Category: Cases
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State of New York v Trump (Stop DOGING)
Whenever I see a motion for a TRO, Preliminary Injunction or a Stay, the opinion of the court always includes a reference to . These are known as the “Winter Factors”. They must be addressed in order by the court before granting any of the above. The first factor is the likelihood of success on…
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Bessent v. Dellinger, SCOTUS Watch
This matter concerns the President’s action to remove Hampton Dellinger from his position as Special Counsel for the Office of Special Counsel. Dellinger challenged his without-cause removal in the District Court for the District of Columbia. See 5 U. S. C. §1211(b). On February 12, 2025, the District Court entered a temporary restraining order (TRO)…
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Bassent v. Dellinger, 24A790 (SCOTUS)
We’ve talked about the process of litigation in a civil suit. A complaint is filed. In the complaint, the plaintiffs state what they are challenging, why they believe the law supports them, what harm they are suffering, and what relief they seek. The facts in this case are that on Friday, February 7, 2025, Trump…
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State of New York v. Donald J. Trump
A hearing was held on Friday. I expect the judge to issue an order regarding the Preliminary Injunction on Monday. The TRO expired on Friday, so the judge will either issue an order regarding the case. If she is going to go rogue, she will want to have that done on Monday to stop the…
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SCOTUS Watch Snope and Ocean State Tactical
Not what I intended to write about. The Court has surprised me, again. Snope and Ocean State Tactical are both distributed for the conference of 2/21/2025. We will near nothing about these cases before then. This puts these cases on track for arguments in the new term. Those oral arguments could be as early as…
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State of New York v. Donald J. Trump (25-cv-01144) S.D. New York
This is the case out of New York’s Southern District, under the Second Circuit. The Second Circuit is anti-gun and anti-“The People”. The Southern District translates to New York City. If you can find a pro-gun or pro constitution judge in the Southern District of New York, you are doing better than most people. The…
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SCOTUS watch
This is a difficult post for me. I want the Supreme Court to hear a Second Amendment case this term. I don’t think it is going to happen. The normal procedure is for a case to get on the docket. The Court gives the party time to file briefs. Once all the briefs are filed,…
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SCOTUS Watch: Snope and Ocean State Tactical
We are still in a holding pattern. At this instant, the January 27th order list has been released. Neither case is on it. This means that neither case has been summarily denied certiorari. They were not granted certiorari, either. Later today, the dockets should be updated. If they are relisted, we still have a chance…
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SCOTUS watch (Updated)
As of 1100 Tuesday, we have heard that cert was NOT denied in Snope nor in Ocean State Tactical. This means that when the dockets are updated later today, we are likely to see them Distributed for Conference of 1/24/2025. This is as expected. NEXT Monday is when I become concerned, if the cases are…
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