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 bit.ly/4hWdolc

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.

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 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The toymaker taking on Trump’s tariffs (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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 buff.ly/rKraJve

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.” news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Stop saying he’s doing things that only Congress can do!!!!

www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Per my colleague David Voreacos

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.

Says a lot about the moment we are in that so many judges are willing to publicly criticize the Supreme Court, even if they are not being identified by name.

NEW: Trump appeals to Supreme Court on his global tariffs, seeks argument in early November, accg to documents seen by Bloomberg. DOJ says other side has agreed to schedule. Story w/ @zoetillman.bsky.social on its way.

We'll see what Scotus thinks, but this story from May is aging pretty well so far, I'd say. Federal Circuit leans into "major questions doctrine" in declaring Trump's global tariffs illegal. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This is an excellent article by @gregstohr.bsky.social. [For Trump's critics] "the past seven months have revealed just how fragile the rule of law is, as the Trump administration’s determination to push legal bounds collides with the Supreme Court’s willingness to go along."

No need to wait for the weekend to read my weekend essay on the Supreme Court, Donald Trump and the growing pressure on the rule of law. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

From last night ... a new Trump emergency application at Scotus. It's now docketed as 25a227.

Supreme Court indicates it will outlaw use of Voting Rights Act to create majority-Black and majority-Hispanic districts. Likely to be a blockbuster case. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BREAKING: Supreme Court will consider barring use of Voting Rights Act to create majority-Black and majority-Hispanic districts. Justices expand LA case already on docket.

Want to cover the Supreme Court for Bloomberg Law? bloomberg.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Bloomb...

Trying to remember the last time I had a round-trip that didn’t involve either a major delay or a cancellation. (This time both!)

Supreme Court lets Trump fire more top officials at independent agencies, chipping away further at 1935 precedent. SCOTUS has now sided or largely sided with Trump on 16 of 20 emergency applications this year. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Latest post-SCOTUS action in the birthright citizenship legal fights: MD federal judge handling one of the original cases (CASA) says she'd grant a new, class-wide injunction if/when the 4th Circuit kicks the case back down assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

Fresh off a ruling upholding state restrictions on medical treatments for trans youths, the Supreme Court will consider upholding categorical bans on trans girls/women competing on female sports teams for their schools. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BREAKING: Supreme Court agrees to decide whether states can ban transgender girls and women from competing for their schools on female athletic teams.

Busy Scotus day: - grants cases on campaign spending, music piracy and activist investor suits - rejects cases on IRS access to crypto account data, American-JetBlue alliance - seeks SG views in Roundup case - orders new look at trans cases but defers action on sports Links below

Enjoyed talking to @scottdetrow.bsky.social yesterday about the birthright citizenship ruling and the rest of the #SCOTUS term. www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...

As I spend my morning reading opinion after opinion I wish I’d been able to read yesterday, I’m reminded what a disservice it is to all of us for SCOTUS to operate this way. So many rulings so quickly makes it impossible for any of us to adequately understand them.

In a Supreme Court term dominated by emergency requests, the big winner was Donald Trump. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Without explanation and with there dissenters refusing to join “so gross an abuse,” SCOTUS lets Trump administration resume “third country” deportations to such nations as South Sudan with little notice. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: Scotus denies request to expedite.

A term dominated by the emergency docket means the Supreme Court will leave town with a lot of unfinished business. w/ @zoetillman.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: Supreme Court asked for the first time to consider striking down Trump's most sweeping tariffs. Two educational-toy makers ask justices to directly -- and quickly -- review a federal district judge's conclusion that that tariffs exceed Trump's authority. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Supreme Court releases its Monday orders list ... three days early on Friday! Court blames an "apparent software malfunction" that caused email notifications to go out early. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

So much for that Supreme Court unanimity.

Breaking: Divided Supreme Court gives DOGE access to sensitive Social Security information, lifting restrictions a judge said were needed to protect the privacy of millions of Americans. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BREAKING: Trump ask Supreme Court to let administration move ahead with plan to dismantle Education Dept. It's the administration's 17th emergency filing at Scotus since Jan. 20. Case will be docketed as 24a1203.

Carter Phillips's appearance at a Supreme Court Historical Society event today made me think of this, the indisputably funniest Supreme Court story of all time (and an extremely well told one). supremecourthistory.org/scotus-scoop...

Some Sunday reading: How a legal doctrine the Supreme Court embraced when Biden was president now poses a threat to Trump’s tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A legal doctrine the Supreme Court used to thwart Biden now threatens Trump’s tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Supreme Court lets Trump administration immediately strip as many as 500,000 people from four countries of the legal right to temporarily live and work in the US. Jackson says court "undervalues the devastating consequences" on the affected people. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

DOGE gets at least a temporary win at Scotus in its bid to avoid having to turn over documents and provide testimony about its work. w/ @zoetillman.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: Roberts enters administrative stay, meaning at least for now DOGE doesn't have to start turning over documents and providing testimony in fight over whether it's covered under FOIA. #SCOTUS

With what the dissent called a "bespoke" exception for the Fed, Supreme Court lets Trump fire top officials at historically independent agencies. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Arguments in April had suggested that the court was closely divided -- and that John Roberts held the key.

BREAKING: Supreme Court splits evenly major church-state case, thwarting an effort in Oklahoma to create the nation’s first faith-based charter school. 4-4 split doesn’t set a nationwide precedent.

So... I took a bit of a social media break. But as #SCOTUS gears up for opinion releases, I'll try to do better. So how about some #SCOTUSstats?

Another day another Trump administration stay application at Scotus. This one seeks to prevent discovery in FOIA case against DOGE. Case will be docketed as 24a1122.