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Breaking: Judge issues administrative stay stopping South Sudan deportations
Reposted by Mike Masnick
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
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Good! He’s going to force the Supreme Court to eventually explain itself.
Chris Geidner
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· 2h
BREAKING: In a new case, Judge Randolph Moss issued an administrative stay this morning blocking the Trump admin from "moving, transferring, or removing from U.S. custody" the eight men the U.S. wants to send to South Sudan while the stay remains in effect. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
MINUTE ORDER: In light of Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order, Dkt. 2, the Court hereby ENTERS and administrative STAY pending further order of the Court to allow the government to gather the information it needs to respond to Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order and to provide time for a hearing on that emergency motion. See United States v.
Texas, 144 S. Ct. 797, 798 (Barrett, J., concurring) {describing administrative stays as "freez[ing] legal proceedings until the court can rule on a partys request for expedited relief"}. Defendants are ENJOINED from moving, transferring, or removing from U.S. custody any Plaintiffs while the Court's administrative stay remains in effect. It is further ORDERED that the parties shall appear for a Zoom conference on July 4, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. Plaintiffs are hereby ORDERED to ensure that Defendants receive actual notice of this order. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 7/4/2025. (lerdm3) (Entered: 07/04/2025)
ALT
July 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Good! He’s going to force the Supreme Court to eventually explain itself.
Chris Geidner
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· 2h
BREAKING: In a new case, Judge Randolph Moss issued an administrative stay this morning blocking the Trump admin from "moving, transferring, or removing from U.S. custody" the eight men the U.S. wants to send to South Sudan while the stay remains in effect. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
MINUTE ORDER: In light of Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order, Dkt. 2, the Court hereby ENTERS and administrative STAY pending further order of the Court to allow the government to gather the information it needs to respond to Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order and to provide time for a hearing on that emergency motion. See United States v.
Texas, 144 S. Ct. 797, 798 (Barrett, J., concurring) {describing administrative stays as "freez[ing] legal proceedings until the court can rule on a partys request for expedited relief"}. Defendants are ENJOINED from moving, transferring, or removing from U.S. custody any Plaintiffs while the Court's administrative stay remains in effect. It is further ORDERED that the parties shall appear for a Zoom conference on July 4, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. Plaintiffs are hereby ORDERED to ensure that Defendants receive actual notice of this order. Signed by Judge Randolph D. Moss on 7/4/2025. (lerdm3) (Entered: 07/04/2025)
ALT
July 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Good! He’s going to force the Supreme Court to eventually explain itself.
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2025-07-04T16:20:43.604Z
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Here is my Law Dork report, with the new documents:
https://www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-judge-issues-administrative
Breaking: Judge issues administrative stay stopping South Sudan deportations
An administrative stay on Friday morning blocks the Trump administration's efforts for now. A hearing is ongoing in D.C. this Fourth of July. Read the new claims at Law Dork.
www.lawdork.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Here is my Law Dork report, with the new documents:
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Breaking: Judge issues administrative stay stopping South Sudan deportations
An administrative stay on Friday morning blocks the Trump administration's efforts for now. A hearing is ongoing in D.C. this Fourth of July. Read the new claims at Law Dork.
www.lawdork.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Here is my Law Dork report, with the new documents: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-j...
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-07-04T17:26:00.810Z
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BREAKING: A DOJ lawyer told Moss at a Friday hearing that a flight is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET today to take the men to South Sudan. The DOJ lawyer also said that an effort to seek relief from the DC Circuit and SCOTUS today is possible if Moss keeps the stay in place—and, hence, the flight blocked.
Breaking: Judge issues administrative stay stopping South Sudan deportations
An administrative stay on Friday morning blocks the Trump administration's efforts for now. A hearing is ongoing in D.C. this Fourth of July. Read the new claims at Law Dork.
www.lawdork.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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BREAKING: A DOJ lawyer told Moss at a Friday hearing that a flight is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET today to take the men to South Sudan. The DOJ lawyer also said that an effort to seek relief from the DC Circuit and SCOTUS today is possible if Moss keeps the stay in place—and, hence, the flight blocked.
Breaking: Judge issues administrative stay stopping South Sudan deportations
An administrative stay on Friday morning blocks the Trump administration's efforts for now. A hearing is ongoing in D.C. this Fourth of July. Read the new claims at Law Dork.
www.lawdork.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
BREAKING: A DOJ lawyer told Moss at a Friday hearing that a flight is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET today to take the men to South Sudan. The DOJ lawyer also said that an effort to seek relief from the DC Circuit and SCOTUS today is possible if Moss keeps the stay in place—and, hence, the flight blocked.
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-07-04T17:33:53.339Z
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This is in GD or LBN too.
Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws, Letters on TikTok Ban Show
In purporting to license otherwise illegal conduct by tech firms, President Trump set a precedent expanding executive power, legal experts warned.
July 3, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in letters to technology companies that President Trump had decided that shutting down TikTok would interfere with his “constitutional duties to take care of the national security and foreign affairs of the United States.” Pete Marovich for The New York Times
By Charlie Savage
Charlie Savage has been writing about presidential power and legal policy for more than two decades. He reported from Washington.
July 3, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi told tech companies that they could lawfully violate a statute barring American companies from supporting TikTok based on a sweeping claim that President Trump has the constitutional power to set aside laws, newly disclosed documents show. ... In letters to companies like Apple and Google, Ms. Bondi wrote that Mr. Trump had decided that shutting down TikTok would interfere with his “constitutional duties,” so the law banning the social media app must give way to his “core presidential national security and foreign affairs powers.”
The letters, which became public on Thursday via Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, portrayed Mr. Trump as having nullified the legal effects of a statute that Congress passed by large bipartisan majorities in 2024 and that the Supreme Court unanimously upheld.
Shortly after being sworn in, Mr. Trump issued an executive order directing the Justice Department to suspend enforcement of the TikTok ban and has since repeatedly extended it. That step has been overshadowed by numerous other moves he has made to push at the boundaries of executive power in the opening months of his second administration.
{snip}
“There are other things that are more important than TikTok in today’s world, but for pure refusal to enforce the law as Article II requires, it’s just breathtaking,” said Alan Z. Rozenshtein, a University of Minnesota law professor who has written about the nonenforcement of the TikTok ban, referring to the part of the Constitution that says presidents must take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
{snip}
Charlie Savage writes about national security and legal policy for The Times.
In purporting to license otherwise illegal conduct by tech firms, President Trump set a precedent expanding executive power, legal experts warned.
July 3, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in letters to technology companies that President Trump had decided that shutting down TikTok would interfere with his “constitutional duties to take care of the national security and foreign affairs of the United States.” Pete Marovich for The New York Times
By Charlie Savage
Charlie Savage has been writing about presidential power and legal policy for more than two decades. He reported from Washington.
July 3, 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi told tech companies that they could lawfully violate a statute barring American companies from supporting TikTok based on a sweeping claim that President Trump has the constitutional power to set aside laws, newly disclosed documents show. ... In letters to companies like Apple and Google, Ms. Bondi wrote that Mr. Trump had decided that shutting down TikTok would interfere with his “constitutional duties,” so the law banning the social media app must give way to his “core presidential national security and foreign affairs powers.”
The letters, which became public on Thursday via Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, portrayed Mr. Trump as having nullified the legal effects of a statute that Congress passed by large bipartisan majorities in 2024 and that the Supreme Court unanimously upheld.
Shortly after being sworn in, Mr. Trump issued an executive order directing the Justice Department to suspend enforcement of the TikTok ban and has since repeatedly extended it. That step has been overshadowed by numerous other moves he has made to push at the boundaries of executive power in the opening months of his second administration.
{snip}
“There are other things that are more important than TikTok in today’s world, but for pure refusal to enforce the law as Article II requires, it’s just breathtaking,” said Alan Z. Rozenshtein, a University of Minnesota law professor who has written about the nonenforcement of the TikTok ban, referring to the part of the Constitution that says presidents must take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
{snip}
Charlie Savage writes about national security and legal policy for The Times.