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Blanche confirmed AG; Trump pursues birthright citizenship order; SPLC case advances

Todd Blanche wins Senate confirmation as attorney general; Trump announces new birthright citizenship executive order; federal judge rejects SPLC's dismissal motion.

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Summary, timeline and people extracted by Claude from 3 items across 2 sources · 21h ago. Quotes are verbatim.

The Senate confirmed Trump's criminal defense lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general on a 50-49 vote early Saturday. Separately, Trump announced Thursday a new executive order on birthright citizenship with Stephen Miller's backing, after the Supreme Court rejected his initial attempt in June. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Emily Marks declined to dismiss the SPLC indictment despite the organization's vindictive prosecution claims.

  • Todd Blanche, Trump's former criminal defense lawyer, confirmed as attorney general by narrow 50-49 Senate vote on Saturday morning.
  • Trump announced new birthright citizenship executive order Thursday after June Supreme Court rejection of his initial attempt; characterized as constitutional gamesmanship rather than lawful response.
  • U.S. District Judge Emily Marks rejected SPLC's motion to dismiss indictment on vindictive prosecution grounds, declining discovery on the matter.
  • Legal analyst identifies three concurrent developments as indicators of failures across all three branches of government to constrain executive overreach.

How it unfolded

  1. Event Senate confirms Todd Blanche as attorney general

    On a 50-49 vote at 4:17 a.m., all but three Republican senators voted to confirm Trump's criminal defense lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general.

  2. Report Legal analyst flags three concerning developments

    Chris Geidner published analysis connecting the three events as examples of Trump's lawlessness and failures of all three branches of government to constrain it.

  3. Event Judge Marks rejects SPLC dismissal motion

    U.S. District Judge Emily Marks provided her opinion rejecting the Southern Poverty Law Center's motion to dismiss the case on grounds of vindictive prosecution and declining to order discovery on the matter.

  4. Event Trump announces new birthright citizenship order

    President Trump, with Stephen Miller present, announced a new executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship following the Supreme Court's June rejection of his initial effort.

What people are saying verbatim

“He is President Donald Trump's arm at Justice. He was Trump's criminal defense lawyer, he's not changed since he took an oath to the Constitution as deputy attorney general, and he won't change now.”

Chris Geidner, Legal analyst · Law Dork · Aug 8

“They voted for corruption. They voted for grift. They voted for concealment. They voted for lawlessness.”

Chris Geidner, Legal analyst · Law Dork · Aug 8

“He does not take no for an answer. This is not an example of a court laying out a roadmap for how lawmakers or the executive could take future action that would be lawful. It is a sloppy attempt by Trump to shoehorn much of the unconstitutional action he tried to take last year into a new order.”

Chris Geidner, Legal analyst · Law Dork · Aug 8