That's roughly $1,841 per person. By comparison, a bus ticket to New York costs about $215, while a flight costs about $350. It would have WAY cheaper to just give migrants money for tickets. Abbott's effort not only made it a political stunt, it lined a contractor's pocket.

Our current mayor's inner circle is being raided by the FBI and our last mayor is posting videos of himself putting coconut on pizza for reasons that remain unclear. I love this town.

What did a two-sentence order from SCOTUS earlier this week tells us about what’s happening with abortion at the high court right now? I explain at Law Dork: lawdork.com/p/scotus-title…

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Ah! Well. Nevertheless,

NEWS: In North Carolina, there's a ballot shitshow going on — delaying the mailing of ballots while courts sort out whether RFK Jr.'s name should be removed from ballots as ordered by an intermediate court today. wral.com/story/start-of…

this hits different now

Today in "Sam Alito is a problem." lawdork.com/p/sam-alito-is…

what a time to be alive

I think it's hard to overstate how extreme Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch are willing to be—and would be, if they had the votes. And, some of the votes they can't get now could be more about timing and perception than principles or law. An important read: lawdork.com/p/scotus-title…

The original news of Dick Cheney’s vote came from Liz Cheney, but here’s a very strong statement from the former vice president himself. —>

I…worked on this story for a year…and…he just…he tweeted it out. lawdork.com/p/scotus-conse…

NEW: It’s about Dick Cheney and Kamala Harris, but it’s really about Jeff Sutton, the Trump appointees on the Sixth Circuit, and the further upending of campaign finance law. Tonight at Law Dork: lawdork.com/p/dick-cheney-…

The Trump appointees on a federal appeals went wild in a campaign finance ruling on Thursday, a reminder of the continuing harm from the first Trump administration and a stark warning about one of the many dangers from a second Trump administration. lawdork.com/p/dick-cheney-…

This is how out of control lower courts are. Even Judge Jeff Sutton, a George W. Bush appointee, feels like he has to explicitly justify … following Supreme Court precedent. lawdork.com/p/dick-cheney-…

A good performance of “I’m Alive” will kill me every time.