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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 2h
ICYMI: Justice Alito spoke to @gregstohr.bsky.social about his decision not to take part in a major climate-change case -- a move putting renewed focus on the US Supreme Court’s recusal practices as it kicks off its new nine-month term www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Supreme Court Recusals in Spotlight as Alito Drops From Oil Case
Justice Samuel Alito’s decision not to take part in a major climate-change case because of his wife’s stock holdings is putting renewed focus on the US Supreme Court’s recusal practices as it kicks of...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"...serves the public interest" NEW tonight: A US judge ordered the Trump administration to stop for now running taxpayer-funded TV ads lauding the president and to halt any payments of public money related to airing them as legal challenges move ahead buff.ly/QOHrAJP Order: buff.ly/QrgUH1d
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"...attempting a dragnet investigation of the entire country..." NEW: A US judge blocked a key component of DOJ's efforts to obtain state voter records as part of a nationwide probe into alleged election fraud buff.ly/JYTGBmQ Ruling: buff.ly/17xOXTF
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Here's the ruling: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW: A US trade judge approved class-action status for a legal fight over $166B+ in refunds for President Trump’s global tariffs, finding that it was necessary to make sure tens of thousands of importers, esp. small businesses, aren't shut out of getting money back buff.ly/Q1faoU8
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today: A judge briefly extended White House access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico in their fight over Trump's ban; ruling expected by Tuesday. The judge expressed skepticism the gov't could overcome due process concerns, and probed Trump's online posts and First Amendment boundaries buff.ly/jFktJQF
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CNN, MS NOW, Politico Seek to Retain White House Access in Court
A federal judge will briefly extend an order allowing journalists with CNN, MS NOW and Politico to have access to the White House grounds until Tuesday, as he weighs whether to impose a longer-term…
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The last 24 hours: Trump is facing two lawsuits accusing his administration of unlawfully using taxpayer dollars to pay for TV ads lauding his presidency buff.ly/QlgT0n6 Democratic National Committee: buff.ly/VQSSN8y Coalition incl. Dem candidate in Alabama, union, watchdog: buff.ly/ZKbHedE
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
NEW: The Democratic Party’s national organization filed a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully using government money to pay for TV ads lauding the president in recent weeks buff.ly/QlgT0n6 Complaint: buff.ly/VQSSN8y
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
DOJ's move to accuse Minnesota judges of misconduct for speaking about Trump’s immigration crackdown marks the latest escalation of the administration's clash against a judiciary that has stymied parts of its agenda -- building on the president's history of lashing out against judges buff.ly/ApKnkz6
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DOJ Deepens Clash With Judiciary That Has Blocked Trump Agenda
A move by the US Justice Department to accuse Minnesota judges of misconduct for speaking publicly about President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown marks the latest escalation of a conflict…
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A (belated) hello from the US trade court in NYC, where this morning DOJ faced skeptical questions about the legal foundation underpinning President Trump’s latest global tariffs, once again putting one of his signature economic policies under a judicial microscope www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Glass exterior of US Court of International Trade
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A (belated) hello from the US trade court in NYC, where this morning DOJ faced skeptical questions about the legal foundation underpinning President Trump’s latest global tariffs, once again putting one of his signature economic policies under a judicial microscope buff.ly/t6BymIB
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's Trump tariffs day at the US trade court. Tariffs, you say, didn't that already get sorted? We're back for round 3: buff.ly/Gao8BAQ
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Trump’s Tariffs Head to Court Again Amid Small-Business Pushback
After its Supreme Court loss, the White House deployed other tariff authorities now facing legal scrutiny
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New: A Trump plan to cut millions of dollars in federal funding approved by Congress using a controversial budgeting maneuver faces a legal challenge on the eve of the end of the fiscal year, when the money is set to expire buff.ly/AEmI2gO Suit: buff.ly/envW2nW
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New: The US Supreme Court for now let the Trump administration resume deporting undocumented people to countries other than their own with little if any notice. The court will hear arguments on the issue in December. From Greg Stohr: buff.ly/GTiUOjx
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: A US appeals court has refused to halt a Florida federal judge’s decision to penalize President Trump and his lawyers for “bad faith” conduct in pursuing a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and reaching a deal to end it buff.ly/OXdHNe2 Order: buff.ly/tgeDcj4
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Trump administration is facing a slew of legal challenges to its efforts to use databases of federal records to support election fraud probes and voter roll checks states. Critics contend this violates privacy laws and is part of a broader, unlawful push to expand federal control over elections
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The rule changes the State Dept has proposed aren't final yet. They'll be formally published in the Federal Register 30 days after Congress got notice this week, and then there will be another 30 days for public comment
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Passport records are governed by US privacy laws. Aside from passport-related matters, access in the past largely was granted to domestic/international government agencies for things like law enforcement/counterterrorism, benefits, federal employment eligibility
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DOJ filed the notice about the State Dept move in a trio of lawsuits challenging Trump's exec order to expand the federal govt's role in election processes. The judge ordered updates on "material factual developments," indicating DOJ sees State's plan to expand access to passport records as relevant
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DOJ alerted a judge that the State Dept. notified Congress about expanding access to passport records for "voter eligibility" uses, but didn't share full details. Bloomberg obtained the doc, which IDs users as fed/state/local gov't agencies as well as non-profits www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Seeks to Expand Access to Passport Records for Voter Checks
The US State Department is moving to give state and local officials, as well as potentially some nonprofit organizations, access to passport records to verify voters’ citizenship.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW: The State Department is moving to expand access to passport records for federal, state and local officials, as well as potentially non-profit orgs, to verify "voter eligibility," according to a nonpublic notice sent to Congress this week obtained by Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Latest: White House says it restored access to reporters from banned media outlets following a judge's overnight temporary restraining order www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Update: Reporters say they're still being denied access this morning despite the judge's order bsky.app/profile/zoet...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Deep dive: President Trump is pursuing extraordinary legal tactics to assert greater federal control over US elections, testing the boundaries of Washington's power over how Americans vote as his Republican Party seeks to keep its majority in Congress this fall buff.ly/tThSESQ
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Also overnight: bsky.app/profile/zoet...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"This is a high bar, but Plaintiffs have met it." Overnight: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a ban on journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House buff.ly/IdkMV6I Order: buff.ly/Hhqzihm
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW: Democratic Party leadership and national campaign organizations filed a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully threatening to send armed federal agents to polling places in the November midterms buff.ly/bAsOgfy Complaint: buff.ly/mFNuyKJ
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today in court: A judge expressed skepticism of the Trump administration’s argument that the president had valid national security grounds for banning three news outlets from the White House, but didn’t immediately rule; notice/due process was another sticking point buff.ly/qSKi6yl
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
White House + DOJ say they're acting to make sure noncitizens can't vote, pointing to recent voter fraud prosecutions, and call criticism overblown. Studies have shown noncitizen voting is rare, and voting rights advocates + Dems say this is a pretext for a "power grab" to benefit Republicans
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
DOJ is 0-25 on voter roll demands. Courts have rebuffed the Trump administration in other fights over: - Postal Service mail ballot rules - access to 2020 election worker info - federal data access for voter verification - DNC requests for records (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Trump Flexes Legal Muscle to Expand Power Over US Elections
The Justice Department’s aggressive strategy includes suing states for voter records, investigating election officials and fighting for GOP redistricting measures.
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW: President Trump is pursuing extraordinary legal tactics to expand federal control over elections, testing the boundaries of Washington's power as Republicans seek to keep a majority in Congress -- and lay the groundwork for 2028. A deep dive: buff.ly/tThSESQ
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
After the Trump admin scrapped plans for the $1.8B "anti-weaponization" fund, lawsuits have mounted from plaintiffs who likely would have been eligible for it -- incl. Jan. 6ers seeking millions -- spurring fears that the Judgment Fund system will become an end-run www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Judge Floats US Fund Oversight Amid Trump ‘Weaponization’ Flap
A federal judge suggested a court-appointed “neutral” overseer could allay concerns that the Justice Department might use a long-standing US fund to revive plans to compensate supporters of President ...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
During a hearing Friday in a challenge to Trump's deal with DOJ to end his $10B case against the IRS, the judge made clear she was just spitballing re: Judgment Fund oversight, but her comments shed light on her thinking about the court's potential longer-term role www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Judge Floats US Fund Oversight Amid Trump ‘Weaponization’ Flap
A federal judge suggested a court-appointed “neutral” overseer could allay concerns that the Justice Department might use a long-standing US fund to revive plans to compensate supporters of President ...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New: A judge suggested a court-appointed "neutral" overseer could allay concerns that DOJ might try to use a long-standing US fund to revive scrapped plans for a special $1.8B pool to compensate Trump supporters as victims of government "weaponization." On today's court action: buff.ly/V06Uzi2
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Judge Floats US Fund Oversight Amid Trump ‘Weaponization’ Flap
A federal judge suggested a court-appointed “neutral” overseer could allay concerns that the Justice Department might use a long-standing US fund to revive plans to compensate supporters of President…
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW, with more to come: The US Supreme Court refused to clear the Postal Service to enforce new restrictions on mail-in ballots for the midterms, rebuffing the Trump administration’s request to intervene after several states launched early voting. Story: buff.ly/QNc1i5J Order: buff.ly/huVWfAe
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today in court: Former CIA Director John Brennan’s lawyers told a judge he faces a “real” threat of prosecution, citing a new subpoena for him to testify before a grand jury in Florida; a judge had tough questions about Brennan's ask that she order officials to preserve records now buff.ly/qwfju9b
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Ex-CIA Director Seeks Evidence Protection as DOJ Probe Escalates
Former CIA Director John Brennan’s lawyers told a judge that he faces a “real” threat of prosecution under the Trump administration, saying he’s received a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in…
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
While you (and I) were sleeping: Trump faced a fresh setback in his push to overhaul mail voting ahead of the midterms, with another judge blocking the Postal Service from enforcing new mail-in ballot rules as SCOTUS weighs whether to step in buff.ly/BL429bh Midnight order: buff.ly/uL9FhMl
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NEW: A federal appeals court denied the Trump administration’s request to let the Postal Service enforce new restrictions for mail-in ballots in the November midterms, handing DOJ another setback as it urges the Supreme Court to intervene buff.ly/gGtUnBR Order: buff.ly/GyTGX3s
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The US Supreme Court again blocked Missouri from using a congressional map engineered by GOP lawmakers in the midterm elections, the latest twist in a multifaceted legal fight that has cast uncertainty over how districts will be drawn for the November vote. From Madlin Mekelburg: buff.ly/GsG1721
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
US judge ordered Trump admin to pay $160K in legal fees in a case re: Venezuelan deported in what the court found was a violation of a settlement re: unaccompanied migrant children: buff.ly/Ks2JNQW Deep dive on the millions of dollars in fee demands facing this administration: buff.ly/VeDdTmV
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEW: DOJ asked SCOTUS to allow the Trump administration to resume expansion of a database available to states to verify voter citizenship. DC fed judge found feds "knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote" buff.ly/TKzh5Hx
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Opinion: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us... bsky.app/profile/zoet...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
NEW: A US judge blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new limits on mail-in voting through the Nov. 3 midterms, extending a short-term pause as North Carolina began sending ballots on Friday and the Justice Department was urging the Supreme Court to intervene www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New: A federal judge ordered DOJ to disclose the names of the people who came up with the structure for a controversial fund that could have been used to pay allies of President Donald Trump. Here's Jimmy Jenkins' dispatch from Virginia today: buff.ly/1akfgfX
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Judge Orders US to Name Architects of Trump ‘Weaponization’ Fund
A federal judge ordered the US Justice Department to disclose the names of the people who came up with the structure for a controversial fund that could have been used to pay allies of President…
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEW: The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court to let the Postal Service enforce new rules for mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterms, a move that some states warn would wreak havoc as they prep to send ballots to voters in the coming days buff.ly/w9fGrBa Filing: buff.ly/vIDQh3o
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Meanwhile... bsky.app/profile/bloo...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEW: Less than 24 hours before a key milestone for mail-in voting in the US midterm elections, states are bracing for late-breaking developments in a legal battle over federal control of the process, including possible intervention from the Supreme Court www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-03/fight-over-trump-s-mail-ballot-curbs-runs-into-midterm-deadlines?srnd=undefined
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
NEW: A US judge blocked the Trump administration from carrying out for now the president’s latest effort to impose new limits on automatic birthright citizenship after losing an earlier legal fight before the Supreme Court www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Ruling: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New: SCOTUS let President Trump keep building his White House ballroom for now, brushing aside lower court findings that he is likely violating the law -- the majority split with Chief Justice Roberts on challengers' standing www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Order: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...
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Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"untenable" A frustrated judge chastised DOJ today for failing to fully comply with info + doc demands in a lawsuit re: the deal to end Trump's $10B IRS claims - incl. names of people involved in the "conception" of the settlement. Govt gets a week to sort this before judge steps in buff.ly/weskpzT
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