Jordan Fischer
@jordanonrecord.bsky.social
Senior reporter at @bloomberglaw.com covering the Supreme Court. Previously, courts & investigations at WUSA. Hot sauce enthusiast. Opinions my own.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES a stay sought by the Trump administration that would allow the president to deploy the National Guard in Illinois.
The court says at least at this stage the administration has not overcome the Posse Comitatus Act.
The court says at least at this stage the administration has not overcome the Posse Comitatus Act.
December 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES a stay sought by the Trump administration that would allow the president to deploy the National Guard in Illinois.
The court says at least at this stage the administration has not overcome the Posse Comitatus Act.
The court says at least at this stage the administration has not overcome the Posse Comitatus Act.
References to the late Justice Antonin Scalia surged this year during Supreme Court oral arguments -- a testament to his lasting influence over the institution nearly 10 years after his death. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Mentions of Justice Scalia Surge at Conservative-Dominated Court
References to the late Justice Antonin Scalia spiked during Supreme Court oral arguments this year, highlighting his lasting influence on how the court interprets the law.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
References to the late Justice Antonin Scalia surged this year during Supreme Court oral arguments -- a testament to his lasting influence over the institution nearly 10 years after his death. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
The Supreme Court says a Louisiana health emergency law can't immunize providers from Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claims brought in state courts. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/supreme-court-voids-louisiana-health-law-barring-federal-claims
Supreme Court Voids Louisiana Health Law Barring Federal Claims
The US Supreme Court reversed a Louisiana appeals court, ruling that a state law immunizing health care providers during public health emergencies can’t shield them from federal disability claims.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Supreme Court says a Louisiana health emergency law can't immunize providers from Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claims brought in state courts. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/supreme-court-voids-louisiana-health-law-barring-federal-claims
CERT GRANT: A Maryland woman says she agreed to a state court medical consent order to secure her release from involuntary hospitalization after a gluten-induced psychotic episode.
SCOTUS will consider whether her federal lawsuit is DOA. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
SCOTUS will consider whether her federal lawsuit is DOA. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Justices to Hear Jurisdiction Challenge in Medical Consent Order
The Supreme Court will consider whether federal judges have jurisdiction to hear a Maryland woman’s challenge to a state court medical consent order while state proceedings over that order are still o...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
CERT GRANT: A Maryland woman says she agreed to a state court medical consent order to secure her release from involuntary hospitalization after a gluten-induced psychotic episode.
SCOTUS will consider whether her federal lawsuit is DOA. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
SCOTUS will consider whether her federal lawsuit is DOA. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
CERT GRANT: The Supreme Court will hear the case of Ahmad Abouammo, a former Twitter employee convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia.
Abouammo argues he was charged in the wrong venue w/ obstructing an FBI investigation into leaks about Saudi dissidents. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Abouammo argues he was charged in the wrong venue w/ obstructing an FBI investigation into leaks about Saudi dissidents. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Supreme Court to Hear Ex-Twitter Employee’s Saudi Spying Case
The US Supreme Court will decide whether the government made missteps when charging a former Twitter employee convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
CERT GRANT: The Supreme Court will hear the case of Ahmad Abouammo, a former Twitter employee convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia.
Abouammo argues he was charged in the wrong venue w/ obstructing an FBI investigation into leaks about Saudi dissidents. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Abouammo argues he was charged in the wrong venue w/ obstructing an FBI investigation into leaks about Saudi dissidents. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Here's the affidavit the DOJ has just unsealed against the Northern Virginia man they now say planted two pipe bombs near the RNC and DNC ahead of Jan. 6. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Affidavit In Support – #1, Att. #1 in United States v. COLE (D.D.C., 1:25-mj-00276) – CourtListener.com
SEALED COMPLAINT as to BRIAN J. COLE, JR (1). (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit In Support) (zmcg) (Main Document 1 replaced on 12/4/2025) (zmcg). (Attachment 1 replaced on 12/4/2025) (zmcg). (Main Document...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Here's the affidavit the DOJ has just unsealed against the Northern Virginia man they now say planted two pipe bombs near the RNC and DNC ahead of Jan. 6. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The Supreme Court will hear the Trump administration's defense of its former "metering" policy, which allowed immigration officers to turn away asylum seekers at the border. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/j...
Justices to Review Immigrant Rights to Seek Asylum at Border (1)
The Supreme Court has agreed to review a Department of Homeland Security policy that allowed the government to turn back noncitizens at the border without hearing their asylum claims.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Supreme Court will hear the Trump administration's defense of its former "metering" policy, which allowed immigration officers to turn away asylum seekers at the border. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/j...
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt granted an 11th-hour reprieve today an hour after the Supreme Court declined to hear death row inmate Tremane Wood's appeal and minutes before his scheduled execution. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Oklahoma Governor Commutes Execution After Justices Decline Case
Oklahoma’s Republican governor granted a reprieve to a death row inmate after the US Supreme Court declined to hear his case and just minutes before he was set to be executed.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt granted an 11th-hour reprieve today an hour after the Supreme Court declined to hear death row inmate Tremane Wood's appeal and minutes before his scheduled execution. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
The Supreme Court seems wary of expanding the compassionate release "safety valve," with justices from both wings taking turns today pressing attorneys on what Congress really had in mind in the First Step Act. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Justices Eye Scope of Compassionate Release ‘Safety Valve’ (1)
The US Supreme Court appeared wary of expanding the limits of what judges can consider when deciding compassionate release petitions from federal inmates.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Supreme Court seems wary of expanding the compassionate release "safety valve," with justices from both wings taking turns today pressing attorneys on what Congress really had in mind in the First Step Act. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Supreme Court conservatives appeared reluctant today to expand the right to sue state prison officials in federal court for violations of inmates’ religious liberties.
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Conservative Justices Cool to Religious Liberty Damages Suit (1)
Supreme Court conservatives appeared reluctant to expand the right to sue state prison officials in federal court for violations of inmates’ religious liberties, in the case of a devout Rastafarian wh...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Supreme Court conservatives appeared reluctant today to expand the right to sue state prison officials in federal court for violations of inmates’ religious liberties.
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The Trump admin says the Supreme Court should let a Rastafarian sue the Louisiana prison officials responsible for him being pinned down and forcibly shaved.
That's 180-degrees from the position it took in another religious liberty case 5 years ago. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
That's 180-degrees from the position it took in another religious liberty case 5 years ago. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Trump Administration Argues Against Itself in Rastafarian Case
The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to let a Rastafarian inmate sue Louisiana prison officials for shaving his head against his faith, breaking from its position in a similar religious li...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Trump admin says the Supreme Court should let a Rastafarian sue the Louisiana prison officials responsible for him being pinned down and forcibly shaved.
That's 180-degrees from the position it took in another religious liberty case 5 years ago. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
That's 180-degrees from the position it took in another religious liberty case 5 years ago. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
There's now "more antisemitism on the right than at any time in my life," Sen. Ted Cruz told the Federalist Society today — urging conservatives to "stand up" to bigotry after Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist Nick Fuentes on his podcast.
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Cruz Urges Right to Condemn Antisemitism After Carlson Podcast
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called on conservatives to speak out against what he saw as a recent rise in antisemitism within the Republican party, days after a conservative leader drew outrage for defendi...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
There's now "more antisemitism on the right than at any time in my life," Sen. Ted Cruz told the Federalist Society today — urging conservatives to "stand up" to bigotry after Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist Nick Fuentes on his podcast.
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Federal agencies' independent litigation powers may be next in President Trump's sights if SCOTUS agrees he has the right to fire executive branch employees at will, DOJ's Civil Division head said today. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Agency Litigation Powers May Be in Trump’s Sights, Official Says
The Trump administration may target the independent litigation authority of federal agencies if the Supreme Court grants the president the power he seeks to fire executive branch employees at will, a ...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Federal agencies' independent litigation powers may be next in President Trump's sights if SCOTUS agrees he has the right to fire executive branch employees at will, DOJ's Civil Division head said today. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
The D.C. federal prosecutor's office is on a roll, with back-to-back losses in closely watched assault on a federal officer cases. More surge-era cases grand juries refused to indict are still pending in Superior Court. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Sandwich Thrower Acquitted of Assault Charge in Viral DC Case
A federal jury found a former Justice Department employee not guilty of misdemeanor assault over a viral incident in which he threw a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The D.C. federal prosecutor's office is on a roll, with back-to-back losses in closely watched assault on a federal officer cases. More surge-era cases grand juries refused to indict are still pending in Superior Court. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Supreme Court has asked for supplemental briefing in the Trump administration's request to lift the injunction currently blocking the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois amid an immigration enforcement surge in Chicago.
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Supreme Court has asked for supplemental briefing in the Trump administration's request to lift the injunction currently blocking the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois amid an immigration enforcement surge in Chicago.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh's chambers have emerged as a big talent pipeline for President Trump's second-term judicial nominations. Three of his four confirmed appellate court nominees clerked for Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Kavanaugh’s Chambers Are a Big Pipeline for Trump Circuit Judges
Justice Brett Kavanaugh has emerged as a major source of judicial nominees in the second Trump administration, with the president repeatedly looking to the justice’s former clerks to fill influential ...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Justice Brett Kavanaugh's chambers have emerged as a big talent pipeline for President Trump's second-term judicial nominations. Three of his four confirmed appellate court nominees clerked for Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
My first at @bloomberglaw.com: 31 former federal judges today signed on to an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject President Trump's sweeping tariffs. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Ex-Federal Judges Call on Supreme Court to Reject Trump Tariffs
Thirty-one former federal judges urged the US Supreme Court to reject President Donald Trump’s attempts to use emergency powers to impose sweeping, world-wide tariffs.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My first at @bloomberglaw.com: 31 former federal judges today signed on to an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject President Trump's sweeping tariffs. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Some (slightly belated) personal news: I began a new job this week at @bloomberglaw.com reporting on the U.S. Supreme Court. Add me to your SCOTUS-related media/mailing lists and keep an eye out for my byline soon!
October 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Some (slightly belated) personal news: I began a new job this week at @bloomberglaw.com reporting on the U.S. Supreme Court. Add me to your SCOTUS-related media/mailing lists and keep an eye out for my byline soon!
An extraordinarily embarrassing case for the line prosecutors forced to pursue it, who spent two weeks getting yelled at from the bench over missing/incomplete evidence and evasive witnesses -- including at least one whose testimony was flatly contradicted by video evidence.
NOW: Three grand juries declined to indict Sidney Reid, and today a petit jury came to the same conclusion in less than 2 hours -- finding her NOT GUILTY of assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest. (via @sophrosenthal) www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Woman found not guilty of assaulting FBI agent during ICE arrest outside DC Jail
Sidney Lori Reid was acquitted after a three-day trial plagued with evidence issues.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
An extraordinarily embarrassing case for the line prosecutors forced to pursue it, who spent two weeks getting yelled at from the bench over missing/incomplete evidence and evasive witnesses -- including at least one whose testimony was flatly contradicted by video evidence.
NOW: Three grand juries declined to indict Sidney Reid, and today a petit jury came to the same conclusion in less than 2 hours -- finding her NOT GUILTY of assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest. (via @sophrosenthal) www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Woman found not guilty of assaulting FBI agent during ICE arrest outside DC Jail
Sidney Lori Reid was acquitted after a three-day trial plagued with evidence issues.
www.wusa9.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NOW: Three grand juries declined to indict Sidney Reid, and today a petit jury came to the same conclusion in less than 2 hours -- finding her NOT GUILTY of assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest. (via @sophrosenthal) www.wusa9.com/article/news...
UPDATE: Judge Ana Reyes has set an April 12, 2027, trial date for the first wrongful death lawsuit filed in connection with the Flight 5342 disaster.
BREAKING: Rachel Crafton, the widow of Flight 5342 victim Casey Crafton, has filed the first wrongful death lawsuit today against the airlines and the government.
Crafton says they "utterly failed" to keep her husband and other passengers safe. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Crafton says they "utterly failed" to keep her husband and other passengers safe. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Widow of Flight 5342 victim files wrongful death suit against airlines, US government
Rachel Crafton's lawsuit says the airlines and the FAA "utterly failed" in their responsibilities to keep the airspace over D.C. safe.
www.wusa9.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
UPDATE: Judge Ana Reyes has set an April 12, 2027, trial date for the first wrongful death lawsuit filed in connection with the Flight 5342 disaster.
NEW: James Comey's attorneys say they plan to file their motion to disqualify interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan as unlawfully appointed on Monday.
As in similar challenges in New Jersey and Nevada, an out-of-district judge will be tapped to decide that.
As in similar challenges in New Jersey and Nevada, an out-of-district judge will be tapped to decide that.
October 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: James Comey's attorneys say they plan to file their motion to disqualify interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan as unlawfully appointed on Monday.
As in similar challenges in New Jersey and Nevada, an out-of-district judge will be tapped to decide that.
As in similar challenges in New Jersey and Nevada, an out-of-district judge will be tapped to decide that.
MORE: Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia say affirmatively if DHS decided to remove him to Costa Rica tomorrow he would go.
That the Trump administration isn't trying to deport him there, they say, shows they're trying to punish him.
That the Trump administration isn't trying to deport him there, they say, shows they're trying to punish him.
NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.
DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case
A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.
www.wusa9.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
MORE: Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia say affirmatively if DHS decided to remove him to Costa Rica tomorrow he would go.
That the Trump administration isn't trying to deport him there, they say, shows they're trying to punish him.
That the Trump administration isn't trying to deport him there, they say, shows they're trying to punish him.
NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.
DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case
A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.
www.wusa9.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.
DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
BREAKING: Following OMB Director Russ Vought's tweet today announcing RIFs, AFGE has filed an emergency motion seeking a TRO. They argue the RIFs violate the Antideficiency Act by requiring unlawful work during a government shutdown.
Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
BREAKING: Following OMB Director Russ Vought's tweet today announcing RIFs, AFGE has filed an emergency motion seeking a TRO. They argue the RIFs violate the Antideficiency Act by requiring unlawful work during a government shutdown.
Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...