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Roger Parloff
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Senior Editor, Lawfare. Ex-Fortune staff. Practiced law a long time ago. Email: roger.parloff@lawfaremedia.org ; signal rparloff.61
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Is Trump's DOJ weighing transfering the Maduro case from Manhattan (Clinton-appointee Judge Hellerstein) to Florida?
January 4, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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This is the exercise of the Article II protective power to defend federal officers exercising an arrest warrant.
January 4, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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President Zelenskyy on Maduro:

What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
January 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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TOMORROW: On Jan. 4 at 3pm ET, Lawfare's @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org will sit down with @sranderson.bsky.social, Dana Stuster, & @atabatabai.bsky.social to discuss the what we know—and don't—about the US strike on Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro's capture, and the legal issues raised by the operation
January 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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Mag. Judge Sharbaugh rules that accused pipebomber Cole must be detained. Oddly, he still hasn't ruled on whether to accept Cole's superior court indictment. I don't see how he can detain him unless he accepts that indictment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 2, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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Accused J6 pipebomber Brian Cole is claiming that he is entitled to release due to govt’s failure to obtain within the allotted time period either a proper grand jury indictment or a judge’s probable cause finding after a “preliminary hearing.” Odd situation. ...
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January 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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December 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Re USA v Abrego Garcia: A quick summary of what Judge Crenshaw’s newly unsealed order from 12/3 shows & means: He reviewed ~3,000 govt documents in chambers. Most were irrelevant, but he ordered a few dozen key ones turned over to defense. ...
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Sealed Order – #241 in United States v. Abrego Garcia (M.D. Tenn., 3:25-cr-00115) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER as to Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. Signed by District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr on 12/3/2025. (Emailed to counsel of record.) (jm) (Main Document 241 replaced on 12/3...
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December 31, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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If Bari Weiss wants to tell a fresh story about the Venezuelans tortured at CECOT, she could explore the govt’s 9-months of stonewalling—assisted by Trump-appointed appellate judges—to keep Judge Boasberg from holding hearings on how they got there. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Clarifying analysis here of Judge Kollar-Kotelly's order in the Richman case. Professor Kerr is "on board" with her finding that the 2025 search violated Richman's 4th Am rights , but isn't sure how her remedy plays out vis-a-vis a revived Comey case.
December 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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In USA v Abrego, Judge Crenshaw puts off deciding whether to make DAG Blanche & his deputies testify. 1st he’ll hold a hearing on 1/28 to see if govt can rebut the showing Abrego has already made the prosecution is vindictive. If so, he’ll revisit making Blanche testify. If not, case dism’d. ...
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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This is quite the opening on justiciability: Judge Ali says the Trump admin's "position is premised on ignoring binding precedent that says [courts may review a decision to revoke security clearance], including simply omitting relevant caselaw from the motion to dismiss."
A. Zaid’s Claims Are Justiciable Because They Challenge The Means Of Revoking His Clearance—Namely, The Denial Of Any Individualized Assessment—Not The Substance Of An Individualized Assessment The government acknowledges it chose to revoke Zaid’s security clearance without any of the process it usually affords but argues the legality of its summary revocation is “a quintessential political question” that cannot be reviewed by federal courts. Id. at 2. However, its position is premised on ignoring binding precedent that says otherwise, including simply omitting relevant caselaw from the motion to dismiss and preliminary injunction opposition.
December 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Atty @markzaidesq.bsky.social, whose security clearance was rescinded in retribution for representing the whistleblower who reported Trump’s "favor" call to Zelenskyy, leading to 1st impeachment, WINS prelim injunction invalidating rescission ...
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Memorandum & Opinion – #52 in ZAID v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-01365) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER. Plaintiff's 9 motion for preliminary injunction is granted in part and denied in part. Defendants' 22 motion to dismiss is denied. See document for details. Defendants sh...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Judge Crenshaw wants to make public his 12/3 ruling discussing the key role Dep AG Todd Blanche’s office played in deciding to prosecute Abrego Garcia. But Crenshaw is apparently giving govt 'til 12/30 to appeal his rulings rejecting govt's atty-client & other privilege claims ...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Re-upping the back page of the current @theonion.com print edition in light of Bari’s new explanation below
Picture of the White House with CBS NEWS at top and at bottom “News the White House can trust.”
December 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Former CIA Director Brennan asks Chief Judge in SDFla to stop govt from steering grand jury probe to Judge Aileen Cannon, citing "irregular activity" & Cannon's "demonstrated pattern of favoring ... Trump's litigation positions." By @charliesavage.bsky.social . (gift)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
Ex-C.I.A. Chief Asks to Keep Justice Dept. From Steering Case to Favored Judge
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Remarkable story, even for this Administration:
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
www.politico.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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This is important because Abrego prosecutor, US Atty McGuire, has been arguing that any vindictiveness by Trump or his political apptees, like DAG Blanche, doesn't matter, because McGuire alone made the decision to prosecute & McGuire was not vindictive. Judge Crenshaw doesn't seem to be buying it.
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In sealed order issued 12/3, Judge Crenshaw found that @DAGToddBlanche's deputy, Aakash Singh, played a “leading role in the govt’s decision to prosecute” Abrego Garcia. Abrego’s attys’ failed to redact that language in a brief, correcting the error shortly thereafter...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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In sealed order issued 12/3, Judge Crenshaw found that @DAGToddBlanche's deputy, Aakash Singh, played a “leading role in the govt’s decision to prosecute” Abrego Garcia. Abrego’s attys’ failed to redact that language in a brief, correcting the error shortly thereafter...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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As AG Bondi knows, her 3/14/25 Alien Enemies Act guidance deprived the removed individuals of any due process as to whether they were in fact "terrorists." SCOTUS was *unanimous* that she acted unconstitutionally. She should stop her unseemly, politicized tantrums.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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A 2-1 DC Circuit panel (2 Trump appointees in majority) temporarily blocks Boasberg from conducting a contempt inquiry in JGG, which Boasberg was trying to resume after a different 2-1 DC Circuit panel (2 Trump apptees in majority) blocked it for 7 months.
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Per Curiam Order Filed (Special Panel) – #01208805071 in In re: Donald Trump (D.C. Cir., 25-5452) – CourtListener.com
PER CURIAM ORDER [2150230] filed ORDERED that the district court’s December 8, 2025 order be administratively stayed pending further order of the court. Before Judges: Rao, Walker and Childs*. (* Circ...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Main reason for Abrego's release is that there was never an order of removal (believe it or not).
[ICE can re-open his case to get an order of removal, but when it does, Abrego will ask to go to Costa Rica, and will have strong legal argument that govt must try Costa Rica first.]
December 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM