Ep 145 — SCOTUS Aims For Photo Finish … Gives Us Disaster Porn

The Trump administration's war on the judiciary continues, and this time he's suing judges. Also, he's trying to install his henchman Emil Bove in the Third Circuit as a reward for burning down the firewall between the White House and the DOJ. Luckily SCOTUS is distracting us by cramming as many horrible decisions as possible into the last two days of the term.

Links:

SCOTUS 23-1002 Hewitt v. United States https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1002_1p24.pdf

SCOTUS 23-1275 Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1275_e2pg.pdf

SCOTUS 23-7809 Gutierrez v. Saenz https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-7809_3e04.pdf

A judge sided with Trump. Behind the scenes, he was lobbying for a nomination.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/20/ed-artau-trump-judge-nomination-florida-00415408

Erez Reuveni DOJ Whistleblower Report

https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/e285ec96adf8d443/5868d536-full.pdf

Law and Chaos, The Trump Administration Is Lawless. Judges Are Adapting. [Substack post]

https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-trump-administration-is-lawless

Tatis v. Big League Advance Fund