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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 2d
A united front in Trump and other cases, the Supreme Court’s liberal wing is at odds over who should have access to the federal courts. #SCOTUS t.co/V13jGECNw5
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 2d
quick note: I deleted an earlier post that used an incorrect quote. The chief justice used the phrase "potential disaster" not "nightmare" to describe the Ill. SG's position.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 2d
"Potential disaster."

"Unseemly"

"You're walking away from your brief."

"Are you seriously arguing..."

Illinois' SG had a tough go at the Supreme Court this morning arguing that a GOP candidate lacks standing to challenge the state's mail-in ballot deadline. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 2d
The Republican mail-in ballot challenge currently being argued at #SCOTUS is an example of how liberal justices have become the new hawks on standing. Only Justice Kagan seems to contemplate how restrictive standing rules for election challenges could harm Democrats in the future.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 3d
Bans on “conversion therapy” for kids seem likely to fall after today’s Supreme Court hearing in Chiles v. Salazar. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 4d
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It’s Not Just Trump Taking Advantage of Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket | Law.com
A new appeal from Google involving an antitrust dispute with the makers of the Fortnite video game show how the Supreme Court’s emergency docket is now considered fair play for litigants.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 4d
NEW: Supreme Court rejects Google’s emergency request to stave off court-ordered changes to the Google Play store following an antitrust suit from the makers of Fortnite.

The court continues to rebuff private litigants on emergency docket, despite success of Trump. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 8d
Supreme Court agrees to review whether the Second Amendment bars a Hawaii law requiring affirmative consent from the owner before someone can bring a handgun on a property. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 9d
BREAKING: Supreme Court will hold oral arguments over Trump’s attempt to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook in January. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 14d
BREAKING: By 6-3 vote, Supreme Court says Trump can freeze $4 billion in foreign aid appropriated by Congress. Liberals dissent. #SCOTUS www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 18d
Here's a link to the order, and Justice Kagan's dissent.

"[The emergency docket] should not be used, as it also has been, to transfer government authority from Congress to the President, and thus to reshape the Nation’s separation of powers." #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 18d
BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Trump to keep Democratic appointee off Federal Trade Commission for now and formally agrees to reconsider 90-year-old precedent upholding FTC independence. Oral arg's in December. Liberals dissent. Story tk. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 21d
NEW: Trump asks Supreme Court to reinstate State Department policy requiring "biological sex" listed on passports, which a group of trans plaintiffs have challenged as discriminatory. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 22d
BREAKING: President Trump asks Supreme Court for permission to fire Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook. www.scribd.com/document/919...
25A312 | PDF | Due Process Clause | Federal Reserve
President Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to block order reinstating Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · Sep 8
NEW: Supreme Court allows ICE in LA area to continue stopping folks based on ethnicity, accent, and job.

"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job," Sotomayor dissents.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · Aug 21
The Trump administration is pushing the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of a federal law restricting users of drugs such as marijuana from owning firearms amid growing discord in the lower federal courts over the issue. #SCOTUS www.law.com/nationallawj...
US Presses Supreme Court to Uphold Federal Gun Ban for Marijuana Users | Law.com
U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer is urging the court to review lower court rulings that found most prosecutions under the law are unconstitutional.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · Jun 27
Final six #SCOTUS opinions coming up at 10 a.m. ET! Stay tuned. They are:

-Trump birthright citizenship EO
-Age verification for porn sites
-Opt-outs for readings of LGBTQ books
-Challenge to FCC's Universal Service Fund
-Challenge to ACA task force
-Louisiana "racial gerrymander" case
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · Jun 26
In final ruling, Justice Alito authors a mixed decision in the case of a Jamaican national with drug and gun convictions who fears he will be killed if deported. The court holds that he missed a deadline to challenge his removal, but that it can be waived. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · Jun 26
Next up, Justice Sonia Sotomayor writes a 6-3 decision allowing a Texas death row inmate to continue pursuing DNA testing he says will clear him of a 1998 murder. Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch dissent. #SCOTUS www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · Jun 26
JUST IN: By a 6-3 vote, Supreme Court throws out challenge to South Carolina's decision to remove Planned Parenthood as Medicaid provider. The court holds that patients cannot sue to enforce their right under law to "any qualified provider." #SCOTUS www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · Jun 26
First up is a victory for a group of Dallas area bank robbers referred to by the FBI as the Scarecrow bandits. In a decision written by Justice Jackson, the court holds 5-4 that they are entitled to lighter sentences under the First Step Act. #SCOTUS supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · Jun 26
More Supreme Court rulings coming up in a few! Stay tuned. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · Jun 20
NEW: Supreme Court will not fast-track petition challenging Trump tariffs.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · Jun 20
"This case gives fodder to the unfortunate perception that moneyed interests enjoy an easier road to relief in this Court than ordinary citizens."

Quite the line from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her dissent today in a case challenging California's pro-EV rules. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · Jun 20
In a final 6th ruling today, the Supreme Court unanimously upholds a law making it easier for terror victims and their surviving family members to sue the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority for damages in U.S. courts. #SCOTUS www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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