What is the process for seeking mandamus? What type of jurisdiction is being exercised there and why? When the FBI seized classified documents from Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Trump filed a civil action in the Southern District to get the documents back; the district court appointed a special master to review the documents to decide what is classified, what is Trump's personal documents, and what is not-classified government docs. The US then asked for an order enjoining it from reviewing or using the documents pending special-master review. What can the US do to appeal to the 11th Circuit? Why ask for the injunction?
We move to District Courts; prep all of Structure, Overview, Removal. Prep the beginning of Arising Under: Arising Under (read all assigned statutes, plus Chemerinsky 305-18, 322-23 and Pfander 133-39, 141-44).
How are the district courts organized? Why do federal courts have federal-question jurisdiction-what are the three policies behind it? What is the process for removal? What is the Well-Pleaded Complaint Rule, what are the arguments for and against it, and how does it limit jurisdiction? How do cases governed by the WPC get a federal forum for federal issues? What does "arising under" mean for Article III, § 1257, and § 1331 purposes? Why give district courts "arising under" jurisdiction? What are the three types of statutes through which Congress gives district courts "arising under" jurisdiction (based on §§ 1331, 1337, 1338, 1121, and 2000e-5(f))? Know the facts and procedure of Mottley and how that affected jurisdiction.
For the removal section, current events require broader discussion of federal-officer removal under § 1442. Why allow federal officials (or those they supervise) to remove? See also 28 U.S.C. § 1455.
