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Here are yesterday's most-shared links from #Law / #LawFedi folks I follow.¹

1) Crypto super PACs have hundreds of millions ready to spend on the midterms https://www.citationneeded.news/crypto-super-pacs-2026-midterms/

2) Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, blocks Trump's IEEPA tariffs https://www.lawdork.com/p/supreme-court-on-a-6-3-vote-blocks

3) ‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice

¹ Where YESTERDAY is Friday February 20, 2026 or earlier this morning.

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the Guardian

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’

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Crypto super PACs have hundreds of millions ready to spend on the midterms

With Trump faltering and their policy agenda incomplete, the crypto industry has moved at least $288 million toward the midterms in a desperate bid to keep Republicans in control of Congress

Supreme Court, on a 6-3 vote, blocks Trump's IEEPA tariffs

Chief Justice John Roberts found that there actually are structural limits on the president's powers.

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