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Jordan Fischer

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Senior reporter at @bloomberglaw.com covering the Supreme Court. Previously, courts & investigations at WUSA. Hot sauce enthusiast. Opinions my own.

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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Supreme Court will take up a question over whether divorcing military couples can voluntarily agree to divide the veteran spouse's disability benefits. Imagine your break up going all the way to SCOTUS. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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Supreme Court to Hear Divorce Case Over Military Spouse Benefits
The US Supreme Court will review a dispute over whether veterans’ spouses may receive a portion of their military disability benefits as part of a divorce agreement.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Supreme Court will hear a religious land use case over a Cincinnati suburb's ordinance blocking the construction of a grotto devoted to the Virgin Mary. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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Supreme Court Will Hear Land Use Case Over Shrine to Virgin Mary
The US Supreme Court will consider whether a Kentucky town ordinance blocking a Catholic organization from constructing a shrine to the Virgin Mary violates federal law.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No surprise here: The Supreme Court agrees to hear the Trump administration's defense of its mandatory migrant detention policy. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Justices to Hear Trump Migrant Detention Policy Dividing Courts
The US Supreme Court will review a Trump administration migrant detention policy that has divided the circuits and flooded lower courts with habeas petitions.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We've found a SCOTUS issue everybody seems to agreee on: That open-ended question in yesterday's third-country deportation order was pretty unusual. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Justices Give US Latitude to Frame Issues in Deportation Case
The US Supreme Court included an unusually broad invitation to the government in its decision to review the Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy in its upcoming term.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NOW: Justice Samuel Alito has recused himself from Suncor, a highly watched case the Supreme Court will hear Oct. 5 about state/city efforts to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change damages. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Justice Alito Recuses From Suncor Climate Case at Supreme Court
Justice Samuel Alito will recuse from one of the most closely watched cases of the Supreme Court’s upcoming term about state efforts to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
8th Circuit Judge David Stras, who sat on the MO redistricting panel, defended SCOTUS today—saying it's hard to find "happy medium" on how much to write on emergency docket. Still, more guidance in this case would have been "incredibly helpful," he said. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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Eighth Circuit Judge Says Emergency Decisions Can Lack Guidance
A US appeals court judge who sat on the panel in a high-profile Missouri redistricting case said the Supreme Court is sometimes placing lower courts in uncertain positions by issuing emergency orders ...
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NOW: The Supreme Court won't intervene in a high-profile custody dispute over a critically ill infant born via surrogate. Justice Elena Kagan denies stay request filed on behalf of the surrogate by conservative groups. No justices note their dissent. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Justices Won’t Stay Custody Dispute Over Critically Ill Newborn
The US Supreme Court won’t step into a high-profile custody dispute over a baby born via surrogate with a life-threatening heart condition.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Trump administration says it has found a replacement case for Genalo v. Black, the migrant detention case the Supreme Court dismissed earlier this month. SG Sauer pushed for the new case to be heard in October, but the court seems unlikely to agree. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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US Proposes Stand-In for Supreme Court Migrant Detention Case
The Trump administration says it has identified a replacement for an immigrant detention case that had been set for argument but then dismissed by the US Supreme Court.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
President Trump once again raged on social media against his Supreme Court nominees after the mail-in ballot order this week. He should't be so surprised, experts say. He got what he appointed. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Got What He Appointed in Supreme Court Mail-Ballot Ruling
Donald Trump appointees to the US Supreme Court appeared to stay consistent with past positions they’ve staked out on the bench as the court rejected the president’s effort to reshape mail-in voting, ...
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In the latest twist, the Supreme Court stays an order from a federal judge in Missouri requiring the state to use a redrawn congressional map that favors Republicans. It's the second time this case has come to SCOTUS on an emergency posture this week.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Justice Clarence Thomas made a rare media(ish) appearance on Sen. Ted Cruz's podcast this week—timed with the release of Cruz's new book about Thomas—to discuss his role as the court's chief precedent skeptic. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Clarence Thomas Says Farm Work Helped Shape View on Precedent
Justice Clarence Thomas says his experience working a farm as a young child has underpinned his characteristic skepticism on the Supreme Court toward deferring to precedents that he believes were wron...
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Should note, another injunction relating specifically to the USPS rulemaking directive (Section 3) in the executive order remains in effect. USPS has said a final rule will publish Wednesday, but not go into effect as long as that injunction is in place.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The court's decision today is entirely about standing. The justices did not decide whether President Trump actually has authority to require states to send lists of registered voters to USPS if they want mail-in ballots delivered. In short: Expect more litigation.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Justice Jackson, writing a solo dissent, says the court's order adds to the "Kafkaeqsue nightmare" for plaintiffs bringing election-related challenges. She charges the majority w/ forcing petitioners to find an undefined Goldilocks zone between suing too early and too late.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to move forward, at least for now, with implementing an executive order that would impose new restrictions on mail-in ballots. The court finds states didn't have standing to sue. All three liberal justices dissent.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A man is accused of forging Chief Justice John Roberts' signature to get an Indiana court to dismiss a criminal case against him (and, separately, impersonating an NSA agent). He now faces six counts in federal court. (w/ assist from @seamushughes.bsky.social). news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Man Accused of Impersonating Chief Justice Roberts, NSA Agent
Police arrested a man on federal charges alleging he impersonated Chief Justice John Roberts in an attempt to have an Indiana criminal case dismissed.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Chief Justice Roberts issues an admnistrative stay of the lower court order halting construction of the White House ballroom while the Supreme Court decides what to do with President Trump's appeal. In short: Construction may proceed for now.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Prosecutors still oppose dismissal w/ prejudice in the David Hearn/Reflecting Pool case. They do, in a new filing, reveal an email from before Hearn's arrest documenting "peeling of the lining." It turned out what Hearn allegedly tugged on was "overspray, of little or no value."
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The ACLU is urging the Supreme Court on behalf of a group of Texas families to block a Texas law requiring the conspicous display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Block Ten Commandments Classroom Law
A group of Texas families who oppose the mandatory display of Ten Commandments in public schools asked the US Supreme Court to block a state law requiring their display in public school classrooms..
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Supreme Court's death penalty docket gets an unusual application: A petition to stay the euthanasia of a Great Pyrenees mix named Bruce (who seems to have injured several people quite seriously). Filing notes euthanasia was set for this morning, so it may already be moot.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
More on that case here: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Supreme Court to Hear Colorado Catholic Preschool Funding Fight
The US Supreme Court will consider whether Colorado can bar Catholic preschools from a state funding program over their refusal to admit children whose families don’t adhere to church teachings on gen...
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
SCOTUS has released its November sitting schedule. No tariffs-level cases this time, but St. Mary Catholic Parish—about whether Colorado can exclude Catholic preschools from a universal funding program over their refusal to sign anti-discrimination agreements—is one to watch.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The ACLU is seeking a court order clarifying that President Trump's new birthright citizenship EO violates Trump v. Barbara: "If the President issues 100 orders seeking to create new exceptions to the sacred guarantee of the Citizenship Clause, all 100 will be equally illegal."
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Chief Justice John Roberts has penned an essay about another chief justice, William Howard Taft, who he credits with bolstering the court's independence and prestige. inpursuit.substack.com/p/william-ho...
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William Howard Taft by John G. Roberts, Jr.
Maintaining your dignity and principles through defeat can pave the road for future success
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Marquette Law School has a new poll finding the Supreme Court's favorability is now underwater w/ US adults. Not true of all its decisions this term, though. Highest support overall for the Chatrie decision limiting geofence warrants. Link: today.marquette.edu/2026/08/marq...
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"Davey Hearn is innocent and today's dismissal reflects that simple fact," Hearn's attorneys @NormEisen, Mary Dohrmann and Steve Levin said in a statement. Judge Edelman will hold off on deciding whether to dismiss w/ prejudice until prosecutors can file a response.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A DC judge has formally dismissed the case against David Hearn after US Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office said last week it could no longer support the Reflecting Pool vandalism charge against him. news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
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Judge Dismisses Ex-Olympian’s Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case
A Washington judge formally dismissed the case against an Olympic canoeist the Trump administration accused of damaging repairs to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Supreme Court will start off its October sitting with Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, a major climate case that tests what authority cities & states have to sue oil companies over climate change. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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US Supreme Court Sets Climate Suit for First Case of Next Term
The US Supreme Court will begin its 2026 term with a case that could limit how states can hold oil companies responsible for climate change.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined former first lady Michelle Obama's podcast to talk—as the justices are wont to do—mostly about her book, but also about their "shared bubble experiences" and how 24/7 security affects the justices' lives. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Justice Jackson, Michelle Obama Talk Living in Security ‘Bubble’
Heightened security needs leave Supreme Court justices feeling “confined” at times, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson told former first lady Michelle Obama during an appearance on her podcast.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Jim Comey's team wants a judge to throw out the federal indictment charging him w/ threatening President Trump, saying the idea it was a true threat is "contradicted by every possible source of meaning: dictionaries, context, precedent, and common sense.” news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/comey...
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Comey Asks Judge to Toss Trump Threats Case Over Seashells Post
Former FBI director James Comey asked a federal judge to throw out an indictment accusing him of threatening the president, saying the case is an attempt at silencing a prominent critic of the adminis...
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The bill, a revival of a 2023 proposal, likely faces stiff opposition from Republicans — who say Democratic calls for reform are meant to intimidate the Supreme Court. And not everybody is sure term limits are possible without a constitutional amendment. news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
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Whitehouse to Renew Call in Senate for Supreme Court Term Limits
Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse plans to reintroduce a bill Wednesday that would impose staggered 18-year terms for Supreme Court justices.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
As Democratic candidates keep pushing court reform on the campaign trail, @whitehouse.senate.gov plans to reintroduce a bill tomorrow in the Senate that would establish staggered, 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices. news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar...
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Whitehouse to Renew Call in Senate for Supreme Court Term Limits
Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse plans to reintroduce a bill Wednesday that would impose staggered 18-year terms for Supreme Court justices.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Guy who just offered the bartender $500 to "read my novel and tell me if it would make a good screenplay" is now criticizing the pacing of Bladerunner. LA is a special place.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Justice Elena Kagan offered a tribute during her congressional testimony today to Sen. Lindsey Graham, who "sealed" her confirmation with a joke that humanized Obama's then-SG. Graham was one of 5 Republicans who ultimatedly voted in support of Kagan. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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Justice Kagan Credits Lindsey Graham for Easing Confirmation
Justice Elena Kagan offered a tribute to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham during rare testimony before Congress, thanking him for supporting her 2010 confirmation to the US Supreme Court.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Capitol Police say they arrested a 67-year-old man this morning who drove up to the north barricade with a handgun in his lap. USCP says he asked for directions to the Supreme Court and there "does not appear to be a nexus to the Congress."
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Conservative legal groups think the Supreme Court's transgender sports decision goes way beyond the "distinctive sports context" Justice Kavanaugh tried to cabin it to — and they're ready to push the lower courts to test that theory. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Conservative Legal Groups Gear Up After Trans Sports Decision
Conservative legal groups see a window of opportunity following the Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to bar transgender student athletes from girls sports.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
President Trump has suggested he may ask the Supreme Court to rehear its just-decided birthright citizenship case. It's nothing short of a legal Hail Mary, one expert told me: "The longest of long shots." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Bid for Birthright Redo Would Be ‘Longest of Long Shots’
The US Supreme Court hasn’t agreed to rehear a case even on a partial basis in more than 60 years. President Donald Trump, looking to reverse a loss this term on one of his key policies, says he may a...
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Progressive fury over the Supreme Court's conservative majority is increasingly hard to miss on the campaign trail, where Democratic candidates often embrace court reform far more enthusiastically than the politicians they'd replace. (w/ Justin Wise) news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Campaigning Democrats Amplify Calls to Overhaul Supreme Court
Democratic candidates are promising to overhaul the Supreme Court and embracing bolder positions in midterm campaigning than the lawmakers they’d replace—a sign of how angry the left is about the dire...
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The Supreme Court will NOT block Texas' App Store Accountability Act—which requires app operators to verify the age of users—despite opposition from the tech industry. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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Supreme Court Lets Stand Texas Age Verification Law Tech Opposed
The US Supreme Court will not block from going into effect a Texas law that requires app store operators to verify the ages of smart phone users before allowing downloads.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Three-time Olympic canoeist David Hearn has been indicted on a felony charge for allegedly damaging the Reflecting Pool. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Hearn "forcefully and violently" pulled up the new pool liner, damaging "2-square-feet of sealant." news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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Olympic Canoeist Indicted Over Alleged Damage to Reflecting Pool
Federal prosecutors secured an indictment against a former Olympic canoeist arrested after reaching into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool last month.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The Supreme Court today declined to stay an $800/day fine former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge faces for refusing to reveal her sources for a 2017 story about a Chinese-American businesswoman. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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Justices Deny Stay Bid of Reporter Who Won’t Reveal Sources
The Supreme Court refused to stay an order requiring former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge to pay $800 a day in fines for refusing to reveal her sources for a 2017 story.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Oh man what a game.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Moving on to next term... the Supreme Court will hear a land-use case from an Ohio man who says his city violated his religious freedom by barring him from holding Orthodox Jewish prayer gatherings in his home without a permit. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Justices to Hear Land-Use Case Over Blocked Jewish Prayer Group
The Supreme Court will hear the case of an Ohio man who says his local government violated his religious freedom by barring him from holding Orthodox Jewish prayer gatherings in his home without a per...
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Well, the president is incorrect here. He appears to be reacting to pre-opinion stories he shared about how Congress could respond if Trump v. Barbara was decided on statutory grounds. But it wasn't. The court ruled 5-4 that the 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Justice Alito wasn't even here today, incidentally.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court will be announcing its final four opinions of the term beginning at 10 a.m. Big rulings remain on campaign spending, transgender participation in youth sports and birthright citizenship.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Four Supreme Court justices reported a combined income of $2.4 million last year from lucrative book deals. Publishers have shelled out big bucks not just for memoirs, but for children's books penned by the justices. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Supreme Court Justices Report $2.4 Million in Book Income (1)
Four Supreme Court justices reported a combined income of roughly $2.4 million from recently authored books, further demonstrating how lucrative the publishing world is for members of the court.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Notable in Justice Clarence Thomas's dissent today from Trump v. Cook is that he treats the mortgage fraud allegations almost as a given--despite no charges ever having been filed against Lisa Cook.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Supreme Court announces Tuesday will be its final opinion day of the year. Four cases remain, including the birthright citizenship case—Trump v. Barbara—and two cases involving participation by transgender women and girls on female sports teams.
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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
First SCOTUS opinion of the day is Watson v. RNC. The court 5-4 reverses the 5th Circuit and upholds a Mississippi law allowing some mail-in ballots to be counted after election day. Justice Barrett writes for the court. Link: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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