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According to Politico, a panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday “appeared deeply skeptical” of the Trump administration’s effort to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. (Politico.)
The Trump administration is reprogramming funds from the Big Beautiful Bill to pay immigration agents and other federal law enforcement officials during the government shutdown. (NYT.)
President Trump submitted administrative claims in 2023 and 2024 demanding $230 million in compensation from the Justice Department for its prior investigations into his handling of sensitive information and his campaign’s potential connections to Russia in the 2016 election. (NYT.)
Trump on Tuesday dismissed the inspector general of the Export-Import Bank. (NYT.)
The Trump administration is close to reaching its first settlement with a public university, the University of Virginia. (NYT.)
Chris Geidner examined the significance of the Ninth Circuit’s order on the federalization of Oregon’s National Guard. (Law Dork.) See a previous Roundup for background on the case.
Bob Bauer called for constitutional reform to constrain “aggressively political” uses of the presidential clemency power. (Executive Functions.)
Pending Interim Order Applications Involving the U.S. Government in the Supreme Court
Trump v. Illinois: The government filed an emergency application on October 17 requesting the Supreme Court stay a district court order barring the deployment of the National Guard to Illinois. Justice Barrett formally set a deadline of October 20 for a response to the application. Illinois and the City of Chicago submitted a response on October 20. President Trump filed a reply on October 21.
Trump v. Orr: The government filed an emergency application on September 19 requesting the Supreme Court to stay an injunction issued by a district court that requires the State Department to allow transgender and nonbinary people to choose the sex designation on their passports. Justice Jackson formally set a deadline of October 4 for a response to the application. Orr submitted a response on October 6, and President Trump filed a reply on October 7.