Tom “T.M.” Wolf
@tomtmwolf.bsky.social
Director of Democracy Initiatives at the Brennan Center for Justice. Founder of the Historians Council on the Constitution. By night, I write. My novel SOUND (FSG/Faber) and more: tomtmwolf.com. Views my own.
Tomorrow, SCOTUS is hearing Trump v. Cook, a case involving President Trump’s attempts to remove Lisa Cook from the Fed. It’s a glaring example of the admin's coercive approach to power. And it could pose BIG problems, even if SCOTUS ultimately rules for Cook.
Walk with me...🧵⬇️@brennancenter.org
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January 20, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow, SCOTUS is hearing Trump v. Cook, a case involving President Trump’s attempts to remove Lisa Cook from the Fed. It’s a glaring example of the admin's coercive approach to power. And it could pose BIG problems, even if SCOTUS ultimately rules for Cook.
Walk with me...🧵⬇️@brennancenter.org
Walk with me...🧵⬇️@brennancenter.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Your twice-weekly reminder that the Supreme Court’s opinion giving presidents criminal immunity is not a serious decision for a serious democracy. @brennancenter.org
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January 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Your twice-weekly reminder that the Supreme Court’s opinion giving presidents criminal immunity is not a serious decision for a serious democracy. @brennancenter.org
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
“Silence one and thousands will rise.”
NYC showed out today as always…
NYC showed out today as always…
January 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM
“Silence one and thousands will rise.”
NYC showed out today as always…
NYC showed out today as always…
Your regular reminder that the Supreme Court’s opinion giving presidents criminal immunity is not a serious decision for a serious democracy. @brennancenter.org
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
January 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Your regular reminder that the Supreme Court’s opinion giving presidents criminal immunity is not a serious decision for a serious democracy. @brennancenter.org
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Riding into 2026 like…
December 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Riding into 2026 like…
NEW amicus from @earlymodjustice.bsky.social et al. has a very important interlude discussing the difficulties of historical analysis for originalist litigation that, in turn, emphasizes the need for courts to look more to principles than to analogues...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NEW amicus from @earlymodjustice.bsky.social et al. has a very important interlude discussing the difficulties of historical analysis for originalist litigation that, in turn, emphasizes the need for courts to look more to principles than to analogues...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
319 total Project 2025 objectives, 125 Done, 67 In Progress
December 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
319 total Project 2025 objectives, 125 Done, 67 In Progress
Tracking the progress of Project 2025...
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www.project2025.observer/en
December 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tracking the progress of Project 2025...
www.project2025.observer/en
www.project2025.observer/en
Presidents can’t rescind birthright citizenship.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Presidents can’t rescind birthright citizenship.
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Timely analysis of the briefing in the big upcoming unitary executive case Trump v. Slaughter from @kexelchabot.bsky.social
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December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Timely analysis of the briefing in the big upcoming unitary executive case Trump v. Slaughter from @kexelchabot.bsky.social
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Council Member @alexkeyssar.bsky.social along with Carol Anderson, Vernon Burton, and Morgan Kousser, filed a brief supporting certiorari in a potentially major case involving the private right of action under the Voting Rights Act...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Council Member @alexkeyssar.bsky.social along with Carol Anderson, Vernon Burton, and Morgan Kousser, filed a brief supporting certiorari in a potentially major case involving the private right of action under the Voting Rights Act...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Professor @janemanners.bsky.social also filed a brief pushing back against the administration's attempts to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors...
www.brennancenter.org/media/14631/...
www.brennancenter.org/media/14631/...
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Professor @janemanners.bsky.social also filed a brief pushing back against the administration's attempts to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors...
www.brennancenter.org/media/14631/...
www.brennancenter.org/media/14631/...
And Council Member Bill Treanor was counsel of record for Issue One and former members of Congress. Their brief looks at text, structure, history, and precedent, with a special focus on Congress’s power to legislate on the appointment and removal of officers.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
And Council Member Bill Treanor was counsel of record for Issue One and former members of Congress. Their brief looks at text, structure, history, and precedent, with a special focus on Congress’s power to legislate on the appointment and removal of officers.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Council Member @narosenblum.bsky.social joined with Nathaniel Donahue on a brief addressing the history of the concepts of “quasi-legislative” and “quasi-judicial” agencies.
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www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Council Member @narosenblum.bsky.social joined with Nathaniel Donahue on a brief addressing the history of the concepts of “quasi-legislative” and “quasi-judicial” agencies.
www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...
www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...
Council Member @jgienapp.bsky.social joined with Professor Andrea Scoseria Katz for a brief addressing, among other things, the historical evidence unearthed since the Court’s last major removal cases earlier this decade.
www.brennancenter.org/media/14714/...
www.brennancenter.org/media/14714/...
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Council Member @jgienapp.bsky.social joined with Professor Andrea Scoseria Katz for a brief addressing, among other things, the historical evidence unearthed since the Court’s last major removal cases earlier this decade.
www.brennancenter.org/media/14714/...
www.brennancenter.org/media/14714/...
[email protected] filed a brief examining the history of the “inefficiency, malfeasance, and neglect” standards that govern the removal of the heads of many independent agencies. It builds on several briefs she filed earlier this year.
www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...
www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
[email protected] filed a brief examining the history of the “inefficiency, malfeasance, and neglect” standards that govern the removal of the heads of many independent agencies. It builds on several briefs she filed earlier this year.
www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...
www.brennancenter.org/sites/defaul...
The fall semester has been SUPER busy for the members of the Historians Council on the Constitution. Walk with me through this 🧵for highlights from the historians' work on some of the most pressing legal issues of the day, from agency independence to voting rights... @brennancenter.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The fall semester has been SUPER busy for the members of the Historians Council on the Constitution. Walk with me through this 🧵for highlights from the historians' work on some of the most pressing legal issues of the day, from agency independence to voting rights... @brennancenter.org