"The new ruling undoes much of Lusardi v. Dept. of the Army, a 2015 commission decision that found the Army discriminated against a transgender worker by not allowing her to use the women’s bathroom and misusing male pronouns."
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"The roughly 74,000 IRS workers would be working without pay." news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-tax-re...
After the IRS lost a quarter of its workforce last year, there are new shakeups among leadership. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-tax-re...
SCOTUS may decide this week if transgender individuals constitute a quasi-suspect class deserving of higher judicial scrutiny–Something not decided in the previous transgender youth case, United States v. Skrmetti (2025). news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
I got to shoot a Supreme Court case from beginning to end this year. This is a very cool project @bloomberglaw.com. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sfX...
"The justices put on hold a federal district court ruling that had blocked part of a Jan. 20 executive order as likely illegal. The Supreme Court decision will apply while litigation continues in the case."
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"And then it really hit me. We really did tell the courts, 'Screw you.' We really did tell the courts, 'We don't care about your order'." -Fmr. DOJ lawyer Erez Reuveni reflecting on DOJ defying judge's order to not remove immigrant detainees & return anyone in air. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcSH...
"We're an entertainment company first. And we have the viewpoint of 'If you're breathing, you're our audience.'" -David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance at Bloomberg Screentime Conf.
"The case presents the US Supreme Court with an opportunity to reexamine the lines between a state’s regulatory authority and the First Amendment." news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
States are pushing back on Trump admin’s position that federal antidiscrimination law bars transgender women and girls from female sports teams.
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The IRS has had seven different commissioners or acting commissioners since January (Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent is Acting Commissioner rn). Now it has a new position: CEO. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-tax-re...
How much power does President Trump's executive order declaring Antifa a "domestic terrorist organization" hold? Consult the pyramid of power in this @bloomberglaw.com vid: youtu.be/uROGDDnQo8g?...
"The civil branch has been subpoenaing hospitals nationwide for vast patient and employee data on youth gender care services, in one instance causing a federal judge to block the demand for records by finding DOJ was “motivated only by bad faith.'"
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"Federal officials failed to escape a lawsuit brought by Democrat-led states challenging provisions of President Donald Trump’s executive order on elections, including his directive to require proof of citizenship to register to vote." @bloomberglaw.com
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Prosecutors working overnight in DC: "Four assistant US attorneys, a supervisor, and paralegal have had to be on call starting at 5:30pm every night for a 24-hour shift to handle the influx of arrests stemming from federal agent patrols that began last month." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Some interesting context here about how the emergency docket at SCOTUS works from Justice Sonia Sotomayor:
"The emergency docket is just sort of a weigh station [...] It's not the final end of the case." WATCH: @colbertlateshow.bsky.social youtu.be/xKSzq4keAx8?...
In June DC prosecutors wanted a judge to keep a search warrant secret:
“Blind deference to the government?” [Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui] wrote. “That is no longer a thing. Trust that has been earned over generations has been lost in weeks.”
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“He was the sixth IRS leader since the start of the year.”
"A divided US Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law that outlaws certain controversial medical treatments for transgender children, preserving similar measures in two dozen states and dealing a fresh blow to LGBTQ rights."
I am certainly not a lawyer. But, I did get to play a fictitious lawyer in a fictitious courtroom making fictitious arguments on a very real award-winning legal podcast called UnCommon Law for @bloomberglaw.com about the Loper Bright case. Take a listen here: megaphone.link/BL2917456147
"The agreements lack deadlines, definitions or processes, giving firms wide latitude in interpreting them. Firm leaders realize the president has less leverage to punish them for how they follow the deals after three judges struck down Trump orders."
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I’ve ridden said train and I wish there were at least some disco playing.
Judicious, of course.
I got a little gassed last week running two 5k races on little training. But the good news is I got to race against a bunch of fancy lawyers, judges, journalists, politicians and SCOTUS Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. A very fun way to explore DC.
“If I’m a criminal, it’s going to be so hard for me to live a normal life, all because I washed my hands. Like, that’s so insane.”
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SCOTUS said it would allow the Trump admin to discharge 1000s of transgender service members. The discharge was from an EO saying armed forces must prioritize military excellence and readiness. For more on the state of transgender rights check out this @bloomberglaw.com vid: youtu.be/mC_e9hY98Jk?...
Puppy rescue day at the office is absolutely as wonderful as you think it might be.
How will GOP pass their agenda? Compromise with Dems? Maybe. But GOP led Congress will most likely use the brute force method of budget reconciliation.
Here is a guide to that *rollercoaster of a process from @bgov.com and @bloomberglaw.com.
*Rollercoaster featured in video.
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The team here at @bloomberglaw.com & @bgov.com is out with a new vid on the state of transgender rights. It’s a survey of reporters covering the rights from different beats. Watch! youtu.be/mC_e9hY98Jk?...
Reading Rainbow, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, naturally.
