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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6h

UPDATE: Judge Perry issued an opinion explaining why she blocked the Texas National Guard deployment in Chicago.

She begins with Alexander Hamilton’s rejection of a “preposterous” idea that the Constitution lets a President deploy a State’s militia to a different State for political retribution. 🧵

OPINION AND ORDER
Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division
of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This
tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not even
the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one
state's militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such
a suggestion "inflammatory," and stating "it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." But Plaintiffs contend that such
an event has come to pass, and argue that National Guard troops from both Illinois and Texas
have been deployed to Illinois because the President of the United States wants to punish state elected officials whose policies are different from his own.

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 9h

A little moment in my newest James Gunn interview www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui refuses an indictment DC US Atty's office got from DC Superior Court grand jury after US District Court grand jury refused to indict. Faruqui calls indictment "facially invalid." Govt to appeal to Boasberg. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 13h

*desperately trying to figure out what people actually do at job I'm not qualified for*

"Hey, here's a fun game, why doesn't everyone send an email talking about how they spend their working ours?!"

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16h

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 14h

I'm not a rally guy but the way this is upsetting the worst people in the country really makes me want to attend

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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David Kluft @dkluft.bsky.social · 17h

#LegalEthics Tidbit: How can I turn an innocent Zelle transfer error into a one-year suspension?

An OH attorney inadvertently Zelle-transferred $550 to a man in Illinois who had the same name as attorney’s husband. The Illinois man contacted his bank & was ... (cont.)
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#lawsky #law

Image by Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels. Woman checking phone in restaurant.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Read the indictment returned against New York AG Letitia James, via @lawfaremedia.org:

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