Senior reporter at @BLaw covering the Supreme Court. Previously, courts & investigations at @WUSA9. Hot sauce enthusiast. Opinions my own.
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NOW: The Supreme Court won't intervene in a high-profile custody dispute over a critically ill infant born via surrogate.
Justice Elena Kagan denies stay request filed on behalf of the surrogate by conservative groups. No justices note their dissent. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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The Trump administration says it has found a replacement case for Genalo v. Black, the migrant detention case the Supreme Court dismissed earlier this month.
SG Sauer pushed for the new case to be heard in October, but the court seems unlikely to agree. news.bloomberglaw.com/busine…
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President Trump once again raged on social media against his Supreme Court nominees after the mail-in ballot order this week.
He should't be so surprised, experts say. He got what he appointed. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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In the latest twist, the Supreme Court stays an order from a federal judge in Missouri requiring the state to use a redrawn congressional map that favors Republicans.
It's the second time this case has come to SCOTUS on an emergency posture this week.
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Justice Clarence Thomas made a rare media(ish) appearance on Sen. Ted Cruz's podcast this week—timed with the release of Cruz's new book about Thomas—to discuss his role as the court's chief precedent skeptic.
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Should note, another injunction relating specifically to the USPS rulemaking directive (Section 3) in the executive order remains in effect.
USPS has said a final rule will publish Wednesday, but not go into effect as long as that injunction is in place.
The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to move forward, at least for now, with implementing an executive order that would impose new restrictions on mail-in ballots.
The court finds states didn't have standing to sue. All three liberal justices dissent.
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The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to move forward, at least for now, with implementing an executive order that would impose new restrictions on mail-in ballots.
The court finds states didn't have standing to sue. All three liberal justices dissent.
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Justice Jackson, writing a solo dissent, says the court's order adds to the "Kafkaeqsue nightmare" for plaintiffs bringing election-related challenges.
She charges the majority w/ forcing petitioners to find an undefined Goldilocks zone between suing too early and too late.
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A man is accused of forging Chief Justice John Roberts' signature to get an Indiana court to dismiss a criminal case against him (and, separately, impersonating an NSA agent).
He now faces six counts in federal court. (w/ assist from @SeamusHughes). news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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Chief Justice Roberts issues an admnistrative stay of the lower court order halting construction of the White House ballroom while the Supreme Court decides what to do with President Trump's appeal.
In short: Construction may proceed for now.
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Prosecutors still oppose dismissal w/ prejudice in the David Hearn/Reflecting Pool case.
They do, in a new filing, reveal an email from before Hearn's arrest documenting "peeling of the lining." It turned out what Hearn allegedly tugged on was "overspray, of little or no value."
A DC judge has formally dismissed the case against David Hearn after US Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office said last week it could no longer support the Reflecting Pool vandalism charge against him. news.bloomberglaw.com/white-…
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The ACLU is urging the Supreme Court on behalf of a group of Texas families to block a Texas law requiring the conspicous display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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The Supreme Court's death penalty docket gets an unusual application: A petition to stay the euthanasia of a Great Pyrenees mix named Bruce (who seems to have injured several people quite seriously).
Filing notes euthanasia was set for this morning, so it may already be moot.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. is no-papering (declining to prosecute) significantly fewer cases than the office has in at least recent years, but is not prosecuting more cases than ever before.
Over the past year, federal and local law enforcement all came together to fight to make Washington, D.C. safe. My office is prosecuting more cases than ever before in the history of the District. It’s about deterrence and it’s about a President and U.S. Attorney’s Office that care about the people of our nation’s capital.
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SCOTUS has released its November sitting schedule. No tariffs-level cases this time, but St. Mary Catholic Parish—about whether Colorado can exclude Catholic preschools from a universal funding program over their refusal to sign anti-discrimination agreements—is one to watch.
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More on that case here: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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The ACLU is seeking a court order clarifying that President Trump's new birthright citizenship EO violates Trump v. Barbara:
"If the President issues 100 orders seeking to create new exceptions to the sacred guarantee of the Citizenship Clause, all 100 will be equally illegal."
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Chief Justice John Roberts has penned an essay about another chief justice, William Howard Taft, who he credits with bolstering the court's independence and prestige. inpursuit.substack.com/p/wil…
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While President Trump has tripled down on blaming David Hearn (who doesn't work for ActBlue) for damage to the Reflecting Pool, in court the government says the damage was the result of a "botched installation" due to rushed work by the contractor.
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The indictment against David Hearn has already been dismissed—at the request of the government—as were the cases against three other misdemeanor defendants. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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