Loree Stark

Attorney @weareoversight. Civil rights + poverty law + gov transparency. Past lives: @hrdcsocial, @aclu_wv, @mtstatejustice, @appalredlegal. She/her. Views own.

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

JUST IN: Judge Mary McElroy (Trump/RI) refers DOJ attorneys to the court discipline committee over handling of fight over trans medical care subpoenas to RI Hospital. Earlier she agreed that presumption of regularity for govt 'no longer holds.' https://t.co/bHzVvxQZdN

[Scott Nover @ScottNover]

NEW: Two advisory board members of Stars and Stripes sued the Defense Department on Wednesday, alleging that an effort to impose new restrictions on the paper was an act of illegal censorship. w/ @liamjscott

https://t.co/Rvky0lMRm8

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

BREAKING: D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Hegseth policy barring military service by transgender people is fueled by unconstitutional animus.

2-1 decision bars military from removing some currently-serving transgender service members.

https://t.co/jWLzjEzHx9

[ValarMorghulis @Kupangende]

“Nothing from my side, thanks” - my wedding vows

[Matthew Segal @segalmr]

This chart should be attached as an exhibit to every fee petition that public interest lawyers file in cutting-edge civil rights cases.

[First Amendment Watch @FirstAmendWatch]

Spotlight PA and two other news organizations are suing leaders of the Penn State Board of Trustees in federal court, accusing them of violating the First Amendment by controlling what individual trustees can say to the public and the press.

https://t.co/kZgdyfudSd

[American Oversight @weareoversight]

The Department of Justice deleted the press releases about charges against Jan. 6 rioters.

If DOJ permanently erases those records, it would violate federal law.

https://t.co/Sjh2z7DVbE

[Roger Parloff @rparloff]

11th Circuit has set the briefing schedule for the challenges by @knightcolumbia & @weareoversight to Judge Cannon's order barring release of Jack Smith's Vol 2 Report on the classified docs case. Briefing should be done late July.
https://t.co/lZgRp5KI3t

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

JUST IN: Judge Carl Nichols (Trump/DC) denies preliminary injunction in 3 suits seeking to block Trump's March executive order for citizenship verification for voting. Judge says harm too remote, for now. Doc https://t.co/gT3sUsdei3

[✨ @memesistential]

The clip in question.

[Tyler McBrien @TylerMcBrien]

INBOX: Ahead of Pam Bondi's testimony tomorrow before House Oversight Cmte, watchdog @weareoversight sued the DOJ and FBI for previously FOIA'd records related to the government's review and release of the Epstein Files following the passing of the Epstein Files Transparency Act

[Caity @caitycoyne]

Basically the Charleston Regatta then

[Roger Parloff @rparloff]

The SPLC has filed its motion to dismiss for vindictive and selective prosecution.
https://t.co/0KzAZHFX1x

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

JUST IN: Judge blocks Trump admin policy limiting public speech & perhaps on-campus speech by West Point faculty. Judge Cathy Seibel (GWBush/SDNY): 'West Point cadets..are not snowflakes who will somehow be harmed by learning about controversial issues.' https://t.co/6M6yotlXBs

[Asscela Express 🚅 @biz_socks]

They are Deborah Vancing him

[Tyler McBrien @TylerMcBrien]

NEW: A federal judge in Tennessee has GRANTED Kilmar Abrego Garcia's motion to DISMISS for vindictive prosecution.

(h/t Lawfare's Peter Beck)

[Amye Bensenhaver @AmyeBensenhaver]

TN's S Ct has ordered records related to a judge's recusal from a criminal case unsealed. To seal judicial records protected by the1A right of access, the interest at stake must be compelling. Such records "uniquely affect public trust in our legal system" https://t.co/DwVXvFDgze

[David Benedict 🏳️‍🌈🕎 @eggsbened]

There are days when I miss being an editor and I particularly loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off.

[Austin Horn @_AustinHorn]

Very big Lexington news: Phoebe Bridgers is playing a pop-up show tonight.

https://t.co/AegMvPHdkB

[Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung]

The concept of your son being a person you've known for a long time