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Kelsey Reichmann

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SCOTUS reporter @ Courthouse News Come for the legal news, stay for the Taylor Swift commentary and cat photos Signal: @kreichmann.13

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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Despite his failed Supreme Court nomination, the legacy of Judge Robert Bork will take center stage next week as the justices confront how video privacy protections should apply in the modern internet era. @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/justices-con...
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Justices confront internet privacy with Blockbuster-era law
The Supreme Court is taking on digital marketing next week in a case asking how federal consumer privacy rights apply when companies sell data for targeted advertising.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Breaking: Chief Justice Roberts issues admin stay and orders responses by Saturday @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Last month, the justices allowed GOP committees to take advantage of discounted prices traditionally only available to candidates But Trump says SCOTUS needs to rule again to ensure the previous order stands www.courthousenews.com/trump-pulls-...
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Trump pulls SCOTUS back into war over TV ad rates for midterms
The justices are being asked to take up the fight over who should be able to buy political commercials at a discount.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Trump admin asked SCOTUS to intervene again in a partisan fight between political party committees over low-cost rates for tv ads ahead of the midterm elections @courthousenews.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/trump-pulls-...
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Trump pulls SCOTUS back into war over TV ad rates for midterms
The justices are being asked to take up the fight over who should be able to buy political commercials at a discount.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Apparently every emergency application must come up to SCOTUS at least twice now
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This Is Fine Dog Meme in Burning House
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump admin brings partisan tv ad rate fight back to Supreme Court FCC says lower court violated previous SCOTUS order. Background here: courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Members of a local Guam nonprofit, Prutehi Guåhan, said that question is particularly significant for the territory because its residents have limited opportunities to influence the federal government’s decisions courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...
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Supreme Court review goes beyond military waste disposal for Guam residents
The high court seemed to question when, not if, the Air Force should face environmental review challenges to disposing hazardous waste on Guam’s beaches.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The U.S. military’s disposal of waste munitions on Guam’s beaches left the Supreme Court grappling on Wednesday with how to square federal environmental rules with the island’s unique territorial status @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
By the 2nd half of the argument, the justices were soliciting tips on how to write an opinion in the fiduciaries' favor Add Anderson v. Intel Corp as a strong contender for the first opinion of the term www.courthousenews.com/employee-qua...
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Employee qualms about 'risky' retirement fund underperform at Supreme Court
The justices seemed to think Intel workers were making an apples to oranges analogy by comparing their pension plan's performance to stock market gains.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Employee qualms about 'risky' retirement fund underperform at Supreme Court The justices seemed to think Intel workers were making an apples to oranges analogy by comparing their pension plan's performance to stock market gains @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
ADF, co-counsel for the GOP states, is now representing a teen and her mom in a fight against Washington state's sports policies more here: www.courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...
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Supreme Court asked to wrestle with Washington state policies for transgender athletes
The high court’s recent ruling on anti-transgender sports bans is being tested by an emergency appeal seeking to also bar states from allowing transgender athletes to participate in sports consistent ...
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just 3 months after SCOTUS upheld GOP states' anti-trans sports bans, the justices are being asked to also bar Democratic states from allowing transgender athletes from playing in girls' sports @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
High school wrestler and her mom ask SCOTUS to grant cert before judgment, citing previous instances where the justices did so in cases from Biden and Trump admins Another sign of the once rare request becoming increasingly common
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New: ADF files emergency application at SCOTUS challenging Washington state’s policy for transgender athletes @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In podcast with WSJ, Justice Alito says media portrayals of him as brooding are "very unfair" www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdr8...
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Justice Samuel Alito on Originalism, 'Speechifying' Colleagues, and Media Caricatures
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Interesting comment from Justice Kagan during yesterday's oral argument. A sign of a new SCOTUS protocol?
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kagan has quickly dispensed with this application, denying it without referring the appeal to the full court more here: www.courthousenews.com/consumers-fi...
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How I’m feeling after the first 2 hour argument day of the term
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New: Opponents of Paramount-Skydance merger file emergency application at SCOTUS @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
More from today's 2 hour argument session here: www.courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...
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Supreme Court showdown leaves future of climate lawsuits up in the air
The Supreme Court appeared to end its inaugural argument of the 2026 term with more questions than answers on Monday as the justices considered the perils of intervening in lawsuits seeking to hold oi...
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Supreme Court showdown leaves future of climate lawsuits up in the air Most of the high court seemed skeptical that so-called climate accountability lawsuits should be barred altogether, but it was unclear whether the justices might limit when such suits can be brought @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Supreme Court declined Monday to review a Michigan middle school’s decision to prohibit two students from wearing sweatshirts emblazoned with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon.” @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/lets-go-bran...
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‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirt ban won’t get Supreme Court airing
A Michigan middle school warned that permitting students to wear clothing with lewd meanings couched in code could turn nurseries of democracy into nurseries of debauchery.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Breaking: Supreme Court denies cert on D.A. v. Tri County Area Schools, a petition from two middle schoolers who were prohibited from wearing sweatshirts emblazoned with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon”
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Only 8 justices will take the bench for the 1st argument of the term Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County follows a trend of environmental cases where justices have recused after their financial connections to oil companies were questioned www.courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...
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Supreme Court spotlights fight against climate action in term opener
Climate change is on the docket next week as the justices confront limits on pollution controls and who should face consequences for the effects of fossil fuel emissions.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New SCOTUS term starts today Catch up on the big climate case the justices (minus Alito 👀) will be hearing at 10 am open.spotify.com/episode/1Lqm...
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Big Oil, AR-15s and The Right to Vote Hit SCOTUS
Sidebar by Courthouse News · Episode
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My favorite yarn company from Denmark sold to private equity just as sweater season begins
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Upset Woman Crying
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Deirdre Macnab spoke with @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social about why she and other Colorado ranchers submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court supporting the city of Boulder and Boulder County's lawsuit against Big Oil. @sidebarcns.bsky.social's full SCOTUS preview: youtu.be/lkNZjudvvX4?...
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Update: Trump’s 3rd-country deportation case will be argued on Wednesday Dec. 9
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Supreme Court spotlights fight against climate action in term opener Climate change is on the docket next week as the justices confront limits on pollution controls and who should face consequences for the effects of fossil fuel emissions. www.courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...
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Supreme Court spotlights fight against climate action in term opener
Climate change is on the docket next week as the justices confront limits on pollution controls and who should face consequences for the effects of fossil fuel emissions.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
But SCOTUS didn't grant the appeal feds wanted The Trump admin said it preferred a different case that presented constitutional questions alongside the statutory inquiry courthousenews.com/justices-tak...
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Supreme Court sets up showdown on Trump's immigration policies The justices agreed to decide whether ICE can impose a mandatory detention policy for long-term immigrant residents @courthousenews.bsky.social courthousenews.com/justices-tak...
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Supreme Court added a major immigration dispute to its docket on Thursday, agreeing to review whether the Trump administration can impose a mandatory detention policy for long-term immigrant residents. @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/justices-tak...
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Justices take up ICE mandatory detention policy
The Trump administration asked the high court to approve a novel interpretation of immigration law to greenlight the president's mass deportation agenda.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
More here from the government on why they wanted the justices to grant a different appeal
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
DOJ typically posts these petitions before they're available on the docket. I've uploaded it here: www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There are multiple appeals pending that ask this same question. Interestingly, the justices picked a different case than requested by the Trump administration
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The justices also took up an RLUIPA question in Missionaries of St. John v. Frederic and whether USFSPA require state courts to refuse enforcement of indemnification provisions in divorce settlement agreements in Roxane v. Marschner
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEWS: Supreme Court takes up 3 new appeals, including mandatory ICE detention in Rhoney v. Barbosa @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@michaelgerrard.bsky.social spoke with @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social about why the conservative Supreme Court justices might be less sympathetic to fossil fuel companies' arguments in this term's blockbuster climate case. @sidebarcns.bsky.social's SCOTUS preview: youtu.be/lkNZjudvvX4?...
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Big Oil, AR-15s and the right to vote hit SCOTUS | Sidebar by Courthouse News
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Of course it’s behind a paywall
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Sidebar by Courthouse News @sidebarcns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s a new SCOTUS term complete with major legal battles over climate change accountability, Second Amendment bans on AR-15-style rifles and federal protections for voter registration. @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social's preview for Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social: youtu.be/lkNZjudvvX4?...
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Big Oil, AR-15s and the right to vote hit SCOTUS | Sidebar by Courthouse News
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Handing a win to President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Tuesday removed restrictions on the government’s controversial policy of deporting immigrants to countries they are not originally from. @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...
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Supreme Court yields to Trump, giving feds free rein on third-country deportations
Immigrant advocates say the Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy left their clients to face prolonged and arbitrary detention, beatings, sexual assault and even disappearance.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Supreme Court's December sitting was already going to be a doozy with the cases on AR-15s, Arizona's proof of citizenship voter requirement, and 1A Now the justices have added Trump's 3rd country deportations to the list 🙃 www.courthousenews.com/supreme-cour...
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Supreme Court yields to Trump, giving feds free rein on third-country deportations
Immigrant advocates say the Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy left their clients to face prolonged and arbitrary detention, beatings, sexual assault and even disappearance.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
BREAKING: Supreme Court grants stay AND cert on DHS v. DVD, Trump's 3rd country deportation emergency application @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New episode of Sidebar out this morning previewing several big cases heading into the opening of a new SCOTUS term next week: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Big Oil, AR-15s, and The Right to Vote Hit SCOTUS
Podcast Episode · Sidebar by Courthouse News · September 29 · 39m
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Last-minute recusals are typically rare but Alito seems to be making a habit of it. In January, he stepped away from another case involving oil companies just days before arguments More here: www.courthousenews.com/justice-alit...
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Justice Alito steps away from major climate dispute
Despite pushing back on earlier calls to step away from the case for his financial interests in oil companies, the conservative justice issued an about-face only a week before oral arguments.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Big news on the eve of a new SCOTUS term: Alito steps away from major climate dispute Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County is not only consequential, but it's also the first argument of the term @courthousenews.bsky.social
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Justice Alito steps away from major climate dispute
Despite pushing back on earlier calls to step away from the case for his financial interests in oil companies, the conservative justice issued an about-face only a week before oral arguments.
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Also for reference, here is the letter posted when Alito recused from Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish. Argument for that case was Jan. 12 and Alito recused on Jan. 8
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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: Justice Alito will not participate in opening oral argument of the term, a massive environmental case Background: there were calls for Alito to recuse because of his investments in oil companies, but he previously refused to do so @courthousenews.bsky.social
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