Adam Liptak

Chief Legal Correspondent, New York Times

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

@ADAMLIPTAK GETS RESULTS: After repeatedly delaying an appeal aimed at releasing Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump's handling of classified docs at Mar-a-Lago, 11th Circuit moves up the arguments from January to Nov. 2

[Adam Liptak @adamliptak]

A nice tribute to @shermancourt — a rock-solid reporter, class act and good guy — from @rickhasen https://t.co/5skFsH3ggW

[John Elwood @johnpelwood]

A great read on the dynamics of #SCOTUS argument over the last term from the great Amy Howe. As an advocate, I've enjoyed the greater running room the lax post-COVID argument timing practices have allowed, so I'll be sorry if they go back to the pre-COVID norm.

[UChicago Constitutional Law Institute @UChicagoConLaw]

You had us on the edge of our seats all week! Warm thanks to our Journalist in Residence, @adamliptak for coming to @UChicagoLaw last week to share your insights and experience covering SCOTUS over the past 17+ years!

[Adam Liptak @adamliptak]

A lovely 95th birthday tribute to the North Star of Supreme Court reporters @lylden. https://t.co/HTwMOC5xva

[NYTimes Communications @NYTimesPR]

Introducing The Docket, a new weekly newsletter about the law and the courts from @adamliptak. Get the context behind the latest legal developments, delivered every Thursday.

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[Adam Liptak @adamliptak]

The front section of Tuesday’s print version of The Washington Post includes 19 news articles. Seven are by the Associated Press.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Much of the mourning for the late great @washingtonpost has rightly focused on how democracy dies in darkness at the national level, which is hugely important. But the evisceration of Metro coverage is every bit as devastating because there is no comparable news outlet keeping local governments and institutions honest.

Eight of my 20 years at the Post were spent on Metro, which was the heart and soul of the Post under the legendary @dongrahamdc1. The undertakers now running the paper have all but wiped out the metro staff, leaving just 12 reporters, according to reports, to cover a region of 6.5 million people.

We had twice that many journalists in Fairfax alone back in the day. And it mattered. Reporters are the eyes and ears of the community, keeping tabs on people in power. We were there for every supervisors meeting, every school board meeting. We pored through planning commission documents and campaign filings.

When county officials wasted taxpayer money, raised taxes on overstretched homeowners, gave sweetheart zoning deals to developers who filled their election coffers, we were there. When teachers who sexually abused students were quietly transferred to other schools to do it all over again, we were there.

We were there for the more uplifting stories too, the cops who broke a cold case, the educators who turned around a struggling school, the residents who rallied to help neighbors in trouble, the student athletes who won the big game, the entrepreneurs who started something new.

Our friend @SariHorwitz who has won more Pulitzers than I can count, wrote so movingly online about the Post (https://t.co/lxame7tiSF). To recognize how indispensable local coverage is, you need only look at her holy-shit investigations of a broken child welfare system, rampant police shootings and the corporate-fed opioid crisis, stories that opened eyes and led to change.

Democracy is not just what happens at the White House and the Capitol but in our own backyards. The Post has just turned the lights down at home too.

[Michael Barbaro @mikiebarb]

Happy anniversary to The Daily, which turns 9 years old this morning. Our first episode, about Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to SCOTUS, featured Adam Liptak, Maggie Haberman, Carl Hulse and David Green, the founder of Hobby):
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[Adam Liptak @adamliptak]

Bless The Turnpike Troubadours for a sublime Todd Snider cover https://t.co/d5jDgk8Icm

[Adam Liptak @adamliptak]

Today’s first SCOTUS argument lasted only 37 minutes but managed to include two references, from Lisa Blatt, to “the court of clowns.”

[Rory Little @RKL1982]

Hey, the USSupreme Court has apparently taken the suggestion I’ve been making for years: play the live audio from the minute the Justice take their seats. Bar admissions took place live audio online for the first time ever just now! @steve_vladeck @adamliptak

[Adam Liptak @adamliptak]

Welcome, Ann!

[Ann Marimow @amarimow]

After 20 years @washingtonpost, I'm excited to start a new chapter today at the @nytimes. I am incredibly grateful for my Post colleagues and can't wait to work with the immensely talented NYT team. @adamliptak @AbbieVanSickle @RozHelderman @jodikantor
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[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

JUST IN: Chief Judge of U.S. District Court in Maryland sends Chief Judge of 4th Circuit the Trump admin's lawsuit against all the federal judges there over order automatically & temporarily blocking deportations. Doc: https://t.co/YGlp2iz5E1

[Roger Parloff @rparloff]

In the law firm executive order cases, DOJ says an injunction barring implementation will only be enforceable against the govt agencies named in the complaint. So Perkins Coie just amended its complaint to name all the relevant fed agencies. The case caption is now 40 pages long.

[Adam Liptak @adamliptak]

"Better Call Paul," a brilliant alternative headline from @RuthMarcus for her look at Paul Clement's representation of @WilmerHale https://t.co/9YlZ8821ZU

[Norman Pearlstine @NormanPearlsti3]

@sewellchan @Columbia During our time together at the Los Angeles Times, I found Sewell to be brilliant, ethical, kind, and committed to the highest standards of journalism. He made the Columbia Journalism Review relevant again during his short tenure running it.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Just out: "Mad House," the wild, this-can't-possibly-be-true-and-yet-it-is inside account of an off-its-rocker Congress by two of our absolute best, @anniekarni and @lukebroadwater. You won't want to put it down.

https://t.co/QvONCP1U5w

https://t.co/DYU8PE2FGT

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

The tragic self-destruction of a great newspaper continues. I had the privilege of working with @RuthMarcus for years and she is the best of the best. Whether you agree with her or not, she is the model of journalistic excellence and integrity. https://t.co/WEZh3IJ39V

[David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik]

NEWS: Ruth Marcus has resigned from the Washington Post as columnist and associate editor, citing publisher Will Lewis' decision to kill her column over owner Jeff Bezos's plans to overhaul the opinion pages to focus on his libertarian priorities.

Coverage forthcoming.