Republicans Might As Well Pass the "No Things We Don't Like" Act

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🗓️ 11 April 2025

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OA1149 - Even as most of the Biglaw establishment falls to Trump’s whims, lawyers from smaller firms are stepping up to do the most necessary work on the most important issues of our times. We’re here to tell you a little more about some of them! But first: The House passes the “No Rogue Rulings Act” and we rip into some fascist nonsense from MAGA legal “thinker” Mike Davis defending the President’s absolute right to call anyone a terrorist and send them to hell without a hearing. Also: DHS’s “evidence”(?) in support of Mahmoud Kahlil’s deportation, SCOTUS ‘s surprise mid-episode ruling ordering the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a Salvadoran gulag, and more on the truly inspirational lawyers who are aggressively pushing these fights forward.

In today’s footnote: can you sue ChatGPT for “hallucinating” terrible stories about you? One heavily-armed Georgia talk show host is gunning to find out.

The “No Rogue Rulings Act” (HR 1526)
Amicus brief filed in Korematsu Center et al in Perkins Coie v. DOJ (4/9/25)
DHS “evidence” filed in Mahmoud Kahlil’s deportation proceedings (4/10/25)
U.S. Supreme Court’s order in Noem v. Abrego Garcia (04/10/2025)
Plaintiff’s complaint in Walters v OpenAI
“SCOTUS must stop leftist judges' lawless sabotage of Trump agenda | Fox News, Mike Davis (3/31/25)

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0:00.0	You must never ever give out or give in. You must keep the faith and keep your eyes on the prize.
0:07.6	That is your calling. That is your mission. That is your moral obligation. That is your mandate.
0:13.4	Get out there and do it. Get in the way. Change happens because people care.
0:26.6	You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
0:36.6	I still believe with all my heart, America can't. free and beautiful to make this life a wonderful adventure.
0:44.1	I still believe with all my heart, America can be a place where no child is left hungry,
0:47.9	no community is left behind, and no one gets told they don't belong.
0:55.0	The fight for our country is always worth it.
0:59.6	Hello and welcome to opening arguments.
1:01.3	This is episode 1149.
1:02.4	I'm your host Thomas Smith.
1:03.9	That over there is real life attorney.
1:05.1	Matt Cameron, how you doing?
1:06.9	Hey, I spent my afternoon in immigration court.
1:07.8	I am fired up.
1:09.4	That's so weird for you.
1:13.8	It's a little different. Yeah. You spend more time there than at home. Well, these days, being an immigration court means sitting at my desk,
1:17.6	drinking coffee, and looking at a screen. But still take something out of you. I like to go in when
1:21.9	I can, but this was a video one for sure. But good outcomes. Yeah, yeah. I want to talk more about
1:26.6	some of the lawyers that are doing
1:27.6	the good work right now because, you know, we've had so much bad stuff we've been talking about
1:31.3	so much, honestly, it's just very dark stuff. I know it's got to be hard to listen sometimes,
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