A federal judge extended temporary protection for CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters after the White House barred them from the grounds. The administration’s argument got a chilly reception—like a Michelob at last call.
The Supreme Court took up ICE’s no-bond-hearing policy, a judge set the next White House press-ban fight for October 8, and Renee Good’s family filed two federal suits over her killing. Real cheerful stuff for a Thursday.
Washington’s emergency docket just put the green light back on deportations to countries people may have no connection to. The Court stayed a Massachusetts ruling requiring a chance to object and will hear the policy’s legality in December.
The administration asked the Supreme Court to let the Bureau of Prisons halt gender-affirming treatment restrictions that lower courts blocked. Because apparently medical care in federal custody now needs a constitutional cage match.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court again to revive USPS mail-ballot restrictions after a Massachusetts judge blocked them. With ballots already headed out, the government says chaos; election officials say, buddy, you built the chaos.
A Boston federal judge blocked USPS from enforcing mandatory new mail-ballot rules before November’s midterms, finding challengers likely to win on claims that the agency barged into election administration without Congress handing it the keys.
The Trump administration appealed after a Boston federal judge again blocked its mail-voting order for two weeks. Out in Wyoming, the Republican governor wants answers after DOJ monitors tried to interview voters and inspect election gear. Great system, no notes.
