Margot Cleveland

United States

Senior Legal Correspondent at The Federalist

Senior Legal Correspondent @FDRLST, Of Counsel @NCLALegal, ~25 yrs 7thCir law clerk, former full-time univ. faculty, Catholic conservative, wife to DH/mom to DS

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5 days ago | threadreaderapp.com | Margot Cleveland

Apr 18 🚨Judge Boasberg set an emergency hearing for 6:15 p.m., so starting momentarily. I'll have your color commentary. 1/ https://twitter.com/ProfMJCleveland/status/1913320467047346623 2/ Judge: I have another concerns with my ability to act on plaintiffs' TRO I think I need to first to find out what is happening in court and on the ground. What's happening legally? ACLU: Sought emergency relief in both 5th Circuit & SCOTUS given urgent circumstance.
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1 week ago | threadreaderapp.com | Margot Cleveland

Apr 16 On road & parked momentarily for a couple things so no time to do tweet thread on JudgeBoasberg’s order. But if he opens his opinion with an outright misrepresentation of what his order was, that tells me rest of substance sucks. 2/ This is factually wrong too: The boast was that they succeeded in avoiding an order preventing the removal...not that they ignored the removal order.
SCOTUS' Timidity Triggers Constitutional Crisis

1 week ago | thefederalist.com | Margot Cleveland

The Supreme Court has interceded six times in less than three months to rein in federal judges who improperly exceeded their Article III authority and infringed on the Article II authority of President Donald Trump. Yet the high court continues to issue mealy-mouthed opinions which serve only to exacerbate the ongoing battle between the Executive and Judicial branches of government.
SCOTUS’ Timidity Triggers Constitutional Crisis

1 week ago | conservativereview.com | Margot Cleveland
SCOTUS Grants Stay to Trump in Grant Payment Case

2 weeks ago | hotair.com | Margot Cleveland

ðŸš¨ðŸš¨ðŸš¨SCOTUS grants stay in case with injunction ordering payment of grants. Reasoning suggests all other cases brought under ADA seeking payment of grants will be stay. I'd wager Roberts might even join if it is a Preliminary Injunction and not a TRO. 1/â€” Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) April 4, 2025
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3 weeks ago | threadreaderapp.com | Margot Cleveland

🧵With the flurry of federal litigation, I thought it would be helpful for the non-lawyers to provide a brief lawsplainer of federal court system. So, here it goes: Article III of the constitution established 1 Supreme court and such inferior courts as Congress may establish. 1/ 2/ Currently there are 94 "district courts" and 13 "courts of appeals," named by their circuit, 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, through 11th Circuit.
Plaintiffs Challenging Trump DEI Order Are Playing Judicial Games

1 month ago | thefederalist.com | Margot Cleveland

A group of plaintiffs asked a federal judge on Saturday to vacate the injunction he had previously entered in their favor against the Trump Administration that halted the implementation of the president’s directives to end DEI initiatives. The plaintiffs’ move came after a federal appellate court stayed the injunction, signaling a likely reversal of the injunction on appeal and a win for Trump.
Plaintiffs Challenging Trump’s DEI Order Are Trying To Game The Judicial System

1 month ago | conservativereview.com | Margot Cleveland
An Avalanche of Unconstitutional Court Orders

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Margot Cleveland

More TROs & PI have issued against Trump Administration in 2 months than 4 years of Biden. And while appeals process is still ongoing for many of those, appellate courts have already stayed several orders showing my point re unconstitutionality is not spin but reality. Source link
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1 month ago | threadreaderapp.com | Margot Cleveland

🧵This post by @shellenberger provides an opportunity for me to hit a point I've been making the last week, but which many are still missing. For 2 months, Trump Administration has faced an avalanche of unconstitutional court orders from single federal judges. 1/ https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1902009973422358844 2/ More TROs & PI have issued against Trump Administration in 2 months than 4 years of Biden.