Seth Stern

Washington, D.C.

Editor and Team Lead, Bloomberg Law at Bloomberg Industry Group

@Blaw team lead editing Supreme Court, Justice Department, federal judiciary news; author: Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion; Speaking Yiddish to Chickens

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Newark Mayor Sues Trump Prosecutor Over ICE Protest Arrest (2)

4 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Justin Wise |Jacklyn Wille |Seth Stern |Carmen Castro-Pagan

The Democratic mayor of Newark sued the acting US Attorney in New Jersey over his arrest outside a private detention facility linked to the administration’s mass deportation efforts. Ras Baraka in a Tuesday lawsuit accused Alina Habba of false arrest and malicious prosecution in connection with the May 9 incident, in which Baraka was arrested on a trespassing charge at the Delaney Hall private detention facility in Newark.
Supreme Court to Consider GOP Challenge to Ballot-Counting Law

5 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Kimberly Robinson |Seth Stern

The US Supreme Court will consider whether a congressional lawmaker can challenge an Illinois ballot-counting law. The case granted Monday centers on a measure that allows officials to count ballots received up to two weeks after the election if postmarked by Election Day. US Rep. Michael Bost (R) and two Republican presidential elector nominees said in their suit that the law impermissibly extends Election Day, which is set by federal statute.
Defense Lawyers Face Months Without Pay as Federal Funds Dry Up

5 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Suzanne Monyak |Seth Stern

One Kansas City-based criminal defense lawyer is taking out a loan to sustain operations this summer, as she prepares for more than two months without pay once the federal defenders’ budget runs out.
Trump’s Tariffs Likely to Land On Justices’ Shadow Docket Soon

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

The justices have already had a deluge of emergency requests from the Trump administration, and another is likely to land before them soon involving the president’s tariffs. Listen here and subscribe to Cases and Controversies on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Megaphone, or Audible. Lower courts have temporarily ruled against the tariffs using doctrines recently revived by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority to frustrate policies of Democratic administrations.
Bondi Eliminates ABA’s Role in Vetting Trump Judicial Picks (1)

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Suzanne Monyak |Seth Stern

The Justice Department won’t allow the American Bar Association to vet President Donald Trump’s picks for judicial appointments. The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy, which prepares judicial nominees, will no longer “direct nominees to provide waivers allowing the ABA access to non-public information, including bar records,” according to the Thursday letter.
Trump to Tap His Former Lawyer Emil Bove for Third Circuit (3)

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Suzanne Monyak |Seth Stern

President Donald Trump announced he plans to nominate Emil Bove, a top political appointee to the Justice Department, to a federal appeals court seat. “Emil is SMART, TOUGH, and respected by everyone,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Wednesday announcing the intended nomination.
US Trial Judges Bring Originalism Classes to Texas Law Schools

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Jacqueline Thomsen |Seth Stern

Sitting in a seminar room at a Dallas law school, a federal judge asked a roundtable of law students, “What can you do to keep the republic?”It was the last class of the semester for the course “Originalism & the Origins of the Federal Constitution,” which focuses on what the document’s drafters intended when it was written. US District Judges Brantley Starr and Mark Pittman are among the judges who teach a version of the course at Texas law schools.
Justices Cast Doubt on Long-Term Precedent With Trump Firings

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

The US Supreme Court’s long-awaited order over the president’s firing of Democratic members of independent agencies is puzzling, according to the lawyer representing one of the fired individuals. Listen here and subscribe to Cases and Controversies on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Megaphone, or Audible.
Fifth Circuit Says No Right to Fight Library Book Removals (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Jacqueline Thomsen |Seth Stern

A federal appeals court ruled that a public librarian’s decision to pull certain books off the shelves can’t be challenged under the First Amendment, a ruling that could jeopardize other cases over book restrictions in libraries. A divided en banc US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found Friday that parties behind the challenge couldn’t invoke a First Amendment right to receive information to challenge a library’s removal of books.
Maryland’s US Court Halts Fast Removals of Detained Migrants (1)

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Jacqueline Thomsen |Seth Stern

The Maryland federal district court adopted a new order that blocks the immediate removal of any detained foreign citizen who has filed a habeas petition. The standing order, dated Wednesday, comes as a judge on the court has presided over the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who the Trump administration has acknowledged was wrongfully deported.