Stephen Pereira

Government Attorney in DC providing links and updates to the legal community. Bookmark for one-stop access to law-related tweets.

[Bloomberg @business]

A federal judge ruled the Trump administration must continue providing federal funds for the $16 billion Gateway tunnel under the Hudson River, saying that stopping the payments “flagrantly” violated the law https://t.co/Gsg4gLnxDj

[SCOTUSblog @SCOTUSblog]

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship

https://t.co/omH1RXPByk

[Stephen Pereira @law]

Supreme Court rules Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions are unconstitutional   https://t.co/Q1OTLHrwoo

[Law.com @lawdotcom]

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Is 'Ready to Roll' On July 1 https://t.co/8pAQQqLG4t

[National Law Review @natlawreview]

Bosch Becomes First Company to Receive DOJ Declination Under New Corporate Enforcement Policy https://t.co/RDLTnOmfYP #Corporate #DOJ

[Reuters Legal @ReutersLegal]

Supreme Court spurns Trump on birthright citizenship, allows transgender sports bans https://t.co/jE5IQLI9fo

[Bloomberg Law @BLaw]

A union battling California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order increasing the in-person work requirement for roughly 90,000 state workers failed to get a court to intervene ahead of the Wednesday deadline. https://t.co/CrqrqzYgmj

[ABA Journal @ABAJournal]

Lawyer sues DOJ for more than $30M over dropped fraud charges. https://t.co/0Y6SgmsHxs

[Stephen Pereira @law]

Thomas: Birthright decision ‘devalues’ American citizenship https://t.co/vnGkLYQpAl

[Stephen Pereira @law]

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship https://t.co/Y4MombJw6E

[Stephen Pereira @law]

Court rules that states can exclude transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams https://t.co/IEBKu7fe8k

[Stephen Pereira @law]

Supreme Court loosens campaign finance laws, opening up flood of midterm cash https://t.co/KxjJmvb8tN via @politico

[Windows Latest @WindowsLatest]

Microsoft now wants you to believe 8GB RAM is fine for Windows 11, after years of pushing 16GB as the baseline

A few months ago, Microsoft said 32GB was the “no worries” upgrade for Windows 11 gaming. Before that, it spent two years pushing Copilot+ PCs with 16GB RAM as the minimum for the future of Windows.

Now Microsoft’s own Surface buying guide says 8GB RAM is “great” for everyday use like browsing, streaming, schoolwork, and productivity apps.

That would be easier to accept if Windows 11 were light. It isn’t... at least not yet.

Windows 11 is heavier than Windows 10. Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, Discord, Outlook, Widgets, WebView2 apps, and background AI features all eat memory. And Microsoft is still talking about Copilot, agentic Windows, local AI, and AI PCs.

8GB makes sense on a cheap $599 device if the OS is optimized for it.

It does not make sense on premium Windows 11 hardware in 2026.

[Stephen Pereira @law]

Supreme Court upholds transgender athlete bans in schools https://t.co/ZEewWUGrE2

[ABA Journal @ABAJournal]

Is artificial intelligence getting better at law school exams? Maybe not, new study shows. https://t.co/NZfgqy8Tx4 #legaltech #legaleducation @juliannehill

[Stephen Pereira @law]

President can fire independent agency heads without cause, Supreme Court rules https://t.co/Vs60rUKtkX via @GovExec

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Moscow came under a major drone attack overnight, the city’s mayor said Tuesday. https://t.co/rKyvjaZlh2

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

The Trump administration finalized new federal student loan rules, effective July 1, requiring college programs to show graduates earn more to keep funding. https://t.co/qeQtOvVqlg

[PCMag @PCMag]

Though the breach occurred at a third-party service provider, hackers used that access to steal LastPass customers' contact info and physical addresses. https://t.co/xaioTtUl8I

[Law360 @Law360]

A federal judge in Seattle consolidated a pair of proposed class actions brought by Amazon customers looking to recover millions of dollars in refunds for the now-invalidated International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs. https://t.co/uAdK6hsSN4