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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 12h

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report

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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 17h

New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to a $1,200 fine after striking a deal to resolve charges that she attempted to interfere with a criminal investigation involving her husband. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 22h

The Justice Department has brought in two AUSAs from out of state to work the Comey prosecution: Tyler Lemons and Gabriel Diaz. Both are detailed from the U.S. Attorney's office in North Carolina.

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 3d

For those who closely know me, they'll understand this is a big deal to me.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Federal judge BLOCKS a new ICE policy that went into effect last week to automatically detain unaccompanied migrant children on their 18th birthday when they “age out” of shelter care.

The TRO enforces a court order in a case brought by @immcouncil.org and @immigrantjustice.bsky.social.

Garcia Ramirez v. ICE case caption.

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND TO ENFORCE FINAL JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION
Upon consideration of Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and to
Enforce the Permanent Injunction and accompanying Memorandum of Points and Authorities
and Declarations (the "Motion"), and all other materials properly before this Court, it is hereby
ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion is GRANTED; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendants and all persons acting under their direction or in concert with them, are hereby ENJOINED from implementing any new directive regarding age-outs;
ORDERED that Defendants and all persons acting under their direction or in concert
with them, are hereby ENJOINED from detaining any class member in an adult ICE facility in
any manner that contravenes the Permanent Injunction;
ORDERED that Defendants immediately rescind any determinations to detain based on this directive;
ORDERED that Defendants immediately produce that directive, any related policies
regarding that directive, and the Age-Out Review Worksheets of any class members who may
have been impacted by that directive, including all AORs issued since October 1, 2025.
SO ORDERED this 4th day of October 2025.

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taber @kvetch.gay · 4d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking: President Trump's effort to curtail birthright citizenship was declared unconstitutional by a second U.S. appeals court, handing him another defeat on a core piece of his hardline immigration agenda whose ultimate fate may lay with the U.S. Supreme Court. www.reuters.com/world/us/sec...

Second US appeals court rejects Trump's order curtailing birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump's effort to curtail birthright citizenship was declared unconstitutional by a second U.S. appeals court on Friday, handing him another defeat on a core piece of his hardline immigration agenda whose ultimate fate may lay with the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 5d

Immergut, who had the support of both Oregon's Democratic senators when nominated by Trump in 2019, served on Independent Counsel Ken Starr's staff and personally questioned Monica Lewinsky www.wweek.com/news/2019/03...

The Portland Lawyer Who Grilled Monica Lewinsky in the Starr Investigation Will Sail into Federal Judgeship

Karin Immergut, who as a young Portland prosecutor grilled Monica Lewinsky, will soon take a seat on the federal bench.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) — Former Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris pleads guilty to charges of sexually abusing a girl in the 1980s.

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: At Trump DOJ request, Judge Michael Simon (Obama) recuses from Oregon's suit over activation of its National Guard for immigration enforcement/ICE security. New Judge Karin Immergut (Trump). DOJ argued comments by Simon's wife @RepBonamici about case merited recusal.

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 5d

Judge Nathaniel Gorton, one of the few Republican appointees on the bench in Boston, rejected a challenge by Democratic-led states to a Trump administration rule that they say could lead to nearly 2 million people losing their health insurance. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Democratic AGs lose bid to halt ACA marketplace changes

A group of 20 Democratic attorneys general and one Democratic governor have lost their bid to block portions of a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule that they say could lead to nearly 2 million people losing their health insurance.

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Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social · 6d

Craven drops out of R.I. attorney general race amid scrutiny of domestic violence incidents. The North Kingstown Democrat ended his campaign four days after he announced his candidacy
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Craven drops out of R.I. attorney general race amid scrutiny of domestic violence incidents - The Boston Globe

The North Kingstown Democrat ended his campaign four days after he announced his candidacy.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6d

Judge Sooknanan has some problems with recent “prosecutorial machinations” in Washington, D.C., cataloguing a list of abuses and excesses she says have exploded in recent weeks ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 6d

A U.S. Senate panel advanced four of President Donald Trump's latest judicial nominees, including a conservative academic nominated to a federal appeals court seat in Delaware despite not being a member of the state's bar @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4pRKtSX

US Senate panel advances conservative academic's nomination to appeals court

A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday advanced four of President Donald Trump's latest judicial nominees, including a conservative academic nominated to a federal appeals court seat in Delaware despite not being a member of the state's bar.

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 6d

Not that this is in my interest, but I'm always curious how press release writers for the government are deemed "essential" in shutdowns.

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 6d

Judge Patti Saris, during a hearing in Boston, told a DOJ lawyer she would not put on hold a class action challenging the denial of bond hearings for detained migrants, saying even if the courts run out of cash, she was working. "Who knows how long this shutdown will be, right?" she said.

Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 6d

New: The federal judiciary said courts nationwide could sustain paid operations through October 17 after Congress failed to pass spending legislation in time to avert a government shutdown. It had previously estimated funds would run out after Friday. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

US judiciary says courts can sustain operations through October 17 in shutdown

The federal judiciary on Wednesday said courts nationwide could sustain paid operations through October 17 after Congress failed to pass spending legislation in time to avert a government shutdown.

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 6d

New: The federal judiciary said courts nationwide could sustain paid operations through October 17 after Congress failed to pass spending legislation in time to avert a government shutdown. It had previously estimated funds would run out after Friday. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

US judiciary says courts can sustain operations through October 17 in shutdown

The federal judiciary on Wednesday said courts nationwide could sustain paid operations through October 17 after Congress failed to pass spending legislation in time to avert a government shutdown.

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 7d

I suspect the timing is a coincidence and the real factor on timing, for him and all the judges flooding the courts with rulings today on long-standing motions, is today is a deadline for the rule to avoid being deemed a slow in the judiciary's Civil Justice Reform Act reports.

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 7d

Coincidentally presumably, Kacsmaryk ruled the same day a woman was sentenced to five years in prison for threatening him after he suspended FDA approval of the drug. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Woman gets 5 years in prison for threatening judge who had ruled to limit abortion pill access

A California woman was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison after she pleaded guilty to threatening to injure a federal judge in Texas, warning him to "watch his back," after he made a ruling, which was later reversed, to suspend the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone in 2023.

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Ted Nesi @tednesi.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: RI's race for AG is heating up fast

At a press conference today, incumbent AG Peter Neronha threw his support behind former senior aide @keithhoffmann

Neronha and Hoffmann both argued the 38-year-old Democrat is best positioned to take on Trump

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 7d

Presumably, that said, some of those new judges are recused as a few were involved in this litigation while at the Missouri AG's office.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 7d

NEW: Judge Matt Kacsmaryk transferred ongoing lawsuit against the FDA over abortion drug mifepristone to the Eastern District of Missouri. (Trump DOJ said AGs of Missouri, Kansas, Idaho couldn't sue in TX.) Denies motions to intervene from AGs of TX, FL, LA
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screenshot of order from this docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65768749/state-of-missouri-v-us-food-and-drug-administration/?order_by=desc
Case 2:22-cv-00223-Z Document 273 Filed 09/30/25
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AMARILLO DIVISION
STATE OF MISSOURI, et al.,
Intervenor Plaintifts,
U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al.,
Defendants,
and
DANCO LABORATORIES, LLC, et al.,
Intervenor Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Before the Court are Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Intervenor-States' Amended Complaint ('Defendants' Motion) (ECF No. 218), filed January 18, 2025, and Intervenor-Defendant Danco Laboratories, LLC's Motion to Dismiss Intervenor-States' Amended Complaint ("Danco's Motion) (ECF No. 221), filed January 28, 2025 (together, the "Motions"). The Court granted Intervenor Plaintifis leave to file a consolidated response to the Motions. BCF Nos. 226, 227. Intervenor Plaintiffs responded to the Motions on February 20, 2025. ECF No. 228. Defendants and Danco replied on May 5, 2025, after the Court granted a deadline extension. ECF Nos. 247, 248, 241. On August 22, 2025, Texas and Florida also moved to intervene. ECF No. 254. Louisiana followed suit on September 19, 2025. ECF No. 264.
The Motions are now ripe. Having considered the Motions, briefing, and relevant law, the Court GRANTS Defendants' Motion and DENIES as MOOT Danco's Motion. The Court also DENIES as MOOT Texas, Florida, and Louisiana's Motions to Intervene. This case is TRANSFERRED to the Eastern District of Missouri under 28 U.S.C. Section 1406(a).

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Keung Hui @keunghui.bsky.social · 7d

Federal judge rejects racial gerrymandering challenge to NC Senate map. The GOP-appointed judge rejected claims that Republican lawmakers had illegally drawn the districts to dilute the voting power of Black voters. (Via @kyleingram.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol #ncga

Federal judge rejects racial gerrymandering challenge to NC Senate map

The judge said he declined to direct the legislature to “engage in the odious practice of sorting voters by race in order to create a majority-Black Senate district.”

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 7d

New: Trump says Harvard to pay $500 million in deal with administration - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Trump says Harvard to pay $500 million in deal with administration

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration had reached a deal with Harvard University after months of negotiations and that the school will pay $500 million.

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 8d

U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah in Nevada has asked the FBI to investigate debunked Republican claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election, a probe she hopes will influence congressional races and ensnare Democrats, @sarahnlynch.bsky.social reports. www.reuters.com/world/nevada...

Exclusive: Nevada's acting US Attorney urged voter fraud probe to help Republicans, document shows

Nevada's top federal prosecutor has asked the FBI to investigate debunked Republican claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election, a probe she hopes will influence congressional races and ensnare Democrats, according to a government document seen by Reuters.

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