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I am 100% with you here.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I am 100% with you here.
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a few days ago ICE took someone outside my house. tonight someone else came by with a sign and asked if they could put it on our property because ICE has been destroying signs
Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’
The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
a few days ago ICE took someone outside my house. tonight someone else came by with a sign and asked if they could put it on our property because ICE has been destroying signs
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Mr. Guan, whose asylum claim is one of the most obviously meritorious I've ever seen, may fall victim to the Trump administration's latest effort to "pretermit" hundreds of thousands of asylum claims without ever giving them a hearing.
Learn more here.
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NEW: A major shift in underway in recent months kicked into gear this week, with ICE trial attorneys around the country asking immigration "judges" to toss out *nearly all* asylum applications on the grounds of "safe third country" agreements with Uganda, Honduras, Ecuador, and Guatemala.
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Mr. Guan, whose asylum claim is one of the most obviously meritorious I've ever seen, may fall victim to the Trump administration's latest effort to "pretermit" hundreds of thousands of asylum claims without ever giving them a hearing.
Learn more here.
Learn more here.
This is a stay pending en banc rehearing.
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is a stay pending en banc rehearing.
I’ve made it very clear that I think Barrett’s CASA opinion was an unworkable mess. Here is one example of that, which, beyond CASA, the Eleventh Circuit has handled extremely poorly here.
December 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’ve made it very clear that I think Barrett’s CASA opinion was an unworkable mess. Here is one example of that, which, beyond CASA, the Eleventh Circuit has handled extremely poorly here.
You can certainly make that argument. But, if you’re going to change First Amendment remedies — that Kavanaugh and Barrett said could counsel different considerations — I think you need to do so with a full argument and opinion.
December 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
You can certainly make that argument. But, if you’re going to change First Amendment remedies — that Kavanaugh and Barrett said could counsel different considerations — I think you need to do so with a full argument and opinion.
Yeah, it’s the company HM Florida-ORL, so I think they’re still covered. (This came up a few times either in briefing or arguments.)
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Yeah, it’s the company HM Florida-ORL, so I think they’re still covered. (This came up a few times either in briefing or arguments.)
For nearly two-and-a-half years, Florida has been blocked from enforcing its anti-drag law against anyone.
Even SCOTUS rejected their request to enforce it.
Now, with no opinion, the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the injunction only covers Hamburger Mary’s—and, as such, can be enforced otherwise.
Even SCOTUS rejected their request to enforce it.
Now, with no opinion, the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the injunction only covers Hamburger Mary’s—and, as such, can be enforced otherwise.
December 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
For nearly two-and-a-half years, Florida has been blocked from enforcing its anti-drag law against anyone.
Even SCOTUS rejected their request to enforce it.
Now, with no opinion, the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the injunction only covers Hamburger Mary’s—and, as such, can be enforced otherwise.
Even SCOTUS rejected their request to enforce it.
Now, with no opinion, the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the injunction only covers Hamburger Mary’s—and, as such, can be enforced otherwise.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Follow the thread.
December 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Follow the thread.
What just happened?
The Eleventh Circuit today (1) fundamentally altered First Amendment remedies, (2) in a renewed stay request already rejected once, (3) with no opinion, (4) that this very Supreme Court previously rejected.
The Eleventh Circuit today (1) fundamentally altered First Amendment remedies, (2) in a renewed stay request already rejected once, (3) with no opinion, (4) that this very Supreme Court previously rejected.
December 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What just happened?
The Eleventh Circuit today (1) fundamentally altered First Amendment remedies, (2) in a renewed stay request already rejected once, (3) with no opinion, (4) that this very Supreme Court previously rejected.
The Eleventh Circuit today (1) fundamentally altered First Amendment remedies, (2) in a renewed stay request already rejected once, (3) with no opinion, (4) that this very Supreme Court previously rejected.
The wild thing here is that, when SCOTUS denied Florida’s request for the very stay granted today in 2023, Justice Kavanaugh — joined by Justice Barrett — explained that as a “First Amendment overbreadth” case — different principles might apply than in other cases. www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-flo...
![court, after holding that a law violates the Constitution, may nonetheless enjoin the government from enforcing that law against non-parties to the litigation is an important uestion that could warrant our review in the future.! But [highlight]the issue arises here in the context of a First Amendment overbreadth challenge, which presents its own doctrinal complexities about the scope of relief.[/highlight] This case is therefore an imperfect vehicle for considering Le general question of whether a district court may enjoin a government from enforcing a law against non-parties to the litigation. For that reason, the Court is not likely to grant certiorari on that issue in this particular case.
In sum, because this Court is not likely to grant certiorari on the only issue presented in Florida's stay application, it is appropriate for the Court to deny the application.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreicgy4z2ovmd2wu3rq2smjkq3pfkxvz33lox5z7qgn6q2huzqbpdne@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The wild thing here is that, when SCOTUS denied Florida’s request for the very stay granted today in 2023, Justice Kavanaugh — joined by Justice Barrett — explained that as a “First Amendment overbreadth” case — different principles might apply than in other cases. www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-flo...
Florida, however, also asked the appeals court to reconsider the stay request — denied previously — following CASA (the “universal” injunctions) decision. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Today, the appeals court granted that request — with no opinion.
Today, the appeals court granted that request — with no opinion.
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Florida, however, also asked the appeals court to reconsider the stay request — denied previously — following CASA (the “universal” injunctions) decision. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Today, the appeals court granted that request — with no opinion.
Today, the appeals court granted that request — with no opinion.
Earlier this month, the full Eleventh Circuit agreed to rehear Florida’s appeal of the loss below. (A 2-1 panel at the Eleventh Circuit had also sided against Florida.)
BREAKING: Full Eleventh Circuit will rehear the challenge to Florida’s anti-drag law, vacating an earlier 2-1 panel opinion that blocked the law.
Due to the fact that no court has stayed the district court’s order, as of now at least, the law remains blocked during the en banc rehearing.
Due to the fact that no court has stayed the district court’s order, as of now at least, the law remains blocked during the en banc rehearing.
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Earlier this month, the full Eleventh Circuit agreed to rehear Florida’s appeal of the loss below. (A 2-1 panel at the Eleventh Circuit had also sided against Florida.)