It’s been another wild week of injunctions, executive orders, and just plain insanity from the Trump administration. Then, we’ll let Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni teach us about civil procedure. And for a deep dive, we discuss a surprising recusal from Justice Barrett that preserves what’s left of the separation of church and state.
Links:
How Trump Officials Debated Handling of the Abrego Garcia Case: ‘Keep Him Where He Is’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/trump-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-deportation.html
Judge James Ho Public Meltdown
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.224134/gov.uscourts.ca5.224134.25.1.pdf
D.V.D. v. Department of Homeland Security [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69775896/dvd-v-us-department-of-homeland-security/
Somerville Public Schools v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69778837/somerville-public-schools-v-trump
US v. McIver [Docket via Court Listener]
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70317726/united-states-v-mciver/
Trump v. Wilcox [Supreme Court order granting stay]
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a966_1b8e.pdf
Oklahoma Statewide School Board v. Drummond [Supreme Court per curiam order]
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-394_9p6b.pdf
Lively v. Baldoni (SDNY) [docket via CourtListener]
We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine, New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/business/media/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html
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