Senior Editor, Lawfare. Practiced law a long time ago. Email: roger.parloff@lawfaremedia.org ; signal rparloff.61https://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mtkplbkjsk2dOn vacation till end of August. For court coverage please follow my terrific colleagues @annabower.bsky.social , @ericcolumbus.bsky.social & @mollyroberts.bsky.social !21 Aug 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkplbkjsk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mtcfl2t5fs25Unanimous decision is written by Trump apptee Eric Miller, and joined by a Clinton & Trump appointee. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcfl2t5fs25https://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mtcepr3fik2kNinth Circuit upholds disqualification of US Atty Sigal Chattah (D. Nev.) Rejects AG Bondi's maneuvers to avoid Senate confirmation requirement. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28561114-ruling-081726/17 Aug 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcepr3fik2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mtbv3ax3z22kTrump's motion to rehear the denial of his cert petition relating to the E. Jean Carroll $5M verdict (Carroll II) was denied this morning. No noted dissents. His cert petition in the $83.3M verdict case (Carroll I) is still pending, awaiting Carroll's response. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/081726zor_8m59.pdf17 Aug 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbv3ax3z22khttps://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mtbnmobuis2k"The wrong kind of American: The Trump White House needed me—until the fact I am trans became public." In @theatlantic.com (gift) By my @lawfaremedia.org colleague @juliacurlee.bsky.social . https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/10/trump-white-house-transgender-mike-pence/688284/?gift=O5Ggl5tYvHa8OTR4hjxSy49FNRzMEUXGaNxWYIoR5GY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share17 Aug 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbnmobuis2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mt4qrgkpjk25Context: On 9/24/25 Trump was considering firing both AG Bondi & DAG Blanche for not indicting his enemies. Called them into meeting. Had "running list of people he wanted charged [including] Judge Juan Merchan & his daughter." Per Maggie Haberman & @jonathanswan.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Aug 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4qrgkpjk25https://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mt4o4ikm6c25US Atty Boutros in Chicago, whose office brought the Broadview 6 debacle & opened inquiry into E Jean Carroll trial funding, has been investigating Loren Merchan, daughter of NY judge who presided over Trump's criminal convictions. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/us/politics/prosecutors-examined-firm-with-tie-to-judge-in-trump-hush-money-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5lA.l1q7.-6TEJDXJx7GX&smid=bs-share15 Aug 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4o4ikm6c25https://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mt4qrgkpjk25Context: On 9/24/25 Trump was considering firing both AG Bondi & DAG Blanche for not indicting his enemies. Called them into meeting. Had "running list of people he wanted charged [including] Judge Juan Merchan & his daughter." Per Maggie Haberman & @jonathanswan.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Aug 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4qrgkpjk25https://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mt4o4ikm6c25US Atty Boutros in Chicago, whose office brought the Broadview 6 debacle & opened inquiry into E Jean Carroll trial funding, has been investigating Loren Merchan, daughter of NY judge who presided over Trump's criminal convictions. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/us/politics/prosecutors-examined-firm-with-tie-to-judge-in-trump-hush-money-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5lA.l1q7.-6TEJDXJx7GX&smid=bs-share15 Aug 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4o4ikm6c25https://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mt2vieetos226th Circuit has refused rehearing en banc of the case where judge refused to turn over Michigan's voting rolls to the Trump's DOJ. But court seems deeply split along political lines, cutting against the perception, 'til now, of consensus. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca6.157909/gov.uscourts.ca6.157909.132.2.pdf14 Aug 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2vieetos22https://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mt2nzuues22mHere's the criminal defendant's motion discussed in yesterday's NYT article on DHS's campaign to spy on left-leaning Minnesotans. Slide presented to MN grand jury below alleges SEIU, AFL-CIO, Minneapolis Federation of Educators all part of vast conspiracy. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.0_6.pdf14 Aug 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2nzuues22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mt2gzomurk2vAt SCOTUS, govt casts Trump's ballroom as "integrated military complex ... vitally req'd by national security." Belittles DC Cir ruling as holding that Trump is a mere tenant (true) while the district judge is the landlord (false; Congress is). https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/26/26A203/419029/20260813211858520_August%20Ballroom%20Application%20-%20FINAL.pdf14 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2gzomurk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mt27m57hb22xWhat's the state of play in Alien Enemies Act litigation after USCA5 punted yesterday? SCOTUS injunction still in effect for now. If lifted: AEA removals barred in SDNY, DColo, SDTex, WDTex Barred in CDCal, but only due to lack of notice. Removals OK in WDPa https://www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-series/trials-of-the-trump-administration/tracking-trump-administration-litigation/alien-enemies-act-tracker14 Aug 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt27m57hb22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mt24nxez2k2xLast night the 1st Cir ruled against Trump's mandatory immigration policy, 2-1. Montecalvo (Biden) & Lynch (Clinton) in majority. Dunlap (Trump) dissents. Circuits now split 7-2 against the policy. USCA 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10 & 11 voided it. USCA 5 & 8 upheld. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca1.53576/gov.uscourts.ca1.53576.108491411.0.pdf14 Aug 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt24nxez2k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3msydklnqjk2zJudge Cooper treated Trump with kid-gloves, letting him keep his infantile tarp up for 2 months after the deadline to take his name off the facade. And then Trump & his DOJ just thumb their noses at him. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:vrmx2e5gsi23srsy2n7vljvb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msydklnqjk2z