Exploring Parental Rights and Religious Freedom in Education

OA1153 - It's good news Friday! Here are some stories about American fascists losing or otherwise showing their asses in court, including (among others):

• The Supreme Court comes through strong for immigrant justice at 1 AM on a Saturday morning

• Samuel Alito fails to properly interpret a book written at a fourth grade level after having his Easter ruined by immigrant justice

• DOJ accidentally files an embarrassing internal memo into the record

• Sarah Palin’s tries and fails to sue the New York Times for libel for the second time 

• one federal judge stops Trump's attempt to do the SAVE Act through an executive order, while another reverses an ICE kidnapping

• Neil Gorsuch does a genuinely good thing for non-citizens through a simple act of textualism

• DOJ pulls out one of the most ridiculous excuses for violating a court order in US legal history

Finally, a meta-footnote on why Matt is ready to join the calls to impeach national hero James Boasberg for his radical views on the utility of (what else) footnotes.

• Samuel Alito’s dissent in A.A.R.P. v. Trump (4/19/25)

• SCOTUS’s decision in Monsalvo-Velasquez v. Bondi  (4/22/25)

• Vermont federal district court order returning Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont

• Courtlistener docket for D.V.D. v. DHS

• Courtlistener docket for American Oversight v. Hegseth

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