Katie Buehler

Justice Elena Kagan writes in dissent that #SCOTUS was required to uphold the lower court’s finding unless there was clear error. The majority’s ruling, she says, “disrespects” the lower court and “disserves” Texans. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rules Texas CAN use its newly revised congressional map in the upcoming midterms, finding a lower court “improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign” by ruling otherwise. Liberal #SCOTUS justices dissent.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court *defers* deciding if President Donald Trump can fire U.S. Copyright Office director Shira Perlmutter until the justices rule on his attempts to fire FTC and Federal Reserve officials. #SCOTUS Justice Thomas would've allowed the firing.

UPDATE 2.0: Justice Samuel Alito has administratively stayed the lower court order pending #SCOTUS action, meaning the new, gerrymandered Texas maps are (at least temporarily) in effect.

UPDATE: Justice Samuel Alito, who oversees appeals from the Texas and other Fifth Circuit states, has requested a response by 5 p.m. Monday. #SCOTUS

Texas has taken its redistricting fight to the Supreme Court, asking for an emergency stay of a lower court order barring the use of the state’s newly-drawn map meant to give Republicans more seats in Congress. #SCOTUS
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Fun Fact: A group of former Republican-appointed judges and conservative government lawyers & officials that argued in favor of limits on presidential firings is represented by Hampton Dellinger, the ex-watchdog chief who was one of the first agency officials fired by Trump.

Justices Told Presidential Firing Limits Is An 'Originalist' Idea - Law360 UK A bipartisan collection of current and former government officials has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a 90-year-old ruling that empowers Congress to prohibit the president from firing certain…

Limits on presidential firings date back to 1790, when Congress created a commission to repay Revolutionary War debt. It had 5 members, and 2 (the VP & chief justice) were unfireable. Humphrey's Executor therefore ratified 145 years of practice, they say. www.law360.com/articles/241...

Justices Told Presidential Firing Limits Is An 'Originalist' Idea - Law360 UK A bipartisan collection of current and former government officials has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a 90-year-old ruling that empowers Congress to prohibit the president from firing certain…

#SCOTUS's ruling in Humphrey's Executor v. U.S. allows Congress to prohibit the president from firing independent agency officials without cause — a limit on presidential power that the Founders endorsed, the lawmakers et al. claim. www.law360.com/articles/241...

Justices Told Presidential Firing Limits Is An 'Originalist' Idea - Law360 UK A bipartisan collection of current and former government officials has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a 90-year-old ruling that empowers Congress to prohibit the president from firing certain…

Bipartisan lawmakers, ex-judges & former federal officials say claims that a 1935 Supreme Court ruling empowering Congress to limit the president's ability to fire agency officials was a seachange in the law are wrong. It's actually an "originalist" idea. www.law360.com/articles/241...

Lawyers Call On High Court To Stop 'Capitulating' To Trump @bykatiebuehler.bsky.social on the Lawyer March for Democracy

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The so-called "metering" policy was first enacted under Obama in 2016, then formalized under Trump in 2018, and rescinded under Biden in 2021.

The new Trump administration claims a 9th Circuit decision prohibiting the policy "defies the plain text" of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has agreed to review the legality of a defunct policy that allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to physically block asylum seekers from stepping foot on U.S. soil when boarder processing capacity was maxed out. #SCOTUS

‪Former Connecticut judge Thomas Moukawsher criticized #SCOTUS for introducing unneeded complexity into its rulings in favor of Trump & conservative ideals as a means of trying to hide their true intentions. ‬

Lawyers & advocates rallied in front of the Supreme Court today to protest what Rachel Rossi, president of advocacy group Alliance for Justice, called #SCOTUS's abandonment of its "duty to safeguard our liberty" by allowing Trump administration policies to take effect despite legal challenges.

JUST IN: The Trump administration officially withdraws its emergency application that had asked the Supreme Court to stay a Rhode Island court order requiring full payment of November SNAP benefits in light of last night's deal to reopen the government. #SCOTUS

NEW: The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases over transgender athlete bans on Jan. 13 and President Donald Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook on Jan. 21, according to a calendar released by #SCOTUS today.

Listen to the oral arguments here: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

Up Next At High Court: Religious Rights & Gov't Contracts - Law360 The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday for a short week of arguments, in which the justices will consider whether state and local government officials can be held personally liable for alleged…

Later, in Rutherford v. U.S. (No. 24-820), the justices will debate if forward-looking changes to sentencing laws that would cause a prisoner to receive a drastically different sentence today are "extraordinary and compelling" reasons to reduce a sentence. www.law360.com/articles/237...

Up Next At High Court: Religious Rights & Gov't Contracts - Law360 The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday for a short week of arguments, in which the justices will consider whether state and local government officials can be held personally liable for alleged…

In the 10 a.m. ET case, Fernandez v. U.S. (No. 24-556), the justices will consider if grounds typically alleged in habeas corpus petitions challenging convictions and sentences constitute "extraordinary and compelling reasons" for reducing a sentence. www.law360.com/articles/237...

Today, the Supreme Court will hear argument in two cases that ask what information federal judges can consider when deciding whether to reduce a prisoner's sentence under the First Step Act. #SCOTUS

BREAKING: The Supreme Court extends through Thursday its stay of an order requiring the Trump administration to issue November SNAP benefits. The House of Representatives will likely vote tomorrow on a bill to reopen the government, which, if passed, would moot this case. #SCOTUS

Trump, Ill. Debate 'Regular Forces' In National Guard Spat - Law360 President Donald Trump invoked the founding generation's distrust of standing armies in a bid to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that he can federalize and deploy National Guard troops to Chicago to…

President Trump invoked the founding generation's distrust of standing armies in a bid to convince the Supreme Court that he can send the National Guard to Chicago, but Illinois and the city contend the Guard is supposed to be a backup to the military. www.law360.com/articles/240...

'Legal Fiction' May Doom Rastafarian's Haircut Suit - Law360 The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to doubt Monday that a Rastafarian could hold Louisiana prison guards personally responsible for allegedly violating his religious rights when they forcibly shaved off…

The Supreme Court's conservative majority seems to doubt a Rastafarian can hold prison guards personally responsible for violating his religious rights by forcibly shaving his dreadlocks, saying a law doesn't give enough warning about potential liability. www.law360.com/articles/240...

The Supreme Court WILL NOT review Kim Davis' challenge to the constitutionality of same-sex marriage established in Obergefell v. Hodges. #SCOTUS

BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to review a case out of Mississippi that asks if federal Election Day statutes preempt state laws that allow the counting of mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after. #SCOTUS

Listen to the oral arguments here: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

Up Next At High Court: Religious Rights & Gov't Contracts - Law360 The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday for a short week of arguments, in which the justices will consider whether state and local government officials can be held personally liable for alleged…

The second case, The GEO Group Inc. v. Menocal (No. 24-758), asks if orders denying government contractors derivative immunity from lawsuits are immediately appealable or must wait until after final judgment in the case. #SCOTUS
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Up Next At High Court: Religious Rights & Gov't Contracts - Law360 The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday for a short week of arguments, in which the justices will consider whether state and local government officials can be held personally liable for alleged…

The 10 a.m. ET case, Landor v. Louisiana Dept. of Corrections & Public Safety (No. 23-1197), asks if state/local government officials can be held personally liable for religious right violations. #SCOTUS said in 2020 that federal officials could be. www.law360.com/articles/237...