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Zach Montague

@zjmontague.bsky.social

Reporter @ NYT covering federal courts. Three-season outdoor enthusiast.

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NPR@npr.org · yesterday

Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home. n.pr/4wyjw9S

A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing

Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.

n.pr

Brennan Center@brennancenter.org · 2w ago

Victory: a federal court ruled today that voting rights groups can continue their challenge to President Trump’s executive order restricting mail voting. The court reiterated, “The President plays no role in the regulation of elections” and that his mandate to USPS is unconstitutional.

Federal Judge Finds Disenfranchisement is ‘Plausibly Likely and Imminent’ Due to Executive Order Restricting Mail Voting

U.S. District Court in Massachusetts rules that voting rights groups have standing and valid constitutional claims to move forward with a challenge to the executive order

brennancenter.org

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2w ago

ICE raids in Los Angeles last year caused an “immediate economic shock” to businesses nearby, according to a new study. Latino business owners recounted sharp drops — often over 50 percent — in their revenue right after the raids, the researchers say.

ICE raids took economic toll in Los Angeles, report says

Latino business owners recounted sharp drops — often more than 50 percent — in their revenue right after the raids, the researchers say.

washingtonpost.com

Roger Parloff@rparloff.bsky.social · 2w ago

Not Judge Mehta's finest moment, IMHO. Here's his reasoning (denying plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration) for why the he thinks Trump's J6 2:24 pm tweet ("Mike Pence didn't have the courage ...") was an official act, &, therefore, immunized & inadmissible in civil cases against Trump.

It is at least a reasonable construction of the 2:24 p.m. tweet that it was an official act. Plaintiffs acknowledge that President Trump was told at 1:21 p.m., minutes after he returned to the White House from the Ellipse, that rioters had started to overrun the Capitol. Pls.’ Mot. at 3. He then sat in the White House dining room to watch the events unfold. Id. at 4. A moment of crisis was now before the President of the United States. A coordinate branch of the federal government was under attack. It fell to him to decide how the Executive Branch would respond. He could have used persuasion or force, or both, to put down the riot. But he chose instead to remain idle and, eventually, post the 2:24 p.m. tweet. The tweet arguably poured gasoline on the fire, but that President Trump, in Plaintiffs’ view, exacerbated the crisis is no less an official act than if he had exercised the powers of the presidency to quell the riot.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Trump admin's latest strategy to mass generate removal orders is diabolical: - Take a huge group of people with hearings scheduled in late 2026, 2027, or 2028. - Send them a physical letter rescheduling all of their cases to next week. - Those who inevitably miss court get ordered deported.

Deportation Orders Soar in NYC as Trump 'Mega Master' Hearings Accelerate

A new report finds removal orders for people who missed hearings more than doubled in New York City in June, as a new tactic of hastily scheduled court dates rolled out.

thecityreporter.nyc

Niko Bowie@nikobowie.bsky.social · 2w ago

This state supreme court opinion pulls no punches: “This court does not anchor Hawaiʻi’s due process rights to the federal floor. Especially one that keeps sinking. . . . State constitutionalism makes it easy to consider Roberts Court jurisprudence ‘white noise.’”

Eric Segall@espinsegall.bsky.social · 2w ago

“The Roberts Court sees only white. It refuses to acknowledge who the Equal Protection Clause was written to protect. The freed people, their descendants, and all others denied equal citizenship. The 14th Amend. is not colorblind. It never was.” Me? No a judge www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/u...

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 3w ago

Important paper from @stevevladeck.bsky.social exploring how SCOTUS is steadily undermining the authority of the judiciary as a whole by treating federal district court rulings as provisional findings that can be whimsically swept adide. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Supreme Court, October 2025 Term Foreword: The Court Against the Courts

<p>The Supreme Court sits atop a judicial system on which it is deeply dependent. It lacks the capacity to superintend more than a fraction of the cases filed e

papers.ssrn.com

Zach Montague@zjmontague.bsky.social · 3w ago

The founder of the IALDF said in a sworn statement filed today that a senior Iranian official confided in him that ICE had shared the details of dozens of Iranian nationals’ asylum claims with his office. A number of Iranian detainees held by ICE reported the same in their own declarations.

Court Filings Describe Ongoing Contact Between ICE and Iran on Deportations (Gift Article)

In a sworn declaration, a lawyer says an Iranian official reported receiving regular dossiers on Iranian detainees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement for months.

nytimes.com

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 3w ago

The number of children receiving SNAP nationwide has dropped by more than 1.5 million since Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill became law, based on CBPP’s analysis of available data from 17 states. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Republican Megabill Is Implemented

SNAP participation nationwide fell by more than 4 million people (nearly 10 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and March 2026, based on the latest month of data.

cbpp.org

Zach Montague@zjmontague.bsky.social · 4w ago

Similar agreements out of Florida are also locking the federal government into the Trump administration’s goals on immigration and, more recently, voter verification through the SAVE database.

With Disputed Legal Maneuver, Trump Tries to Set Policy Without Legislation (Gift Article)

By suing Republican states and making sharp reversals in old cases, the Trump administration is using courts to fast-track major shifts in policy.

nytimes.com

Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 4w ago

This was a Texas law for 25 years. DOJ sued and Ken Paxton agreed to settle and then Judge Reed O'Connor issued a consent agreement within hours of the lawsuit's filing. Complete bullshit, collusive settlement because the Texas legislature refused to change its 25 year-old law.

Nate Raymond@nateraymond.bsky.social · 4w ago

"Ms. McGonigle's satirical social media content is purr-tected speech," ACLU ​lawyer says of her client, who runs an Instagram account called "CatsOnACouch" that mocks Vice President JD Vance and is suing over her exclusion from a recent event in Maine. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

'CatsOnACouch' Instagram account owner sues over exclusion from VP Vance event

A woman who runs several cat-themed social media accounts mocking U.S. Vice President JD Vance based on viral comments he made that the country ​was being run by "childless cat ladies" filed a lawsuit...

reuters.com

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · last mo.

There's no sugar-coating Slaughter. It's an enormously important ruling (far more important than the other three decisions #SCOTUS handed down today). It's a huge win for Trump/the executive. And it's going to have massive ramifications for the functioning of the government long after Trump is gone.