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Today’s edition of quick hits.
* It was difficult to understand why this case was even filed: “A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed an unusual Trump administration lawsuit against every federal judge in Maryland over a standing order that limits the government’s ability to quickly deport immigrants.”
* If you have a chance to watch the governor’s entire speech, I’d recommend it: “Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois has a message for President Trump: Keep the military out of Chicago. Mr. Pritzker, a Democrat, stood alongside the Chicago River on Monday afternoon, flanked by Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, pastors, business leaders and community organizers, to push back on Mr. Trump’s offhand declaration that he would send the military into the city.”
* Imposing regressive new policies on D.C.: “President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday aimed at eliminating cashless bail for suspects arrested in Washington, D.C., and in other jurisdictions around the country with similar policies, according to fact sheets describing the executive orders the White House provided to NBC News.”
* The economy still isn’t looking great: “Americans’ view of the U.S. economy declined modestly in August as anxiety over a weakening job market grew for the eighth straight month. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index ticked down by 1.3 points to 97.4 in August, down from July’s 98.7, but in the same narrow range of the past three months.”
* As intraparty pushback goes, this was quite mild: “Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., appears to be at odds with President Donald Trump when it comes to deploying the National Guard in certain situations. Speaking at a town hall in his district Monday, Alford said he does not think the federal government should send troops to cities other than Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles unless governors request them.”
* Jeanine Pirro’s rough start: “The bar for securing indictments in criminal cases is relatively low — so low that there’s a saying that prosecutors could indict a ham sandwich. But prosecutors in the nation’s capital have failed a shocking three times to get grand jurors’ approval for a felony case to move forward in an alleged assault against a federal agent.”
* No good will come of this policy: “Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday that three Democrat-led states must enforce English language proficiency requirements for commercial drivers or face federal funding cuts. Duffy singled out California, Washington and New Mexico, saying they had 30 days to comply before seeing their funds from the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program cut off.”
See you tomorrow.