Some thoughts on Judge Cannon's management of the Mar-a-Lago documents case in this Tierney Sneed Hannah Rabinowitz CNN article. cnn.com/2024/04/03/pol…

New: A federal court in Texas that has become a favored destination for conservatives suing to block Biden's agenda has decided not to implement a policy adopted by the judiciary's top policymaking body that aims to curb 'judge shopping.' reuters.com/legal/texas-fe…

Comments by Justices Thomas and Alito at Tuesday's abortion pill arguments put stoplight on a long-dormant anti-vice law that some believe could be used to crack down on abortion -- even in blue states -- w/o any act of Congress cnn.com/2024/03/29/pol…

#BREAKING : #SB4 is blocked again.

A majority of the Fifth Circuit panel hearing argument on Texas's stay application *tomorrow morning* just issued an order 'dissolving' the 'administrative stay' that a different panel imposed on March 2. So the injunction goes back into effect.

While pressing for absolute immunity in the special counsel’s election subversion case, Trump floated an alternative route for SCOTUS that would give him the strategic win of further delaying the trial w/o the justices having to embrace his sweeping claims cnn.com/2024/03/19/pol…

If Peter Navarro goes to prison, he’ll hear the lions roar
Katelyn Polantz

cnn.com/2024/03/18/pol…

Back online after a day off the grid in the Ft. Pierce federal courthouse, where Judge Cannon was considering two Trump motions to dismiss (he has several more that have yet to be scheduled for arguments). Some highlights here cnn.com/politics/live-…

No new trial date given at a Trump docs case hearing today, but we did get
-DOJ confirmation that its pre-election quiet period rule doesn't apply to trials
-hints that judge is inclined give Trump a discovey hearing that will likely slow the case cnn.com/politics/live-…

Just in: Commercial fishermen off the coast of Alaska have found what officials are concerned could be another spy balloon and are bringing it to shore with them, three sources familiar with the matter told me & Evan Pérez. The FBI is meeting them there. cnn.com/2024/03/01/pol…

Two different things can be true:

#SCOTUS *isn’t* moving as fast as it possibly could/as fast as many folks want it to in resolving Trump’s immunity appeal; and

SCOTUS *is* moving much faster than Trump wanted it to *and* much faster than it does in virtually all of its cases.

I confess to much FOMO on covering the collapse of the House of Representatives but Tierney Sneed and I are working on a new project named Rory. Will return to work (as consensus Speaker) in a couple of months.

NEW from Ariane de Vogue: Justice Thomas discloses on annual financial forms 2022 private jet travel and a vacation paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow; Thomas said one private flight was taken due to 'increased security risk” after Dobbs leak cnn.com/2023/08/31/pol…

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have previewed that they will be seeking to launch several legal maneuvers to gum up the federal election subversion case that has been brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith. cnn.it/467OVmb

JEFFREY CLARK filed a removal notice in federal court that takes an extremely aggressive tack, arguing the notice has the effect of moving entire case, for all defendants, to fed court and seeking a stay by 5pm today so he can avoid self-surrender/arrest storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

This is an easily accessible guide to three pending DC Circuit cases that aren't getting enough attention.

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s opinion day at the DC Circuit. Katelyn Polantz and I break down three pending, Jan6-related cases before the powerful appeals court that could bear on Jack Smith’s investigation into and prosecution of Trump cnn.com/2023/08/22/pol…

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My look at what advantages Fani Willis will have -- and potential pitfalls she'll face -- by building her election meddling case around a RICO charge and the other strategic choices she's making cnn.com/2023/08/16/pol…