While SCOTUS is MIA, trial judges across the country are stepping up. The full Circuit Court in DC leaps in to save Voice of America from the May hell panel hearing emergency appeals. A judge in Maryland orders the government to facilitate the return of a man wrongly deported to the Salvadoran gulag. No, not Kilmar Abrego Garcia — another one! In New York, a third trial judge rules that we are NOT under invasion by Venezuela. And in Alabama, trial judges ordered the state to fix its racist maps again.

Links:

DHS Courts Contempt In Its Zeal To Deport As Many Harmless Grannies As Possible

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/dhs-courts-contempt-in-its-zeal-to

Widakuswara v. Lake [Circuit Court Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69940505/patsy-widakuswara-v-kari-lake

Dragon Law Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69837453/jane-doe-no-2-v-clinton-county-of/

J.O.P. v. Department of Homeland Security [District Court Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/15867241/jop-v-us-department-of-homeland-security

U.S. v. Watkins (SDNY 1946)

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2209995717379331353

G.F.F. v. Trump [SDNY Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69857769/gff-v-trump/

Milligan v. Allen Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61494291/milligan-v-allen/

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On today’s episode, we break down how Radio Free Europe just might be the key to preserving the separation of powers in America. We talk the Tucker Act and all of the pretextual, vapid, and/or just plain wrong arguments coming out of Trump’s Department of Justice. Perkins Coie wins their case in front of Our Favorite Beryl, a dingus is trying to sue Chief Justice John Roberts, and Maine’s Governor Janet Mills promised the President she’d see him in court. Four days later, the administration caved, meaning Maine kids will get to eat their school lunches after all.

Links:

Trump Admin Unveils Exciting Plan To Magic Away Impoundment Lawsuits

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/trump-admin-unveils-exciting-plan

RFE/RL v. Lake (USAGM) D.D.C. docket [via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69752936/rferl-inc-v-lake/

US Agency for Global Media DC Circuit docket [via Court Listener]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.42001/

America First Legal Foundation v. Chief Justice Roberts [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69924761/america-first-legal-foundation-v-roberts/

Perkins Coie LLP v. Dept. of Justice [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69725919/perkins-coie-llp-v-us-department-of-justice/

US v. Kirk [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69580642/united-states-v-kirk/

US v. Smirnov

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68254959/united-states-v-smirnov

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Well, it’s finally happened. A federal judge has finally ruled that we are not being invaded by Venezuela and so the president can’t just shout “ALIEN ENEMIES ACT” as an excuse to kidnap people and send them to a torture gulag in El Salvador. And it was a Trump appointee who did it! Also, Mike Lindell is somehow still here.

Links:

Conservative Judge Saves VOA, Savages SCOTUS

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/conservative-judge-saves-voa-savages

J.A.V. v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69862833/jav-v-trump

‘Historical loss’: Alleged gang leader evades US justice with deportation to El Salvador

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/politics/ms-13-leader-deported-el-salvador-boasberg-order/index.html

Madawhi v. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69888582/mahdawi-v-trump/

Eric Coomer: Pawn Plant or Perp?

https://www.scribd.com/document/511804143/1-5019632676605264266

Dominion v. Lindell DC Docket (Judge Nichols)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59670901/us-dominion-inc-v-my-pillow-inc/

Coomer v. Lindell Colorado Docket

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cod.215068/

Redline of “draft” versus final opposition filed in Colorado

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cod.215068/gov.uscourts.cod.215068.311.2_1.pdf

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