June 13, 2025

TIPPING THE SCALES: Why So Many Cases Against Trump Are Heard by Democrat-Appointed Judges.

To see whether Trump’s adversaries are engaging in forum shopping, RealClearInvestigations analyzed 350 cases brought against the administration. We found that plaintiffs have brought 80% of those cases before just 11 of the nation’s 91 district courts. While Democrat presidents have appointed roughly 60% of all active district court judges, each of the 11 district courts where the anti-Trump challenges have been clustered boasts an even higher percentage of Democrat appointees. In several of these venues, the administration’s challengers are almost guaranteed that a judge picked by Joe Biden, Barack Obama, or Bill Clinton will preside over their case.

The analysis of these 350 cases, which covers all those identified in popular litigation trackers and RCI’s independent research as of this week, lends credence to claims that anti-Trump litigants may be strategically filing suit in courts where they are most likely to receive a favorable ruling – a practice that has been both pursued and decried by Democrats and Republicans.

RCI also analyzed three dozen cases in which judges imposed the most extreme restraint on the Trump administration by entering a nationwide or universal injunction – prohibiting the administration from enforcing its policy not only against the party bringing the case, but anyone, everywhere. The analysis shows that these injunctions have disproportionately emerged from Democrat-leaning courts where plaintiffs have brought the lion’s share of suits, and that Democrat-appointed judges are overwhelmingly responsible for ordering them.

The rot runs deep.

Related: Corruption, Contagion, and the Smart Guys in Suits.

Posted at 7:36 am by Stephen Green

BUT OF COURSE:

Posted at 7:18 am by Glenn Reynolds

SOCIAL DESTRUCTION: It Was the Damn Phones. “It has been true for hundreds of years: older generations worry about whatever new technology young people are using, and whatever new media they are consuming. This is why some people believe that the current wave of concern about social media and smartphones is overblown, like earlier concerns about violence in comic books and music lyrics. These skeptics say that no new norms or laws are needed. But during all previous waves, most young people liked the things they were doing.”

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

June 12, 2025

BREAKING: Israel Bombs Iran in Preemptive Strike (UPDATED).

UPDATE:

UPDATE (10:45 PM):

Posted at 10:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

OPEN THREAD: Hang on, baby. Friday’s coming.

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

IRAN DISCOVERS EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOMS:

Plus:

In the words of Keith Laumer, there’s nothing more peaceful than a dead troublemaker.

Posted at 8:34 pm by Glenn Reynolds

ISRAEL LAUNCHES MULTIPLE STRIKES IN IRAN.