I'm grateful to @60minutes.bsky.social featuring our study published @justsecurity.org.
Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
October 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I'm grateful to @60minutes.bsky.social featuring our study published @justsecurity.org.
Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
More on the destruction of the presumption of regularity
U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."
"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."
"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."
#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.
U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.
U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.
October 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
More on the destruction of the presumption of regularity
No more presumption of regularity.
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
No more presumption of regularity.
I say "here come da ladle" with alarming regularity
April 2, 2026 at 4:30 AM
I say "here come da ladle" with alarming regularity
I’ve seen enough: Throw the presumption of regularity in the trash. It’s over, folks.
HAPPENING NOW: Following the Supreme Court's decision requiring the government to "facilitate" the release of Abrego Garcia, a hearing before Judge Paula Xinis is about to begin.
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I'm in Greenbelt, Maryland for @lawfare.bsky.social
Follow along for updates
April 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I’ve seen enough: Throw the presumption of regularity in the trash. It’s over, folks.
this is an administration that tweets out joke memes about killing people with regularity
December 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
this is an administration that tweets out joke memes about killing people with regularity
Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.
A crow's math skills include geometry
Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.
www.npr.org
April 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.
NEW: It's not just Minnesota, judges across the country are calling out ICE for violating court orders with regularity.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 30, 2026 at 9:08 PM
NEW: It's not just Minnesota, judges across the country are calling out ICE for violating court orders with regularity.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Regularity mogging
Meat slop is out. We’re fiber-maxxing now We’re getting grainpilled. We’re not mewing protein, we’re chewing bran. Three squares a day straight from the heartland. Got blood work done last week and my bad cholesterol it in half.
March 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Regularity mogging
It may actually be good for the republic to never have “the presumption of regularity” ever again.
Understand that 370 days ago even bringing a motion like this would probably have been treated as sanctionably frivolous
Today it was granted ex parte
Today it was granted ex parte
A federal judge issues a restraining order against the feds, barring them from "destroying or altering evidence"
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January 25, 2026 at 5:36 AM
It may actually be good for the republic to never have “the presumption of regularity” ever again.
Strange things start to happen when the presumption of regularity crumbles.
Laura Provinzino - district judge in the Don Lemon case (and a former federal prosecutor) - requiring the government to give her the grand jury materials for in camera review including the grand jury minutes. Seldom happens; it’s what exploded the Broadview 6 case in Chicago.
August 18, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Strange things start to happen when the presumption of regularity crumbles.
Now updated: The 'Presumption of Regularity' study.
1. Noncompliance with judicial orders: 20 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of DOJ information: 43+ cases
3. Courts’ findings of “arbitrary and capricious” conduct: 58 cases
www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
1. Noncompliance with judicial orders: 20 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of DOJ information: 43+ cases
3. Courts’ findings of “arbitrary and capricious” conduct: 58 cases
www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
www.justsecurity.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Now updated: The 'Presumption of Regularity' study.
1. Noncompliance with judicial orders: 20 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of DOJ information: 43+ cases
3. Courts’ findings of “arbitrary and capricious” conduct: 58 cases
www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
1. Noncompliance with judicial orders: 20 cases
2. Courts’ distrust of DOJ information: 43+ cases
3. Courts’ findings of “arbitrary and capricious” conduct: 58 cases
www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
Presumption of regularity and deference to this administration should be zero.
October 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Presumption of regularity and deference to this administration should be zero.
3/ You can bet we'll add this to 5th edition of Presumption of Regularity study.
Which tracks 90+ cases in which either court determined the Trump administration submitted false information or the administration admitted it.
This one of the most significant.
www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
Which tracks 90+ cases in which either court determined the Trump administration submitted false information or the administration admitted it.
This one of the most significant.
www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation (4th edition)
Definitive, most comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
www.justsecurity.org
March 25, 2026 at 8:11 PM
3/ You can bet we'll add this to 5th edition of Presumption of Regularity study.
Which tracks 90+ cases in which either court determined the Trump administration submitted false information or the administration admitted it.
This one of the most significant.
www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
Which tracks 90+ cases in which either court determined the Trump administration submitted false information or the administration admitted it.
This one of the most significant.
www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
it would be cool if this kept happening and at an increased regularity
February 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
it would be cool if this kept happening and at an increased regularity
Yeah this happens with an unsettling amount of regularity
one of my housemates in baltimore was a girl in her early 20's who was stalked by a cop for months because he saw her in traffic one day and thought she was hot
May 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Yeah this happens with an unsettling amount of regularity
With a terrific team, I just published a large study looking at all court cases involving the Trump administration.
Shows basis for courts no longer giving a so-called "presumption of regularity" (a legal doctrine involving a strong benefit of the doubt) to the administration.
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Shows basis for courts no longer giving a so-called "presumption of regularity" (a legal doctrine involving a strong benefit of the doubt) to the administration.
🧵
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation
Comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
www.justsecurity.org
September 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
With a terrific team, I just published a large study looking at all court cases involving the Trump administration.
Shows basis for courts no longer giving a so-called "presumption of regularity" (a legal doctrine involving a strong benefit of the doubt) to the administration.
🧵
Shows basis for courts no longer giving a so-called "presumption of regularity" (a legal doctrine involving a strong benefit of the doubt) to the administration.
🧵
This is what happens when you obliterate the presumption of regularity.
Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
MORE: Judge Sooknanan order DOJ to file yet another status report.
She sets 10:45 pm deadline for Ensign to address whether all of the children have been returned to ORR custody.
She sets 10:45 pm deadline for Ensign to address whether all of the children have been returned to ORR custody.
September 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is what happens when you obliterate the presumption of regularity.
Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.
If Starbucks’ baristas molested children with the regularity of Christian pastors and priests, you wouldn’t have been able to get your hands on a pumpkin spice latte in decades.
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If Starbucks’ baristas molested children with the regularity of Christian pastors and priests, you wouldn’t have been able to get your hands on a pumpkin spice latte in decades.
Good
The presumption of regularity was always horseshit
The presumption of regularity was always horseshit
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Xinis comes in hot this morning after DOJ fails to produce the ICE detainer to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia locked up.
She won't take DOJ's word for it that it exists.
"You have taken the presumption of regularity and you’ve destroyed it in my view," she says.
She won't take DOJ's word for it that it exists.
"You have taken the presumption of regularity and you’ve destroyed it in my view," she says.
July 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Good
The presumption of regularity was always horseshit
The presumption of regularity was always horseshit
Oh. Well I know how they’ll decide this one. If the owner of SCOTUS doesn’t like tariffs, why are we having arguments at all? To give the illusion of regularity?
Easter egg: Harlan Crow not a fan of tariffs
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Oh. Well I know how they’ll decide this one. If the owner of SCOTUS doesn’t like tariffs, why are we having arguments at all? To give the illusion of regularity?
Webcomics are the punk garage bands of art. What they lack in polish and regularity they make up for in originality and heart.
give me 1,000 webcomics with janky art & unpredictable update schedules on ugly websites over a single AIgen webtoon that exists only as Content to feed an endlessly hungry corporate app
March 18, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Webcomics are the punk garage bands of art. What they lack in polish and regularity they make up for in originality and heart.
Drew a Quadrilateral at 9% regularity on mino.mobi/draw mino.mobi/draw
May 15, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Drew a Quadrilateral at 9% regularity on mino.mobi/draw mino.mobi/draw
2/ Here is the regularly updated Presumption of Regularity study published at @justsecurity.org:
www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation (4th edition)
Definitive, most comprehensive study of court cases involving Trump administration and the basis for courts no longer giving a "presumption of regularity."
www.justsecurity.org
August 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
2/ Here is the regularly updated Presumption of Regularity study published at @justsecurity.org:
www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...
www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...