The Bull-Moose Note.

1 week ago | thebullmoosenote.substack.com | Matt Dougherty

NEW YORK — The U.S. Court of International Trade has ruled to block President Donald Trump’s unilateral implementation of tariffs on May 28. The courts ruling stated that the emergency authority claimed by Trump in the April 2 executive order that imposed the tariffs exceeded the legal authority of the executive branch. It also mandated that any duties collected since the imposition of the tariffs have to be repaid.

1 week ago | thebullmoosenote.substack.com | Matt Dougherty

ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County and New York State officials are warning about unprecedented federal budget cuts that would gut Medicaid and threaten healthcare access for thousands of local residents. The proposed House Budget Reconciliation bill, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” and supported entirely by Congressional Republicans, includes $698 billion in nationwide Medicaid cuts over the next ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

1 month ago | thebullmoosenote.substack.com | Matt Dougherty

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday ruled 7-2 to stop the deportations of more than 100 Venezuelan men detained under President Donald Trump’s proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act. The order followed an emergency filing and lower court rulings that accused the administration of defying judicial authority and violating due process. In an unsigned April 19 order in A.A.R.P., et al. v.

1 month ago | thebullmoosenote.substack.com | Matt Dougherty

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration has moved to fire more than 1,500 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an unprecedented attempt to dismantle the agency created in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. The move comes despite federal court orders prohibiting mass terminations at the bureau.

1 month ago | thebullmoosenote.substack.com | Matt Dougherty

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge has found probable cause that the Trump administration acted in criminal contempt of court after it deported over 200 Venezuelan immigrants to a mega-prison in El Salvador in direct defiance of a court order prohibiting their removal. The decision comes amid the Trump administration’s escalating crackdown on immigrants and growing public concern about the denial of due process and the administration's repeated violations of court orders.