Law and Chaos

Ep 229 — Judicial Warfare


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The Supreme Court stayed a lower court decision out of Texas banning doctors from dispensing the abortion drug mifepristone.


The Colorado Supreme Court barred Children’s Hospital from cutting gender-affirming care, calling it a denial of treatment on the basis of sex and gender identity.


The DOJ is suing the DC Bar to stop it disciplining upstanding government lawyers like Ed Martin and Jeff Clark. The case has been assigned to Judge Richard Leon!!!


Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI.


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The DOJ’s effort to harass trans kids and their medical providers is escalating into a judicial crisis as Judge Reed O’Connor in the Northern District of Texas purports to bar Rhode Island Hospital from seeking redress in any other court or from “aiding and abetting” anyone else in seeking redress. Meanwhile in Rhode Island, Judge Mary McElroy says the Hospital does not have to comply.


Trump purports to “settle” his lawsuit against the IRS over the 2020 disclosure of his tax returns by establishing a $1.8 billion slush fund for the “victims of weaponization” of the DOJ under Biden. Is that legal? (No.)


Danco Labs v. Louisiana [US Supreme Court - mifepristone]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1207_21p3.pdf


Boe v. Children’s Hospital Colorado [Colorado Supreme Court - gender affirming care]

https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/system/files/opinions-2026-05/26SA66.pdf


US v. Fox [DOJ sues DC Bar]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73338949/united-states-v-fox/?order_by=desc


In Re: Administrative Subpoena 25-1431-032 [Texas action]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73276712/in-re-administrative-subpoena-25-1431-032/


In Re: Motion to Quash Administrative Subpoena to Rhode Island Hospital [Rhode Island action]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73290254/in-re-motion-to-quash-administrative-subpoena-to-rhode-island-hospital/


Trump v. IRS [docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/


DOJ Notice of Settlement - administration of “Anti-Weaponization Fund”

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441086/dl


OLC Memorandum, “Availability of Judgement Fund in Cases Not Involving a Money Judgment Claim”

https://www.justice.gov/file/151086/dl?inline


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