Trump QUIETLY FOLDS in DEFEAT as Lawsuit FAILS - Legal AF

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Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian expose another Trump administration loss that got swept under the rug. When ICE kept transferring detainees out of Maryland before courts could review their habeas petitions, Chief Judge George Russell issued a standing order requiring a two-day pause after filings—a basic procedural fix to preserve due process.

The Trump administration's response? Sue every federal judge in the district, plus the clerk. A judge from Western Virginia was brought in to hear the case, and Trump appointee Thomas Cullen dismissed it in a blistering ruling, calling it a "novel and potentially calamitous" lawsuit and "a concerted effort to smear and impugn judges."

The administration appealed, got extensions through the government shutdown, then just last week quietly withdrew the appeal entirely, claiming "facts and circumstances have changed"—which they haven't. Brian and Shant place this in the broader pattern of Trump losses that never make headlines: shoot first, aim later, then slink away when the courts call your bluff. - 01/24/2026.

[marble falls]

1. He loses a lot more than he wins in court, even when he gets a judge he named.

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2. He just can't help himself, he thinks he's above the law!