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Steve Vladeck / One First:
144. The Supreme Court's Late-Night Alien Enemy Act Intervention  —  Welcome back to “One First,” an (increasingly frequent) newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to all of us.  If you're not already a subscriber, I hope you'll consider becoming one (and …
Discussion: To the Contrary and Adventus
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court blocks Alien Enemies Act deportation of Venezuelan men  —  The Trump administration was planning to deport at least 30 Venezuelan men under a rarely invoked wartime statute before the court ruled to temporarily halt it.  —  The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration early Saturday …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Supreme Court blocks some Alien Enemies Act removals in Texas-based case  —  A little before 1 a.m. Saturday, the Supreme Court issued an order blocking the Trump administration from removing people from the United States who the administration has claimed or will claim are subject …
Discussion: Washington Times
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court orders Trump administration not to deport Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act for now  —  The justices said no action should be taken to pursue the deportations of any alleged Venezuelan gang members in Texas under the rarely used wartime law.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The Supreme Court bestirs itself
Discussion: Raw Story and NPR
Associated Press:
Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law
New York Times:
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard  —  An official on the administration's antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.  —  Harvard University received an emailed letter from the Trump administration …
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Erin Doherty / CNBC:
White House claims letter to Harvard with demands was an ‘unauthorized’ mistake: NYT
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
DEI rollbacks hit campus support systems for students of color  —  Campus mentors.  Move-in events.  Scholarships.  Diversity offices that made them feel welcome on predominantly white campuses.  —  As U.S. colleges pull back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices …
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New York Times:
How Universities Became So Dependent on the Federal Government
Discussion: Convulsions
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal:
Harvard and the View From Hillsdale
Tom Joscelyn / Just Security:
Three Ways Abrego Garcia's Rights Violated — Two of Which the Government Admits  —  As the controversy over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from Maryland to El Salvador has raged, the Trump administration has sought to focus the public's attention on Abrego Garcia's alleged membership in MS-13, a violent international gang.
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Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Trump White House Lashes Out At Senator Who Visited Wrongly Deported Man In El Salvador
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Trump Touts Seemingly Doctored Photo of Abrego Garcia's Hand in Attempt To Prove Maryland Man Is Gang Member
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Advisers Took Advantage of Navarro's Absence to Push for Tariff Pause  —  Peter Navarro, an adviser to Trump in favor of wide-ranging tariffs, had been a fixture on the president's side after ‘Liberation Day’  —  They needed to get the president alone.  —  On April 9, financial markets were going haywire.
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Marc Caputo / Axios:   Inside Trump's tariff brain
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
‘There Is a Complete Meltdown in the Building’: Pentagon Reportedly in ‘Chaos’ as Hegseth Loses Four Staffers in One Day  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is losing his chief of staff, Joe Kasper, in the coming days, according to a report published by Politico on Friday night.
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Politico:
Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hegseth aide leaves post  —  Other Defense Department officials were placed on leave earlier this week.  —  Joe Kasper, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's chief of staff will leave his role in the coming days for a new position at the agency …
Ryan Holiday / New York Times:
The Naval Academy Thinks Midshipmen Can't Handle the Truth  —  For the past four years, I have been delivering a series of lectures on the virtues of Stoicism to midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and I was supposed to continue this on April 14 to the entire sophomore class on the theme of wisdom.
Jessica Lowell / KSLNewsRadio:
BYU doctorate student's visa reinstated after unexpected revocation  —  SALT LAKE CITY — A Japanese doctorate student at Brigham Young University will now be able to stay in the U.S. after his visa was revoked earlier this month.  —  BYU student Suguru Onda is a year away from finishing his doctorate.
Discussion: Deseret News
Jp Lawrence / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Indonesian man details surprise ICE arrest in Minnesota hospital; judge denies release  —  Critics condemn the “silent” nature of his arrest as part of an aggressive new trend in immigration enforcement. … Eight-month-old Adalet Harsono listens to the voice of her father, Aditya Harsono …
Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
Why is no one talking about the millions of Americans the House GOP wants to uninsure?  —  Let's say you're a House Republican in a losable district.  And you're also a member of the smallest House majority in a century.  How do you announce that you're planning on uninsuring millions …
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The Next Terrorist Attack  —  Thirty years ago today, I was driving a moving van across the country, from the west coast to the east.  The hold was packed well; the ride was wobbly, and I kept the heavy vehicle between the lines, mile after mile.  Driving carefully, I was surprised to be stopped by state troopers.
New York Times:
Senator Says Abrego Garcia Was Denied Phone Call During Deportation  —  About three kilometers outside of CECOT, we were pulled over by soldiers.  You could see the rest of the traffic was allowed to go by.  We were pulled over by soldiers and told that we were not allowed to proceed any farther.
Discussion: The Post Millennial and RedState
Robert Tait / The Guardian:
More than 400 anti-Trump rallies planned in another wave of US protests  —  Organizers have called for 11 million people across country to participate this weekend in effort to ‘protect democracy’  —  The US will witness its second wave of protests in a fortnight on Saturday as organizers seek …
New York Times:
Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias  —  An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.  —  A federal prosecutor has sent letters …
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Amy Feldman / Forbes:
Trump's DOJ Is Going After Medical Journals For Being Too Woke
Michael Idov / New York Times:
Trump Just Scrapped My Anti-Kremlin Streaming Platform  —  The Trump administration's decision to take a hammer to the funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty might be legally dubious, but politically pretty safe: Its programming wasn't intended to reach American audiences, so who would miss it, really?
Washington Post:
FSU shooting suspect had extremist views, access to gun.  What to know.  —  The suspect, the stepson of a sheriff's deputy, allegedly had a turbulent family life and shared bigoted views.  —  The suspect in the Florida State University shooting that left two people dead and injured …
Discussion: Associated Press
Katelyn Burns / MSNBC:
J.K. Rowling's war on trans people won't stop us from existing  —  The world has always had trans people, and always will.  —  On Wednesday morning, my social feeds showed me two stark reactions to a historic rolling back of trans rights in the United Kingdom.
Patrick Djordjevic / The Hill:
Nearly 70 percent of CEOs disapprove of Trump's tariffs: Survey  — 329 CEOs and business owners were surveyed - It was conducted by Chief Executive magazine  — April's rating of the business market dipped compared to March  —  A large swath of chief executives in the U.S. shares …
 
 
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