Big: 11th Circuit Takes a Bite Out of Lower Court Injunction With Stay in Alligator Alcatraz Case

This post was originally published on here In late August, a Florida District Court judge ordered the famed “Alligator Alcatraz” closed and dismantled. That decision was appealed both by the state (Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM)) and the federal government, with both sets of defendants seeking a stay of the lower court injunction pending…

Guess They Like the Crime—D.C. Attorney General Sues Trump Administration Over National Guard Deployment

This post was originally published on here We’ve covered the story extensively—Donald Trump sees the ongoing, unthinkable level of crime and violence that goes on daily in the nation’s capital, decides to do something about it, federalizes the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and deploys the National Guard. Advertisement What happens? Crime plummets to levels not…