Justice Sotomayor, who didn't hold back last year when the court allowed immigration stops to resume in LA, had more to say tonight about the only one of her Supreme Court colleagues willing to put his name on that decision. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
(He vaguely remembers something about courts of law and courts of equity and wishes her luck.)
Mind-blowing that in year 2026, one can go to a federal court's website and not be able to find a newly issued major opinion. (Don't worry - I got it.)
NEW: With SCOTUS poised to rule on Trump's tariffs as soon as Friday, more than 1,000 companies -- big, small, public, private -- already have filed lawsuits seeking refunds for their share of the billions of dollars in duties paid so far if the administration loses
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You had to say it, huh?
How I spent my night 25 years ago today.
New: Trump pardoned them for Jan. 6. Now they want millions of dollars from the US government.
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I can’t think of a time when a lower court struck down a major administration initiative and Scotus DIDN’T grant plenary review. Perhaps I’m forgetting something but at a minimum it would be very unusual.
“A federal judge should not by his public conduct engage in what the public will reasonably understand as a sign of political support,” NYU legal ethics professor Stephen Gillers tells @suzannemonyak.bsky.social about Emil Bove attending Trump's speech Tuesday
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Amazing inside look at how litigator Roman Martinez argued a case before the Supreme Court from @bloomberglaw.com video team's Andrew Satter and Josh Block
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsOi...
NEW: DOJ has been in settlement talks with Michael Flynn -- Trump's first national security adviser seeking $50M for his prosecution by ex-special counsel Robert Mueller -- and Stefan Passantino, a Trump I White House lawyer who accused the House Jan. 6 committee of privacy violations
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A Reagan-appointed judge has quit the bench so he can speak out against assaults on the rule of law (he is a senior judge so it doesn’t create a vacancy):
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
For whatever reason, reporters weren’t allowed in to the dinner until after these comments were made. FedSoc convention normally very open to press but weirdly secretive when it comes to the big dinner.
They came with this card.
New: Businesses are filing lawsuits on the eve of this week's big SCOTUS showdown over Trump's global tariffs in the hopes of making sure they're in the best position to get refunds if the justices rule against the administration
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I’m so sorry for your loss, Alison. She sounded like a wonderful woman.
Cut and paste is your friend
Just to be clear, #SCOTUS has done nothing to indicate any interest in this case besides calling for a response—something that a *single* justice can request, and that is *not* remotely predictive of a cert. grant.
Everything else is standard practice for *all* cases filed in the Supreme Court.
Shutdown fallout: Court fights over Trump policies are being paused amid the government funding impasse.
DOJ is seeking delays across civil cases; in DC, the chief judge entered a blanket pause order, though cases involving requests for immediate judicial intervention are excluded
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Justice Clarence Thomas said he started teaching a law course again this fall semester at Catholic University, @justinfwise.bsky.social reports. “I missed it over the last few years,” he said. “It’s been a real joy.”
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@kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social See how much worse it could be?
SCOOP by @anthonycormier.bsky.social & Zach Mider
Bessent once agreed to occupy 2 different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges thatTrump has been using to try to oust Lisa Cook.
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BREAKING: Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire last remaining Democrat on Federal Trade Commission. Seeks both full review and temporary order. Case could overturn Humphrey's Executor.
