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Greg Stohr

@gregstohr.bsky.social
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Supreme Court reporter for Bloomberg News. Occasional professor. Opinions to the extent I give them are my own.

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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Justice Sotomayor, who didn't hold back last year when the court allowed immigration stops to resume in LA, had more to say tonight about the only one of her Supreme Court colleagues willing to put his name on that decision. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Sotomayor Faults Kavanaugh Over Immigration Stops Concurrence
Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized a fellow member of the US Supreme Court for failing to grasp the real-world effects of an unsigned order last year that allowed immigration enforcement sweeps in Los...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Mind-blowing that in year 2026, one can go to a federal court's website and not be able to find a newly issued major opinion. (Don't worry - I got it.)
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
NEW: With SCOTUS poised to rule on Trump's tariffs as soon as Friday, more than 1,000 companies -- big, small, public, private -- already have filed lawsuits seeking refunds for their share of the billions of dollars in duties paid so far if the administration loses www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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More Than 1,000 Companies Are Suing Trump Over His Tariffs
Companies are flocking to challenge the administration's import taxes in court, after the Supreme Court started asking tough questions
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
How I spent my night 25 years ago today.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
New: Trump pardoned them for Jan. 6. Now they want millions of dollars from the US government. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
“A federal judge should not by his public conduct engage in what the public will reasonably understand as a sign of political support,” NYU legal ethics professor Stephen Gillers tells @suzannemonyak.bsky.social about Emil Bove attending Trump's speech Tuesday news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Emil Bove Attends Trump Rally in Rare Move for Federal Judge
Emil Bove, a top Trump Justice Department official turned federal appeals court judge, attended a campaign-style presidential rally in Pennsylvania in a highly unusual move for a sitting judge.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
A Sunday read (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Fate of Fed’s Cook Tied to Supreme Court Case on Trump Firings
A US Supreme Court argument Monday is likely to provide clues about the fate of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, whom President Donald Trump has tried to fire in his push for more control over the ...
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Amazing inside look at how litigator Roman Martinez argued a case before the Supreme Court from @bloomberglaw.com video team's Andrew Satter and Josh Block www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsOi...
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Supreme Advocacy: What It Takes to Argue at the Supreme Court (DOCUMENTARY)
YouTube video by Bloomberg Law
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
NEW: DOJ has been in settlement talks with Michael Flynn -- Trump's first national security adviser seeking $50M for his prosecution by ex-special counsel Robert Mueller -- and Stefan Passantino, a Trump I White House lawyer who accused the House Jan. 6 committee of privacy violations bit.ly/4hWdolc
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
A Reagan-appointed judge has quit the bench so he can speak out against assaults on the rule of law (he is a senior judge so it doesn’t create a vacancy): www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
For whatever reason, reporters weren’t allowed in to the dinner until after these comments were made. FedSoc convention normally very open to press but weirdly secretive when it comes to the big dinner.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
New: Businesses are filing lawsuits on the eve of this week's big SCOTUS showdown over Trump's global tariffs in the hopes of making sure they're in the best position to get refunds if the justices rule against the administration www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-04/tariff-paying-firms-line-up-in-court-to-get-paid-if-trump-losses?utm_medium=email&utm_source=author_alert&utm_term=251104&utm_campaign=author_22946324
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The toymaker taking on Trump’s tariffs (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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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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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Just to be clear, #SCOTUS has done nothing to indicate any interest in this case besides calling for a response—something that a *single* justice can request, and that is *not* remotely predictive of a cert. grant. Everything else is standard practice for *all* cases filed in the Supreme Court.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Shutdown fallout: Court fights over Trump policies are being paused amid the government funding impasse. DOJ is seeking delays across civil cases; in DC, the chief judge entered a blanket pause order, though cases involving requests for immediate judicial intervention are excluded buff.ly/rKraJve
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Justice Clarence Thomas said he started teaching a law course again this fall semester at Catholic University, @justinfwise.bsky.social reports. “I missed it over the last few years,” he said. “It’s been a real joy.” news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Barrett Says Recusal Explanations Carry Potential Personal Costs
US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said her reasons for not explaining recusals include the potential of personal and other costs that doing so might trigger.
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
SCOOP by @anthonycormier.bsky.social & Zach Mider Bessent once agreed to occupy 2 different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges thatTrump has been using to try to oust Lisa Cook. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Bessent, Like Fed Governor, Made Contradictory Mortgage Pledges
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that Pres...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Per my colleague David Voreacos
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Justice Barrett Calls Trump Barbs a ‘Dance We’ve Seen Before’
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett downplayed President Donald Trump’s sharp barbs directed at federal judges, telling a New York crowd that US presidents have a long history of criticizing the j...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
BREAKING: Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire last remaining Democrat on Federal Trade Commission. Seeks both full review and temporary order. Case could overturn Humphrey's Executor.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Says a lot about the moment we are in that so many judges are willing to publicly criticize the Supreme Court, even if they are not being identified by name.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
NEW: Trump appeals to Supreme Court on his global tariffs, seeks argument in early November, accg to documents seen by Bloomberg. DOJ says other side has agreed to schedule. Story w/ @zoetillman.bsky.social on its way.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
We'll see what Scotus thinks, but this story from May is aging pretty well so far, I'd say. Federal Circuit leans into "major questions doctrine" in declaring Trump's global tariffs illegal. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Tariffs Face Threat at Supreme Court — Over Rulings That Blocked Biden
A legal argument that the US Supreme Court used to foil Joe Biden on climate change and student debt now looms as a threat to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
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Jude Nagurney Camwell (Iddybud) @iddybud.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This is an excellent article by @gregstohr.bsky.social. [For Trump's critics] "the past seven months have revealed just how fragile the rule of law is, as the Trump administration’s determination to push legal bounds collides with the Supreme Court’s willingness to go along."
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
No need to wait for the weekend to read my weekend essay on the Supreme Court, Donald Trump and the growing pressure on the rule of law. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Cracks in America’s Rule of Law Are Getting Deeper
Court battles over the administration’s sweeping use of executive power are exposing limits on how much judges can constrain the presidency.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
From last night ... a new Trump emergency application at Scotus. It's now docketed as 25a227.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Supreme Court indicates it will outlaw use of Voting Rights Act to create majority-Black and majority-Hispanic districts. Likely to be a blockbuster case. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Supreme Court to Consider Outlawing Race-Based Voting Districts
The US Supreme Court indicated it will consider outlawing the use of race in drawing voting maps, setting up a blockbuster showdown with implications for dozens of congressional districts with predomi...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
BREAKING: Supreme Court will consider barring use of Voting Rights Act to create majority-Black and majority-Hispanic districts. Justices expand LA case already on docket.
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Seth Stern @sethstern.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Want to cover the Supreme Court for Bloomberg Law? bloomberg.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Bloomb...
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Reporter, Senior (INDG) - Supreme Court
You will aggressively cover the US Supreme Court. You will write engaging, impactful stories that break down complex legal issues and court trends clearly, accurately, and in a way that makes readers ...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Trying to remember the last time I had a round-trip that didn’t involve either a major delay or a cancellation. (This time both!)
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Supreme Court lets Trump fire more top officials at independent agencies, chipping away further at 1935 precedent. SCOTUS has now sided or largely sided with Trump on 16 of 20 emergency applications this year. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Oust Consumer-Safety Officials for Now
A divided US Supreme Court let President Donald Trump temporarily remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, extending a line of decisions giving the White House more c...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Latest post-SCOTUS action in the birthright citizenship legal fights: MD federal judge handling one of the original cases (CASA) says she'd grant a new, class-wide injunction if/when the 4th Circuit kicks the case back down assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Fresh off a ruling upholding state restrictions on medical treatments for trans youths, the Supreme Court will consider upholding categorical bans on trans girls/women competing on female sports teams for their schools. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Supreme Court to Review Bans on Trans Athletes in Female Sports
The US Supreme Court agreed to decide whether states can ban transgender girls and women from competing for their schools on female athletic teams, heeding conservative calls to consider further curbi...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
BREAKING: Supreme Court agrees to decide whether states can ban transgender girls and women from competing for their schools on female athletic teams.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Busy Scotus day: - grants cases on campaign spending, music piracy and activist investor suits - rejects cases on IRS access to crypto account data, American-JetBlue alliance - seeks SG views in Roundup case - orders new look at trans cases but defers action on sports Links below
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Enjoyed talking to @scottdetrow.bsky.social yesterday about the birthright citizenship ruling and the rest of the #SCOTUS term. www.npr.org/2025/06/28/n...
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What this term says about where the Supreme Court is headed
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr about what we've learned about the makeup and direction of the court from this term's rulings.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
As I spend my morning reading opinion after opinion I wish I’d been able to read yesterday, I’m reminded what a disservice it is to all of us for SCOTUS to operate this way. So many rulings so quickly makes it impossible for any of us to adequately understand them.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
In a Supreme Court term dominated by emergency requests, the big winner was Donald Trump. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Runs Up Supreme Court Winning Streak, Amassing More Power
The US Supreme Court’s just-completed term had a clear winner: President Donald Trump.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Without explanation and with there dissenters refusing to join “so gross an abuse,” SCOTUS lets Trump administration resume “third country” deportations to such nations as South Sudan with little notice. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Supreme Court Blocks Deportation-Notice Rule in Win for Trump
A sharply divided US Supreme Court let the Trump administration resume quickly deporting migrants to countries other than their own, lifting a judge’s order that gave people 10 days notice and a chanc...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
NEW: Scotus denies request to expedite.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
A term dominated by the emergency docket means the Supreme Court will leave town with a lot of unfinished business. w/ @zoetillman.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Supreme Court Set to Leave Town With Trump Challenges Unsettled
The US Supreme Court will close out its term in the next two weeks with a trail of unfinished business, leaving in limbo the fate of many of President Donald Trump’s most sweeping uses of executive po...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
NEW: Supreme Court asked for the first time to consider striking down Trump's most sweeping tariffs. Two educational-toy makers ask justices to directly -- and quickly -- review a federal district judge's conclusion that that tariffs exceed Trump's authority. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Supreme Court Asked to Hear Challenge to Trump’s Global Tariffs
Two family-owned businesses are asking the US Supreme Court to consider striking down President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs, putting a high-stakes fight with worldwide economic implications b...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Supreme Court releases its Monday orders list ... three days early on Friday! Court blames an "apparent software malfunction" that caused email notifications to go out early. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
So much for that Supreme Court unanimity.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Breaking: Divided Supreme Court gives DOGE access to sensitive Social Security information, lifting restrictions a judge said were needed to protect the privacy of millions of Americans. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
BREAKING: Trump ask Supreme Court to let administration move ahead with plan to dismantle Education Dept. It's the administration's 17th emergency filing at Scotus since Jan. 20. Case will be docketed as 24a1203.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Carter Phillips's appearance at a Supreme Court Historical Society event today made me think of this, the indisputably funniest Supreme Court story of all time (and an extremely well told one). supremecourthistory.org/scotus-scoop...
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SCOTUS Scoops: A Snow Story By Carter G. Phillips | SCHS
My favorite Supreme Court story begins on Sunday January 7, 1996, when I woke up early in the morning and saw about ten inches of new snow on the ground that fell overnight. This came as a surprise be...
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Some Sunday reading: How a legal doctrine the Supreme Court embraced when Biden was president now poses a threat to Trump’s tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Tariffs Face Threat at Supreme Court — Over Rulings That Blocked Biden
A legal argument that the US Supreme Court used to foil Joe Biden on climate change and student debt now looms as a threat to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
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Greg Stohr @gregstohr.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
A legal doctrine the Supreme Court used to thwart Biden now threatens Trump’s tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Tariffs Face Threat at Supreme Court — Over Rulings That Blocked Biden
A legal argument that the US Supreme Court used to foil Joe Biden on climate change and student debt now looms as a threat to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
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