The judge unleashed a barrage of pointed questions at the lone #DOJ lawyer. She demanded to know, for instance, how the #Trump admin could reasonably tie withdrawal of #medical #research #funding to concerns about the civil rights of Jewish people. And she appeared bothered by the admin’s hurried approach to attacking #Harvard’s research funding, suggesting there were potentially “staggering” constitutional consequences if the govt could punish a #university without #DueProcess. #law

A federal judge appeared deeply skeptical on Monday of the #Trump admin’s efforts to strip #HarvardUniversity of billions of dollars in #research #funding, suggesting the school might prevail in its #legal battle against the admin. Judge Allison D. Burroughs did not issue a ruling…, but she did seem receptive to #Harvard’s arguments, as both the #school & the #DOJ sought to have the case decided in their favor without a trial. #law #Constitution #DueProcess #AbuseOfPower https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/trump-administration-harvard-hearing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Ridiculous #MikeJohnson Retreats on Demand for #JeffreyEpstein Disclosures, Saying #Trump Needs ‘Space’ The #Republican speaker of the #House had said last week that the government should release “everything” in the #Epstein files, in a rare break with Trump that predictably turned out to be short-lived. #law #rapist47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/mike-johnson-epstein-files-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

More than a month after #Trump made the fiercely contentious decision to send about 700 US #Marines to #LosAngeles, those #troops will begin withdrawing from the city, #Pentagon officials said Monday. The decision comes a week after the Pentagon announced that half of the almost 4,000 #NationalGuard troops deployed to the Los Angeles area would be released from duty. #law #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #PosseComitatusAct https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-21/marines-to-leave-los-angeles-pentagon-says

A federal judge Monday sentenced a fmr #Louisville, #Kentucky #police officer to nearly 3 yrs in #prison for using #ExcessiveForce during the deadly #BreonnaTaylor raid 5 yrs ago, rebuffing a #Trump #DOJ recommendation of no prison time. Brett Hankison, who fired 10 shots during the raid but didn’t hit anyone, was the only officer charged in the Black woman’s death in 2020. He is the 1st person sentenced to prison in the case. #law #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #PoliceBrutality https://apnews.com/article/breonna-taylor-raid-hankison-sentence-4da93877da13f506be42cc1c738cab2b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-21-Breaking+News

#Trump & his appointees have been accused of flouting #courts in a THIRD of the >160 lawsuits against the admin in which a judge has issued a substantive ruling…suggesting widespread noncompliance w/ America’s #legal system. 
Plaintiffs say #DOJ lawyers & the agencies they represent are snubbing rulings, providing false information, failing to turn over evidence, quietly working around court orders & inventing pretexts to carry out actions that have been blocked. 
#law #judiciary #Constitution

#GiftArticle #Trump officials accused of defying 1 in 3 #judges who ruled against him
 A comprehensive analysis of hundreds of lawsuits against Trump policies shows dozens of examples of defiance, delay & dishonesty, which experts say pose an unprecedented threat to the #US #legal system. #law #judiciary #Constitution #democracy #SeparationOfPowers #Autocracy #AbuseOfPower https://wapo.st/4eVMYP0

#GiftArticle #Trump reposted a fake video showing former President Barack #Obama being arrested in the Oval Office, as Trump admin officials continue to accuse Obama of trying to harm Trump’s campaign during the 2016 election, & Trump seeks to redirect conversation from the #JeffreyEpstein files. #propaganda #RevengePolitics https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/trump-fake-video-obama-arrest.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YE8.5AlG.yCWEfO-dHbwl&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#HarvardUniversity appeared in federal court Monday in a pivotal case in its battle with the #Trump admin, as the storied institution argued the government illegally cut $2.6 billion in federal #funding. Trump’s admin has battered the nation’s oldest & wealthiest #university with #sanctions for months as it presses a series of demands on the Ivy League school, which it decries as a hotbed of liberalism & antisemitism. #law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-funding-cuts-court-0e9100198461e1df52b5a5a4d11837ed