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Law Dork has rapidly become a trusted resource for legal news and insights on major stories, including those from the Supreme Court and trial courts. In its first year, Law Dork published over 150 articles, showcasing its extensive coverage of the legal system. With a strong focus on LGBTQ topics and criminal justice issues, Law Dork often leads the way in reporting on these important matters, thanks to my deep knowledge and experience in these fields.

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Conservatives on SCOTUS give DOGE the go-ahead

3 weeks ago | lawdork.com | Chris Geidner

On Friday afternoon, heading into the weekend, the U.S. Supreme Court told the Trump administration that the non-department Department of Government Efficiency can more or less do what it wants. In a pair of orders on the shadow docket, the court’s conservatives — over the objection of the liberal justices — allowed DOGE to access individualized, sensitive Social Security data for all Americans even as they prevented Americans from being able to access information about DOGE.
A day for the Democratic appointees on SCOTUS - but what does it mean?

3 weeks ago | lawdork.com | Chris Geidner

On Thursday morning, the Democratic appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court each authored a majority decision for the court in one of the more significant cases of the term. These were not 5-4 decisions, however, where Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson managed to convince two of the Republican appointees to join them. To the contrary, all three decisions were authored for a unanimous court.
Breaking: Judge orders Trump admin to let those sent to CECOT to challenge AEA removal

3 weeks ago | lawdork.com | Chris Geidner

A federal judge has found that the Trump administration’s removal of people from the United States on March 15 under the purported authority of President Donald Trump’s invocation of a wartime power, sending them to El Salvador’s CECOT prison, violated their due process rights because they were not given the chance to challenge the action.
Can I ask for a favor?

3 weeks ago | lawdork.com | Chris Geidner

Dear reader, Law Dork — Chris Geidner — here!It’s been 135 days since President Donald Trump took an oath of office that he has regularly made clear is being regarded as more of a suggestion — at best. In that time, I’ve published more than 85 reports at Law Dork on the Trump administration’s actions and related litigation. Law Dork has been covering the legal consequences of the Trump administration nonstop.
Federal judge protects trans care for federal prisoners, blocking Trump order for now

3 weeks ago | lawdork.com | Chris Geidner

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the federal government to continue providing transgender people in federal prisons with hormone therapy and social accommodations like clothing that they would have been allowed before the Trump administration tried to end such policies.
Enter June: Preparing for SCOTUS

3 weeks ago | lawdork.com | Chris Geidner

Over the next five weeks, we expect the U.S. Supreme Court to release decisions in all of the remaining cases. That means 34 decisions in fewer than that many days. The Supreme Court’s conservatives will largely control what happens this month with their 6-3 majority. Among other matters, that majority has dramatically increased constitutional protections based on religion even as they decrease other protections — what I’ve referred to as their religious supremacy project.
SCOTUS has allowed the Trump admin to end legal status for more than 1 million people

4 weeks ago | lawdork.com | Chris Geidner

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday issued an order allowing the Trump administration to end immigration programs during litigation that provided legal status for about 500,000 people.
Emil Bove cannot become a federal judge

1 month ago | lawdork.com | Chris Geidner

First, Emil Bove was Donald Trump's criminal defense lawyer. Then, president-elect Donald Trump named him to a senior role at the Justice Department. Then, Bove forced out ethical lawyers at DOJ to advance President Donald Trump's aim of getting the case against Eric Adams tossed out. On Wednesday, Bove got a judicial nomination in return for his services. Not just any judicial nomination, either.
DOJ rushes to SCOTUS in dispute over people it is trying to send to South Sudan

1 month ago | lawdork.com | Chris Geidner

On Tuesday afternoon, the Justice Department went to the U.S. Supreme Court to ask the justices to stop a district court from ordering the administration to implement the steps DOJ told the district court that the administration could take.
Supreme Court sidesteps religious charter school question for now on 4-4 deadlock

1 month ago | lawdork.com | Chris Geidner

In a bit of a surprise, the U.S. Supreme Court announced on Thursday morning that it could not reach a majority resolution on the case over the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board’s effort to establish the nation’s first religious charter school. The 4-4 tie means that the Oklahoma Supreme Court decision holding that the charter school board could not approve a religious school’s application stands. No religious charter schools. For now.