Supreme Court punts on whether the Trump administration can fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office (part of the Library of Congress) It'll wait until deciding if Trump can fire the FTC's Rebecca Slaughter and the Fed's Lisa Cook. Clarence Thomas voted to OK the firing now

BREAKING: A federal judge DISMISSES former FBI Director James Comey's criminal indictment. "I agree with Mr. Comey that the Attorney General’s attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

President Trump has brought his legal battle with E. Jean Carroll to the Supreme Court. The petition asks the justices to toss the jury’s verdict finding Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the 1990s (which Trump denies). thehill.com/regulation/c...

John Bolton has arrived at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Md. to surrender. No photos allowed inside here. But after he entered, he went to the bathroom and was then taken back into the US Marshals office

NY AG Letitia James's indictment has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker. Walker is an appointee of former President Biden who serves in Norfolk, Va.

NEW: The Supreme Court allows Trump to cancel $4 billion in appropriated foreign aid. The three liberal justices publicly dissented. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

The Trump administration asks Supreme Court for the go-ahead to fire Lisa Cook www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

NEW: The Supreme Court rejects South Carolina's request to enforce its transgender bathroom ban against a transgender boy in 9th grade. The order says it "is not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues." Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissent

BREAKING: Supreme Court agrees to speedily review Trump's tariffs, setting the stage for a potentially blockbuster case. Oral arguments will be first week of November.

Trump administration brings the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court. The administration wants the justices to decide next week whether they'll take up the case and schedule oral arguments for early November. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Supreme Court won't block Mississippi's social media age verification law, for now. But Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggests its unconstitutional and the tech industry's challenge will likely succeed in the end. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

New - The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to lift a judge's limits on “indiscriminate” immigration raids in the Los Angeles area. It's the administration's 22nd emergency appeal to the high court since taking office: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Supreme Court announces the question they’ll consider when they rehear a major redistricting case in Louisiana next term: “Whether the State’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution.”

Spotted in the courtroom gallery for today’s tariff argument: Judge Pauline Newman, 98, the nation’s oldest active federal judge. Newman’s colleagues have prevented her from hearing new cases over concerns about her mental fitness. Newman is suing her colleagues over it.

Not anymore! Trump admin files emergency application #21. This one seeks to cancel $783 million in NIH grants: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

The Supreme Court has no pending emergency appeals from the Trump administration for the first time since March 25. With today’s ruling permitting Trump’s firing of CPSC members, all *20* of the admin’s emergency applications have been disposed of one way or another.

Blanche is friends with Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney (David Oscar Markus), so there's already some rapport here:

Here is Trump's suit over The Wall Street Journal's Epstein story: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Supreme Court allows resumption of Education Department layoffs in an apparent 6-3 vote along ideological lines. A lower judge had blocked a RIF impacting roughly half the department's workforce. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

First in @thehill.com A watchdog group is bringing a FOIA lawsuit seeking communications involving Emil Bove, a top DOJ official now nominated for an appeals court judgeship, following a whistleblower complaint: thehill.com/regulation/c...

Supreme Court takes up whether states can ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s school sports teams. The justices will hear appeals from Idaho and West Virginia. Decision expected by next summer. w/ @bmigdon.bsky.social thehill.com/regulation/c...

Trump admin files its 20th emergency application at the Supreme Court since taking office. They want an emergency ruling greenlighting Trump's firings of Democratic appointees at the CPSC. The admin also encourages the court to take up the case in full: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Good morning from the Supreme Court, where we’re expecting all remaining opinions. We have 3 boxes. Follow along ->

Chief Justice John Roberts announces all remaining opinions will be announced tomorrow. We have 6 left.

We have two boxes of opinions here at the Supreme Court, meaning expect 3-4 of the remaining 10 argued cases to come down today. Opinions start dropping at 10am. Follow along ->

The Supreme Court lifted judge-imposed limits on the Trump administration’s ability to deport migrants to countries where they have no ties. The court's three liberals write a pretty scathing dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

The Supreme Court has laid out 3 boxes. So expect 5-6 opinions today of the 16 remaining.

9th Circuit allows Trump to remain in control of California National Guard, for now: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Supreme Court has three boxes out today, meaning expect 5-6 opinions of the remaining 21 to land today.

Expect 5-6 opinions released today at the Supreme Court. The Public Information Office just laid out three boxes (each box usually fits 1-2 opinions)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's lawsuit against Trump over deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer. Nominated to the bench by Bill Clinton in 1997, Breyer is also the brother of retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

The Supreme Court hands two big wins to DOGE In separate emergency rulings, the court (1) allows DOGE to access Social Security Systems and (2) blocks an order requiring DOGE submit discovery in a FOIA lawsuit Both rulings appear to be along the court's 6-3 ideological lines

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow it to resume dismantling the Education Department. It's the administration's 19th emergency application at the court since taking office. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

BREAKING: Supreme Court extends block on some Alien Enemies Act deportation flights, chastising the Trump administration for not giving a group of Venezuelan migrants more due process. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissent www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

As is tradition, the Supreme Court justices have all released statements remembering the late retired Justice Souter.

Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter died yesterday at his home in New Hampshire, the court announced. He was 85.

Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce his ban on transgender troops serving openly in the military. The court's three liberal justices publicly dissent.

The Trump administration files its 13th emergency application at the Supreme Court. This one seeks to lift a lower ruling blocking DOGE’s access to systems at the Social Security Administration: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to lift deportation protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow President Trump to enforce his ban on transgender troops serving openly in the military. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

SPOTTED: Thomas Windom, one of the lead prosecutors on Trump's Jan. 6 criminal case, was admitted to the Supreme Court bar this morning. Windom sat in the front row in the courtroom. It was unclear if the justices knew who he was when his name was announced.

Supreme Court temporarily halts the latest wave of Alien Enemies Act deportations. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissent.

‪Current state of play on ACLU's attempt to block what it says is an 'imminent' wave of Alien Enemies Act deportations to El Salvador: - ACLU has pending requests with Judge Boasberg, 5th Circuit, and SCOTUS to intervene *immediately* - Boasberg holding a hearing right now

4th Circuit declines to put on hold a judge's order to "faciliate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. The opinion, authored by Judge Wilkinson (a Reagan appointee), is blistering: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Supreme Court schedules rare May argument on the Trump administration's emergency request to narrow a series of nationwide injunctions blocking Trump's birthright citizenship executive order.

Judge James Boasberg has found probable cause to hold the Trump admin in contempt for failing to abide by his order. The order, later lifted by SCOTUS, blocked Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport people the administration accuses of being Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador.

The Liberty Justice Center and George Mason law professor Ilya Somin have filed their much-anticipated lawsuit against Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs. thehill.com/regulation/c...

Following the Supreme Court's ruling, Judge Paula Xinis has set a 1pm hearing in her Maryland courtroom to talk next steps. The Trump administration just asked to reschedule it (and a 9:30am deadline to submit a written update), saying the deadlines are impractical and they need more time.

The Supreme Court rules the Trump administration must “facilitate” the return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Without any noted dissents, the court sends case back to a lower judge to clarify her ruling. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Roberts issues an administrative stay allowing the dismissals to move forward until the court decides what to do.