Ep 205 — Happy (All But One) Presidents Day!

DOCKET ALERTS:

Trump celebrated President's Day by filing a trademark for Donald J. Trump International Airport — just in time for Florida's move to rename Palm Beach International Airport in his honor. KA-CHING!

In Colorado, a state judge ruled that throwing prisoners in solitary confinement as a penalty for refusing to work violates the state constitution's ban on involuntary servitude. It's a start!

And in Philadelphia, Judge Cynthia Rufe ordered the Trump administration to restore an exhibit on the enslaved people who lived at President's House under George Washington: "Each person who visits the President's House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country's history."

MAIN SHOW:

In Minnesota, Judge Nancy Brasel ordered DHS to grant detainees in "holding rooms" at the Whipple Building in Minneapolis meaningful access to counsel. The ruling bars ICE from removing immigrants from the state for 72 hours after they are originally picked up. We'll discuss the cracks appearing between DHS, which ignores court orders, and DOJ, which has to show up in court and take the blame for it.

In New York, Judge Lewis Kaplan issued a similar order in September with respect to temporary "holding rooms" on the 9th floor at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, with additional requirements that DHS provide for detainees' hygiene, nutrition, and medical needs. The plaintiffs say ICE has not complied and moved for contempt. The City reports that DHS opened up new temporary detention facilities on the 10th floor, but claims the injunction doesn't apply there for, uh, REASONS.

And we break down all the ways Republicans are trying to suppress the vote with the SAVE America Act, which solves the nonexistent problem of noncitizens voting illegally by imposing a series of restrictions on citizens registering and voting.

In the subscriber bonus, we discuss a district court's decision in Massachusetts enjoining the Trump administration from deploying ICE in and around churches.

Trump's Private Company Files Trademark for 'President Donald J. Trump International Airport'

https://www.gerbenlaw.com/blog/trumps-private-company-files-trademark-for-president-donald-j-trump-international-airport/

Buried in the budget: Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump and Newsmax

https://jasongarcia.substack.com/p/buried-in-the-budget-mike-huckabee

Mortis v. Polis [Colorado Prison Labor]

https://towardsjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Findings-of-Fact-and-Conclusions-of-Law.pdf

Philadelphia v. Burgum

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72178941/city-of-philadelphia-v-burgum/

Advocates for Human Rights v. DHS [Whipple Building]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72196538/the-advocates-for-human-rights-v-us-department-of-homeland-securit

Barco Mercado v. Noem [26 Federal Plaza]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71065570/barco-mercado-v-noem

ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/26-federal-plaza-jail-conditions-ice-judge-kaplan-ruling/

Text of S.1383, the "SAVE America" Act

https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20260209/RCP_S1383_xml.pdf

New England Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America v. DHS

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70939776/new-england-synod-evangelical-lutheran-church-in-america-v-department-of/

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