Chris Geidner
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Chris Geidner
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* Not every post is for every person; some are to inform legal folks of something.
* If I have time & if it matters, I say more, but I don't always have time & it doesn't always matter.
* If it's important, I usually cover it at Law Dork, where I work to make reports accessible to all.
Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.
January 20, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.
To:
Judge Menendez
Judge Tostrud
Justice Kavanaugh
Chief Justice Roberts
Justice Thomas
Justice Alito
Justice Gorsuch
Justice Barrett
Cc:
Judge Cobb
Judge Ellis
Judge Perry
Judge Immuergut
Judge Breyer
Judge Brennan
Judge Easterbrook
Judge Scudder
Bcc:
Judge Boasberg
Judge Xinis
Judge Menendez
Judge Tostrud
Justice Kavanaugh
Chief Justice Roberts
Justice Thomas
Justice Alito
Justice Gorsuch
Justice Barrett
Cc:
Judge Cobb
Judge Ellis
Judge Perry
Judge Immuergut
Judge Breyer
Judge Brennan
Judge Easterbrook
Judge Scudder
Bcc:
Judge Boasberg
Judge Xinis
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 20, 2026 at 6:31 AM
To:
Judge Menendez
Judge Tostrud
Justice Kavanaugh
Chief Justice Roberts
Justice Thomas
Justice Alito
Justice Gorsuch
Justice Barrett
Cc:
Judge Cobb
Judge Ellis
Judge Perry
Judge Immuergut
Judge Breyer
Judge Brennan
Judge Easterbrook
Judge Scudder
Bcc:
Judge Boasberg
Judge Xinis
Judge Menendez
Judge Tostrud
Justice Kavanaugh
Chief Justice Roberts
Justice Thomas
Justice Alito
Justice Gorsuch
Justice Barrett
Cc:
Judge Cobb
Judge Ellis
Judge Perry
Judge Immuergut
Judge Breyer
Judge Brennan
Judge Easterbrook
Judge Scudder
Bcc:
Judge Boasberg
Judge Xinis
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All you want to know about Section 4 of the 25th Amendment. www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chri...
January 20, 2026 at 6:10 AM
'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'
January 20, 2026 at 5:58 AM
'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'
All you want to know about Section 4 of the 25th Amendment. www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chri...
January 20, 2026 at 5:22 AM
All you want to know about Section 4 of the 25th Amendment. www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chri...
Try to underwrite this headline more. Is it even possible?
A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney
A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
www.kare11.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Try to underwrite this headline more. Is it even possible?
Wait. I guess you didn’t watch the first episode of — ?
January 20, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Wait. I guess you didn’t watch the first episode of — ?
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There's so many things happening, so many people trying to explain it all, but Chris is -so good- at this
I've never been sad to be a paid subscriber; his work is phenomenal, absolutely top-notch, and he's a real light in the dark right now
I've never been sad to be a paid subscriber; his work is phenomenal, absolutely top-notch, and he's a real light in the dark right now
OK, we have orders, opinions, and arguments in the morning — and that’s just at SCOTUS. It’s also, obviously, January 20 — one year since Trump was ushered back into office.
Much to come. Subscribe to Law Dork to keep up with and support my work: www.lawdork.com
Much to come. Subscribe to Law Dork to keep up with and support my work: www.lawdork.com
Law Dork | Chris Geidner | Substack
The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more. Click to read Law Dork, by Chris Geidner, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
www.lawdork.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:29 AM
There's so many things happening, so many people trying to explain it all, but Chris is -so good- at this
I've never been sad to be a paid subscriber; his work is phenomenal, absolutely top-notch, and he's a real light in the dark right now
I've never been sad to be a paid subscriber; his work is phenomenal, absolutely top-notch, and he's a real light in the dark right now
OK, we have orders, opinions, and arguments in the morning — and that’s just at SCOTUS. It’s also, obviously, January 20 — one year since Trump was ushered back into office.
Much to come. Subscribe to Law Dork to keep up with and support my work: www.lawdork.com
Much to come. Subscribe to Law Dork to keep up with and support my work: www.lawdork.com
Law Dork | Chris Geidner | Substack
The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more. Click to read Law Dork, by Chris Geidner, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
www.lawdork.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:24 AM
OK, we have orders, opinions, and arguments in the morning — and that’s just at SCOTUS. It’s also, obviously, January 20 — one year since Trump was ushered back into office.
Much to come. Subscribe to Law Dork to keep up with and support my work: www.lawdork.com
Much to come. Subscribe to Law Dork to keep up with and support my work: www.lawdork.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
Um, the bus thread from @musicologyduck.bsky.social is unreal, and I am … glad … the bus … stopped?
January 20, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Um, the bus thread from @musicologyduck.bsky.social is unreal, and I am … glad … the bus … stopped?
When a handful of far-right voices complained about equality measures being pushed by the Biden admin re gadding treatment of trans people under sex discrimination laws in accord with precedent, we got years of nonstop reporting on how aggressive the Biden admin was in advancing trans rights.
January 20, 2026 at 2:11 AM
When a handful of far-right voices complained about equality measures being pushed by the Biden admin re gadding treatment of trans people under sex discrimination laws in accord with precedent, we got years of nonstop reporting on how aggressive the Biden admin was in advancing trans rights.
What an unfuckingbelievably wild framing.
January 20, 2026 at 2:00 AM
What an unfuckingbelievably wild framing.
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Rasmussen Has Fallen
Generic Ballot Polling:
🔵 DEM: 47%
🔴 GOP: 41%
Rasmussen / Jan 14, 2026
(Republican Pollster)
🔵 DEM: 47%
🔴 GOP: 41%
Rasmussen / Jan 14, 2026
(Republican Pollster)
January 20, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Rasmussen Has Fallen
I've been saying. www.lawdork.com/p/sixty-minu...
Yes. www.lawdork.com/p/jan-crawfo...
But, also, like, long before this: www.lawdork.com/p/washington...
Yes. www.lawdork.com/p/jan-crawfo...
But, also, like, long before this: www.lawdork.com/p/washington...
We are under no professional obligation to treat with even-handedness the would-be architects of our demise. trib.al/eO82fDs
The Crisis Year for Journalism Is Here
Journalists have an inherent right and professional duty to defend their industry and its mission against those who want to derail it—even when those threats are coming from the inside.
trib.al
January 19, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I've been saying. www.lawdork.com/p/sixty-minu...
Yes. www.lawdork.com/p/jan-crawfo...
But, also, like, long before this: www.lawdork.com/p/washington...
Yes. www.lawdork.com/p/jan-crawfo...
But, also, like, long before this: www.lawdork.com/p/washington...
Danish troops are on the ground.
I discussed this developing crisis and much more last night at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/on-year-tw...
I discussed this developing crisis and much more last night at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/on-year-tw...
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Danish troops are on the ground.
I discussed this developing crisis and much more last night at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/on-year-tw...
I discussed this developing crisis and much more last night at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/on-year-tw...
The latest in the West Texas A&M drag ban case. No parties are recommending that Friday's scheduled preliminary injunction en banc arguments at the Fifth Circuit go forward after Saturday's final judgment in the case from Judge Matt Kacsmaryk. —>
NEW: Texas proposes that the Fifth Circuit either could dismiss the PI en banc appeal or hold it and consolidate it with the merits appeal — a way to keep the appeal en banc. If the court does that, the state notes more briefing is needed.
tl;dr: I would not expect en banc arguments on Friday.
tl;dr: I would not expect en banc arguments on Friday.
January 19, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The latest in the West Texas A&M drag ban case. No parties are recommending that Friday's scheduled preliminary injunction en banc arguments at the Fifth Circuit go forward after Saturday's final judgment in the case from Judge Matt Kacsmaryk. —>
There are people here who (1) do work that I think is important and (2) who I need to mute because they are so intolerable.
(3) I acknowledge that there are people who undoubtedly think that about me, and that's why I just mute these folks for a while, and then try again, rather than blocking them.
(3) I acknowledge that there are people who undoubtedly think that about me, and that's why I just mute these folks for a while, and then try again, rather than blocking them.
January 19, 2026 at 11:02 PM
There are people here who (1) do work that I think is important and (2) who I need to mute because they are so intolerable.
(3) I acknowledge that there are people who undoubtedly think that about me, and that's why I just mute these folks for a while, and then try again, rather than blocking them.
(3) I acknowledge that there are people who undoubtedly think that about me, and that's why I just mute these folks for a while, and then try again, rather than blocking them.
100%. (And, I note later in my thread that I do expect that to happen in short order.)
To be fair, this sounds like Judge Cobb practically begging the plaintiffs to bring this back before her.
NEW: Finding that the 1/8 Noem policy requiring 7-day notice for congressional visits to immigration detention facilities is a "new agency action," Judge Cobb (Biden) denies a motion to enforce her order blocking an earlier policy. This is the wrong vehicle to challenge the new action, she finds.
January 19, 2026 at 10:57 PM
100%. (And, I note later in my thread that I do expect that to happen in short order.)
NEW: Finding that the 1/8 Noem policy requiring 7-day notice for congressional visits to immigration detention facilities is a "new agency action," Judge Cobb (Biden) denies a motion to enforce her order blocking an earlier policy. This is the wrong vehicle to challenge the new action, she finds.
![Plaintiffs’ motion is DENIED. ECF 40. Plaintiffs use the wrong procedural vehicle to
challenge the January 8, 2026 memorandum and policy announced therein, which is a new agency
action not subject to the Court’s prior stay order. The Court’s stay order was directed towards
Defendants’ oversight visit policies as announced in June 2025 and did not purport to address all
future DHS policies which may implicate congressional access to Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) facilities. See ECF 37 (“postpon[ing] and stay[ing]” the “effective dates of
implementation and enforcement of” specifically the “challenged Oversight Visit Policies” from
June 2025). The Court’s opinion found that the unlawfulness of the notice requirement arose from
the “limitation on the use of funding contained in Section 527,” and the fact that the seven-day
notice requirement as announced in June 2025 was promulgated, implemented, and enforced
through the use of Section 527 funds. ECF 36 at 72.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihnsj7jujzxkdfeiodz6hlerx7fb7b66eymeurzefib2wypmulsk4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 10:32 PM
NEW: Finding that the 1/8 Noem policy requiring 7-day notice for congressional visits to immigration detention facilities is a "new agency action," Judge Cobb (Biden) denies a motion to enforce her order blocking an earlier policy. This is the wrong vehicle to challenge the new action, she finds.
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I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
OK, I did scream a bit. www.lawdork.com/p/alito-bud-...
Samuel Alito has sold his percent share in SIX in protest
So apparently Dylan Mulvaney got cast in a Broadway musical... which resulted in transphobes losing their minds and threatening to "Bud Light" the show... and now the show's Twitter page is locked down. Cool cool.
January 19, 2026 at 9:50 PM
OK, I did scream a bit. www.lawdork.com/p/alito-bud-...
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Samuel Alito has sold his percent share in SIX in protest
So apparently Dylan Mulvaney got cast in a Broadway musical... which resulted in transphobes losing their minds and threatening to "Bud Light" the show... and now the show's Twitter page is locked down. Cool cool.
January 19, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Samuel Alito has sold his percent share in SIX in protest
The group of people with the worst understanding of what theater is and its purpose and promise for the world deciding to attack Six of all shows is mind-meltingly stupid.
It's awful for Dylan and the show and theater, but, that said, this seems to be a "toxic X" issue as much as anything else.
It's awful for Dylan and the show and theater, but, that said, this seems to be a "toxic X" issue as much as anything else.
So apparently Dylan Mulvaney got cast in a Broadway musical... which resulted in transphobes losing their minds and threatening to "Bud Light" the show... and now the show's Twitter page is locked down. Cool cool.
January 19, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The group of people with the worst understanding of what theater is and its purpose and promise for the world deciding to attack Six of all shows is mind-meltingly stupid.
It's awful for Dylan and the show and theater, but, that said, this seems to be a "toxic X" issue as much as anything else.
It's awful for Dylan and the show and theater, but, that said, this seems to be a "toxic X" issue as much as anything else.