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Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
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and the administration hasn’t shown legal authority to use the military to “execute the laws” in Chicago. Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch dissented. 2/2
December 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
and the administration hasn’t shown legal authority to use the military to “execute the laws” in Chicago. Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch dissented. 2/2
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JUST IN: The Supreme Court has DENIED Trump’s request for a stay to allow the deployment of a federalized National Guard force in Illinois. The Court said “regular forces” in 10 U.S.C. §12406(3) likely means the U.S. military, 1/
December 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
JUST IN: The Supreme Court has DENIED Trump’s request for a stay to allow the deployment of a federalized National Guard force in Illinois. The Court said “regular forces” in 10 U.S.C. §12406(3) likely means the U.S. military, 1/
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The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files have cast renewed scrutiny on the links between former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Epstein — a relationship that has already sent Mountbatten-Windsor into what is widely seen as royal exile.
New Epstein files shed more light on his ties to Prince Andrew
The documents show that U.S. authorities sought to interview the former prince in connection with two separate criminal investigations.
wapo.st
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files have cast renewed scrutiny on the links between former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Epstein — a relationship that has already sent Mountbatten-Windsor into what is widely seen as royal exile.
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‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables
‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables
The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rival
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables
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Wow, this is a must watch.
This is bizarre, an abuse of power by the Trump administration based on lies to set an example so that people would refrain from immigration.
They were tortured, sexual abused and more.
Everyone involved needs to be prosecuted. Period.
www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
This is bizarre, an abuse of power by the Trump administration based on lies to set an example so that people would refrain from immigration.
They were tortured, sexual abused and more.
Everyone involved needs to be prosecuted. Period.
www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
www.thereset.news
December 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Wow, this is a must watch.
This is bizarre, an abuse of power by the Trump administration based on lies to set an example so that people would refrain from immigration.
They were tortured, sexual abused and more.
Everyone involved needs to be prosecuted. Period.
www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
This is bizarre, an abuse of power by the Trump administration based on lies to set an example so that people would refrain from immigration.
They were tortured, sexual abused and more.
Everyone involved needs to be prosecuted. Period.
www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
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Trump is clearly still on his quest to nab Greenland.
And for that, you can thank Ronald Lauder of Estée Lauder, the $29 billion makeup brand, who reportedly told Trump to buy the country in 2019.
And for that, you can thank Ronald Lauder of Estée Lauder, the $29 billion makeup brand, who reportedly told Trump to buy the country in 2019.
Meet the guy who reportedly told Trump to buy Greenland
Manifest Destiny met luxury cosmetics when makeup billionaire and Republican donor Ronald Lauder mentioned buying Greenland to the president.
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Trump is clearly still on his quest to nab Greenland.
And for that, you can thank Ronald Lauder of Estée Lauder, the $29 billion makeup brand, who reportedly told Trump to buy the country in 2019.
And for that, you can thank Ronald Lauder of Estée Lauder, the $29 billion makeup brand, who reportedly told Trump to buy the country in 2019.
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Flanked by a chemical plant and an oil rig construction yard, the site at Donnel Point in Texas may be the last of its kind on this stretch of coastline, now occupied by petrochemical industries.
Indigenous Groups Fight to Save Rediscovered Settlement Site on an Industrial Waterfront in Texas - Inside Climate News
Flanked by a chemical plant and an oil rig construction yard, the site at Donnel Point may be the last of its kind on this stretch of coastline, now occupied by petrochemical industries.
insideclimatenews.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Flanked by a chemical plant and an oil rig construction yard, the site at Donnel Point in Texas may be the last of its kind on this stretch of coastline, now occupied by petrochemical industries.
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Bitcoin’s buzz is gone. Investors chose real gold in 2025 | Nils Pratley
Bitcoin’s buzz is gone. Investors chose real gold in 2025 | Nils Pratley
Gold is up 70% while the cryptocurrency is down 6% after it failed to bounce back from a rapid October sell-off
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Bitcoin’s buzz is gone. Investors chose real gold in 2025 | Nils Pratley
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Chicago has been one of the latest stops on the Trump administration’s deportation tour, with ICE and Border Patrol agents terrorizing the city.
Locals fought back.
Locals fought back.
Lessons from Trump’s “war” on Chicago
ICE and Border Patrol agents terrorized the city, and locals fought back.
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Chicago has been one of the latest stops on the Trump administration’s deportation tour, with ICE and Border Patrol agents terrorizing the city.
Locals fought back.
Locals fought back.
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Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn’t like buff.ly/7SfgoUZ
Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn’t like
On Monday, December 22, the Trump Administration announced it was pausing five major offshore wind energy projects, citing “national security risks.”
thebulletin.org
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn’t like buff.ly/7SfgoUZ
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Exclusive: Thousands of internal ICE messages reviewed by The Post show how the team has produced videos for social media of immigrant arrests to portray the White House’s push for mass deportation as critical to protecting the American way of life.
‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
wapo.st
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Exclusive: Thousands of internal ICE messages reviewed by The Post show how the team has produced videos for social media of immigrant arrests to portray the White House’s push for mass deportation as critical to protecting the American way of life.
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Department of Justice: "We have intentionally released documents that are misleading and untrue. Unless they make anyone other than Donald J. Trump look bad. In that case, they are 100% reliable. Trust us. But ignore anything that makes Trump look guilty, OK? Don't believe your lying eyes."
December 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Department of Justice: "We have intentionally released documents that are misleading and untrue. Unless they make anyone other than Donald J. Trump look bad. In that case, they are 100% reliable. Trust us. But ignore anything that makes Trump look guilty, OK? Don't believe your lying eyes."
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2d Cir. holds that a resident of a state facility for the care of developmentally disabled persons had a clearly established substantive due process right to adequate medical care notwithstanding that the resident voluntarily admitted himself to the facility.
ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
2d Cir. holds that a resident of a state facility for the care of developmentally disabled persons had a clearly established substantive due process right to adequate medical care notwithstanding that the resident voluntarily admitted himself to the facility.
ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...
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Trump: "Send us some nice (white) people"
December 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Trump: "Send us some nice (white) people"
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when I was in law school everyone knew that joining the federalist society was like getting tsa precheck for a clerkship
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
when I was in law school everyone knew that joining the federalist society was like getting tsa precheck for a clerkship
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Epstein wrote that he was “the one able to take [Trump] down.” Months later, he died in federal custody amid major jail failures; some outside experts have questioned the official suicide ruling.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/epstein-cl...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/epstein-cl...
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Epstein wrote that he was “the one able to take [Trump] down.” Months later, he died in federal custody amid major jail failures; some outside experts have questioned the official suicide ruling.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/epstein-cl...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/epstein-cl...
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Even though Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, key parts of the files could remain out of the public eye thanks to a little-known loophole.
The LOOPHOLE In The Epstein Files Bill NOBODY Is Reporting On
Even though Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, key parts of the files could remain out of the public eye thanks to a little-known loophole. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on…
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Even though Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, key parts of the files could remain out of the public eye thanks to a little-known loophole.
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A new documentary goes inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic... in the absence of meaningful gun reform.
I spoke with the filmmakers for @motherjones.com:
I spoke with the filmmakers for @motherjones.com:
Inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic
Filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari examine the booming market a troubling new market.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A new documentary goes inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic... in the absence of meaningful gun reform.
I spoke with the filmmakers for @motherjones.com:
I spoke with the filmmakers for @motherjones.com:
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There's a new bipartisan Section 230 reform bill, and it uses a tactic that's very similar to KOSA in hopes of holding social media platforms responsible for their recommendation algorithms. www.theverge.com/policy/82405...
Lawmakers want to let users sue over harmful social media algorithms
Section 230 is facing a new kind of attack.
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
There's a new bipartisan Section 230 reform bill, and it uses a tactic that's very similar to KOSA in hopes of holding social media platforms responsible for their recommendation algorithms. www.theverge.com/policy/82405...
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It is hard to overstate just how fringe QAnon was when Marjorie Taylor Greene began posting videos about it (it wasn't even called QAnon yet).
Now, eight years later, her anger at Trump over Epstein can be linked directly to her QAnon beliefs...
www.wired.com/story/how-do...
Now, eight years later, her anger at Trump over Epstein can be linked directly to her QAnon beliefs...
www.wired.com/story/how-do...
How Donald Trump Lost Control of the Epstein Spin Cycle
Donald Trump has spent years benefiting from the QAnon's Jeffrey Epstein obsession. That’s all changing.
www.wired.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It is hard to overstate just how fringe QAnon was when Marjorie Taylor Greene began posting videos about it (it wasn't even called QAnon yet).
Now, eight years later, her anger at Trump over Epstein can be linked directly to her QAnon beliefs...
www.wired.com/story/how-do...
Now, eight years later, her anger at Trump over Epstein can be linked directly to her QAnon beliefs...
www.wired.com/story/how-do...
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Israeli political and military leaders are scrambling to contain a recent wave of settler attacks across the West Bank as vigilantes have rampaged through villages, beat local residents and torched a mosque.
Israeli figures warn state has ‘lost control’ as West Bank settlers attack
A former general and an Israeli opposition leader both blamed the government for helping foster what they described as “Jewish terrorism.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Israeli political and military leaders are scrambling to contain a recent wave of settler attacks across the West Bank as vigilantes have rampaged through villages, beat local residents and torched a mosque.
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Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring extremist posts
Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring extremist posts
Tom Pickup confirms he was member of group in which one participant allegedly called for ‘mass Islam genocide’
A Reform UK councillor has been suspended for participating in a WhatsApp group where members allegedly called for a “mass Islam genocide”.
Tom Pickup, who was elected to Lancashire county council in May, confirmed to the Guardian he was a member of the group set up by a rightwing activist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring extremist posts
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🚨Court filings and news reports show multiple Trump clemency beneficiaries later charged with violent assaults, sexual offenses, weapons violations, or major frauds.
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Trump’s Clemency Choices Face Scrutiny as Multiple Recipients Reoffend, Some Violently
Court filings and news reports show multiple Trump clemency beneficiaries later charged with violent assaults, sexual offenses, weapons violations, or major frauds.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🚨Court filings and news reports show multiple Trump clemency beneficiaries later charged with violent assaults, sexual offenses, weapons violations, or major frauds.
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