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With executive orders targeting major law firms, Trump is endangering a democratic principle dating back to before America's founding. As law firms continue caving to the pressure, it appears to be working. csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/20…

The court pushes Louisiana v. Callais, a redistricting case, to next term for reargument. #SCOTUS

Fifth -- and final -- #SCOTUS opinion of the day: Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton Another 6-3 ruling on ideological lines upholds a Texas law requiring age verification for porn sites. Thomas with the majority. Kagan dissents, with Sotomayor and Jackson.

In the end, the judge did not take up the DOJ recommendation of a 1-day sentence for a former officer convicted for his role in the botched raid that killed #BreonnaTaylor. But the recommendation still sent a powerful message. csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/20…

An ex-police officer involved in the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor received a 33-month prison sentence yesterday -- after the DOJ had recommended a one-day sentence. A story, with @CSMSoutheast, on the Trump admin's hard pivot on police reform: csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/20…

We may have entered a new Supreme Court era this year. Call it the emergency era. csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/20…

As recovery efforts continue in Texas, questions are emerging about how the area could have been better prepared. Political will is growing -- for improvements and, perhaps, for accountability. #TexasFlood csmonitor.com/Environment/20…

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Xinis comes in hot this morning after DOJ fails to produce the ICE detainer to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia locked up. She won't take DOJ's word for it that it exists. "You have taken the presumption of regularity and you’ve destroyed it in my view," she says.

Erik Muncy met some guys at a church group in Ingram, Texas last week. A few days later, they were delivering supplies to #TexasFloods victims. “These are people’s entire lives. ...People are literally throwing their whole homes away.” csmonitor.com/USA/2025/0708/…

“We need a new system to handle the generosity of the world." As Kerr County heals from the #TexasFloods, it also responds. csmonitor.com/USA/2025/0708/…

JUST IN: Edward Kelley, a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant, gets life in prison for plotting to assassinate the FBI agents and police who investigated him. He contended Trump’s pardon extended to these crimes as well but DOJ opposed and court denied. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

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BREAKING: After four judges have ruled that Trump's EOs attacking law firms are unconstitutional, DOJ announced Monday that it is appealing the first of those decisions, as to Perkins Coie, to the DC Circuit. Background: lawdork.com/p/judge-howell…