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Nate Raymond

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Reuters reporter in Massachusetts covering the federal judiciary and major litigation. Alaska expat. Email: nate.raymond@tr.com

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A suspected member of the ShinyHunters hacking group, which ​says it stole data on every FBI employee, was detained in Jordan this week and is cooperating with the FBI. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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EXCLUSIVE: ShinyHunters hacker in FBI data theft detained in Jordan, cooperating with bureau, sources say
A suspected member of the ShinyHunters hacking group, which ​says it stole data on every FBI employee, was detained in Jordan this week and is cooperating with the FBI, three people familiar with the ...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Leaving Massachusetts soon to help teach the next generation of journalists in Alaska (where I grew up) for a few days and give a lecture about covering courts for the last two decades (gulp). Hear my lecture at the University of Alaska Fairbanks via Zoom on Thursday. facebook.com/events/s/cou...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Had no idea that at this point some people were paying $120,000 a year for journalism degrees...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from publicly disclosing the names of foreign donors who provided thousands of gifts to universities throughout the country. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US judge blocks Trump administration from publishing names of universities' foreign donors
A federal judge has blocked the US Department of Education from publicly disclosing the names of foreign donors who provided thousands of gifts to universities throughout the country, saying the insti...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My latest: Federal prosecutors charged a Massachusetts man with cyberstalking Katie Miller, the ​wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, accusing ‌him of repeatedly calling and texting her and sending vulgar messages to her and her parents. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Massachusetts man indicted for repeated calls, texts to Stephen Miller's wife
Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a Massachusetts man with cyberstalking Katie Miller, the ​wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, accusing ‌him of repeatedly calling and text...
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Michael Karlik @michaelkarlik.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: Colorado's U.S. District Court abruptly got a new chief judge today. Gina Rodriguez, a Biden appointee, took over for Dan Domenico, who became chief just seven months ago. He is awaiting confirmation to a 10th Circuit judgeship: www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Regina Rodriguez is new chief federal judge for Colorado
Regina M. Rodriguez is the new chief federal judge for Colorado, the U.S. District Court has announced.
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New: With the midterms approaching, President Trump moved swiftly today to fill a newly-opened seat on the conservative-leaning 5th Circuit, announcing he would nominate a Mississippi lawyer to succeed a judge for whom the attorney ​had served as a law clerk. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Trump moves swiftly to fill seat on conservative-packed US appeals court
US President Donald Trump moved swiftly on Thursday to fill a newly-opened seat on a conservative-leaning federal appeals court, announcing he would nominate a Mississippi lawyer to succeed a judge fo...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
(Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said he regretted nominating three Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, .. according to a Time Magazine interview. ".. What can I do? .. I gave them the position of a lifetime, and they vote against me often."
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We made it: It is finally October 1, and the deluge of court rulings from federal judges trying to beat a 9/30 soft deadline to rule on outstanding civil motions has finally passed.
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That thing where you read a story and can tell that someone doesn't realize the New York Supreme Court is the trial court.
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Senator Marsha Blackburn has taken the rare step as a Republican lawmaker of blocking at least for now one of US President Donald Trump's judicial nominees by withholding support for a White House lawyer nominated ​to serve on the bench in her home state. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Republican US Senator Blackburn blocks Trump's pick for judge in Tennessee
US Senator Marsha Blackburn has taken the rare step as a Republican lawmaker of blocking at least for now one of US President Donald Trump's judicial nominees by withholding support for a White House ...
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The sources added that Patel consistently kept Bailey at arm's length and cut him out of meetings the deputy FBI director should attend because Bailey was constantly flagging things that were unconstitutional." www.cbsnews.com/news/top-fbi...
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Top FBI official Andrew Bailey, who was once widely seen as Patel successor, resigns
Bailey was originally brought in to help ease tensions between former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
THERE IT IS: Group of January 6 riot defendants have filed each filed federal civil lawsuits in DC seeking taxpayer-funded compensatory and punitive damages for alleged violations of their righrs They claim they were "targeted..and punished" for "protected expressive" activity
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge (Trump-appointed Stephanie Gallagher) has held the Trump administration in contempt for deporting a man to El Salvador in violation of three court orders. She's ordering the government to return him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New: A federal judge in Oklahoma has cleared the way for a Jewish organization to establish the ​nation's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a case over religious rights in American education that could eventually ‌reach the U.S. Supreme Court. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Oklahoma must allow taxpayer-funded religious charter school, judge rules
A federal judge in Oklahoma cleared the way on Thursday for a Jewish organization to establish the ​nation's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a case over religious rights in American ...
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Note also that last sentence: Trying to preemptively get around Justice Jackson's authority as circuit justice.
In light of the ongoing disruption caused by the First Circuit as well as
the prior stays granted by the full Court, if the Circuit Justice enters a briefing schedule without also entering an immediate administrative stay, the government respect-
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fully requests that its request for the immediate administrative stay be referred to the full Court. Cf. Rollins v. Rhode Island State Council of Churches, 146 S. Ct. 402
(2025) (No. 25A539); A.A.R.P. v. Trump, 145 S. Ct. 1034 (2025) (No. 24A1007).
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New: A federal judge in Boston expressed skepticism that the Trump administration should be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit seeking ‌to force Harvard to turn over records for an investigation into whether it continues to consider race in its admissions process. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US judge skeptical of Trump administration's Harvard admissions probe case
A federal judge on ​Thursday expressed skepticism that President Donald Trump's administration should be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit seeking ‌to force Harvard University to turn over records for...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New: A federal judge in Boston expressed skepticism that the Trump administration should be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit seeking ‌to force Harvard to turn over records for an investigation into whether it continues to consider race in its admissions process. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US judge skeptical of Trump administration's Harvard admissions probe case
A federal judge on ​Thursday expressed skepticism that President Donald Trump's administration should be allowed to proceed with a lawsuit seeking ‌to force Harvard University to turn over records for...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Began my day covering this Trump-era trial before Judge Young and will end my day attending a lecture by Judge Young on... "American Admiralty Law in Salem and Boston, 1800–1840, and Its Legacy."
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My latest: A longtime aide to Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott who served as the state's interim attorney general during Ken Paxton's 2023 impeachment proceedings was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as a federal judge. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US Senate confirms aide to Texas governor as federal judge
A longtime aide to Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott who served as the state's interim attorney general during Ken Paxton's 2023 impeachment proceedings was confirmed by the US Senate on ​Wednesda...
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 23/09/2026
A second federal judge ruled that the EPA under Trump unlawfully canceled a $7 billion grant program aimed at expanding solar energy in low-income communities. Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan on September 22 said EPA exceeded its authority when it rescinded grants previously awarded reut.rs/4hnWsUS
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Second judge finds Trump's EPA unlawfully nixed $7 billion solar grant program
A second federal judge has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump unlawfully canceled a $7 billion grant program ​aimed at expanding solar energy in low-income com...
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Status @status.news · 23/09/2026
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, we have learned. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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The Source Behind The Ban
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The order ​of the president of the United States I think fairly read expresses the view that transgender citizens don't exist," Judge Young told a DOJ attorney. "Please tell me I'm wrong." DOJ lawyer: "I can't."
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The order ​of the president of the United States I think fairly read expresses the view that transgender citizens don't exist," Judge Young told a DOJ attorney. "Please tell me I'm wrong." DOJ lawyer: "I can't."
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New: Judge William Young in Boston appeared open to blocking the Trump administration from barring healthcare providers that receive certain federal HIV-treatment funds from acknowledging their transgender patients' identities or providing them gender-affirming care. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Judge appears open to blocking Trump's transgender-related limits on HIV funding
A federal judge on Wednesday appeared receptive to blocking the Trump administration from barring healthcare providers that receive certain federal HIV-treatment funds from acknowledging their transge...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New: Judge William Young in Boston appeared open to blocking the Trump administration from barring healthcare providers that receive certain federal HIV-treatment funds from acknowledging their transgender patients' identities or providing them gender-affirming care. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Judge appears open to blocking Trump's transgender-related limits on HIV funding
A federal judge on Wednesday appeared receptive to blocking the Trump administration from barring healthcare providers that receive certain federal HIV-treatment funds from acknowledging their transge...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Before midnight, DOJ told Judge Kelly the press ban of CNN, MSNow, Politico is based on their National Security reporting. But examples are core First Amendment protected reporting. First howler: WH says it is b/c POLITICO reported GOP Convention was a political disaster.
"In September 2026, Politico Playbook relied on unnamed sources to paint the Republican midterm convention in Dallas as a disaster."
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Administration officials are circulating a list of government sites that could have Trump’s name affixed to them... One landmark that has emerged in the discussions among administration officials has raised eyebrows: Ford’s Theatre, the playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865."
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Trump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s Theatre
The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 23/09/2026
A federal judge in Michigan who was convicted of drunk driving will undergo treatment for alcohol use disorder and remain on paid leave for another year to resolve judicial misconduct complaints, his court announced @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4yQCLfB
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump: "I’m surprised CNN is here is covering me. You shouldn’t be here.” CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: “The United Nations allowed us in, sir.”
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Eighth Circuit has ordered the district court to reinstate Missouri’s 2025 congressional map. But before folks freak out, it also ordered that court to pause such a ruling for long enough that the challengers can (and will) seek further review from #SCOTUS: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
To allow for appellate review, the district court should administratively stay its permanent injunction until September 28, 2026, at 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time. Without any stay, Secretary Hoskins and local election authorities would be required to immediately begin implementing the 2025 map before the Supreme Court receives or decides any appeal. And without a limit to the stay, PNP could wait to file its petition for a writ of certiorari until the December 21, 2026, due date, see
SUP. CT. R. 13.1, thus preventing the Supreme Court from considering the merits of this case until after Missouri has conducted the November 2026 general election. The mandate shall issue forthwith
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Two updates: The plaintiffs have already filed for a TRO: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... And the case has been assigned to Judge Timothy Kelly—a Trump appointee, but the same one who ruled *for* Jim Acosta in the press pass revocation dispute during the first Trump administration.
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Temporary Restraining Order – #2 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., Akayla Gardner, Cheyenne Haslett, Betsy Klein, MS NOW Cable, LLC, POLITICO LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Declara...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just going to re-up this today...
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
UPDATE: The suit is live storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#1 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF against Steven Cheung, DONALD J. TRUMP, SUSAN WILES ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12686613) filed by Betsy Klein, POLITICO LLC, MS NOW Cable, ...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Under the radar yesterday: A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that Trump's EPA unlawfully canceled a $7 billion grant program aimed ​at expanding solar energy in low-income communities. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Trump's EPA unlawfully terminated $7 billion solar grant program, judge rules
A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration unlawfully canceled a $7 billion grant program aimed ​at expanding solar energy in low-income communities.
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New: The 10th Circuit has proposed a rule requiring lawyers to certify that any court filings prepared with the assistance of generative AI have been reviewed by humans for accuracy. If adopted, it would be a first of its kind rule in the federal appeals courts. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US appeals court rule would require lawyers to certify AI-prepared filings
A federal appeals court in Denver on Friday proposed requiring lawyers to certify that any court filings prepared with the assistance of generative AI have been reviewed by humans for accuracy.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Breaking: A federal appeals court ​has rejected ‌a Trump administration policy allowing for ​the rapid ​deportation of migrants to ⁠countries other ​than their own ​without providing them a chance to raise concerns ​they have ​for their safety. www.reuters.com/world/us-app...
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US appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing fast third‑country deportations
A federal appeals court ​on Friday rejected ‌a Trump administration policy allowing for ​the rapid ​deportation of migrants to ⁠countries other ​than their own ​without providing them a chance to rais...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Breaking: A federal appeals court ​has rejected ‌a Trump administration policy allowing for ​the rapid ​deportation of migrants to ⁠countries other ​than their own ​without providing them a chance to raise concerns ​they have ​for their safety. www.reuters.com/world/us-app...
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US appeals court rejects Trump policy allowing fast third‑country deportations
A federal appeals court ​on Friday rejected ‌a Trump administration policy allowing for ​the rapid ​deportation of migrants to ⁠countries other ​than their own ​without providing them a chance to rais...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New: The 10th Circuit has proposed a rule requiring lawyers to certify that any court filings prepared with the assistance of generative AI have been reviewed by humans for accuracy. If adopted, it would be a first of its kind rule in the federal appeals courts. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US appeals court rule would require lawyers to certify AI-prepared filings
A federal appeals court in Denver on Friday proposed requiring lawyers to certify that any court filings prepared with the assistance of generative AI have been reviewed by humans for accuracy.
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New: Judge Timothy Cain, an Obama appointee in South Carolina who had worked in private practice with the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who backed his nomination, plans to take senior status Oct. 1, creating a new judicial vacancy. www.uscourts.gov/data-news/ju...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New: A federal judge in Boston struck down a policy that was adopted early in President Donald Trump's administration that required the Department of Education ​to terminate millions of dollars in grants funding diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US judge strikes down Education Department's anti-DEI grant policy
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a policy that was adopted early in US President Donald Trump's administration that required the US Department of Education ​to terminate millions of dollars in ...
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Michael Karlik @michaelkarlik.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Senior Judge John Kane of Colorado, a Carter appointee, dropped this line in an immigration habeas order: "Requiring lay individuals to endure the burden and stress of pursuing habeas relief to remedy an [unlawful arrest] is neither fair nor consistent with the orderly administration of justice."
4 On November 25, 2025, my colleague Judge Brooke Jackson issued a preliminary injunction
prohibiting ICE from “effect[ing] warrantless arrests in this District unless, pre-arrest, the
arresting officer has probable cause to believe that the individual is in the United States in
violation of United States immigration laws and probable cause that the person being arrested is
likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained, as required by 8 U.S.C. § 1357(a)(2) and 8
C.F.R. § 287.8(2).” Ramirez Ovando, 810 F. Supp. 3d at 1240-42. The preliminary injunction
also requires an arresting officer to, after a warrantless arrest, “document in writing the facts and
circumstances surrounding that arrest in the narrative section of the detainee’s Form I-213,”
Record of Deportable/Inadmissible Alien. Id. at 1241. As ordered, this Form I-213 “shall, upon
request, [be] provid[ed] to plaintiffs’ counsel . . . no later than ten (10) days after the arrest.” Id.
Ms. Sanchez-Barrientos’s arrest took place outside this District, and thus Judge Jackson’s
preliminary injunction is not applicable. However, I point to his order as an accurate reflection of
the law and emphasize that compliance with his preliminary injunction could have prevented the
circumstances here, in which Respondents do not contest the illegality of their conduct.
Requiring lay individuals to endure the burden and stress of pursuing habeas relief to remedy an
arrest undertaken without lawful authority is neither fair nor consistent with the orderly
administration of justice.
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New: A federal judge in Boston struck down a policy that was adopted early in President Donald Trump's administration that required the Department of Education ​to terminate millions of dollars in grants funding diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US judge strikes down Education Department's anti-DEI grant policy
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a policy that was adopted early in US President Donald Trump's administration that required the US Department of Education ​to terminate millions of dollars in ...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The White House has withdrawn its nomination of former ​Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer ‌for to serve as ICE's director. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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White House drops Schroyer nomination for ICE director
The White House withdrew on Thursday its nomination of former ​Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer ‌for Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, issuing a brief statement that did ​not provide ...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New: Kasdin Mitchell, a corporate litigator who clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas, won Senate confirmation on Thursday to serve as a judge in a Texas court that has become a favorite ​for conservative litigants challenging Democratic policies. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US Senate confirms former Thomas law clerk to serve as judge in Texas
A corporate litigator who clerked for US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas won Senate confirmation on Thursday to serve as a federal judge in a Texas court that has become a favorite ​for conserva...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New: The U.S. federal judiciary is working to develop fresh guidance for judges on the use of generative AI in court operations, with an aim to make new recommendations within the next year, a judge tasked with assessing the ​emerging technology said on Thursday. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US judiciary developing new guidance on courts' use of AI
The US federal judiciary is working to develop fresh guidance for judges on the use of generative AI in court operations, with an aim to make new recommendations within the next year, a judge tasked w...
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New: A federal judge blocked Montana from ​enforcing a new law aimed at curbing election-related "deepfakes" against a conservative PAC that distributed mailers with AI-generated images of two candidates holding ‌pride flags. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US judge blocks Montana from enforcing 'deepfake' election ads law against conservative group
A federal judge blocked Montana from ​enforcing a new law aimed at curbing election-related "deepfakes" against a conservative PAC that distributed mailers with AI-generated images of two candidates h...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
Trump looks at a placard that reads "Kennedy Center DEMOLITION" as he lands at Joint Base Andrews tonight (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Trump through the plane window looking at a placardzoom in on placard where text is visible
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Karl Rove comes off the sidelines www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...
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