Solicitor General John Sauer explained that the district court's ruling would effectively run out the clock on the federal government's ability to implement key parts of Trump's order in time for the November mid-term elections.
AI:The Trump administration is petitioning the Supreme Court to expedite a review regarding an executive order on mail-in ballots after a district court ruling threatened to delay implementation. Solicitor General John Sauer argues that if the legal process continues at its current pace, the federal government will be unable to enforce essential components of the order before the upcoming November midterm elections.Open
White House staff secretary Will Scharf will take over as White House counsel on Sept. 1, President Trump announced Sunday. Why it matters: Scharf begins his job just two months before the midterms, when a possible Democratic House could put him at the center of fights over subpoenas, testimony and executive privilege. The big picture: Scharf is the latest of Trump's former personal lawyers to land a powerful legal job in the administration. - Todd Blanche, another former Trump lawyer, was confirmed as attorney general Saturday. - D. John Sauer, who argued Trump's Supreme Court immunity case, has served as solicitor general since 2025. - Scharf was on Trump's legal team in the same case. State of play: Scharf replaces White House…
The legal basis for “birthright citizenship” is tenuous at best, nigh nonexistent at worst. The post Two Wongs Don’t Make a Right appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Two Wongs Don’t Make a Right The legal basis for “birthright citizenship” is tenuous at best, nigh nonexistent at worst. TakiMag President Donald Trump’s executive order denying citizenship to “anchor babies” has caused quite a stir. The media insist that kids born to illegal aliens on U.S. soil are automatic citizens at birth. Although asserted with smug arrogance, they then bury any discussion of the issue in lies. Thus, for example, the entire media claim that Trump’s order is about “birthright citizenship.” That’s rather circular. The precise question at issue is whether kids born to illegals are…Open
President Donald J. Trump weighed in on the Supreme Court hearing regarding his Executive Order ending birthright citizenship after attending the oral arguments in a historic first for a sitting President. “We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow ‘Birthright’ Citizenship!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social after leaving the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The post Trump Slams ‘Stupid’ U.S. Birthright Citizenship Law After Attending SCOTUS Arguments in Historic First. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump weighed in on the Supreme Court hearing regarding his Executive Order ending birthright citizenship after attending the oral arguments in a historic first for a sitting President. WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, Solicitor General D. John Sauer, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) counsel Cecillia Wang, and Supreme Court Justices. WHEN & WHERE: Wednesday, during oral arguments at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. KEY QUOTE: “We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow ‘Birthright’ Citizenship!” – Donald J. Trump IMPACT: During the course of the arguments, all nine justices expressed degrees of skepticism regarding the Trump administration’s…Open
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) requested the Supreme Court and a federal judge to dismiss WarRoom host Stephen K. Bannon’s criminal contempt indictment and conviction, citing the “interests of justice.” WHO WAS INVOLVED: Stephen K. Bannon, Solicitor General John Sauer, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Perro, and the […] The post DOJ Moves to DISMISS Bannon’s J6 Conviction and Indictment. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Department of Justice (DOJ) requested the Supreme Court and a federal judge to dismiss WarRoom host Stephen K. Bannon’s criminal contempt indictment and conviction, citing the “interests of justice.” WHO WAS INVOLVED: Stephen K. Bannon, Solicitor General John Sauer, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Perro, and the DOJ. WHEN & WHERE: The Supreme Court and a federal court in Washington D.C., with the DOJ filing the request on Monday. KEY QUOTE: “The government has determined in its prosecutorial discretion that dismissal of this criminal case is in the interests of justice,” wrote Solicitor General John Sauer. IMPACT: The move signals a significant reversal in the…Open