Sri Srinivasan

So there have been two such cases so far already, one against Judge Boasberg and another against Judge Reyes, and both of those district court cases are 0 for 2.

The Chief Judge Sutton of the Sixth Circuit struck the one against Judge Boasberg, and Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan of the D.C.

Circuit struck the one against Judge Reyes.

And so...

Yeah, this is a very, very stupid argument.

[laughs] And I'm gonna play a long clip here, but th- this is really a masterful line of questioning from the chief judge of the DC Circuit, Judge Sri Srinivasan.

Uh, side, side note, by the way, as we play these clips, uh, this is an en banc rehearing, so there, there are 11 judges.

We have only the audio, not the video.

You're gonna hear some colloquy.

I cannot begin to tell you who some of the other judges who are, who are jumping in, but we identify where we can.

Anyway, um, the reason I want to start with this one is because w- what, what Judge Srinivasan does is get Brett Shumate, noted villain here on Law and Chaos, and the person arguing this turd for the DOJ, to concede that Judge Boasberg's instructions at that oral hearing, at least, what they call the oral TRO, that those at minimum were clear.

So I thought there was an argument that was being made, and I think the, the, I thought the brief had suggested it, that there was even some ambiguity about what was said in the oral hearing.

We did them both.

Led by the DC Federal Appellate Court, chaired by Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan, about whether Judge Jed Rakoff, Chief Judge of the DC Federal Court, is gonna be permitted to continue a criminal investigation and potential prosecution of people in Trump's administration.

Yes or no? And as I said in my hot take earlier today, this looks like a big yes to me.

[laughs] And they only had 10, they had 10 judges there.

They identified at the time Kristi Noem as being the person responsible for the violation of the order.

And now 11 judges, led by Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan of the DC Appellate Court, are going to decide whether Chief Judge Jed Boezberg can continue to try to put somebody in jail at the Trump administration.

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... you know, if I was a, a Democratic president, uh, I would probably appoint the chief judge of the DC Circuit, Sri Srinivasan.

Fantastic judge.

I disagree with him for, you know, reasons, jurisprudential reasons, but a brilliant, uh, legal mind.

We'll just take our chances with the appellate court where there's more Trump judges." Uh, they don't really put it that way, but they, they appeal.

And, um, so the DC Circuit gets the case in that posture, and it's Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan, uh, Obama, Robert Wilkins, Obama, and Greg Katzis, Trump.

And that's how they rule, two to one, uh, uh, political lines.

And the, uh, Judge Sri-Srinivasan for the majority says, "I've never heard of-- I mean, you're seeking a stay, which is an emer- um, you know, an emergency petition."