Steven Mazie
@stevenmazie.bsky.social
SCOTUS correspondent for The Economist. Political studies prof at Bard Early College-Manhattan.
You mean hopeful
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You mean hopeful
All this so the Court can decide how to handle this by late Tuesday night, when the administrative stay issued on Friday night expires
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
All this so the Court can decide how to handle this by late Tuesday night, when the administrative stay issued on Friday night expires
The growing consensus on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's order tonight: a horrible situation, handled strategically (from @stevevladeck.bsky.social) www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I’m trying to clarify exactly what the court did and did not do. Definitely not justifying anything.
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I’m trying to clarify exactly what the court did and did not do. Definitely not justifying anything.
Emergency applications go to the justice assigned to that particular geographical region. Justice Jackson is the circuit justice for the 1st circuit, which is where this litigation arose.
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Emergency applications go to the justice assigned to that particular geographical region. Justice Jackson is the circuit justice for the 1st circuit, which is where this litigation arose.
Or maybe the haste is why she was unable to refer it to the rest of the court.
Odd stuff.
Odd stuff.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Or maybe the haste is why she was unable to refer it to the rest of the court.
Odd stuff.
Odd stuff.
Maybe it was the haste, but there’s no mention of referring it to the whole court. I can’t imagine she didn’t though? It’s very specific.
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Maybe it was the haste, but there’s no mention of referring it to the whole court. I can’t imagine she didn’t though? It’s very specific.
Good point. I added this bsky.app/profile/stev...
I need to emphasize what I say down-thread: this is a temporary, procedural move known as an administrative stay issued in haste by Justice Jackson.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
Little to nothing should be read into this ruling for how SCOTUS might ultimately rule on SNAP—either way.
BREAKING: the Supreme Court has granted Trump administration’s request.
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Good point. I added this bsky.app/profile/stev...
Thee are no dissents.
The circuit justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, issued the administrative stay.
The circuit justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, issued the administrative stay.
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Thee are no dissents.
The circuit justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, issued the administrative stay.
The circuit justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, issued the administrative stay.
It expires 48 hours after the 1st circuit court of appeals takes action on the matter
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It expires 48 hours after the 1st circuit court of appeals takes action on the matter
If the Court does not act tonight, by midnight, the SNAP funds will have to go out
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If the Court does not act tonight, by midnight, the SNAP funds will have to go out
I mean she obviously read that piece. But she has been outspoken and unfiltered for months in just that mode. It is not play acting!
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I mean she obviously read that piece. But she has been outspoken and unfiltered for months in just that mode. It is not play acting!
Oh it was that too - they're kind of bound up together.
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Oh it was that too - they're kind of bound up together.
Then you haven't really lived
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Then you haven't really lived
Glimmers of the liberal justices' frustration with the majority constantly bowing to Trump's "emergency" applications in yesterday's tariffs argument from Justice Kagan.
(Laughter broke out at this point, at least in the press gallery, though the transcript does not note it.)
(Laughter broke out at this point, at least in the press gallery, though the transcript does not note it.)
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Glimmers of the liberal justices' frustration with the majority constantly bowing to Trump's "emergency" applications in yesterday's tariffs argument from Justice Kagan.
(Laughter broke out at this point, at least in the press gallery, though the transcript does not note it.)
(Laughter broke out at this point, at least in the press gallery, though the transcript does not note it.)