Zoe Tillman
@ZoeTillman
Hello from court. Covering the intersection of law and politics at Bloomberg News. ztillman2 at bloomberg dot net
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New: The DC Circuit will let Trump continue his deployment of National Guard troops in DC, finding the admin made a strong enough case (for now) that it's likely to succeed on at least some of its arguments. One judge stressed this is not the final word, and the DC AG vowed to…
A group of Democratic state attorneys general dropped one of the remaining legal fights over whether Trump unlawfully delegated too much power to Elon Musk during the months the billionaire served within the administration. Two similar cases are still pending:…
NEW: A US trade court denied a request to suspend a customs process for finalizing import duties while SCOTUS decides whether to strike Trump’s tariffs. Admin said it won't oppose orders to recalculate tariffs (and pay refunds) if it loses, so the court said it didn't need to act…
The Trump administration urged an appeals court to block a judge from holding hearings next week on whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should be held in contempt for the March deportation of two plane loads of alleged Venezuelan gang members. W/ David Voreacos:…
Update: Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from a US immigration detention facility shortly before 5pm today and headed home to Maryland, his lawyer confirmed, after a federal judge ruled this morning that the Trump administration lacked valid legal grounds to keep him in custody…
NEW: A US judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia "immediately" released from custody. Why? 1) no final deportation order = no grounds for detention 2) detention appeared "constitutionally infirm" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
ICYMI: ~400 people pardoned or granted clemency by President Trump in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are now seeking millions of dollars in payouts from the federal government buff.ly/aSZ5OI8
New: Trump pardoned them for Jan. 6. Now they want millions of dollars from the US government. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Settlement talks still pending between Michael Flynn and the Trump administration re: Flynn's claim for damages, per latest report filed in court: assets.bwbx.io/documents/user… Previously: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Wrongful termination/retaliation lawsuits are stacking up -- a dozen FBI agents sued the Trump administration over their firing in September for having taken a knee during a 2020 demonstration in DC following the police killing of George Floyd. From @JimmyJenkins:…
Fed carve-out? Justice Brett Kavanaugh expressed interest in protecting the Federal Reserve’s independence, as the Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled it was leaning towards expanding President Trump's power to fire members of historically independent US agencies…
New: Facing a criminal contempt of court probe, Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem and two senior Trump admin. lawyers offered bare bones accounts of their roles in a decision not to turn around planes of Venezuelan migrants in March after a judge’s directive…
Long-running fight over the Trump admin housing immigration detainees at Gitmo moves ahead -- judge today: - denied DOJ's motion to dismiss the case: buff.ly/tWBU7NM - certified it as a class action: buff.ly/EPnxd5P
A federal judge in Florida granted the DOJ's request to unseal grand jury transcripts from the original criminal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. Latest from Chris Dolmetsch & Bob Van Voris: buff.ly/iIH1zKO
SCOTUS said it will review President Donald Trump’s planned rollback of automatic birthright citizenship, setting up a high-stakes showdown over what long has been understood to be a constitutional right. Greg Stohr on today's development: buff.ly/nGcFoTD
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