Jordan Fischer

Senior reporter at @BLaw covering the Supreme Court. Previously, courts & investigations at @WUSA9. Hot sauce enthusiast. Opinions my own.

[Jordan Fischer @JordanOnRecord]

Someone did in fact punch a female officer (in the head) on Jan. 6 and they were sentenced to nine months in prison for it. https://t.co/Ztj59cPlYj

[Jonathan Gross @Jon_Gross]

I cited this in every motion for selective prosecution. Nobody punched a female officer on J6. If someone had it would have been 48 years in prison.

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In a per curiam order tonight, the Supreme Court allows Alabama to move forward with an electoral map a lower court had found intentionally discriminates against Black voters.

All three of the court's liberal justices dissent.

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The US Supreme Court will hear a rare pro se case filed by a Texas inmate.

William Maxwell says he should be able to file a habeas suit challenging Texas BOP's denial of First Step Act credits that would let him transfer out early. https://t.co/4zgIssccEo

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Audio of the dispatch reponse to the call was first reported by @PenguinSix.

The county declined to release the actual 911 call audio to me, citing a FOIA exception for files relating to an "ongoing criminal investigation." https://t.co/gyhRDyi4nD

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett's home was the target of a swatting attempt last night, Fairfax County police say.

A caller falsely reported hearing "two or three gunshots" and arguing at her Virginia home. https://t.co/gyhRDyi4nD

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With today's opinions, only Landor v. Louisiana--a Rasfatarian inmate's religious liberty suit over his forced shaving--remains undecided from the Supreme Court's November sitting. https://t.co/Fvlm9yqBsW

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The Supreme Court in two decisions today placed limits on when lower courts may consider the First Step Act's expanded compassionate release opportunities for inmates challenging their sentences. https://t.co/dJ2JOoQDFZ

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@PhilHollowayEsq Wanted to circle back on this one, Phil.

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I asked a veteran defense attorney a little while ago what their first move would be in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case.

Motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution, they told me.

[Acting AG Todd Blanche @DAGToddBlanche]

Welcome back.

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The Supreme Court dismisses as improvidently granted a death penalty case out of Alabama about how state courts should analyze multiple IQ tests.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Jackson, writes that it was a poor vehicle to decide the question. https://t.co/EBXgYwTXvH

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First SCOTUS opinion of the day is on withdrawal liability in multiemployer pension plans under ERISA.

Justice Jackson writes for a unanimous court. Opinion: https://t.co/mxc0gj1EmU

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Federal judges have expressed frustration repeatedly over the past year with having to read the tea leaves of the Supreme Court's unexplained emergency docket decisions.

Last night, a South Carolina district judge had the rare chance to take his vexation directly to a justice.

[Jordan Fischer @JordanOnRecord]

Judge Richard Gergel asked Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tonight whether lower courts are supposed to follow SCOTUS' often unreasoned emergency docket decisions over decades-old precedent.

That's a "legitimate question," Jackson said. https://t.co/gmKrCQP2Ie

[Jordan Fischer @JordanOnRecord]

Judge Richard Gergel asked Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tonight whether lower courts are supposed to follow SCOTUS' often unreasoned emergency docket decisions over decades-old precedent.

That's a "legitimate question," Jackson said. https://t.co/gmKrCQP2Ie

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The Supreme Court stays a Fifth Circuit order that barred mail delivery of mifepristone nationwide.

Justices Thomas and Alito dissent, w/ Thomas arguing any mail delivery violates the Comstock Act and Alito saying the stay undermines the court's holding in Dobbs.

[Jordan Fischer @JordanOnRecord]

Richard Glossip, who won a rare victory at the Supreme Court last year, gets bond as he heads toward retrial on murder charges.

Glossip has spent more than two decades on Oklahoma's death row for the 1997 murder of his boss, Barry Van Treese. https://t.co/40F8itCcgQ

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In one of two unanimous opinions delivered today, the Supreme Court said federal law doesn't bar state negligent hiring claims against freight brokers.

The case is Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II. Justice Barrett writes for the court.
https://t.co/auGlx0eHMu

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NOW: Virginia Dems/AG file expected emergency appeal to SCOTUS asking justices to stay Virginia Supreme Court's order invalidating the redistricting referendum.

They argue the state Supreme Court's order misreads federal law fixing a single day for congressional elections.

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Star litigator Neal Katyal raised eyebrows this week with a TED Talk revealing his use of an AI model he said helped predict questions from Supreme Court justices "almost verbatim." https://t.co/GLLHc29k0I

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Paul Clement notched 9 more Supreme Court arguments this term—bringing the modern record for SCOTUS advocates into view. That hasn't escaped him.

"My running joke is, 'I can tell you how many arguments I've done, but who's counting?'" Clement said. https://t.co/Ad4bbyApyK

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Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court arguments are going too long and are "maybe not as focused as usual."

He suggested the court may look at reining them in a bit over the summer break. (via @SuzanneMonyak)
https://t.co/4ihSCWFmKf

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NOW: The Supreme Court rejects a long-shot request from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to recall its fast-tracked Louisiana congressional map mandate.

No justices note a dissent this time. https://t.co/otpOj3TRXg