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Justice Department attorneys wrote that they “greatly regret any disruption caused to the Court and the other litigants,” but needed to pause the proceedings until they were “permitted to resume their usual civil litigation functions.”

Then he helpfully explained what it would be for future litigants.

In the coming months, as litigants seek to capitalize on early legal wins without the benefit of a broad preliminary injunction, this doctrine could become the legal left’s most potent tool.

In nearly half the cases, the guilty parties are pro-se litigants — that is, people pursuing a case without a lawyer.

California has been joined by other states in all but one of those lawsuits, and has formally backed litigants against the administration in nearly 20 additional cases, too.