Judges grill lawyers over Trump's immigration order. Find out more: https://t.co/67DPW6hzs3 pic.twitter.com/4MlJJKNjWw
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 8, 2017
Live Analysis: Oral Arguments on Trump’s Immigration Order – The New York Times https://t.co/9MisqcYuuS
— Joi Ito (@Joi) February 7, 2017
Live-blogging 9th Circuit arguments on Trump's travel ban at https://t.co/T1Rj0rNBMS at 6 pm Be patient: I usually have only a quill.
— Robert Barnes (@robert_a_barnes) February 7, 2017
DOJ says proceedings are moving too fast for them to have all evidence
Judge replies that it's DOJ that requested emergency hearing
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) February 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/829108849613287428
"I'm not sure I'm convincing the court," is not the kind of sentence I imagine lawyers love to say. #CourtofAppeals
— Niall Stanage (@NiallStanage) February 7, 2017
Courts may find the executive order lawful. But this hearing documents how the *way* Trump Admin rolled it out makes that harder.
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) February 8, 2017
Earlier, billionaire Republican donor Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Education Secretary. In an unprecedented occurrence, the Vice-President had to break a tie in the Senate, with Mike Pence securing the confirmation after a 50-50 vote.
https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/829049594793295872
https://twitter.com/gabrielsnyder/status/829102659416244226
LGBTQ advocates "disappointed" by DeVos confirmation https://t.co/3DIs4reXED via @NBCOUT pic.twitter.com/yzcR2rHKGe
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 7, 2017
.@HuffPostHill: Students excited for 'Reading, Writing and Aramaic' curriculum https://t.co/8RD1GXmsX2 pic.twitter.com/Roo4riGoVN
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) February 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheDairylandDon/status/829048868675391488
Elsewhere in Trumpworld..
BREAKING: Army to allow completion of Dakota Access oil pipeline: https://t.co/y0S4PN0aO6 pic.twitter.com/SjHKEBC3o4
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) February 7, 2017
McCain: You’d Have to Be Biased or Misinformed to Say U.S. and Russia Have Moral Equivalence https://t.co/d5gP3VYMM9 (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/3Nrv1IO4Ic
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) February 7, 2017
Trump jokes with sheriffs about destroying a Texas legislator’s career over asset forfeiture https://t.co/wdhP9zHjPZ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 7, 2017
and lest you thought the practice was somehow restricted to the south…
https://twitter.com/joshgreenman/status/829075331604762628
New @AP: For a new president, the 2016 election won't fade away https://t.co/WYt6SMuiBh
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) February 7, 2017
Donald Trump's staff get him to agree to policies by saying 'Obama wouldn't have done it' https://t.co/066NvCC5mc
— The Independent (@Independent) February 7, 2017
Sure. Why not. Seems legit. And no time like the present. Who needs it.https://t.co/zvD4Ma2eVU
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 7, 2017
On CNN, Conway beseeches reporters to show more respect for "the dignity of the office of the president"
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 7, 2017
Kellyanne Conway on why Trump hasn't condemned attack against Muslims in Quebec: "Put us on record as always being sad" pic.twitter.com/eAGh2cspGR
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) February 7, 2017
Conway: The True Things Trump Says Are More Important Than The False Things https://t.co/JpvabhawGl via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 7, 2017
Sean Spicer just did a terrible Melissa McCarthy impression:https://t.co/ffgPSwzIxx pic.twitter.com/Iq1udSnoLC
— Poynter (@Poynter) February 7, 2017
Melissa McCarthy on SNL shows the power comedians have under a Trump presidency https://t.co/ps6jlal4Oo
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 7, 2017
and although this might seem funny, it’s really not..
Melania Trump's Lawyer now says: First Lady ‘has no intention’ of using her public position for personal gain https://t.co/uoZqfKrZDg
— Tom Hamburger (@thamburger) February 7, 2017
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WORLD
Romania's president tells lawmakers country is in "fully-fledged" political crisis after mass demonstrations https://t.co/MvrojYPwGI pic.twitter.com/wa85nGgyMe
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 7, 2017
It's starting to look possible that Merkel will lose in September–to a challenger on the left https://t.co/R7wNWRgvtK
— Anton Troianovski (@antontroian) February 7, 2017
In Syria's Saydnaya prison up to 13,000 people have been secretly hanged since 2011. End this horror NOW: https://t.co/a8mnT90jMR pic.twitter.com/1n5l8bsOnC
— Amnesty International (@amnesty) February 7, 2017
And in BREXIT BRITAIN
June 2016: "Let's take back control and make Parliament sovereign again"
Feb 2017: *votes to stop Parliament being sovereign* pic.twitter.com/irjpuF9qCn
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) February 7, 2017
The Scottish Parliament votes by 90 to 34 to oppose the UK government starting the Brexit process https://t.co/leUJxsO48e pic.twitter.com/0QpnAJIwAW
— BBC Scotland News (@BBCScotlandNews) February 7, 2017
The Government's offer to MPs: accept a bad deal or crash out of EU on WTO terms. That's not a concession – it's an ultimatum. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/gm7mlpr1Uk
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) February 7, 2017
Did only stupid people vote for Brexit? New data would suggest they did https://t.co/PWx9iS7HlV #Brexit #EU pic.twitter.com/MOn8SWzjlj
— The London Economic (@LondonEconomic) February 7, 2017
Isis carried out cyber-attack on NHS sites https://t.co/1CEscRSaoD
— The Independent (@Independent) February 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/philippesands/status/829104415000973312
The Overnight Note 