Ep 226 — SCOTUS and Louisiana Go Mask Off

DOCKET ALERTS:

Sadly, recurring L&C segment "Justin Baldoni Teaches CivPro" is canceled. He and Blake Lively settled their civil suit today. Now we'll just have to rely on Trump and his minions to show us how law does not work.

The DOJ subpoenaed a Rhode Island hospital for patient records on gender affirming care. When the hospital failed to respond (oh no!), the DOJ moved to enforce the subpoena … in Texas, before a hand-picked conservative jurist. Judge Reed O'Connor granted the motion, and now the hospital is seeking to block the demand in a Rhode Island federal court.

Trump says the War Powers Resolution doesn't count because of the ceasefire. He's full of s***.

Law and Chaos's first inaugural Doofus of the Day is Justice Neil Gorsuch, who went on Fox News to hawk his book and tell us all about the Christian Founding Fathers.

MAIN SHOW:

On Friday the Fifth Circuit purported to ban the abortion drug mifepristone nationwide based on a letter from HHS Secretary Robert "Bear Carcass" Kennedy implying that the dispensing protocol had been arbitrarily decided. On Monday, the Supreme Court stayed that order temporarily.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Alina Habba — what even is her job these days??? — both appeared on TV and undermined the Comey seashells case.

Democratic candidate Lindsay Garcia and a local voter have sued Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry over his executive order that suspends that state's primary elections – but only for the US House of Representatives races.

And for subscribers: US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro is ready to pick up the slack for Justin Baldoni. Today she'll teach us how Munsinwear vacatur doesn't work.

In Re: Administrative Subpoena 25-1431-032 [Texas action]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73276712/in-re-administrative-subpoena-25-1431-032/

In Re: Motion to Quash Administrative Subpoena to Rhode Island Hospital [Rhode Island action]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73290254/in-re-motion-to-quash-administrative-subpoena-to-rhode-island-hospital/

US v. Russotto

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70649950/united-states-v-russotto/

Collins v. Landry (Louisiana elections lawsuit) [Docket via CourtListener]

https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/2026-Executive-Orders/JML-Exective-Order-26-038.pdf

Executive Order 26-038 (order suspending elections)

https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/2026-Executive-Orders/JML-Exective-Order-26-038.pdf

Louisiana v. FDA (5th Cir) [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73207799/state-of-louisiana-v-fda/

Louisiana v. FDA (W.D. La. trial court) [docket via CourtListener]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lawd.213952/

Sec. Kennedy Letter re: Mifepristone

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.lawd.213952/gov.uscourts.lawd.213952.1.110.pdf

Supreme Court stay order

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/050426zr_l5gm.pdf

In re grand jury subpoenas [Federal Reserve]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72490330/in-re-grand-jury-subpoenas/

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