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Justin Wise
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I cover the Supreme Court for Bloomberg Law. Get in touch: Jwise@Bloombergindustry.com. I'm also on Signal at Jwise.19.
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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
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Article about the origins of our case against Trump's tariffs, which is currently before the Supreme Court: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Blog Posts Help Spur Trump Tariffs Challenge at Supreme Court
A blog post attacking the legal basis behind President Donald Trump’s tariffs helped set in motion a lawsuit central to the dispute over presidential power that will be considered by the US Supreme Co...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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The toymaker taking on Trump’s tariffs (gift link)
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Toymaker Gears Up for Supreme Court Fight Over Trump’s Tariffs
A Chicago-area toy company is among the businesses arguing to the justices this week that most of the president’s tariffs should be struck down.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Prominent Supreme Court litigator Neal Katyal is set to argue for businesses challenging Trump's tariffs... after winning a coin toss. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Katyal to Argue Supreme Court Trump Tariff Case After Coin Toss
Small businesses are turning to prominent litigator Neal Katyal to argue at the Supreme Court that the bulk of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are unlawful after a coin toss landed in his favor.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!
October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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NEW: There's a shorthand to describe US citizens getting swept up in immigration raids: "Kavanaugh Stops."

We dive into the label that's taken off on the left since Kavanaugh said immigration stops for legal residents are “typically brief." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
ICE Apprehension of US Citizens Derided as ‘Kavanaugh Stops’
“Kavanaugh Stops” is a reference to conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who wrote in a case last month that encounters with immigration agents for legal residents are “typically brief”...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to let him immediately deploy National Guard troops in Chicago. From @gregstohr.bsky.social. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Deploy Troops in Chicago
President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to let him immediately deploy National Guard troops in Chicago.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh this week raised the prospect of extending the Supreme Court’s logic that affirmative action in college admissions needed an “end point” to race-based redistricting. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Kavanaugh Floats Time Limit in Another Landmark Civil Rights Law
Justice Brett Kavanaugh raised the prospect of extending the Supreme Court’s logic that affirmative action in college admissions needed an “end point” to race-based redistricting.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Always loved the Drysdale quip after Sandy Koufax sat out Game 1 of the 1965 World Series for Yom Kippur: jewishbaseballmuseum.com/spotlight-st...
In 1965, the Dodgers had a big lead in the National League. It was announced that Oct. 6 would be game 1 of the World Series. Oct. 6 was Yom Kippur. They asked Koufax what he would do. He said, “I’m praying for rain.” He also said he would consult a Rabbi. He never did. Koufax told a Rabbi: ‘I’m Jewish. I’m a role model. I want them to understand they have to have pride.” Thousands of Jews said they saw Koufax at various synagogues in Minneapolis. In fact, he never left his hotel room. Don Drysdale, a Hall of Famer, pitched Game 1. He got bombed, giving up 7 runs. When the manager went out to pull him, he said, “Don’t you wish I was Jewish too?”
October 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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At least a third of senior career leaders have left the Justice Department since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, taking with them centuries of combined expertise, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis by @suzannemonyak.bsky.social

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Justice Department Loses a Third of Career Leaders Under Trump
At least a third of senior career leaders have left the Justice Department since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, taking with them centuries of combined expertise, according to a Blo...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: The Justice Department is consolidating civil rights attorney hiring authority with a handful of supervisors, departing from practices that were designed to avoid politicization, @benjaminpenn.bsky.social and @suzannemonyak.bsky.social report

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Trump DOJ Said to Unwind Apolitical Civil Rights Career Hiring
The Justice Department is consolidating civil rights attorney hiring authority with a handful of Trump-aligned supervisors, departing from practices that were designed to avoid politicization, accordi...
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September 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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ICYMI: The US judge who blocked the ouster of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook joined the growing chorus of her lower court colleagues to reject the idea that the Supreme Court’s recent emergency docket orders bind her to side with the Trump administration
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September 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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The Supreme Court’s repeated grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration is creating fissures in the judiciary, while empowering the president to fight any lower court judge’s intervention, @jacqthomsen.bsky.social and @justinfwise.bsky.social report

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Supreme Court Emergency Orders For Trump Sow Cracks in Judiciary
The Supreme Court’s repeated grants of emergency relief to the Trump administration is creating fissures in the judiciary, while empowering the president to fight any lower court judge’s intervention.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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New: US prosecutors in DC have charged at least 20 people with assaulting or resisting federal officers in recent weeks, in cases leveling allegations mirroring those brought against Jan. 6 defendants that President Donald Trump essentially wiped out. news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
DOJ Charges for Officer Assaults Clash With Trump Jan. 6 Pardons
US prosecutors have charged numerous people with assaulting or resisting federal officers since mid-August in cases leveling allegations mirroring those brought against Jan. 6 defendants that Presiden...
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September 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Google antitrust ruling is good for Google and Apple; not so great for everyone else www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Who Wins and Who Loses in the Google Antitrust Ruling
It’s good news for Apple and Microsoft among others. Plus: Are companies doing AI all wrong?
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September 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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The perpetrators may be interested in any sealed information that helps outline the “road map” of an investigation, such as through wiretap and search warrant requests, Adam Hickey, a former Justice Department computer crime investigator tells @justinfwise.bsky.social
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A foreign adversary’s breach of the federal judiciary’s case management system risks exposing sensitive law enforcement probes, in the latest cyberattack targeting the US government’s investigative tactics.
Foreign Actor’s Hack of Court System Risks Law Enforcement Data
A foreign adversary’s breach of the federal judiciary’s case management system risks exposing sensitive law enforcement probes, in the latest cyberattack targeting the US government’s investigative tactics.
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August 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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The former deputy for New Jersey’s US attorney claims she was fired in “direct retaliation” for judges appointing her as the state’s top federal prosecutor.
New Jersey Judges’ Pick for Top Prosecutor Challenges Firing
The former deputy for New Jersey’s US attorney claims she was fired in “direct retaliation” for judges appointing her as the state’s top federal prosecutor.
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August 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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New: House Dems announced legislation that would move the Marshals out of the Justice Department and into the judicial branch, amid rising threats against judges and concerns about the independence of the courts. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Democrats Propose Removing US Marshals From Executive Branch (1)
House Judiciary Democrats plan to introduce legislation that would move the federal agency tasked with protecting federal judges out of the Justice Department and into the judicial branch, amid rising...
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May 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The Trump administration is ratcheting up its threats of prosecution against Democrats and other critics, in an escalation of its use of the legal system to go after perceived enemies, @justinfwise.bsky.social and @suzannemonyak.bsky.social report

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Trump Ramps Up Threats Against Political Foes After DOJ Shakeup
The Trump administration is ratcheting up its threats of prosecution against Democrats and other critics, in an escalation of its use of the legal system to go after the president’s perceived enemies.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The Justice Department removed the acting national security head from his post hours after Attorney General Pam Bondi saw a portrait of former President Joe Biden continuing to hang in the division’s front office, @justinfwise.bsky.social reports

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DOJ Leader Removed After Bondi Saw Front Office Biden Portrait
The Justice Department removed the acting national security head from his post hours after Attorney General Pam Bondi saw a portrait of former President Joe Biden continuing to hang in the division’s ...
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April 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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New: US officially drops case accusing Southwest Key Programs, the US's largest housing provider for migrant children, of failing to act on sexual abuse by its employees.

Move follows direct plea by prominent Supreme Court litigator Lisa Blatt to get Trump DOJ to drop the case.
US Dropping Suit Over Sexual Abuse at Migrant Child Shelter (1)
The Justice Department is dropping a case accusing Southwest Key Programs, a Texas-based nonprofit that offers housing for thousands of unaccompanied migrant children, of failing to act on pervasive s...
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March 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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The Justice Department plans to drop a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by employees of a company that houses thousands of unaccompanied migrant children, @justinfwise.bsky.social and @suzannemonyak.bsky.social report

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US Said to Drop Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Migrant Child Shelter
The Justice Department plans to drop a Biden-era lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by employees of a company that houses thousands of unaccompanied migrant children and has received billions of dollars in...
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March 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Chegg, the online education company, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging the company used its monopoly in search to coerce websites into allowing it to scrape their content for use in AI models. assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
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February 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out

USAID told me it can’t release documents via #FOIA due to “recent developments”

Meanwhile, a memo I obtained sent to DHS FOIA officers this week directs them to “maximize transparency” when processing FOIA requests
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How Trump’s Presidency Is Impacting the FOIA
USAID can’t release FOIA documents due to “recent developments.” Meanwhile, a memo sent to DHS FOIA officers this week directs them to “maximize transparency” when processing public records requests.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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NEW: A White House declaration that Elon Musk is operating as a mere adviser as he pushes a relentless campaign to slash government spending sets up a constitutional clash over the billionaire Trump ally’s role in government.

W/ analysis from @jshaub.bsky.social on legal test Musk's role creates.
Musk’s Adviser Role Sets Up Constitutional Test Over His Power
A White House declaration that Elon Musk is operating as a mere adviser as he pushes a relentless campaign to slash government spending is setting up a constitutional clash over the billionaire Trump ...
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February 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM