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Suddenly an immigration lawyer. Not quite ready to give up on this place.
Panel full of Jerrys
December 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Panel full of Jerrys
I just assume it’s a panel
December 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I just assume it’s a panel
Somehow, a habeas petition showed up on Aileen Cannon’s desk
December 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Somehow, a habeas petition showed up on Aileen Cannon’s desk
To be fair the pardon power was grossly overbroad even before that decision
December 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
To be fair the pardon power was grossly overbroad even before that decision
Off to get married at the First Reformed Church. Going to be a lovely day!
December 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Off to get married at the First Reformed Church. Going to be a lovely day!
It’s been said a million times but he really used to be better at this. He can’t even spar with reporters anymore.
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It’s been said a million times but he really used to be better at this. He can’t even spar with reporters anymore.
Once again NYT wholly accepts Trump's framing. Here's what the order actually does:
1. AG to set task force to sue state AI laws on constitutional (??) grounds
2. Commerce Sec. to review state AI laws and report the ones he doesn't like (1/2)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/t...
1. AG to set task force to sue state AI laws on constitutional (??) grounds
2. Commerce Sec. to review state AI laws and report the ones he doesn't like (1/2)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/t...
Trump Signs Executive Order to Neuter State A.I. Laws
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
No but seriously give us the name of the IJ and their state bar
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
No but seriously give us the name of the IJ and their state bar
Filed in Aileen Cannon's court for good measure
December 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Filed in Aileen Cannon's court for good measure
Apart from the state charges thing, I wonder if they even bothered to write up a real pardon or if this is just a post
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Apart from the state charges thing, I wonder if they even bothered to write up a real pardon or if this is just a post
She isn't being released though
December 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
She isn't being released though
Mostly this will create extra work for overstretched federal litigators and opportunities for ambitious state AGs. What it will not do, especially in the short term, is "neuter state AI laws"
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Mostly this will create extra work for overstretched federal litigators and opportunities for ambitious state AGs. What it will not do, especially in the short term, is "neuter state AI laws"
(2/2)
3. Try to cut off remaining broadband funds to states if they can
4. Explore other discretionary grants to cut if they can
5. FTC Chair will issue opinion saying state AI laws are totally preempted by the FTCA
6. Proposes legislative priorities that Congress will ignore.
3. Try to cut off remaining broadband funds to states if they can
4. Explore other discretionary grants to cut if they can
5. FTC Chair will issue opinion saying state AI laws are totally preempted by the FTCA
6. Proposes legislative priorities that Congress will ignore.
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
(2/2)
3. Try to cut off remaining broadband funds to states if they can
4. Explore other discretionary grants to cut if they can
5. FTC Chair will issue opinion saying state AI laws are totally preempted by the FTCA
6. Proposes legislative priorities that Congress will ignore.
3. Try to cut off remaining broadband funds to states if they can
4. Explore other discretionary grants to cut if they can
5. FTC Chair will issue opinion saying state AI laws are totally preempted by the FTCA
6. Proposes legislative priorities that Congress will ignore.
lol there's bluffing and then there's *bluffing*
The weird thing is that I can't find evidence that Trump has made a threat like this publicly.
It seems like Heritage is either freelancing or else laundering an administration threat in a way that gives Trump plausible deniability.
It seems like Heritage is either freelancing or else laundering an administration threat in a way that gives Trump plausible deniability.
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
lol there's bluffing and then there's *bluffing*
Can Congress make the Secretary of the Treasury strictly liable for illegal impoundment dollars? There's only one way to find out.
December 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Can Congress make the Secretary of the Treasury strictly liable for illegal impoundment dollars? There's only one way to find out.