Special Boy Doctrine strikes again bsky.app/profile/stev...
Chief Justice Roberts has issued an “administrative” stay In the ballroom case—which effectively allows Trump to keep doing what he’s doing while the full Court decides whether to let him keep working indefinitely while the case moves forward (which it probably will, given this intervention).
August 21, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Special Boy Doctrine strikes again bsky.app/profile/stev...
September 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
And as soon as tomorrow, Judge Talwani may also issue a TRO against the new rule the USPS issued Friday night to implement the EO.
In other words, this is a small win for the Trump administration, but *not* a ruling that fully clears the way for Trump to mess with mail-in ballots come November.
In other words, this is a small win for the Trump administration, but *not* a ruling that fully clears the way for Trump to mess with mail-in ballots come November.
August 24, 2026 at 9:17 PM
This did happen last night. Jacqui Heinrich condemned the action. She is Fox News' White House correspondent and the president of the WHCA.
September 19, 2026 at 12:57 PM
September 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Alito: mailing abortion medication violates The Fugitive Womb Act bsky.app/profile/stev...
He is upset that abortion medication marks a “scheme to undermine” Dobbs
May 14, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Alito: mailing abortion medication violates The Fugitive Womb Act bsky.app/profile/stev...
Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
161. The Court's Disastrous Ruling in the Third-Country Removal Case
The majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If Elon Musk is going to keep inseminating women until he gets a kid who loves him, we're going to be at it a long fucking time.
February 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
So this guy seems SUPER weird and unsafe and about 40 moots follow him!
July 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
@cnn.com, It is always a good idea to consult local and regional reporting before you uncritically quote someone.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/02/j...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/02/j...
He’s an Unapologetic Fascist Who ‘Despises’ Democracy. He Still Wants You to Vote for Him.
He was once leader of the Proud Boys, has posted racist threats online, and sports a white nationalist tattoo.
thebarbedwire.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Only five votes on the Supreme Court for Article I of the Constitution of the United States bsky.app/profile/stev...
BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES President Trump‘s emergency bid to cancel nearly $2 billion in USAID spending. The vote is 5-4.
March 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Only five votes on the Supreme Court for Article I of the Constitution of the United States bsky.app/profile/stev...
Steven Soderbergh is 61
I think about this often www.vulture.com/2017/11/stev...
I think about this often www.vulture.com/2017/11/stev...
January 14, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Steven Soderbergh is 61
I think about this often www.vulture.com/2017/11/stev...
I think about this often www.vulture.com/2017/11/stev...
this would be a strong demand for the funding fight as well bsky.app/profile/stev...
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
this would be a strong demand for the funding fight as well bsky.app/profile/stev...
The “master of new york” lmao bsky.app/profile/stev...
Dear Lord. Imagine being the poor hapless schmuck who had to write this headline for @nytimes.com, knowing that you're surrounded by actual New Yorkers who in fact don't have total fucking amnesia.
June 1, 2024 at 8:05 PM
The “master of new york” lmao bsky.app/profile/stev...
Justice Kagan cuts to the chase:
"By means of [its repeated, unexplained grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration], this Court may facilitate the permanent transfer of authority, piece by piece by piece, from one branch of Government to another."
"By means of [its repeated, unexplained grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration], this Court may facilitate the permanent transfer of authority, piece by piece by piece, from one branch of Government to another."
July 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Via "One First," my longer take on #SCOTUS's ruling in the birthright citizenship cases.
TL;DR: The short-term significance may well be blunted by the answers to two procedural Qs the Court didn't address. It's the broader implication (the death of the legal process school) that's especially grim:
TL;DR: The short-term significance may well be blunted by the answers to two procedural Qs the Court didn't address. It's the broader implication (the death of the legal process school) that's especially grim:
162. What Does the Birthright Citizenship Ruling Portend?
Friday's ruling in Trump v. CASA will fundamentally alter the relationship between federal courts and other government institutions. How much depends upon three questions the decision left unanswered.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Omg ded 💀 bsky.app/profile/stev...
"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Omg ded 💀 bsky.app/profile/stev...
A federal court’s jurisdiction does *not* stop at the water’s edge. The question is whether the *defendants* are subject to the court order, not *where* the conduct being challenged takes place.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
March 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
From Metamorpho the Element Man #1. One of my favorite panels in the run. I actually squeaked with delight when I realized I could stage Metamorpho's and Urania's big fight scene moment like they were jitterbugging.
September 26, 2026 at 4:45 AM
September 25, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.
It's a tour de force:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It's a tour de force:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
!["On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1
More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/bafkreicrroq5taft777rmau2ffjlsphbcatlxnwwigf2yekoke533yycim)
![has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up,
twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite
country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of
suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified
Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that
she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8
U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all.
See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here
illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section
IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she
ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id.
The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary
unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes,
the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary,
Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to
replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A.
As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS
holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/bafkreid3cmawech25ummuj2tjvgxsrvufma2kmrijlfpglalwddd3qkikq)
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