Ep 140 — Protest =/= Rebellion

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Summary <p dir="ltr">The Trump administration is trying to provoke a riot in California by "federalizing" the National Guard. We'll tell you what that means and what legal recourse blue states and cities have to resist being occupied by the military. Plus, it turns out that the Trump administration could facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia after all, it just needed to gin up a dubious criminal indictment first. And finally, Justin Baldoni's trollsuit against Blake Lively meets precisely the demise we told you it would.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Links:</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">US v. Abrego Garcia [docket via Court Listener] <a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475970/united-states-v-garcia/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70475970/united-states-v-garcia/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">DHS Referral to DOJ (Abrego Garcia) <a href= "https://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/releases/2025/25_0418_hsi_referral-abrego-garcia.pdf"> https://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/releases/2025/25_0418_hsi_referral-abrego-garcia.pdf</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Abrego Garcia v. Noem [District Docket] <a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777799/abrego-garcia-v-noem/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Harvard College v. Department of Health and Human Services [Docket via Court Listener] <a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69921962/president-and-fellows-of-harvard-college-v-us-department-of-health-and/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69921962/president-and-fellows-of-harvard-college-v-us-department-of-health-and/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">White House Memo Federalizing National Guard</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/department-of-defense-security-for-the-protection-of-department-of-homeland-security-functions/"> https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/department-of-defense-security-for-the-protection-of-department-of-homeland-security-functions/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Show Links:</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.lawandchaospod.com/">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/</a></p> <p dir="ltr">BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod</p> <p dir="ltr">Threads: @LawAndChaosPod</p> <p dir="ltr">Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod</p> <p> </p>

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