The government may be shut down, but ICE is not. We’ll compare Trump’s efforts to deploy the National Guard in LA, DC, Portland, and Chicago. In better news, Alex Jones looks to be at the end of the road with his plot to use bankruptcy to shield his company from the Sandy Hook parents. And we have breaking news in Law and Chaos’s FOIA suit against the DOJ. Plus for subscribers: Was Lindsey Halligan lawfully appointed as US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia? Asking for James Comey.

Links:

Res Ipsa Media v. DOJ

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71236135/res-ipsa-media-llc-v-department-of-justice/

First Circuit Birthright Citizenship Ruling

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca1.52521/gov.uscourts.ca1.52521.00108348619.0.pdf

Oregon v. Trump

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481149/state-of-oregon-v-trump/

Newsom v. Trump (N.D. Cal.) [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70496361/newsom-v-trump

Newsom v. Trump (Ninth Circuit)

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70527602/newsom-et-al-v-trump-et-al

Alex Jones Bankruptcy

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones-and-official-committee-of-unsecured-creditors/

DOJ FY 2026 Contingency Plan

https://www.justice.gov/jmd/media/1377216/dl

National Review - Lindsey Halligan - Alito 1986 memo

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.njd.578930/gov.uscourts.njd.578930.61.1.pdf

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Mike Lindell is having a bad day in court, and Alex Jones is about to. The Supreme Court decides that Trump can steal Congress’s power over the budget, Constitution be damned. And Justin Baldoni returns to teach us all how NOT to do civil procedure.

Links:

Oregon v. Trump Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481149/state-of-oregon-v-trump

Smartmatic v. Lindell Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/62605230/smartmatic-usa-corp-v-lindell

Alex Jones Bankruptcy Docket

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66583024/alexander-e-jones-and-official-committee-of-unsecured-creditors

YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/youtube-to-pay-24-5-million-to-settle-lawsuit-brought-by-trump-808f6823

Lively v. Wayfarer

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510553/lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc/?order_by=desc

SCOTUS ruling in State v. AIDS Vaccine Coalition motion for stay

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a269_bp7c.pdf

AIDS Vaccine Coalition v. State (trial court docket) [Docket via CourtListener]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277333/gov.uscourts.dcd.277333.145.0_4.pdf

White House “pocket rescission” announcement (Aug. 29, 2025)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/08/historic-pocket-rescission-package-eliminates-woke-weaponized-and-wasteful-spending/

Impoundment Control Act of 1974

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CPRT-114HPRT96107/pdf/CPRT-114HPRT96107.pdf

GAO opinion on Ukraine impoundment

https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/703909.pdf

GAO Opinion Letter B-330330 (December 10, 2018)

https://www.gao.gov/products/b-330330

White House EO Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/designating-antifa-as-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/

NSPM -7

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/countering-domestic-terrorism-and-organized-political-violence/

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After Trump appoints his lackey Lindsey Halligan US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, he finally gets his indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. But will it stand in front of a real judge? We break down the grand jury process, and why they say a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich. And for subscribers, Andrew and Liz explain how the DOJ’s internet brain poisoning is jeopardizing the Luigi Mangione prosecution.

Links:

US v. Comey

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459120/united-states-v-comey/

Hook v. Rave (D. S.D.) [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71428718/hook-v-rave/

US v. Mangione [District Docket]

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

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