Cristian Farias
@cristianfarias.com
Legal journalist and beachgoer. I write about courts, the law, and the politics shaping them in a number of places. Working on a new thing.
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I’m a simple man.
All I want is a link to a petition for review of EPA agency action to the D.C. Circuit that no one, not even the coalition behind it, posted on their very own website promoting it.
All I want is a link to a petition for review of EPA agency action to the D.C. Circuit that no one, not even the coalition behind it, posted on their very own website promoting it.
February 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I’m a simple man.
All I want is a link to a petition for review of EPA agency action to the D.C. Circuit that no one, not even the coalition behind it, posted on their very own website promoting it.
All I want is a link to a petition for review of EPA agency action to the D.C. Circuit that no one, not even the coalition behind it, posted on their very own website promoting it.
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I do. ✋🏾 (No.)
BARTIROMO: Could the president just implement an executive order to get the SAVE Act across the finish line going into the midterms?
REP. MARK HARRIS: That's a great question. I don't know the answer to that, quite frankly.
REP. MARK HARRIS: That's a great question. I don't know the answer to that, quite frankly.
February 18, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I do. ✋🏾 (No.)
Last night’s Stephen Colbert segment on the FCC’s threats never once mentioned the First Amendment or editorial freedom, but it was an incredible middle finger to the lawyers at CBS/Paramount.
I’m in awe. youtu.be/OQIljje2B_Q?...
I’m in awe. youtu.be/OQIljje2B_Q?...
Why Everyone's Talking About Stephen Colbert, CBS, The FCC And James Talarico
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Last night’s Stephen Colbert segment on the FCC’s threats never once mentioned the First Amendment or editorial freedom, but it was an incredible middle finger to the lawyers at CBS/Paramount.
I’m in awe. youtu.be/OQIljje2B_Q?...
I’m in awe. youtu.be/OQIljje2B_Q?...
"The truth is, ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens."
Nothing further, your honor.
Nothing further, your honor.
The tone of this video is completely wild. It's filmed like a high school media class project. It looks like it too; the presentation and graphics are amateurish. And yet it's chilling, because she's a real government spokesperson dismissing reports of abuses in detention with finger quotes.
February 17, 2026 at 5:40 PM
"The truth is, ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens."
Nothing further, your honor.
Nothing further, your honor.
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The Supreme Court has adopted new rules "designed to support operation of newly developed software that will
assist in identifying potential conflicts for the Justices." Key among them: Parties must include more information about their "corporate parents." www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
assist in identifying potential conflicts for the Justices." Key among them: Parties must include more information about their "corporate parents." www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
February 17, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The Supreme Court has adopted new rules "designed to support operation of newly developed software that will
assist in identifying potential conflicts for the Justices." Key among them: Parties must include more information about their "corporate parents." www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
assist in identifying potential conflicts for the Justices." Key among them: Parties must include more information about their "corporate parents." www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
This blog headline is a journey.
🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
This blog headline is a journey.
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👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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There’s also a progressive candidate running who HASN’T taken money from Palantir partners @mikesacks.bsky.social :
www.mikesacksforcongress.com
www.mikesacksforcongress.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:25 AM
There’s also a progressive candidate running who HASN’T taken money from Palantir partners @mikesacks.bsky.social :
www.mikesacksforcongress.com
www.mikesacksforcongress.com
Pro tip: Get married on February 15 and never waste a penny on Valentine’s Day.
February 16, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Pro tip: Get married on February 15 and never waste a penny on Valentine’s Day.
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Happy 10-year anniversary to this headline from the San Antonio Express-News, which disrupted the 2016 presidential election, got Donald Trump elected, and disrupted many legal and political journalists’ lives and existence.
I know because we still have the scars to prove it.
Support local news.
I know because we still have the scars to prove it.
Support local news.
February 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Happy 10-year anniversary to this headline from the San Antonio Express-News, which disrupted the 2016 presidential election, got Donald Trump elected, and disrupted many legal and political journalists’ lives and existence.
I know because we still have the scars to prove it.
Support local news.
I know because we still have the scars to prove it.
Support local news.
Lifeguard to this forty-something midlife crisis swimmer:
“I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but you look like you’re in your late 20s, early 30s or something. You don’t look like a father of two kids.”
Why, thank you, lifeguard. Please keep watching my kids.
“I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but you look like you’re in your late 20s, early 30s or something. You don’t look like a father of two kids.”
Why, thank you, lifeguard. Please keep watching my kids.
February 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Lifeguard to this forty-something midlife crisis swimmer:
“I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but you look like you’re in your late 20s, early 30s or something. You don’t look like a father of two kids.”
Why, thank you, lifeguard. Please keep watching my kids.
“I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but you look like you’re in your late 20s, early 30s or something. You don’t look like a father of two kids.”
Why, thank you, lifeguard. Please keep watching my kids.
I regret to report that I’m part of the infinitesimally small audience who gets why Anna’s screaming at the TV so much.
Every talking head: The Don Lemon case is a First Amendment case.
Me (*screaming at the TV*):
It’s a COMMERCE CLAUSE case!
The Don Lemon case is a Commerce Clause case.
THE DON LEMON CASE IS A COMMERCE CLAUSE CASE!!!!
Me (*screaming at the TV*):
It’s a COMMERCE CLAUSE case!
The Don Lemon case is a Commerce Clause case.
THE DON LEMON CASE IS A COMMERCE CLAUSE CASE!!!!
TODAY: Journalist Don Lemon is set to be arraigned on federal criminal charges in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church.
The case is far from the slam dunk some Justice Department officials have portrayed it to be.
We explain ⬇️⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
The case is far from the slam dunk some Justice Department officials have portrayed it to be.
We explain ⬇️⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
February 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I regret to report that I’m part of the infinitesimally small audience who gets why Anna’s screaming at the TV so much.
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One thing the past few months have driven home: However you feel about its place in public life — and particularly the law — Christianity remains a powerful part of America’s cultural language, on both the left and right.
“Wisdom counsels that redemption may be found by acknowledging and fixing our own errors. See, e.g., Proverbs 28:13. In this unfortunate case, the government commendably admits that it did wrong. Now it is time for the government to make amends.”
Judge orders return of wrongfully deported student:
Judge orders return of wrongfully deported student:
storage.courtlistener.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:08 PM
One thing the past few months have driven home: However you feel about its place in public life — and particularly the law — Christianity remains a powerful part of America’s cultural language, on both the left and right.
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Dear Federal Judges: Please write cool opinions in immigration cases without citing the Bible.
(This is at least the third in the last week, by my count.)
(This is at least the third in the last week, by my count.)
“Wisdom counsels that redemption may be found by acknowledging and fixing our own errors. See, e.g., Proverbs 28:13. In this unfortunate case, the government commendably admits that it did wrong. Now it is time for the government to make amends.”
Judge orders return of wrongfully deported student:
Judge orders return of wrongfully deported student:
storage.courtlistener.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Dear Federal Judges: Please write cool opinions in immigration cases without citing the Bible.
(This is at least the third in the last week, by my count.)
(This is at least the third in the last week, by my count.)
“Wisdom counsels that redemption may be found by acknowledging and fixing our own errors. See, e.g., Proverbs 28:13. In this unfortunate case, the government commendably admits that it did wrong. Now it is time for the government to make amends.”
Judge orders return of wrongfully deported student:
Judge orders return of wrongfully deported student:
storage.courtlistener.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
“Wisdom counsels that redemption may be found by acknowledging and fixing our own errors. See, e.g., Proverbs 28:13. In this unfortunate case, the government commendably admits that it did wrong. Now it is time for the government to make amends.”
Judge orders return of wrongfully deported student:
Judge orders return of wrongfully deported student:
This is very, very bad. And if people think this threat is unrelated to the MAGA meltdown over the Bad Bunny halftime show, they’re deluding themselves.
(Alas, Tim Cook’s record of obsequiousness to the government is not a good harbinger of things to come.)
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
(Alas, Tim Cook’s record of obsequiousness to the government is not a good harbinger of things to come.)
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Issues Warning Letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N.
www.ftc.gov
February 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
This is very, very bad. And if people think this threat is unrelated to the MAGA meltdown over the Bad Bunny halftime show, they’re deluding themselves.
(Alas, Tim Cook’s record of obsequiousness to the government is not a good harbinger of things to come.)
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
(Alas, Tim Cook’s record of obsequiousness to the government is not a good harbinger of things to come.)
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
This is where I’m at now.
If Trump goes for a woman, it’ll be Mascott
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
This is where I’m at now.
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This + the moment RBG’s death was announced are two moments I will always remember
The place I was, who I was with, the sense that everything was about to change
Things changed - just not in the way I expected!
The place I was, who I was with, the sense that everything was about to change
Things changed - just not in the way I expected!
Happy 10-year anniversary to this headline from the San Antonio Express-News, which disrupted the 2016 presidential election, got Donald Trump elected, and disrupted many legal and political journalists’ lives and existence.
I know because we still have the scars to prove it.
Support local news.
I know because we still have the scars to prove it.
Support local news.
February 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
This + the moment RBG’s death was announced are two moments I will always remember
The place I was, who I was with, the sense that everything was about to change
Things changed - just not in the way I expected!
The place I was, who I was with, the sense that everything was about to change
Things changed - just not in the way I expected!
Happy 10-year anniversary to this headline from the San Antonio Express-News, which disrupted the 2016 presidential election, got Donald Trump elected, and disrupted many legal and political journalists’ lives and existence.
I know because we still have the scars to prove it.
Support local news.
I know because we still have the scars to prove it.
Support local news.
February 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Happy 10-year anniversary to this headline from the San Antonio Express-News, which disrupted the 2016 presidential election, got Donald Trump elected, and disrupted many legal and political journalists’ lives and existence.
I know because we still have the scars to prove it.
Support local news.
I know because we still have the scars to prove it.
Support local news.
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NEW: We’re publishing a full list of the 373 federal judges who have ruled against ICE’s mass detention policy and the 28 who have endorsed it — as well as links to key rulings by each.
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
NEW: We’re publishing a full list of the 373 federal judges who have ruled against ICE’s mass detention policy and the 28 who have endorsed it — as well as links to key rulings by each.
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
This is such a bonkers misstatement of the law by Pam Bondi’s terminally online deputy that I really hope this judge-appointed U.S. attorney challenges this.
Yes, Congress has allowed Article III judges to appoint U.S. attorneys, and yes, the Constitution explicitly contemplates this possibility.
Yes, Congress has allowed Article III judges to appoint U.S. attorneys, and yes, the Constitution explicitly contemplates this possibility.
February 12, 2026 at 10:36 AM
This is such a bonkers misstatement of the law by Pam Bondi’s terminally online deputy that I really hope this judge-appointed U.S. attorney challenges this.
Yes, Congress has allowed Article III judges to appoint U.S. attorneys, and yes, the Constitution explicitly contemplates this possibility.
Yes, Congress has allowed Article III judges to appoint U.S. attorneys, and yes, the Constitution explicitly contemplates this possibility.
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The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.
A high-speed car chase involving a federal agent in St. Paul ended with a multi-vehicle crash and injuries to the fleeing driver, who was taken away in an ambulance. bit.ly/4kvJo0M
📸: Leila Navidi
📸: Leila Navidi
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The person photographed here who is in their bathrobe filming armed, masked federal agents in St. Paul is MPR News journalist @samstroozas.bsky.social @mprnews.org . She is an incredible journalist and person. We do not deserve her.
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Just like COVID numbers. If you can keep anyone from reporting bad numbers, they don't really exist, right?
Something’s amiss here, and Gallup is not telling us what it is.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years
Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after more than eight decades doing so, the public opinion polling agency confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday. The company said starting thi…
thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Just like COVID numbers. If you can keep anyone from reporting bad numbers, they don't really exist, right?
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Something’s amiss here, and Gallup is not telling us what it is.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years
Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after more than eight decades doing so, the public opinion polling agency confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday. The company said starting thi…
thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Something’s amiss here, and Gallup is not telling us what it is.
Something’s amiss here, and Gallup is not telling us what it is.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years
Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after more than eight decades doing so, the public opinion polling agency confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday. The company said starting thi…
thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Something’s amiss here, and Gallup is not telling us what it is.