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The state of Illinois and city of Chicago on Monday filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block the deployment of approximately 400 Texas National Guard troops to Illinois. (Plaintiffs’ Motion.) (Memorandum in Support.) See yesterday’s Roundup for background.
A coalition of journalists, and protesters sued the federal government on Monday, alleging that federal agents used force to interfere with their First Amendment rights. (Complaint.) The plaintiffs filed an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order. (Emergency Motion for TRO.) (Proposed TRO.)
Former FBI director James Comey will be arraigned tomorrow morning in the Eastern District of Virginia. (Order.)
President Trump stated on Monday that he would consider using the Insurrection Act to get around court rulings blocking domestic deployments of the National Guard. (AP.)
The Treasury stated on Monday that the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 authorizes it to mint a $1 Trump coin. (NYT.)
Michael Ellis, deputy director of the CIA, demoted the agency’s acting general counsel and installed himself in that role. (NYT.)
President Trump ordered Richard Grennell, a special presidential envoy to Venezuela, to cease negotiations with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other top Venezuelan officials. (NYT.)
Bill Shipley discussed how Judge Immergut’s (D. Or.) order blocking President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Oregon relies on the Ninth Circuit ruling in Newsom v. Trump. (Shipwreckedcrew.)
Phillipe Sands discussed Presidential immunity in the context of international law and history, arguing that the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. United States leans more toward the approach taken by authoritarian states and moves in the opposite direction of historical trends. (The Atlantic.)
Pending Interim Order Applications Involving the U.S. Government in the Supreme Court
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.