Zach Schonfeld
@zschonfeld.bsky.social
Reporter covering the Supreme Court and the intersection of the judiciary & national politics for The Hill. zschonfeld@thehill.com.
President Trump has brought his legal battle with E. Jean Carroll to the Supreme Court.
The petition asks the justices to toss the jury’s verdict finding Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the 1990s (which Trump denies).
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The petition asks the justices to toss the jury’s verdict finding Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the 1990s (which Trump denies).
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November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
President Trump has brought his legal battle with E. Jean Carroll to the Supreme Court.
The petition asks the justices to toss the jury’s verdict finding Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the 1990s (which Trump denies).
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The petition asks the justices to toss the jury’s verdict finding Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in the 1990s (which Trump denies).
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John Bolton has arrived at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Md. to surrender.
No photos allowed inside here. But after he entered, he went to the bathroom and was then taken back into the US Marshals office
No photos allowed inside here. But after he entered, he went to the bathroom and was then taken back into the US Marshals office
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
John Bolton has arrived at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Md. to surrender.
No photos allowed inside here. But after he entered, he went to the bathroom and was then taken back into the US Marshals office
No photos allowed inside here. But after he entered, he went to the bathroom and was then taken back into the US Marshals office
NY AG Letitia James's indictment has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker.
Walker is an appointee of former President Biden who serves in Norfolk, Va.
Walker is an appointee of former President Biden who serves in Norfolk, Va.
October 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
NY AG Letitia James's indictment has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker.
Walker is an appointee of former President Biden who serves in Norfolk, Va.
Walker is an appointee of former President Biden who serves in Norfolk, Va.
NEW: The Supreme Court allows Trump to cancel $4 billion in appropriated foreign aid.
The three liberal justices publicly dissented.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
The three liberal justices publicly dissented.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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September 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NEW: The Supreme Court allows Trump to cancel $4 billion in appropriated foreign aid.
The three liberal justices publicly dissented.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
The three liberal justices publicly dissented.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
The Trump administration asks Supreme Court for the go-ahead to fire Lisa Cook
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25A312
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September 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The Trump administration asks Supreme Court for the go-ahead to fire Lisa Cook
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
NEW: The Supreme Court rejects South Carolina's request to enforce its transgender bathroom ban against a transgender boy in 9th grade.
The order says it "is not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues."
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissent
The order says it "is not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues."
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissent
September 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
NEW: The Supreme Court rejects South Carolina's request to enforce its transgender bathroom ban against a transgender boy in 9th grade.
The order says it "is not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues."
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissent
The order says it "is not a ruling on the merits of the legal issues."
Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissent
BREAKING: Supreme Court agrees to speedily review Trump's tariffs, setting the stage for a potentially blockbuster case.
Oral arguments will be first week of November.
Oral arguments will be first week of November.
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
BREAKING: Supreme Court agrees to speedily review Trump's tariffs, setting the stage for a potentially blockbuster case.
Oral arguments will be first week of November.
Oral arguments will be first week of November.
Trump administration brings the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court.
The administration wants the justices to decide next week whether they'll take up the case and schedule oral arguments for early November.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
The administration wants the justices to decide next week whether they'll take up the case and schedule oral arguments for early November.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Tariff VOS Selections Cert Petition
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September 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Trump administration brings the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court.
The administration wants the justices to decide next week whether they'll take up the case and schedule oral arguments for early November.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
The administration wants the justices to decide next week whether they'll take up the case and schedule oral arguments for early November.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Supreme Court won't block Mississippi's social media age verification law, for now.
But Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggests its unconstitutional and the tech industry's challenge will likely succeed in the end.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
But Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggests its unconstitutional and the tech industry's challenge will likely succeed in the end.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
25A97 Order
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August 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Supreme Court won't block Mississippi's social media age verification law, for now.
But Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggests its unconstitutional and the tech industry's challenge will likely succeed in the end.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
But Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggests its unconstitutional and the tech industry's challenge will likely succeed in the end.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
New - The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to lift a judge's limits on “indiscriminate” immigration raids in the Los Angeles area.
It's the administration's 22nd emergency appeal to the high court since taking office:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's the administration's 22nd emergency appeal to the high court since taking office:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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August 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New - The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to lift a judge's limits on “indiscriminate” immigration raids in the Los Angeles area.
It's the administration's 22nd emergency appeal to the high court since taking office:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's the administration's 22nd emergency appeal to the high court since taking office:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Supreme Court announces the question they’ll consider when they rehear a major redistricting case in Louisiana next term:
“Whether the State’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the
Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution.”
“Whether the State’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the
Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution.”
August 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Supreme Court announces the question they’ll consider when they rehear a major redistricting case in Louisiana next term:
“Whether the State’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the
Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution.”
“Whether the State’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the
Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution.”
Spotted in the courtroom gallery for today’s tariff argument:
Judge Pauline Newman, 98, the nation’s oldest active federal judge.
Newman’s colleagues have prevented her from hearing new cases over concerns about her mental fitness.
Newman is suing her colleagues over it.
Judge Pauline Newman, 98, the nation’s oldest active federal judge.
Newman’s colleagues have prevented her from hearing new cases over concerns about her mental fitness.
Newman is suing her colleagues over it.
July 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Spotted in the courtroom gallery for today’s tariff argument:
Judge Pauline Newman, 98, the nation’s oldest active federal judge.
Newman’s colleagues have prevented her from hearing new cases over concerns about her mental fitness.
Newman is suing her colleagues over it.
Judge Pauline Newman, 98, the nation’s oldest active federal judge.
Newman’s colleagues have prevented her from hearing new cases over concerns about her mental fitness.
Newman is suing her colleagues over it.
Not anymore!
Trump admin files emergency application #21. This one seeks to cancel $783 million in NIH grants:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Trump admin files emergency application #21. This one seeks to cancel $783 million in NIH grants:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
July 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Not anymore!
Trump admin files emergency application #21. This one seeks to cancel $783 million in NIH grants:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Trump admin files emergency application #21. This one seeks to cancel $783 million in NIH grants:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
The Supreme Court has no pending emergency appeals from the Trump administration for the first time since March 25.
With today’s ruling permitting Trump’s firing of CPSC members, all *20* of the admin’s emergency applications have been disposed of one way or another.
With today’s ruling permitting Trump’s firing of CPSC members, all *20* of the admin’s emergency applications have been disposed of one way or another.
July 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The Supreme Court has no pending emergency appeals from the Trump administration for the first time since March 25.
With today’s ruling permitting Trump’s firing of CPSC members, all *20* of the admin’s emergency applications have been disposed of one way or another.
With today’s ruling permitting Trump’s firing of CPSC members, all *20* of the admin’s emergency applications have been disposed of one way or another.
Blanche is friends with Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney (David Oscar Markus), so there's already some rapport here:
BREAKING
Deputy AG Todd Blanche says the DOJ stands by the July 6 memo but that he anticipates meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell in the coming days.
Blanche says no administration has inquired about meeting her, presumably including the first Trump administration, during which Maxwell was charged.
Deputy AG Todd Blanche says the DOJ stands by the July 6 memo but that he anticipates meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell in the coming days.
Blanche says no administration has inquired about meeting her, presumably including the first Trump administration, during which Maxwell was charged.
July 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Blanche is friends with Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney (David Oscar Markus), so there's already some rapport here:
Here is Trump's suit over The Wall Street Journal's Epstein story:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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July 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Here is Trump's suit over The Wall Street Journal's Epstein story:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Supreme Court allows resumption of Education Department layoffs in an apparent 6-3 vote along ideological lines.
A lower judge had blocked a RIF impacting roughly half the department's workforce.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
A lower judge had blocked a RIF impacting roughly half the department's workforce.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org
July 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Supreme Court allows resumption of Education Department layoffs in an apparent 6-3 vote along ideological lines.
A lower judge had blocked a RIF impacting roughly half the department's workforce.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
A lower judge had blocked a RIF impacting roughly half the department's workforce.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
First in @thehill.com
A watchdog group is bringing a FOIA lawsuit seeking communications involving Emil Bove, a top DOJ official now nominated for an appeals court judgeship, following a whistleblower complaint:
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A watchdog group is bringing a FOIA lawsuit seeking communications involving Emil Bove, a top DOJ official now nominated for an appeals court judgeship, following a whistleblower complaint:
thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
First in @thehill.com
A watchdog group is bringing a FOIA lawsuit seeking communications involving Emil Bove, a top DOJ official now nominated for an appeals court judgeship, following a whistleblower complaint:
thehill.com/regulation/c...
A watchdog group is bringing a FOIA lawsuit seeking communications involving Emil Bove, a top DOJ official now nominated for an appeals court judgeship, following a whistleblower complaint:
thehill.com/regulation/c...
Supreme Court takes up whether states can ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s school sports teams. The justices will hear appeals from Idaho and West Virginia.
Decision expected by next summer.
w/ @bmigdon.bsky.social
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Decision expected by next summer.
w/ @bmigdon.bsky.social
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July 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Supreme Court takes up whether states can ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s school sports teams. The justices will hear appeals from Idaho and West Virginia.
Decision expected by next summer.
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Decision expected by next summer.
w/ @bmigdon.bsky.social
thehill.com/regulation/c...
Trump admin files its 20th emergency application at the Supreme Court since taking office.
They want an emergency ruling greenlighting Trump's firings of Democratic appointees at the CPSC.
The admin also encourages the court to take up the case in full:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
They want an emergency ruling greenlighting Trump's firings of Democratic appointees at the CPSC.
The admin also encourages the court to take up the case in full:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org
July 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Trump admin files its 20th emergency application at the Supreme Court since taking office.
They want an emergency ruling greenlighting Trump's firings of Democratic appointees at the CPSC.
The admin also encourages the court to take up the case in full:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
They want an emergency ruling greenlighting Trump's firings of Democratic appointees at the CPSC.
The admin also encourages the court to take up the case in full:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Good morning from the Supreme Court, where we’re expecting all remaining opinions.
We have 3 boxes.
Follow along ->
We have 3 boxes.
Follow along ->
June 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Good morning from the Supreme Court, where we’re expecting all remaining opinions.
We have 3 boxes.
Follow along ->
We have 3 boxes.
Follow along ->
Chief Justice John Roberts announces all remaining opinions will be announced tomorrow.
We have 6 left.
We have 6 left.
We have two boxes of opinions here at the Supreme Court, meaning expect 3-4 of the remaining 10 argued cases to come down today.
Opinions start dropping at 10am. Follow along ->
Opinions start dropping at 10am. Follow along ->
June 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Chief Justice John Roberts announces all remaining opinions will be announced tomorrow.
We have 6 left.
We have 6 left.
We have two boxes of opinions here at the Supreme Court, meaning expect 3-4 of the remaining 10 argued cases to come down today.
Opinions start dropping at 10am. Follow along ->
Opinions start dropping at 10am. Follow along ->
June 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We have two boxes of opinions here at the Supreme Court, meaning expect 3-4 of the remaining 10 argued cases to come down today.
Opinions start dropping at 10am. Follow along ->
Opinions start dropping at 10am. Follow along ->
The Supreme Court lifted judge-imposed limits on the Trump administration’s ability to deport migrants to countries where they have no ties.
The court's three liberals write a pretty scathing dissent.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
The court's three liberals write a pretty scathing dissent.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
June 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Supreme Court lifted judge-imposed limits on the Trump administration’s ability to deport migrants to countries where they have no ties.
The court's three liberals write a pretty scathing dissent.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
The court's three liberals write a pretty scathing dissent.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
The Supreme Court has laid out 3 boxes.
So expect 5-6 opinions today of the 16 remaining.
So expect 5-6 opinions today of the 16 remaining.
June 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Supreme Court has laid out 3 boxes.
So expect 5-6 opinions today of the 16 remaining.
So expect 5-6 opinions today of the 16 remaining.