Law and Chaos20 Maj 2025

Ep 134 — Everybody Hates Sam (and ChatGPT)

The Supreme Court does one good thing on immigration, which made Sam Alito BIG MAD. And although the administration has been stymied (for now) in its efforts to rendition detainees out of the country with no notice, the Supreme Court did allow the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans. Then, since we all need a good chuckle, we spend some time pointing and laughing at California's plan to outsource the bar exam to an AI chatbot. And in the patreon bonus, we describe how one of America's worst trial court judges just tried to overrule the Supreme Court.

Links:

Alito Gets Fragged in Supreme Court Order

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/alito-gets-fragged-in-scotus-order

New York Times, "Emil Bove, Top Justice Dept. Official, Is Considered For Circuit Court Nomination"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/us/politics/emil-bove-circuit-court-federal-appeals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IU8.KLV8.yndwN6PJV_HE

Noem v. National TPS Alliance et al. [SCOTUS Miscellaneous order]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/051925zr1_5h26.pdf

Washington Post, "Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/17/trump-justice-department-prosecutions/

State of Texas v. EEOC order (Kacsmaryk)

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.393489/gov.uscourts.txnd.393489.59.0.pdf

DOJ OCR Letter Harmeet Dhillon to Brandon Johnson

https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1400811/dl?inline

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Ep 244 — Trump Says SCOTUS Must Reconsider 'IMMEDIATELY

DOCKET ALERTS: Trump says he's going to get the Supreme Court to reconsider its birthright citizenship ruling "IMMEDIATELY." (He's not.) He also says he's going to get SCOTUS to reconsider its den...

10 Juli 48min

Ep 243 — Judgefight

DOCKET ALERTS: As Trump tries to get out of paying E. Jean Carroll what he owes her, his supporters have filed a scandalously irresponsible bar complaint against her lawyer Roberta Kaplan. US Att...

7 Juli 56min

Ep 242 — SCOTUS Wanders Off For Summer, But State Judges Keep Delivering

DOCKET ALERTS: House Speaker Mike Johnson sent everyone home for vacation rather than deal with a dissident faction in his own caucus that keeps demanding a vote on the vote-suppressing SAVE America...

3 Juli 1h 7min

Ep 241 — SCOTUS Burns Down The Government For Sport

DOCKET ALERTS: From the SCOTUS orders list, petitions for certiorari denied in E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit against Trump and Alan Dershowitz's defamation suit against CNN. Pay up, a-hole! And o...

30 Juni 56min

Ep 240 — The Only Consistent Thing About The Supreme Court

DOCKET ALERTS: The administration says it's going to prosecute anyone who touches the algae-ridden Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial. So far, that seems to be more bluster than reality. Sadly,...

26 Juni 1h

Ep 239 — Slush Fund Funtimes

DOCKET ALERTS: Maryland became the ninth state to beat back a lawsuit from the DOJ's Civil Division seeking to seize its full, unredacted voter rolls. In Massachusetts, a judge allowed states to p...

23 Juni 56min

Ep 238 — Speech Crimes

DOCKET ALERTS: Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is facing a residency challenge to his gubernatorial campaign. The Justice Department dismissed a case seeking to enforce a moratorium on offshore...

19 Juni 51min

Ep 237 — A Slush Fund By Any Other Name Would Still Reek

DOCKET ALERTS: The Supreme Court issued orders today, opinions coming Thursday. The Wall Street Journal reports that Jeanine Pirro, the US Attorney for DC, is investigating banks for "debanking"...

16 Juni 55min