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Jimmy Hoover

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Supreme Court Reporter at The National Law Journal. Host of the Supreme Court Brief podcast and newsletter. Tips, greetings: jimmy.hoover@alm.com

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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
JUST IN: Chief Justice Roberts briefly pauses oral arguments this morning to note that there will be a flyover in a few minutes, and that those in courtroom shouldn't be alarmed by the loud noise. "I don't know why they didn't check with me," he jokes.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
SCOOP: Federal judiciary approves new Supreme Court defender office to help represent indigent defendants at #SCOTUS. Its full-time director will serve as a counterweight to the U.S. solicitor general in federal criminal cases. The first will be former Kagan clerk and SG atty Ashley Robertson.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
NEW: 175+ former federal and state judges tell Supreme Court that its unreasoned emergency orders should not be treated as binding in different cases and slam Trump administration for repeatedly saying otherwise. This comes in pending #SCOTUS case over Temporary Protected Status for Syrians.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A remarkable exchange between Justice Gorsuch and DOJ lawyer in today's #SCOTUS hearing on enforcing appeal waivers in egregious circumstances. "A racist sentencing judge?" Gorsuch asks. "Our position is that it is enforceable," DOJ atty responds. "A sexist sentencing judge?" "Yes," she answers.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Justice Alito grumbles about Supreme Court's questioning format: "I’ll begin with Justice Sotomayor’s rebuttal of what she took me to be asking about.... Now she will have a right to surrebuttal, which I won’t have a chance to answer under this questioning regime we have now.”
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Who says Supreme Court arguments are pointless? Justice Barrett learned about the drug ayahuasca for the first time today after Justice Kagan used it in a hypothetical question. "Is that real?" she asked. Kagan, smiling, nodded.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
In birthright brief, ABA points to study saying Trump's citizenship restrictions would create 5.4 million more undocumented persons over the next half century. Note that these would not be "immigrants," but U.S.-born people with no legal status. www.migrationpolicy.org/news/birthri...
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Repealing Birthright Citizenship Would Significantly Increase the Size of the U.S. Unauthorized Population
Repealing birthright citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil to unauthorized immigrants or temporary visa holders would have a contrary result from its stated aim of reducing the unauthorized immigra...
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Supreme chutzpah in #SCOTUS hearing Lawyer asks court to reverse and write opinion "160 pages less than the tariffs opinion" Alito: "That's certainly a goal to aim for. I felt very left out in the tariffs case. J. Sotomayor and I didn't write opinions." Sotomayor: "Maybe we'll have a chance."
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
How many billions of dollars in tariff debt did U.S. taxpayers (potentially) incur as certain justices debated the finer points of the major questions doctrine and the English common law of corporations?
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Trump blasts his own appointees, Gorsuch and Barrett, over their votes on tariffs. "I think it’s an embarrassment to their families, you want to know the truth, the two of them.”
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Trump says he has other statutes that are "even stronger" than IEEPA. Chief Justice Roberts, of course, noted those "contain various combinations of procedural prerequisites, required agency determinations, and limits on the duration, amount, and scope of the tariffs."
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The Supreme Court holds this morning that the power to "regulate importation" does not include tariffs. So what took so long? Anything to do with Justice Gorsuch's 46! page concurrence responding to all of the other opinions, triggering another round of responses from their authors?
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
People are betting big on pending Supreme Court decisions through new prediction markets. What could go wrong? “The moment that a Supreme Court outcome becomes tradeable, non-public institutional information acquires monetary value,” one expert told me. www.law.com/nationallawj...
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People Are Betting Big on Supreme Court Decisions. What Could Go Wrong? | Law.com
Prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi have received millions in wagers on the outcome of the tariff cases at the Supreme Court. Should the justices be worried?
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
SCOTUS has a wait-and-see approach for disciplinary matters and apparently told Eastman to keep it apprised of his disbarment proceedings. He’s been filing regular amicus briefs in the court since. My story from Nov. 2024. www.law.com/nationallawj...
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
As if to remind everyone they are on no one’s schedule but their own, the court has a convention of saying it “may” announce opinions, not that it will. It brings to mind Mark Wahlberg’s character in The Departed: “Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe go…”
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
JUST IN: Supreme Court will issue decisions next Friday (2/20), the following Tuesday (2/24) and Wednesday (Feb. 25.) #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Watson will give us more data on where Judge Oldham would slot in on this #SCOTUS, but there’s already reason to think he’d be on far right, having been reversed on ghost guns, vape products, and the FCC’s Universal Service Fund.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The Supreme Court issued a low-profile decision about medical malpractice suits last month. Some experts think it could portend bad news for media organizations facing federal defamation lawsuits. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Appeals from indigent litigants have been falling dramatically at the Supreme Court in recent years. I spoke to some experts about what might behind the “troubling” trend. www.law.com/nationallawj...
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At the Supreme Court, a Stark Drop in Appeals From the Poor | Law.com
Appeals from indigent defendants have fallen precipitously in recent years. Experts aren’t sure what’s behind the "really troubling" trend.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
In 1971, the New York Times ran an article on the Supreme Court's "leisurely pace" in getting out decisions because its first one took a whole month and a half... These days it's not uncommon for the first opinion to come until January (three months after start of term.) #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Why is election denier John Eastman, under suspension and facing disbarment in California, still allowed to file amicus briefs at the Supreme Court? My story from 2024. #SCOTUS www.law.com/nationallawj...
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The Supreme Court has a wait-and-see approach for attorney discipline. Some ethics folks think its too lenient, and arguably inconsistent with the text of the court's Rule 8. From a story I wrote in No. '24. www.law.com/nationallawj...
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Supreme Court lawyers told me they are now using AI in their day-to-day legal practice, from basic legal research to drafting portions of briefs to the justices. "The technology is there," one said. "You can generate drafts of stuff that would have taken hours, in minutes."
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
To Supreme Court lawyers: it's okay to admit you're using AI... www.law.com/nationallawj...
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'The Technology Is There': Supreme Court Practitioners Quietly Embracing AI| Law.com
"People are gonna start being being embarrassed by not doing it if they feel that their legal services can be enhanced with the assistance of AI," said Supreme Court lawyer Adam Unikowsky.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Has E. Jean Carroll spotted a fatal flaw in President Trump's Supreme Court appeal over her sexual assault verdict? This is from her new brief opposing #SCOTUS review of evidentiary issues at trial.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
SCOTUS WATCH: One or more opinions coming this Friday. Could we get the court's word on Trump's tariff policies? Time will tell. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Alan Dershowitz is the latest powerful voice to ask the Supreme Court to undo the robust press protections it established in the 1964 case NYT v. Sullivan. Dershowitz wants to revive a lawsuit against CNN stemming from his Trump impeachment defense. www.law.com/nationallawj...
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Alan Dershowitz Asks High Court to Overrule 'Sullivan' Press Ruling in Case Against CNN| Law.com
The longtime law professor has asked the Supreme Court to abandon the "actual malice" standard for proving defamation under New York Times v. Sullivan in an attempt to revive his lawsuit against CNN.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
NEWS: Alan Dershowitz is asking the Supreme Court to overrule New York Times v. Sullivan and revive his defamation suit against CNN. 'Sullivan' has enshrined press protections for 60+ years, but Dershowitz is hoping the court agrees with his attacks on the modern media. www.law.com/nationallawj...
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Alan Dershowitz Asks High Court to Overrule 'Sullivan' Press Ruling in Case Against CNN| Law.com
The longtime law professor has asked the Supreme Court to abandon the "actual malice" standard for proving defamation under New York Times v. Sullivan in an attempt to revive his lawsuit against CNN.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
BREAKING: Supreme Court says Trump cannot deploy National Guard to Chicago to protect ICE operations in major blow to president. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Scoop: The ACLU, frequently supportive of gun control, has joined the legal team challenging the federal gun ban for weed users at the Supreme Court. #SCOTUS www.law.com/nationallawj...
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ACLU Joins Supreme Court Challenge to Gun Ban for Marijuana Users| Law.com
In contrast to recent gun cases at the Supreme Court, the American Civil Liberties Union is joining the Second Amendment challenge to a federal law prohibiting marijuana and other drug users from owni...
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
For this week's Supreme Court Brief, I spoke to @ij.org lawyer Marie Miller about how #SCOTUS decisions have made it a "huge long shot" to pursue civil rights lawsuits against ICE agents. Miller's client, a U.S. citizen and veteran, was detained for 3 days by ICE this summer.
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Why It's So Hard To Hold ICE Agents Accountable
Podcast Episode · Supreme Court Brief · 12/18/2025 · 25m
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Oklahoma tribes are back at #SCOTUS to fulfill the promise of sovereignty after a 2020 ruling that about half the state is still Indian Country. This time it's about whether tribal members must pay state income taxes. Bringing the case? Former SG Elizabeth Prelogar. www.law.com/nationallawj...
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Challenging State Taxes, Tribes Ask Justices to Fulfill Promise of Landmark 'McGirt' Ruling| Law.com
Former U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, back in private practice, is asking the Supreme Court to consider whether Oklahoma may tax tribal members living within historic tribal reservations r...
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
After a big Supreme Court case in 2022, I was interviewing ppl outside when I ran into Rob Reiner milling about. He was polite and seemed to know a lot about the case, being friends w @nealkatyal.bsky.social. He just had one question before we started: "Are you associated in any way w/ Alex Jones?"
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
On today's Supreme Court Brief, former FTC Chair Bill Kovacic explains what the justices got wrong about the agency during Monday's hearing in Trump v. Slaughter. Both liberal and conservative justices debated a "caricature" of the FTC, rather than reality. podcasts.apple.com/pl/podcast/f...
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Former FTC Chief On What Justices Got Wrong About 'Independent Agencies'
Podcast Episode · Supreme Court Brief · 11/12/2025 · 27m
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
In a testament to the enduring power of Scaliaisms, I'm adding 'this wolf comes as a wolf' to my running SCOTUS argument clichés list... nominations welcome
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This hearing just wrapped. My read is that it went worse for the GOP than expected. Chief Justice Roberts asked an early question revealing skepticism with their campaign finance challenge. And other than Justices Kavanaugh and Alito, the conservative majority was largely mum throughout the hearing.
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Sean Marotta @smmarotta.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
After posing an extistential threat to the legal profession earlier in 2025, it is amazing watching DOJ slow walking into oblivion the the law firm executive orders appeals. The latest: A motion for a 45-day extension of time to file a motion regarding the appellate briefing format and schedule.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The Supreme Court is hearing whether VP Vance can challenge a campaign finance law, but it's unclear that he can do so having so far disclaimed any 2028 run. Vance's lawyer says the court shouldn't "blind itself" to what is "obvious." #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
No surprises in today’s #SCOTUS hearing on independent agencies. The conservatives seem poised to ditch precedent upholding their constitutionality. Trump‘s SG called that 1935 decision (Humphrey’s Executor) a “decaying husk.” Sotomayor said doing so would “destroy the structure of government.”
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Big day for the federal bureaucracy at #SCOTUS today, where the justices will consider overturning 90 years of precedent protecting the independence of certain gov’t agencies. At issue is whether Trump can fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission w/o cause.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
BREAKING: Supreme Court agrees to decide whether Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship are constitutional. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
On the latest Supreme Court Brief podcast, I chat with @richardre.bsky.social about the "legal realignment" happening at #SCOTUS and the judiciary. Listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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Harvard Law Professor On The 'Realignment' Of Conservative And Liberal Justices
Podcast Episode · Supreme Court Brief · 12/04/2025 · 26m
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
BREAKING: Texas can use new gerrymandered congressional districts in upcoming elections. Supreme Court's conservative majority stays lower court order that blocked the new map as racially-motivated. The liberals dissent. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
In today’s Supreme Court Brief newsletter, I discuss the exalted status of a ‘Scalia opinion’—compared to those of other justices—at today’s #SCOTUS. www.law.com/supremecourt...
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Do Precedents Written By Some Justices Count More Than Others?| Law.com
Does the value of a Supreme Court precedent get an added boost from the identity of its author?
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The Supreme Court's emergency docket cases are typically dealt with in rushed briefing and short orders. So it was notable to me that Justice Jackson raised the court's Perdomo ruling allowing the Trump administration's ICE raids during oral arguments yesterday. #SCOTUS www.law.com/supremecourt...
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Trump says tariff revenue will be used to pay for $2K checks to citizens and pay down national debt. Just last week, his administration assured the Supreme Court that these are "not revenue-raising tariffs." #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
JUST IN: Supreme Court denies Kim Davis' petition to reconsider landmark ruling protecting same-sex marriage. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
That was quick. Supreme Court wraps up two hearings this morning before 11:30, giving the justices plenty of time to get ready for tomorrow's major showdown over Trump's tariffs. #SCOTUS
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The NRA is back at #SCOTUS after its 9-0 First Amendment victory last year. Now the group is accusing the 2nd Circuit of defying the justices' ruling... If that sounds familiar, the NRA cites Gorsuch's scolding of lower courts for defying emergency docket 'precedent'. www.law.com/nationallawj...
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After Supreme Court Win, NRA Is Back Challenging 'Qualified Immunity' for Ex-NY Regulator | Law.com
The National Rifle Association has accused the Second Circuit of defying the gun group's 9-0 Supreme Court victory that revived its lawsuit against New York's former chief financial regulator.
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Jimmy Hoover @jimmyhoover.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
NEW: Supreme Court asks for additional briefs in pending case over Trump's National Guard deployment to Chicago, holding off, for now, on immediately allowing the president to put 700 troops throughout the city. #SCOTUS
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