“U.S. Revives Obscure Court in Bid to Deport Afghan Woman; The case is a test of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, where much of the evidence is presented in secret and defendants cannot challenge how it was collected”: Alan Feuer and Adam Sella of The New York Times have this report.
Posted at 9:14 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Trump Threatens to Withdraw Blanche as Attorney General, Dealing Blow to Nomination; President Trump’s threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two Republican holdouts, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis”: Glenn Thrush, Michael Gold, and Carl Hulse of The New York Times have this report.
Michael Gold of The New York Times has a Congressional Memo headlined “Defying Trump, Cornyn Uses His Lame-Duck Power; In standing in the way of Todd Blanche, President Trump’s choice for attorney general, a liberated Senator John Cornyn is wielding his leverage.”
And Richard Rubin, Sadie Gurman, and Maya Davis of The Wall Street Journal report that “Trump Threatens to Pull Blanche Pick in Clash With ‘Wounded Bear’ Senators; President signals no concessions on ‘antiweaponization fund’ or no-audits deal to win over Cornyn and Tillis.”
Posted at 8:52 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Two more federal appeals courts reject ICE mass detention policy; The 9th and 7th circuits ruled on the same day that the Trump administration misconstrued immigration law”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this updated report.
And Megan Crepeau of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Detention Policy Rejected by Another Court, Widening Split.”
You can access today’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.
Posted at 8:30 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Bonus 241: The Mail-In Voting Applications; What the Supreme Court was asked to do on Monday is narrower than much of the coverage suggests, and a grant of relief would be far less significant than it will outwardly appear to be.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
Posted at 3:38 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Why Blanche Can’t Win Republican Approval for Attorney General — Yet; The decision by the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits has become the central issue in his confirmation process”: Andrew Duehren of The New York Times has this report.
And Olivia Alafriz and Rachel Schilke of Bloomberg Law report that “Reliable Trump Backer Cornyn Goes Rogue on Blanche Nomination.”
Posted at 3:27 PM
by Howard Bashman
“5th federal appeals court rejects ICE mass detention policy; The 9th Circuit ruled that the Trump administration misconstrued immigration law”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.
And Megan Crepeau of Bloomberg Law reports that “Trump Immigration Detention Authority Rejected by Appeals Court.”
You can access today’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
Posted at 3:22 PM
by Howard Bashman
“A ‘Zombie Court’ for Terror Cases Awakens; Dormant for 30 years, a little-known tribunal is hearing its first case”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.
And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Historic first public hearing held for terrorist deportation court; The Trump administration is seeking to deport Afghan immigrant Nazira Haji Zada for allegedly supporting an ISIS plot.”
Posted at 3:16 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Receipts on the Senate Filibuster | Interview: Mike ‘Frags’ Fragoso”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.
Posted at 3:11 PM
by Howard Bashman
“Trump Picks Flex Rising Influence on Largest US Appeals Court”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.
Posted at 11:14 AM
by Howard Bashman
