Kimberly Robinson

3 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Kimberly Robinson |Seth Stern

President Donald Trump’s top lawyer at the US Supreme Court declined to say that the administration would apply a federal court ruling’s reasoning to other cases in all circumstances. The federal government will “generally respect circuit precedent, but not necessarily in every case,” Solicitor General John Sauer told the justices during oral arguments Thursday over Trump’s birthright citizenship order.

1 month ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Kimberly Robinson |Seth Stern

Chief Justice John Roberts again rebuked recent calls by President Donald Trump’s allies to impeach judges who rule against the administration. “Impeachment is not how you register disagreement with decisions,” Roberts said Wednesday during an appearance in Buffalo, New York. “That’s what we’re there for,” he said.

1 month ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Lydia Wheeler |Kimberly Robinson |Seth Stern

The Trump administration could ruin the Supreme Court’s summer recess. It’s already filed an unprecedented number of emergency requests for the court’s intervention and there’s no signs of any let up as the justices head into their last and busiest months of the term, legal scholars said. The extra work threatens to delay the release of opinions and force the justices to rule on requests well into July.

1 month ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Kimberly Robinson |Seth Stern

The US Supreme Court is likely to give a Georgia family another shot at suing the federal government for mistakenly raiding their home. The justices discussed several paths they could take to revive the case but it wasn’t clear from arguments on Tuesday which one they would take. A victory for the family at this stage wouldn’t mean they win—only that Curtrina Martin, her partner Hilliard Toi Cliatt, and Martin’s son, then 7, would get their day in court.

1 month ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Kimberly Robinson |Seth Stern

Edwin Kneedler, who’s argued more cases at the US Supreme Court than any practicing attorney, will make what is likely his last appearance before the court next week on behalf of the Justice Department.