Morning Docket: 02.20.25
* Ninth Circuit affirms striking down Trump's birthright citizenship order. [Courthouse News Service] * Supreme Court hearing reverse discrimination case on behalf of mediocre applicants everywhere. [Reuters] * DOGE to lead purge of federal regulations, which is to say DOGE to lead overwhelming morass of costly lawsuits under the APA. [Bloomberg Law News] * Ed Martin's tenure as US Attorney continues to dazzle in its wingnuttery. [Esquire] * Smile, you're on Candid Camer-- wait did he just say, "I killed her. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, convict my ass. I did it"? [Law360] * Targeting independent agencies, the White House asks "Would anyone say these are organs of Congress?" But would anyone say these are organs of the executive either? [National Law Journal] * "Some conservatives back 'common-good constitutionalism'" is a weird way to begin a conversation about Adrian Vermeule's theories. [ABA Journal] The post Morning Docket: 02.20.25 appeared first on Above the Law.
* Ninth Circuit affirms striking down Trump’s birthright citizenship order. [Courthouse News Service]
* Supreme Court hearing reverse discrimination case on behalf of mediocre applicants everywhere. [Reuters]
* DOGE to lead purge of federal regulations, which is to say DOGE to lead overwhelming morass of costly lawsuits under the APA. [Bloomberg Law News]
* Ed Martin’s tenure as US Attorney continues to dazzle in its wingnuttery. [Esquire]
* Smile, you’re on Candid Camer– wait did he just say, “I killed her. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, convict my ass. I did it”? [Law360]
* Targeting independent agencies, the White House asks “Would anyone say these are organs of Congress?” But would anyone say these are organs of the executive either? [National Law Journal]
* “Some conservatives back ‘common-good constitutionalism'” is a weird way to begin a conversation about Adrian Vermeule’s theories. [ABA Journal]
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