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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Judges across the country are calling BS on the Trump administration’s lies in court. But the government has come up with a genius plan to impress the judiciary by perpwalking a Wisconsin judge out of her own courthouse. If that doesn’t work, they’ll try contaminated milk.

Links:

STRENGTHENING AND UNLEASHING AMERICA’S LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PURSUE CRIMINALS AND PROTECT INNOCENT CITIZENS

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/

State of NY v. Department of Education [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69944116/state-of-new-york-v-department-of-education/

American Bar Association v. DOJ [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69934429/american-bar-association-v-us-department-of-justice/

NTEU v. Vought [DDC docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69624423/national-treasury-employees-union-v-vought/?

NTEU v. Vought [DC Cir docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69821739/national-treasury-employees-union-v-russell-vought/

Trump Administration Previews Genius New Legal Strategy

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/trump-admin-previes-genius-new-legal

US v. Dugan docket (E.D. Wisc.)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69943130/united-states-v-dugan/

Russell W. Currier and John A. Widness, A Brief History of Milk Hygiene and Its Impact on Infant Mortality from 1875 to 1925 and Implications for Today: A Review, Journal of Food Protection (Oct. 2018)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X22087610

Could changes at the FDA call the kosher status of milk into question? Many are asking. Jerusalem Post, April 25, 2025

https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/article-851470

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After burning down its credibility with every judge in the country, the Trump administration finds itself slapped with injunctions in every courtroom. Coincidence? Plus, the Department of Homeland Security discovers one weird trick to get around court orders barring deportations. And it is … to stand back and let the Defense Department do it for them!

Links:

MTA v. Duffy (NY Congestion Pricing) [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69652290/metropolitan-transportation-authority-v-duffy

House Dems Demand Letters to Vichy Bar

https://min.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/min.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/04.24.25-letters-to-law-firms-on-trump-administration-agreements-all.pdf

SDNY resignation letter

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/22/nyregion/prosecutor-letter.html

City and County of San Francisco v. Donald J. Trump [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69623767/city-and-county-of-san-francisco-v-donald-j-trump/

Abramowitz v. Lake [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69791808/abramowitz-v-lake/

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

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

D.V.D. v. Homeland Security (Notice of Removal to Third Country) [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69775896/dvd-v-us-department-of-homeland-security/

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The Trump administration spent the weekend trying hard to rendition immigrants to foreign gulags. But Supreme Court took some baby steps this weekend toward maybe possibly doing their damn jobs and ensuring that the rule of law survives. And in the biggest surprise since the stock market dropping like a rock on news of crippling tariffs on China, Pete Hegseth is texting war plans AGAIN. And for subscribers, Harvard University sues the Trump administration.

Links:

D.V.D. v. Homeland Security (Notice of Removal to Third Country) [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69775896/dvd-v-us-department-of-homeland-security/

AFGE, AFL-CIO v. Office of Personnel Management [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69655364/american-federation-of-government-employees-afl-cio-v-united-states/

President and Fellows of Harvard College v. US Department of Health and Human Services

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69921962/president-and-fellows-of-harvard-college-v-us-department-of-health-and/

American Oversight v. Hegseth [Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69788832/american-oversight-v-hegseth/

A.A.R.P. (W.M.M.) v. Trump [SCOTUS Docket]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a1007.html

W.M.M. (A.A.R.P.) v. Trump [Trial Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69898198/wmm-v-donald-j-trump/

A.A.R.P. (W.M.M.) v. Trump [Fifth Circuit Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69913684/aarp-v-trump/

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Chief Justice Roberts and the howler monkeys rolled over and played dead. But lower court judges understand the assignment, including Fourth Circuit Judge Harvie Wilkinson, a conservative icon. He read Trump — and implicitly the Supreme Court — for filth. But will it be enough? Liz and Andrew discuss the latest developments in the Salvadoran rendition cases. Plus, Trump moves to put US taxpayers on the hook for the E. Jean Carroll verdict.

Links:

Abrego Garcia v. Noem [District Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem/

Abrego Garcia v. Noem [Fourth Circuit Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69902650/kilmar-abrego-garcia-v-kristi-noem/

Noem v. Abrego Garcia [SCOTUS Docket]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a949.html

J.G.G. v. Trump [District Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741724/jgg-v-trump/

J.G.G. v. Trump [SCOTUS Docket]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a931.html

Carroll v. Trump [Second Circuit Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68985738/carroll-v-trump/

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If Chief Justice Roberts thought he was going to protect the judiciary by throwing trial judges under the bus, he was spectacularly mistaken. The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is hurtling toward contempt proceedings, with the government in open defiance of the court’s order to un-kidnap him. And meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi is running the Justice Department like an arm of the Trump campaign. And for subscribers: Trump steals lunch from poor kids in Maine because the state’s governor is nice to trans kids in accordance with Maine law. The state is suing, in a test case for the administration’s plan to use tax dollars as a cudgel to force social policy without having to pass laws.

Links:

AP v. Budowich [DC Circuit Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69869862/associated-press-v-taylor-budowich/

AP v. Budowich [DC District Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69662918/associated-press-v-budowich/

Susman Godfrey LLP v. Trump [Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69881953/susman-godfrey-llp-v-executive-office-of-the-president

US v. Smirnov [District Docket]

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

US v. Smirnov [Circuit Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69605315/united-states-of-america-v-smirnov/

US v. Mangione [District Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69486519/united-states-v-mangione/

US v. Villatoro Santos [District Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69804416/united-states-v-villatoro-santos/

Abrego Garcia v. Noem [District Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem/

Maine v. USDA [District Docket]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69853711/state-of-maine-v-united-states-department-of-agriculture/

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The Supreme Court had two big immigration rulings this week on deportees to the Salvadoran gulag prison: One terrible and one … marginally okay. Meanwhile at the White House, Tariff Man is running amok! Luckily, he extorted hundreds of millions of dollars worth of big firm billable hours to defend the government. But not from Susman Godfrey, the target of his latest wildly illegal executive order.

Links:

Tech Policy Podcast with Corbin Barthold (Liz and Andrew guest appearance)

https://podcast.techfreedom.org/episodes/403-the-constitutional-crisis

Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D.Md. docket)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem/

Abrego Garcia (SCOTUS Docket)

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a949.html

Perkins Coie Docket

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

J.G.G. v. Trump (SCOTUS docket)

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24a931.html

SCOTUS: Rendition Is Fine Actually

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/scotus-rendition-is-fine-actually

Jenner & Block Docket

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278932/

J.A.V. v. Trump (S.D. Texas docket)

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

G.F.F. v. Trump (S.D.N.Y. docket)

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

Susman Godfrey EO

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/modernizing-defense-acquisitions-and-spurring-innovation-in-the-defense-industrial-base-5

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