Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Duffy, docket 26-1213
Reporting cited here
- documented
Official imagery cast Trump as a monarch, celebrating a claim of control that the district court held the agency did not have. That ruling remained on appeal, and the royal title is an attributed editorial frame, not an invented legal classification.
May 4 appeal filing and July 2 docket status, including briefing scheduled through September 16, 2026King in All but Name — Audit finding · Cited analysis
- documented
The government appealed on May 4, 2026, and the Second Circuit docket showed briefing scheduled through September 16; the appeal remained pending. Calling a president a king is political interpretation, not a legal status.
May 4 appeal filing and July 2 docket status, including briefing scheduled through September 16, 2026King in All but Name — Evidentiary limit · Evidentiary limit