"4 court hearings today: 1) Review of Trump's tariffs in SCOTUS 2) Hearing on FBI's review of Jim Comey material w/o new warrant 3) Closing arguments and deliberation for sandwich guy in DC 4) Preliminary injunction hearing for CBP/ICE invasion of Chicago, featuring Greg Bovino vids As I noted here, not only did it sound like there are at least five votes to throw out Trump's tariffs, Neil Gorsuch also said some important things about whether Congress can abdicate its power to declare war."
"The Comey hearing did not go well for the government. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick ordered the government to hand over everything by end of day yesterday, to load up the grand jury transcripts to the docket, and to answer a bunch of questions. ORDERED that, by 5:00 p.m. on November 6, 2025, the Government shall produce to Defendant, in writing, the following information:"
" Confirmation of whether the Government has divided the materials searched pursuant to the four 2019 and 2020 warrants at issue into materials that are responsive and non-responsive to those warrants, and, if so, a detailed explanation of the methodology used to make that determination; A detailed explanation of whether, and for what period of time, the Government has preserved any materials identified as non-responsive to the four search warrants; A description identifying which materials have been identified as responsive, if any; and A description identifying which materials have previously been designated as privileged; and it is further"
Four significant court hearings occurred Wednesday: a Supreme Court review of Trump's tariffs, an FBI hearing on Jim Comey materials, closing arguments in a D.C. sandwich vendor trial, and a preliminary injunction hearing over CBP/ICE actions in Chicago. The Supreme Court argument suggested at least five votes to invalidate the tariffs, and Justice Neil Gorsuch questioned whether Congress can abdicate its war-declaring power. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick ordered the government to produce detailed information about materials seized under four 2019–2020 warrants by November 6, 2025, and prohibited government personnel from searching the materials.
#scotus-tariffs #fbicomey-warrant-review #magistrate-judge-fitzpatrick-order #cbpice-preliminary-injunction
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