With 50 yes votes and 48 no votes (no need for @JDVance to break the tie) cloture is invoked on the eminently qualified Emil Bove III to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Eric W.
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Eric W.
@EWess92
Conservative, Textualist, Originalist. University of Chicago AB/JD. Mostly bad takes, but politely. Generally Solicitous in Iowa
Des Moines, IA
Joined June 2009
- Huge win for election integrity by Judge Ho. Texas passed a law requiring mail in voters to, in effect, confirm the voter is who he says he is. The district court enjoined enforcement of the law. Improperly, says the unanimous Fifth Circuit panel. Unanimous, reversed, rendered!
- President Trump issues an executive order requiring States to, among other stuff, check citizenship for voter registration. He's sued. He wins--in DC. Yet he's also sued in California. He loses, so the EO is enjoined--nationwide. One loss anywhere means no policy everywhereJUST IN: A federal judge has blocked federal election officials from enforcing Trump’s executive order forcing states to apply citizenship requirements, saying it imposes significant burdens and would harm eligible voters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
- It cannot be that every Presidential policy and every law must survive review by every district court to go into effect. That is precisely the "imperial judiciary" Justice Barrett warned against. Here we are again. One judge issued a same-day TRO--no defense allowed.
BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked the "big beautiful bill's" provision to defund Planned Parenthood. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… - HUGE win for President Trump. With *no* noted dissents, the Supreme Court allows the President to fire FTC member who refused to resign. Yet another example of lower courts not following what the Supreme Court has said in interim orders. The President may run the executive!
- Wow. Senator Schmitt is a careful and serious lawyer. He has never before called for a judge's impeachment. Before today. As Judges across the country make clear their opposition to the President and to Congress (even ordering bills enforcement enjoined). Schmitt says: ENOUGHThis is the first time I’ve called for a judge’s impeachment. Normally, appellate courts and the Supreme Court rein in rogue district judges. Not Boasberg—he’s truly lawless. He’s openly biased, gone rogue, and likely broken the law. x.com/SenEricSchmitt…
- Yikes! Another hallucinated opinion, this time justifying a temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of a State law. The rush to issue orders like this undermines the judiciary. Even worse--apparently the "corrected" opinion still has a hallucinated case . . .
- Ninth Circuit issues opinion *denying* Birthright Citizenship to the son of a Nigerian diplomat. Opinion properly applies Wong Kim Ark to find both presence *and* jurisdiction necessary for citizenship. Judge Johnstone (Biden appointee) writes for a unanimous panel.
- Unprecedented! Judge Murphy's judicial resistance has ended. And the vote was 7-2. The district court went too far for even Justice Kagan--the judicial resistance was inside the house. And the Supreme Court was clear: pull this again and we will stop it immediately. Wow!
- Unreal: Maine's Speaker banned Rep. Libby (R-HD90) from speaking and voting unless she recants her views about Maine allowing biological males to participate in female sports. I've never seen a punishment like this. She isn't removed nor impeached: just banned from legislating.
- Did this district judge just issue a TRO enjoining removal of the same eight people the Supreme Court has now *twice* reversed a Boston Judge on? This is insane. H/t @ilan_wurman for pointing this out. Truly bonkers town if that is right!BREAKING: In a new case, Judge Randolph Moss issued an administrative stay this morning blocking the Trump admin from "moving, transferring, or removing from U.S. custody" the eight men the U.S. wants to send to South Sudan while the stay remains in effect. More to come at Law
![MINUTE ORDER: In light of Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order, Dkt. 2, the Court hereby ENTERS and administrative STAY pending further order of the Court to allow the government to gather the information it needs to respond to Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order and to provide time for a hearing on that emergency motion. See United States v.
Texas, 144 S. Ct. 797, 798 (Barrett, J., concurring) (describing administrative stays as "freez[ing] legal proceedings until the court can rule on a partys request for expedited relief"). Defendants are ENJOINED from moving, transferring, or removing from U.S. custody any Plaintiffs while the Court's administrative stay remains in effect. It is further ORDERED that the parties shall appear for a Zoom conference on July 4, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. Plaintiffs are hereby ORDERED to ensure that Defendants receive actual notice of this order. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 7/4/2025. (lerdm3) (Entered: 07/04/2025)](/web/20190509160520*/https://medium.com/@ddrogan/libertys-https-pbs.twimg.com/media/GvBsl-KXIAI4Isc.png)
- "I am stunned." The Supreme Court 5-4 ruled that a sole judge can order billions of dollars out the door--unrecoverable. Justice Alito's shock is appropriate. SCOTUS's unwillingness to police the judicial resistance is worrying--hopefully this is resolved on the merits, soon.
- Huge 5-4 win for President Trump on the Alien Enemies Act. Just like the DOJ argued, the proper way to hear these claims is in Habeas instead of under the Administrative Procedure Act. Yet another stroke of common sense and law stopping district courts from going too far
- WOW! Ninth Circuit splits with Seventh Circuit 2-1 to find that the President can deploy the National Guard. The Supreme Court must weigh in to check the Seventh Circuit and affirm that President Trump is the Commander-in-Chief.
