DOJ tells Judge Boasberg that Noem, Blanche, and Mazzara have no more to say than the nothing they have already said and urges him to refer them for criminal contempt or not without requiring further testimony. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiav2iwviudnb4u7ksjlssgiosbprbxlvo4tr2fvpfcfy777y34gpy
NEW: Kristi Noem, Todd Blanche, and Joseph Mazzara identify themselves (and now-judge Emil Bove) as the decision-makers involved in directing deportation flights to El Salvador despite Judge Boasberg's order. Their declarations are otherwise substance-free. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741... https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreicbu37xfsbpirp3per7euyln6o2iith24c73yeiht3nrk72xtriyq https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreibnz2r4dnrss3niauibon4wvkzlgqf2gbntgjmpsq47svooe5cavi https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreicuzx2khon54l3nccgorsm3w6kqdwsrqqsukarmrzgch7ptk6ugci
Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a... https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreifpeabueh65epczsfvx5bbdrh7dx6izsnm2e3664sqygjv5zsl5ku
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(Name a legal expert you trust, and I'm sure we can dig up something they wrote explaining this)
(Name a legal expert you trust, and I'm sure we can dig up their write-up explaining this)
(I love a fine detail, so appending an asterisk to that "6–3" to say that it's *possible* it was 5–4. All we know is that only 3 signed their names to Kagan's dissentβ€”but you can vote no without signing on to a dissent.)(Thanks for the nudge, @proptermalone.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy!)
The fact that both the unsigned 6–3 majority opinion and Alito's concurrence (for Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch) open with a reference to California's redistricting leaves one with the strong impression that this decision, like California's, is about tit for tat. https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreib7k7524ynq3rfb7daons5fqmxc5wx75ga3gihx45fxq5xwlgk4dq https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreialfbabtexb6d5u43kmk7rldv2pegjzlricwirkmqgv5qgqt4xdb4
Justice Kagan, writing for the three liberals: "The majority today loses sight of its proper role. ... We know better, the majority declares today. I cannot think of a reason why." View quoted note β†’
(It would be interesting to click the Safari icon and see if the same problem happens there or if it's confined to Bsky's embedded browser)