌a newly enacted law that made ​the state the ​first nationally to outright ⁠ban prediction markets ​like those run ​by Kalshi and Polymarket.

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Johnson & Johnson announces $5.5 billion settlement of talc lawsuits reut.rs/4hBwY8d

Johnson & Johnson announces $5.5 billion settlement of talc lawsuits

Johnson & Johnson ‌said on ​Monday ​it has reached ⁠a $5.5 ​billion ​settlement that will resolve ​tens ​of thousands of ‌lawsuits ⁠alleging its baby ​powder ​and ⁠other talc ​products ​cause ⁠cancer.

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UPDATE Brazil has denied visas to the two State Department officials Trump planned to send to undermine confidence in the country’s electoral system

Brazil denies visas to U.S. delegation aiming to impugn election system, officials say

The U.S. delegation had planned to visit the Brazilian capital and cast doubt on the integrity of the voting system before a presidential election this fall, officials said.

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THE ALASKA AVALANCHE: With Blanche confirmation in the balance, DOJ keeps snowing $$$ on Sen. Lisa Murkowski's home state. Release: www.justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/u... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

"Nor does the FDA explain how, without these ​restrictions, prescribing the drug becomes an intolerable risk which would require withdrawal of the drug ​from the market," Judge Ballou wrote as he ruled against FDA restrictions on the abortion drug mifepristone. www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...

US judge says Biden-era restrictions on prescribing abortion drug are unlawful

A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that it was illegal for former President Joe Biden's administration to require doctors and pharmacies to be ​specially certified to prescribe the abortion drug mi...

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The U.S. Senate elevated a district court judge who had blocked several initiatives of Democratic President Joe Biden's administration to a seat on one of the most conservative federal appeals courts in the nation @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4fuehRr

Why do I follow so many accounts on Bluesky that keep retweeting click bait "news" from questionable news sources?

NEW: As Todd Blanche courts wobbly GOP votes on his confirmation as AG, the Justice Department is showering a lot of attention and $$$ on Alaska, whose Sen. Lisa Murkowski hasn't said yet whether she's a yes or a no. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social & Chris Marquette www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Lisa Murkowski is undecided on Blanche’s confirmation. Her state is getting a windfall from DOJ.

The senior Republican senator from Alaska has a history of leveraging her vote to get wins for her state.

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JUST IN: Remember this Bondi tweet and the mugshots released contrary to DOJ policy? Prosecutors just dropped another case, this one v. special ed teacher Christina Rank. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

BREAKING: In response to the challenge to the NYT subpoenas, DOJ in a Monday filing put on the docket today agreed to put off the subpoenas for two weeks as the government takes "particular investigative steps" that it suspects will be relevant to the court in assessing the motion to quash.

U.S. Circuit Judge Bobby Shepherd has decided to step down from active service on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, creating a new vacancy on the ​St. Louis-based court that President Donald Trump could fill @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4wVb8Bd

France has become the first country in the European Union to ban children under 15 from using social media

French Lawmakers Adopt A Sweeping Social Media Ban For Children Under 15

The vote makes France the first country in the European Union to approve a blanket ban on social media platforms.

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The 5th Circuit, sitting en banc, will decide whether §922(g)—the entire federal statute that prohibits violent offenders from possessing firearms—violates the Constitution's commerce clause. A vehicle to increase gun deaths while gutting congressional power. www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...

JUST IN: A federal judge in Minnesota — Trump appointed chief judge Eric Tostrud — has rejected the administation's effort to force Minnesota to cooperate in enforcing federal immigration law. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...