Liz Dye

6 days ago | abovethelaw.com | Liz Dye

On April 11, the Justice Department moved to substitute itself as defendant in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case. More than a year after a jury found President Trump liable for defamation and ordered him to pay the advice columnist $83 million, the government is trying to grab the case by the Westfall Act in on the theory that, when you’re the president, they let you do it. It’s an exceptionally weird turn of events, since we’ve already been here before.

1 week ago | abovethelaw.com | Liz Dye

Reading the latest batcrap Justice Department filing in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case is an exercise in confusion. Are they letting ChatGPT draft now? Are they really this ignorant about the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure? Are they assuming that the Supreme Court will bail them out in any event, so they just barf out nonsense and head to the bar? Okay, that last one is unfair.

1 week ago | abovethelaw.com | Liz Dye

In February, President Trump summoned the nation’s governors to the White House for an airing of grievances. As usual, the tiny number of trans athletes topped the list. “Is Maine here?” he asked, before yelling at Governor Janet Mills for refusing to bench trans kids. “I’m complying with the state and federal laws,” she noted testily. “We are the federal law,” the wannabe dictator shot back furiously, before threatening to pull all federal funds from the state of Maine.

1 week ago | publicnotice.co | Liz Dye

ūüó£ÔłŹ ūüé§ ūü§Į With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever. Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers. If you aren‚Äôt one already, please click the button below and become one to support our work. ūüó£ÔłŹ ūüé§ ūü§ĮIf Chief Justice John Roberts hoped to save the judiciary by burning it down, he badly miscalculated.

1 week ago | portside.org | Liz Dye

Chief Justice’s Plan To Give Presidents a Little Rendition Published April 11, 2025 Yesterday, the Supreme Court did the bare minimum to force the Trump administration to follow the law. More than three weeks after a man was illegally renditioned to a Salvadoran gulag, the justices ordered the government to start thinking about getting him back. At some point. If it’s not too much trouble. Slow fucking clap. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 29, came to the United States when he was 16.