NEW: As the Fourth Circuit today considers whether to block her order, Judge Paula Xinis releases a strong opinion defending it, calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia's detention "wholly lawless" and her order "the narrowest, daresay only, relief warranted." [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreihaix5ab4ve72d5k6h5z6ofmjwvbh5ugfdshcqrqoraxaiolqkv4i

I saw someone criticizing a very funny poster for making jokes instead of posting about politics, and I am reminded of a favorite line from E. B. White: We should strive not for balanced books but balanced libraries

NEW: The government seeks a prison term of 87 months—7+ years—for George Santos: "Santos’s unrestrained greed and voracious appetite for fame enabled him to exploit the very system by which we select our representatives." [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreidrbilpu5tuz2oo7yp4lng6ha3wyewl2fu22gzp4oqnubbew7z6si