@gleick

It doesn't get much clearer than this:

"Respondents have violated and continue to violate the law.... Worse, Respondents proffer frivolous arguments that aim to insulate unlawful policies from judicial review while taking positions that seek to bludgeon separation of powers into oblivion."

#USpol #trump #maga #ice #Immigration #Immigrants #Law #Judges #UnlawfulDetention #Lawless #IAmDB

My latest piece is out today.

Attacks Against the International Criminal Court: Who Cares About Victims of Atrocity Crimes? “…The assault against the ICC is part of the Trump administration’s comprehensive siege against the rule of law and international institutions.”
| Slaw: Canada’s online legal magazine https://www.slaw.ca/2026/01/28/attacks-against-the-international-criminal-court-who-cares-about-victims-of-atrocity-crimes/
#ICC #Sanctions #USA #Trump #AtrocityCrimes #humanrights #Judges #prosecutors #lawyers #Canada #Carney #InternationalLaw #law #RuleOfLaw

The #CourtOrders issued Tues marked an escalation, signaling active efforts by the #judges to appoint the district’s top federal prosecutor under a #federal #law that gives them the power to do so after an interim #USattorney has been in office for 120 days. That order by Lauck was followed hours later with another one from Novak, who raised the threat of #disciplinary action for anyone who describes #LindseyHalligan as the #US attorney in #legal filings.
#Trump #law #judiciary #DOJ #LegalEthics

Several #judges had suggested for weeks that #LindseyHalligan should resign & sharply questioned her continued use of the #USattorney title after an out-of-district judge, Cameron McGowan Currie, ruled in late November that the #Trump admin had used an #unlawful maneuver to install Halligan.

#law #judiciary #DOJ #LegalEthics

Federal #judges move to oust #Trump stooge #LindseyHalligan as #USattorney

Her appointment was ruled #unlawful, but she has refused to step down.

In a pair of extraordinary moves, 2 federal judges issued #CourtOrders Tues saying they intend to remove Halligan from the helm of a key US attorney’s office in Virginia & threatening #disciplinary #sanctions for any govt #lawyer who continues to refer to her as US attorney in #legal filings.

#law #judiciary #DOJ #LegalEthics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/01/20/halligan-judges-standoff-virginia-prosecutor/

“A federal judge⚡️in Minnesota has ordered restrictions on ICE's tactics against protesters who aren't suspected of committing crimes — including stopping cars that aren't obstructing them.”
-K Cheney

This ruling is warranted, and overdue; hopefully conditions will improve in Minneapolis, but it’s Trump’s #DHS & #DOJ, so it’s doubtful they’ll fully comply.

#Courts #Judges #RuleOfLaw #Constitution #Minneapolis #ICE #Protest #USPol
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758.85.0_1.pdf

“A federal judge⚡️in Minnesota has ordered restrictions on ICE's tactics against protesters who aren't suspected of committing crimes — including stopping cars that aren't obstructing them.”
-K Cheney

This ruling is warranted, and overdue; hopefully conditions will improve in Minneapolis, but it’s Trump’s #DHS & #DOJ, so it’s doubtful they’ll fully comply.

#Courts #Judges #RuleOfLaw #Constitution #Minneapolis #ICE #Protest #USPol
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758/gov.uscourts.mnd.229758.85.0_1.pdf

"Trump tells the Navy to view half the country as the enemy. Donald Trump is determined to turn the military against the American people."

~ Edith Olmsted

#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges
/23

https://newrepublic.com/post/201373/donald-trump-navy-democrats-enemy

"Trump is attempting to erase the constitutional order itself. U.S. presidents do not have unilateral authority either to go to war abroad or at home against American cities; it is essential to emphasize this point as Trump aims to turn U.S. cities into occupied territories."

~ Chris Edelson

#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges
/22

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-is-destroying-the-us-constitution

"Over the weekend, the Trump administration’s attempt to deploy the National Guard in Oregon blew up into a constitutional clash as serious as any we’ve seen so far this year (including, ironically, the clash over Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation)."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges
/21

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/a-major-new-constitutional-clash

"The Crime Wave Is Coming from Inside the [White] House."

~ Marcy Wheeler

#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges #SouthCarolina
/20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtenEblLYo0

"Violence and stochastic terror remain the weapons of choice for MAGA. For the past 10 years, Trump’s supporters have engaged in threats and assaults against the media, judges, law enforcement, teachers, poll workers, and Democrats."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #Republicans #StephenMiller #fascism #Chicago #Portland #Venezuela #military #MaskedThugs #ICE #courts #judges #SouthCarolina
/19

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/judges-resist-trump-and-stephen-millers

Washington has already imposed targeted sanctions on several #prosecutors & #judges at the #ICC, but naming the #court itself in the #sanctions list would be a major escalation.

6 sources with knowledge of the matter, all speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive diplomatic issue that has not been publicly announced, said a decision on such "entity sanctions" was expected soon.

#law #Trump #criminal #felon47

Such situations have prompted some former #judges to do something most generally do not—speak out. More than two dozen retired judges appointed by Republican & Democratic presidents have formed the #ArticleIII Coalition to push back on attacks & #disinformation about the #courts.

#Trump #law #judiciary#Constitution #democracy#SeparationOfPowers#Autocracy#AbuseOfPower

Such situations have prompted some former #judges to do something most generally do not—speak out. More than two dozen retired judges appointed by Republican & Democratic presidents have formed the #ArticleIII Coalition to push back on attacks & #disinformation about the #courts.

#Trump #law #judiciary#Constitution #democracy#SeparationOfPowers#Autocracy#AbuseOfPower

As #Trump & his allies call for #judges to be impeached or attack them as “radical left” political foes, the #families of judges are being singled out for #harassment.

Since Trump returned to power, at least 60 judges or appeals courts have slowed or blocked some of his admin’s initiatives. Reuters spoke w/ 12 federal judges who raised concerns about the #security of their own families or of the relatives of colleagues handling Trump-related cases.

#law #judiciary #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism

#Boasberg & #McConnell are among at least 11 federal #judges whose #families have faced threats of #violence or #harassment after they ruled against the new #Trump admin, a Reuters investigation found.

The broadsides are part of an #intimidation campaign directed at federal judges who have stood in the way of Trump’s moves to dramatically expand #PresidentialAuthority & slash the federal govt.

#law #judiciary #felon47 #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA

These #judges ruled against #Trump. Then their #families came under attack.

As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with #threats & #harassment.

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#law #judiciary #felon47 #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/these-judges-ruled-against-trump-then-their-families-came-under-attack-2025-05-02/

These #judges ruled against #Trump. Then their #families came under attack.

As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with #threats & #harassment.

[Note: This story contains offensive language]
#law #judiciary #felon47 #StochasticTerrorism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/these-judges-ruled-against-trump-then-their-families-came-under-attack-2025-05-02/