🚨 A federal judge has again blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia, issuing a new administrative stay after plaintiffs filed an amended complaint and emergency motion. pic.twitter.com/6l1hYYPqNH
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) July 31, 2026
Scanning the Amended Complaint that is the supposed justification for a district judge in Mass. to Administratively Stay the DHS order terminating TPS for Somalia.
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) July 31, 2026
The Supreme Court left open the issue of "Constitutional claims" being outside the otherwise comprehensive bar…
I looked at the amended complaint in the Somalia TPS case. The district judge has entered a novel "administrative stay" to sort out the claims. She has declared the TPS termination "void" for now, while deciding whether any of the claims can justify a more permanent pause.
— Eric W. (@EWess92) August 1, 2026
The… pic.twitter.com/YJNXcT7FMO
— Brett Shumate (@AAGShumate) July 31, 2026
Rapier108 said:🚨 A federal judge has again blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia, issuing a new administrative stay after plaintiffs filed an amended complaint and emergency motion. pic.twitter.com/6l1hYYPqNH
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) July 31, 2026
txags92 said:Rapier108 said:🚨 A federal judge has again blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia, issuing a new administrative stay after plaintiffs filed an amended complaint and emergency motion. pic.twitter.com/6l1hYYPqNH
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) July 31, 2026
Hasn't SCOTUS already said these courts don't have the jurisdiction to challenge TPS decisions? What are the tools SCOTUS has to put a stop to this endless chain of courts trying to usurp executive branch powers?
Rapier108 said:txags92 said:Rapier108 said:🚨 A federal judge has again blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia, issuing a new administrative stay after plaintiffs filed an amended complaint and emergency motion. pic.twitter.com/6l1hYYPqNH
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) July 31, 2026
Hasn't SCOTUS already said these courts don't have the jurisdiction to challenge TPS decisions? What are the tools SCOTUS has to put a stop to this endless chain of courts trying to usurp executive branch powers?
Yes, they ruled TPS cannot be reviewed by the federal courts.
SCOTUS cannot really do anything, other than keep overruling them.
The only real solution is for Congress to remove the judges from office, which they won't do.
Rapier108 said:txags92 said:Rapier108 said:🚨 A federal judge has again blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia, issuing a new administrative stay after plaintiffs filed an amended complaint and emergency motion. pic.twitter.com/6l1hYYPqNH
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) July 31, 2026
Hasn't SCOTUS already said these courts don't have the jurisdiction to challenge TPS decisions? What are the tools SCOTUS has to put a stop to this endless chain of courts trying to usurp executive branch powers?
Yes, they ruled TPS cannot be reviewed by the federal courts.
SCOTUS cannot really do anything, other than keep overruling them.
The only real solution is for Congress to remove the judges from office, which they won't do.
The First Circuit needs to address this abuse of the Administrative Stay in this case, and remove the Judge from the case. https://t.co/Qhr40tp3je
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) July 31, 2026
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Scanning the Amended Complaint that is the supposed justification for a district judge in Mass. to Administratively Stay the DHS order terminating TPS for Somalia.
The Supreme Court left open the issue of "Constitutional claims" being outside the otherwise comprehensive bar against challenges to DHS Sec. discretion in ending TPS.
So what "constitutional right" have these plaintiffs now set forth in their class action filing???
A 5th Amendment due process right based on a "liberty and property" interest in having a non-arbitrary decision as to whether TPS should be terminated.
This is an APA challenge based on an allegation that the decision to end TPS is "arbitrary" that is then married to a claim that there is a 5th Amendment due process right in liberty and property to have a non-arbitrary decision.
This is sanctionable under Rule 11, and the attorneys should be referred to state authorities for discipline.
The Judge should be removed from the case for even entertaining a faux TRO under the fraudulent justification of an "administrative stay."
There are no rules for these zealots.
DEI hire justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she’s careful about which public engagements she accepts because she has to be impartial…. As she appears on MICHELLE OBAMA’s podcast
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 30, 2026
Can’t make this up 🤡 pic.twitter.com/kXTa2mF98g
Aggie Jurist said:
Early in my practice I learned that there were a number of states where you didn't want to be a corporate defendant in state court - Mississippi, Louisiana, Illinois, California, Hawaii - so you did all you could to get to Federal Court where you could expect "professional" judges to be more even handed (You wanted out of most state courts of course, but there were a few absolutely terrible jurisdictions).
You can no longer count on most federal courts to apply the law evenly. The legitimacy of the federal court system has been absolutely destroyed by the Obama/Biden appointees - and Dick Durbin is one of the biggest reasons why. The Dems have effectively, through the packing of the courts and the administrative state, weaponized the government against any who would deign to oppose their agenda.
Another chapter in the Judge-driven litigation in the settled Trump v. IRS case. Now, the Judge has asked self-appointed "friends of the court" about sanctions no party asked for. Justice Ginsburg explained courts are supposed to address party presented issues. This seems afield pic.twitter.com/P0uoe2U0sa
— Eric W. (@EWess92) August 1, 2026
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Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., revealed he plans to introduce articles of impeachment against a judge on Monday.
"SCOTUS made it very clear that lower courts cannot suspend TPS. Yet, an Obama-appointed judge is defying the Court and the Constitution in an attempt to subvert the will of the President," Ogles said in a statement provided to Just the News.
"This judicial activist's obstruction of the people's will must be stopped. Judge Burroughs must be impeached," he added.
Ogles wrote on X that U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs' decision to block Trump from ending Temporary Protected Status for Somalis was unconstitutional.
"On Monday I will file Articles of Impeachment against Judge Allison Burroughs for her unconstitutional act of Judicial Activism!!! Enough is enough, Americans First NOT 3rd world migrants," he wrote.
Judge Abudu has long courted controversy. As @da27th noted during her confirmation hearing, she leveled calumnies against Alabama. During that time there was also controversy as a staff attorney at SPLC was arrested on terrorism charges for throwing a firebomb at police pic.twitter.com/NUjzeYO2fL
— Eric W. (@EWess92) August 4, 2026
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On February 9, 2023, her nomination was favorably reported by the committee by a party line 1110 vote. Abudu did not receive any Republican support in the committee because Republicans questioned whether her advocacy work would prevent her from being impartial on the bench. On May 15, 2023, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed cloture on her nomination. On May 17, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 5048 vote. On May 18, 2023, her nomination was confirmed by a 4947 vote, with Senator Joe Manchin being the only Democrat to vote against confirmation
What part of SCOTUS .... pic.twitter.com/EmSq4rMRMD
— Brett Laird Francis Doyle MCS (@BrettDoyleMCS) August 3, 2026
Judge Burroughs complains that the state of the law has changed after the US Supreme Court resolved almost all of the claims before her. She contended that despite the Supreme Court reversal there was "not yet reason" to lift the stay. The presumption here appears backward. pic.twitter.com/aPvq0ujWrw
— Eric W. (@EWess92) August 4, 2026
The case will now be briefed in two days instead of five weeks. A huge win for President Trump and the @TheJusticeDept team led by @AAGShumate. Read the full order here: https://t.co/cfYXxSc6dV
— Eric W. (@EWess92) August 4, 2026
🚨 NEWS: In a new court filing, Capital One says Donald Trump’s accounts were closed in 2021 after months of analysis by its anti-money laundering (AML) professionals, not because of politics, as Trump has long claimed.
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) August 1, 2026
The bank says its AML team conducted a careful review that… pic.twitter.com/rKKbGoWrYU
Judge Dunlap (Trump II) dissents. He says that the administrative stay has "been in place for longer than a TRO may lawfully be in force." He would vacate the stay. There is "no basis to issue an administrative stay here." He hits all the infirmities with the order. Very good! pic.twitter.com/UFlmOLI3ZE
— Eric W. (@EWess92) August 4, 2026
Read the full opinion here: https://t.co/PUGNJiWsMp
— Eric W. (@EWess92) August 4, 2026
🚨 The Supreme Court has released its October oral argument calendar.
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) August 4, 2026
The first sitting includes arguments over whether states and local governments can use state law to sue oil companies over climate change and whether prolonged immigration detention requires a bond hearing. pic.twitter.com/kCHhBsjfs4
🚨 A federal judge says the court order blocking the Trump administration from ending Haiti's Temporary Protected Status is no longer in effect after the Supreme Court's ruling in Mullin v. Doe. The lawsuit will continue, but the administration can move forward with ending TPS. pic.twitter.com/lhlUczG6ft
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) August 5, 2026
This is not correct. Haiti TPS ended when the Supreme Court mandate issued on July 27. I will give Judge Reyes kudos though for taking the L with grace and not doing something bonkers like many of her colleagues. https://t.co/xgS6C9lX6o
— James Percival (@DHSGenCounsel) August 5, 2026
HUGE BREAKING 2A WIN: Federal Court finds NFA is unconstitutional as applied to suppressors, short barrel rifles and shotguns in Silencer Shop v ATF. Commerce clause violated. Congratulations to @GunOwners @gunpolicy @NRA and @2AFDN
— Mark W. Smith/#2A Scholar (@fourboxesdiner) August 5, 2026
will25u said:HUGE BREAKING 2A WIN: Federal Court finds NFA is unconstitutional as applied to suppressors, short barrel rifles and shotguns in Silencer Shop v ATF. Commerce clause violated. Congratulations to @GunOwners @gunpolicy @NRA and @2AFDN
— Mark W. Smith/#2A Scholar (@fourboxesdiner) August 5, 2026
will25u said:HUGE BREAKING 2A WIN: Federal Court finds NFA is unconstitutional as applied to suppressors, short barrel rifles and shotguns in Silencer Shop v ATF. Commerce clause violated. Congratulations to @GunOwners @gunpolicy @NRA and @2AFDN
— Mark W. Smith/#2A Scholar (@fourboxesdiner) August 5, 2026
A judicial opinion has one valid purpose — to explain why the law compels the court to rule in favor of one party and against the other with respect to the specific matter before it. When a judge uses an opinion as a platform for ranting about what he thinks the law should be or… https://t.co/jVp3bEv6lb
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) August 5, 2026
Weird, these arguments in support of an “administrative stay” sound just like the sort of discretionary non-constitutional judgments of fact and policy that the executive alone is authorized to make under the statute, judgments whose review by courts is barred - according to… https://t.co/wyuTKLY28l
— Adrian Vermeule (@Vermeullarmine) August 4, 2026
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The End of the Endangered Species Act?
Earlier in July the US Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule that, after 15 months of deliberation, rescinds the definition of "harm" that has underpinned the enforcement of the ESA since 1975 and thus narrows the set of actions that violate the ESA.
This rule change could, if it survives challenges in court and subsequent administrations, fundamentally change the ESA and remove the major features that turned it into a land use regulation in the first place.
How can simply removing the definition of one word, and not even replacing it with anything, change the law so much?
Well, the current definition of harm (current until the new rule goes into effect in September) isQuote:
an act or omission which actually injures or kills wildlife, including acts which annoy it to such an extent as to significantly disrupt essential behavioral patterns … significant environmental modification or degradation which has such effects is included within the meaning of 'harm'
According to the USFWS in their notice for this definition change, the current definition of harmQuote:
dramatically expanded the plain meaning of ''take,'' to sweep in (and thus prohibit) actions that impair the habitat of protected species." and "transformed section 9 from a prohibition on private citizens hunting, capturing, or otherwise attempting to kill or injure certain specifically protected animals into a sweeping land-useregulation. (emphasis original)
It is very clear that they are trying to undo this transformation of the law into a land-use regulation.
Concretely, they rescind the definition of harm that broadens prohibitions to acts or omissions that disrupt behavior, breeding, or significantly modify habitat. But they don't replace the definition with anything else. Instead, they fall back on the definition of "take" itself, where "harm" was just one of 10 other verbs that take was supposed to include.
Specifically, they mean to follow Justice Scalia's interpretation in his dissent of Babbit v Sweet Home, which they cite and praise several times. Scalia's definition of take is far, far narrower than the previously standing one and would seem to me to exclude nearly all construction and agricultural activities on private land.Quote:
To "take," when applied to wild animals, means to reduce those animals, by killing or capturing, to human control … hunting, killing and capturing.
It is obvious that "take" in this sense-a term of art deeply embedded in the statutory and common law concerning wildlife-describes a class of acts (not omissions) done directly and intentionally (not indirectly and by accident) to particular animals (not populations of animals).
Essentially, the idea is that this prohibition on take in Section 9 is about poaching. The broader seeming "harm" and "harass" are subordinate to the narrower "pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect" in the definition of "take."
🚨 A federal judge cleared the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for South Sudan, ruling that immigrants could not revive their case with new statutory and constitutional claims after the Supreme Court's Mullin v. Doe decision. pic.twitter.com/OAxdJzTosb
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) August 7, 2026
Judge Saris's previous administrative stay that blocked termination of South Sudan's TPS was set to expire upon her ruling on these motions.
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) August 7, 2026
Read the ruling here: https://t.co/HMnyQc1PnH
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An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress to build his proposed White House ballroom, saying construction must stop.
WASHINGTON (AP) An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress to build his proposed White House ballroom, saying construction must stop.
The U.S. Court of Appeals sided with historic preservationists who sued to stop construction. The court said it would stay its own ruling for two weeks to allow the administration to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"Whether or not a massive ballroom should be constructed is for Congress to decide and is not a matter for Executive self-help," the court wrote.
"This holding has nothing at all to do with whether the proposed ballroom is desirable, or not, as a matter of policy. This ruling does not even necessarily mean that the Defendants may not ultimately construct the ballroom.
"What it does mean," the court continued, "is that the Defendants may not do so during the district court's expeditious litigation without securing Congress's authorization, as the Constitution and laws require."
Judge Rao dissented, arguing the injunction gives too little weight to the President's national security judgments. She said the courts should defer to the Executive on security needs at the White House and would have allowed construction to continue while the case proceeds.
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) August 7, 2026
This may be the one Trump simply ignores. https://t.co/geKfx8R633
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) August 7, 2026
It would not shock me at all to see SCOTUS enter a summary order granting relief to the Administration in the ridiculous ballroom case, and remand the matter to the D.C. Circuit for further consideration, citing favorably Judge Rao's dissent, Sec. II(A) -- a lack of standing by…
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) August 7, 2026