# Actually, I Would Like to File The Opposite Thing, Please

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Published: 2026-03-06T19:28:45+00:00
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss how The Trump Administration surprised observers by withdrawing its efforts to appeal its losses against all four law firms that challenged its legal orders against them. Then, it surprised observers again by changing its mind and asking to appeal the cases after all . We discuss why, whether you’re allowed to do that, and what happens to the nine firms that didn’t fight when the other firms win. We also look at a strange letter from the Department of Justice to state bar associations , telling them they’ll have to pause investigations into DOJ lawyers, or else. It’s unclear what authority DOJ thinks it has here, but they may be upset about a Florida Bar investigation into Lindsey Halligan . And we talk about news that DOJ tried to come up with a way to do a criminal prosecution related to President Biden’s autopen, but didn’t . That’s for all listeners. Paying subscribers get a whole lot more this week: * You’d think, now that the IEEPA tariffs have been thrown out, customs would stop charging them to importers. You’d be wrong! The customs bureau keeps finalizing tariff payments including the now-barred IEEPA charges — in a filing issued after we taped, they argued their computers won’t let them stop — but Judge Richard Eaton from the U.S. Court of International Trade has told them to cut the crap and refund taxpayers’ money . Ken and I discuss how this episode might affect the next round of tariff litigation over the new legal authorities the administration is leaning on to replace IEEPA. * There’s Administrative Procedure Act news! Judge Lewis Liman says the Trump Department of Transportation can’t end New York’s congestion pricing program, in an orde…

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