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Posted on 08/24/2025 9:58:19 AM PDT by John Semmens
US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan blocked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from investigating Media Matters for America's targeting of conservative media outlets and personalities in an attempt to put them out of business on the grounds that "exposing Media Matters' tactics to public scrutiny would undermine their effectiveness. Efforts to get advertisers to stop placing ads on conservative media outlets is a very potent strategy for countering the propaganda of these outlets. The right to use this strategy is protected by the First Amendment."
US District Judge Kathleen Williams ordered "Alligator Alcatraz" to be torn down on the grounds that "this facility poses an existential threat to the Everglades' environment. This swamp provides an ecosystem that is crucial to the alligators and pythons residing there. Protecting this natural habit takes precedence over the plan to use it for the frivolous and expensive purpose of housing the persons that the Trump Administration is persecuting for illegally entering the US. A return to the previous policy of paroling these immigrants within the country would be both less expensive and more environmentally friendly."
In Cincinnati, Judge Alan Triggs lowered the bond for two members of the crowd that severely beat two persons after a jazz concert from $200,000 to $25,000. DeKyra Vernon is accused of punching the female victim from behind rendering her unconscious. Aisha Devaughn is accused of stomping on the male victim's head while he was lying unconscious on the ground. Defense council argued that "the supposed crimes were not that serious. It's not like this incident threatened the stability of our government like the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol where the lives of important members of Congress were endangered. In this case, two ordinary jazz fans were severely injured, but are expected to survive." The judge agreed and lowered the required bond. Vernon and Devaughn are now out of jail.
In San Francisco, US District Judge William Orrick ruled that the Trump Administration cannot withhold federal aid to sanctuary cities just because their mayors refuse to cooperate with the enforcement of the nation's immigration laws. "While Article VI of the original US Constitution asserts that federal laws are the supreme Law of the Land and take precedence over any conflicting state laws or constitutions, the Tenth Amendment prohibits the federal government from forcing states to enforce federal law." US Attorney General Pam Bondi pointed out that "the Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate the admission and exclusion of aliens. Congress has made the laws that immigrants violate when they enter this country without permission. Cities that harbor these lawbreakers are defying the authority explicitly delegated to the federal government in the Constitution. I think we're going to need the Supreme Court to overrule Judge Orrick on this issue."
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That will make a great regular weekly headline in today’s judicial universe
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