Josh Gerstein
@joshgerstein.bsky.social
Sr. Legal Affairs Reporter, @POLITICO
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JUST IN: 7th Circuit does NOT immediately grant Trump admin's request for emergency administrative stay of judge's order limiting fed response to anti-ICE protests in IL. Sets Thursday deadline for protester/journalist response. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
JUST IN: 7th Circuit does NOT immediately grant Trump admin's request for emergency administrative stay of judge's order limiting fed response to anti-ICE protests in IL. Sets Thursday deadline for protester/journalist response. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
JUST IN: Trump admin asks 7th Circuit for emergency stay of Judge Sara Ellis' preliminary injunction governing law-enforcement conduct at anti-ICE protests in Illinois. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
JUST IN: Trump admin asks 7th Circuit for emergency stay of Judge Sara Ellis' preliminary injunction governing law-enforcement conduct at anti-ICE protests in Illinois. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
JUST IN: With air traffic control system that was straining before the shutdown, Trump urges any controllers who sicked out to quit, perhaps ahead of the upcoming holidays
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
JUST IN: With air traffic control system that was straining before the shutdown, Trump urges any controllers who sicked out to quit, perhaps ahead of the upcoming holidays
BREAKING: #SCOTUS will decide an issue near and dear to President Trump: whether federal law allows states to tally ballots in federal elections after Election Day. 5th Circuit ruled it does.
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
BREAKING: #SCOTUS will decide an issue near and dear to President Trump: whether federal law allows states to tally ballots in federal elections after Election Day. 5th Circuit ruled it does.
BREAKING: #SCOTUS denies review of former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis bid to overturn same-sex marriage right found in Obergefell, one decade ago. No noted dissent or opinions. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
BREAKING: #SCOTUS denies review of former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis bid to overturn same-sex marriage right found in Obergefell, one decade ago. No noted dissent or opinions. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
JUST IN: Justice Jackson set deadlines today and tomorrow for further filings at #SCOTUS on SNAP stay. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
JUST IN: Justice Jackson set deadlines today and tomorrow for further filings at #SCOTUS on SNAP stay. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
UPDATE: Full report on late-night SNAP ruling that could soon be moot www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
UPDATE: Full report on late-night SNAP ruling that could soon be moot www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
This seems aimed at federal prosecutions, that appear remote and likely barred by statute of limitations by 2029. I'm aware of no indication president has authority to pardon state-law crimes, but some Trump allies have suggested he does. See x.com/CletaMitchel...
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This seems aimed at federal prosecutions, that appear remote and likely barred by statute of limitations by 2029. I'm aware of no indication president has authority to pardon state-law crimes, but some Trump allies have suggested he does. See x.com/CletaMitchel...
BREAKING: 1st Circuit denies Trump administration request to stay judge's order forcing full payment of SNAP for November. Opinion by Rikelman (Biden), Joined by Barron (Obama), Gelpi (Biden). Order remains on hold for 48 hours per Justice Jackson. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
BREAKING: 1st Circuit denies Trump administration request to stay judge's order forcing full payment of SNAP for November. Opinion by Rikelman (Biden), Joined by Barron (Obama), Gelpi (Biden). Order remains on hold for 48 hours per Justice Jackson. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
SHUTDOWN TAKEAWAY: send home as many federal employees as you want, cut off people's food stamps, let health care system career towards a cliff, but don't mess with air travel, especially with holidays looming.
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
SHUTDOWN TAKEAWAY: send home as many federal employees as you want, cut off people's food stamps, let health care system career towards a cliff, but don't mess with air travel, especially with holidays looming.
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BREAKING: Senators have reached a deal to end the government shutdown.
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
BREAKING: Senators have reached a deal to end the government shutdown.
JUST IN: Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife Imelda, facing corruption charges, get US-government-paid trip to Spain as federal prosecutors depose 2 witnesses there in corruption case. #confrontationclause Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/live-updates...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
JUST IN: Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife Imelda, facing corruption charges, get US-government-paid trip to Spain as federal prosecutors depose 2 witnesses there in corruption case. #confrontationclause Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/live-updates...
JUST IN: In new letter, Trump administration tells federal appeals court that states who instituted full SNAP payments were 'unauthorized' to do so and 'are responsible for the consequences of that action.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
JUST IN: In new letter, Trump administration tells federal appeals court that states who instituted full SNAP payments were 'unauthorized' to do so and 'are responsible for the consequences of that action.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
"Dropped $3 a gallon?" What does that even mean? Below $3 a gallon? Does no one proofread this stuff?
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"Dropped $3 a gallon?" What does that even mean? Below $3 a gallon? Does no one proofread this stuff?
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Some news outlets seem to be memory holing KBJ role in this. It wasn't the whole court, yet, or at least we have no indication of that. Misleading to say otherwise.
SCOTUS SHOCKER: Trump scores short-term win at Supreme Court as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson lifts lower-court deadline that would've required USDA to pay billions in additional SNAP funding to states by midnight tonight. w/@Marcia_Brown9 www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Jackson lets Trump hold back full SNAP funding for now
The justice’s order came after the Trump administration raced to the Supreme Court ahead of a lower-court deadline to pay full SNAP benefits.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Some news outlets seem to be memory holing KBJ role in this. It wasn't the whole court, yet, or at least we have no indication of that. Misleading to say otherwise.
SCOTUS SHOCKER: Trump scores short-term win at Supreme Court as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson lifts lower-court deadline that would've required USDA to pay billions in additional SNAP funding to states by midnight tonight. w/@Marcia_Brown9 www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Jackson lets Trump hold back full SNAP funding for now
The justice’s order came after the Trump administration raced to the Supreme Court ahead of a lower-court deadline to pay full SNAP benefits.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
SCOTUS SHOCKER: Trump scores short-term win at Supreme Court as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson lifts lower-court deadline that would've required USDA to pay billions in additional SNAP funding to states by midnight tonight. w/@Marcia_Brown9 www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
'IT'S A WAR, MAN': Deputy AG Todd Blanche goes off at Federalist Society confab , trashing 'rogue activist judges' and rejecting claims that Trump & allies are weaponizing DOJ www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Todd Blanche on defending Trump policies before ‘rogue activist judges’: ‘It’s a war, man’
In fiery remarks, the No. 2 DOJ official rejected claims that the president has weaponized prosecutors.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
'IT'S A WAR, MAN': Deputy AG Todd Blanche goes off at Federalist Society confab , trashing 'rogue activist judges' and rejecting claims that Trump & allies are weaponizing DOJ www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
LATEST: Trump admin goes to #SCOTUS to head off order requiring full states be paid fully for November SNAP benefits today. SG asks for high court action by 9:30 P.M. today, fears money can't be recouped if paid out. 1st Cir. denied stay. w/@Marcia_Brown9 www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block full SNAP payments
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration's emergency request for a stay of a lower court's order to pay full food stamp benefits during the government shutdown.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
LATEST: Trump admin goes to #SCOTUS to head off order requiring full states be paid fully for November SNAP benefits today. SG asks for high court action by 9:30 P.M. today, fears money can't be recouped if paid out. 1st Cir. denied stay. w/@Marcia_Brown9 www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
At #FedSoc, just-departed Bondi chief of staff and acting DOJ No. 3 Chad Mizelle urges Congress to step up campaign to impeach federal judges who've blocked Trump policies. Mizelle also rejects Roberts' stance that rulings can't be grounds for impeachment. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
At #FedSoc, just-departed Bondi chief of staff and acting DOJ No. 3 Chad Mizelle urges Congress to step up campaign to impeach federal judges who've blocked Trump policies. Mizelle also rejects Roberts' stance that rulings can't be grounds for impeachment. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
At #FedSoc, Cruz delivers stemwinder against antisemitism, leaving little time for slew of judges to speak at religious freedom panel. US District Judge Roy Altman (Trump) quips: "Thank you, Senator...We got about 14 minutes left for ten federal judges to say their piece."
JUST IN: Sen. Ted Cruz, speaking at Federalist Society conference, says efforts to censor are uniformly from the left. Cruz: "It is not both sides. It is only one side saying: 'Silence my critics.'...It's only one side that is calling for silencing those they disagree with.'"
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
At #FedSoc, Cruz delivers stemwinder against antisemitism, leaving little time for slew of judges to speak at religious freedom panel. US District Judge Roy Altman (Trump) quips: "Thank you, Senator...We got about 14 minutes left for ten federal judges to say their piece."
JUST IN: Sen. Ted Cruz, speaking at Federalist Society conference, says efforts to censor are uniformly from the left. Cruz: "It is not both sides. It is only one side saying: 'Silence my critics.'...It's only one side that is calling for silencing those they disagree with.'"
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
JUST IN: Sen. Ted Cruz, speaking at Federalist Society conference, says efforts to censor are uniformly from the left. Cruz: "It is not both sides. It is only one side saying: 'Silence my critics.'...It's only one side that is calling for silencing those they disagree with.'"
JUST IN: Trump administration files emergency stay motion at 1st Circuit, seeking to block judge's order to pay full SNAP benefits for November. DOJ says the ruling 'makes a mockery of the separation of powers.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
JUST IN: Trump administration files emergency stay motion at 1st Circuit, seeking to block judge's order to pay full SNAP benefits for November. DOJ says the ruling 'makes a mockery of the separation of powers.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
NEW: Speaking at Federalist Society gala in DC Thursday night, Justice Amy Coney Barrett urged conservative women law students to stand by their principles and said they're the real feminists on campus www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh to conservative law students: Don’t give up
The Trump appointees’ remarks came at a Federalist Society event in Washington.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
NEW: Speaking at Federalist Society gala in DC Thursday night, Justice Amy Coney Barrett urged conservative women law students to stand by their principles and said they're the real feminists on campus www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
HAPPENING NOW: 2 Supreme Court Justices, Kavanaugh & Barrett, speaking at Federalist Society National Lawyers Conference in DC
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
HAPPENING NOW: 2 Supreme Court Justices, Kavanaugh & Barrett, speaking at Federalist Society National Lawyers Conference in DC