Evan X. Tucker
@evantuckeresq.bsky.social
Litigator | UVA and W&M Law | Golfing Nerd | Views expressed here are my own
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*clears throat*
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in a TX case, SCOTUS said federal courts were wrong to pause a map they found illegal *in Dec 2025* bc that was too close to election.
now, in a LA election already underway, SCOTUS jumps in to alter the state map - & free LA to do more.
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in a TX case, SCOTUS said federal courts were wrong to pause a map they found illegal *in Dec 2025* bc that was too close to election.
now, in a LA election already underway, SCOTUS jumps in to alter the state map - & free LA to do more.
May 5, 2026 at 12:18 AM
*clears throat*
literatibookstore.com/book/signedl...
in a TX case, SCOTUS said federal courts were wrong to pause a map they found illegal *in Dec 2025* bc that was too close to election.
now, in a LA election already underway, SCOTUS jumps in to alter the state map - & free LA to do more.
literatibookstore.com/book/signedl...
in a TX case, SCOTUS said federal courts were wrong to pause a map they found illegal *in Dec 2025* bc that was too close to election.
now, in a LA election already underway, SCOTUS jumps in to alter the state map - & free LA to do more.
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very funny that ilya shapiro walks around like he is some grand arbiter of merit when he would be unemployable if not for wingnut welfare
They have created this entire mythology around Justice Jackson being stupid, where her stupidity is refusing to accept the ascendant conservative legal norms
May 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
very funny that ilya shapiro walks around like he is some grand arbiter of merit when he would be unemployable if not for wingnut welfare
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It is pretty striking to see the speed with which the Court wants to implement this rule — as opposed to the delay it exhibited in other pressing cases in the recent past, like Texas’s abortion ban or the Trump immunity decision.
BREAKING: SCOTUS grants the Callais plaintiffs' request to issue the judgment now, meaning the ruling goes into effect and back to the district court immediately.
This was done over a strong dissent from Jackson — prompting Alito (w Thomas & Gorsuch) to author an opinion concurring with the grant.
This was done over a strong dissent from Jackson — prompting Alito (w Thomas & Gorsuch) to author an opinion concurring with the grant.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A1197 (24-109 and 24-110)
一
PHILLIP CALLAIS, ET AL., APPLICANTS v.
LOUISIANA, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION TO ISSUE THE JUDGMENT FORTHWITH
[May 4, 2026]
To permit the losing party time to file a petition for re-hearing, the Clerk of Court ordinarily waits 32 days after the entry of the Court's judgment to send the opinion and a certified copy of the judgment to the clerk of the lower court.
Sup. Ct. Rule 45.3. This period is subject to adjustment; the default applies "unless the Court or a Justice shortens or extends the time." Ibid. The Callais appellees have asked for the Clerk to issue the judgment forthwith so that "in the event of a judicial remedy," the District Court may "oversee an orderly process." App. 3. Appellant Louisiana does not oppose this application. And while the Robinson appellants oppose it, they have not expressed any intent to ask this Court to reconsider its judgment. Thus, the application to issue the judgment forthwith presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is granted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreib6qi5rm4isu3umgaxads7cnlwh45xeu7rotc6s6vwmjpmjtp6ij4)
May 4, 2026 at 11:26 PM
It is pretty striking to see the speed with which the Court wants to implement this rule — as opposed to the delay it exhibited in other pressing cases in the recent past, like Texas’s abortion ban or the Trump immunity decision.
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Or even tariffs!
It is pretty striking to see the speed with which the Court wants to implement this rule — as opposed to the delay it exhibited in other pressing cases in the recent past, like Texas’s abortion ban or the Trump immunity decision.
BREAKING: SCOTUS grants the Callais plaintiffs' request to issue the judgment now, meaning the ruling goes into effect and back to the district court immediately.
This was done over a strong dissent from Jackson — prompting Alito (w Thomas & Gorsuch) to author an opinion concurring with the grant.
This was done over a strong dissent from Jackson — prompting Alito (w Thomas & Gorsuch) to author an opinion concurring with the grant.
May 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Or even tariffs!
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Alito responds, with this line being interesting because the court a few years back allowed Alabama to use to map in an election that the court later decided was unconstitutional:
May 5, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Alito responds, with this line being interesting because the court a few years back allowed Alabama to use to map in an election that the court later decided was unconstitutional:
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This is partisanship at its rawest. SCOTUS has clamped down on lower courts for rulings that could alter maps many *months* before an election—even when those maps have been judged illegal.
Here, it's rushing to let the Louisiana GOP change a map *while an election is underway.*
Here, it's rushing to let the Louisiana GOP change a map *while an election is underway.*
BREAKING: SCOTUS grants the Callais plaintiffs' request to issue the judgment now, meaning the ruling goes into effect and back to the district court immediately.
This was done over a strong dissent from Jackson — prompting Alito (w Thomas & Gorsuch) to author an opinion concurring with the grant.
This was done over a strong dissent from Jackson — prompting Alito (w Thomas & Gorsuch) to author an opinion concurring with the grant.
May 4, 2026 at 11:19 PM
This is partisanship at its rawest. SCOTUS has clamped down on lower courts for rulings that could alter maps many *months* before an election—even when those maps have been judged illegal.
Here, it's rushing to let the Louisiana GOP change a map *while an election is underway.*
Here, it's rushing to let the Louisiana GOP change a map *while an election is underway.*
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"I dissent because Congress elected otherwise. I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity. I dissent."
Second (and last) #SCOTUS ruling is the big one, Louisiana v. Callais.
For a 6-3 majority (Rs v. Ds), Justice Alito purports to narrow the ability of states to draw majority-minority districts as a remedy for race-based vote dilution, but, per Kagan's dissent, comes pretty close to gutting the VRA:
For a 6-3 majority (Rs v. Ds), Justice Alito purports to narrow the ability of states to draw majority-minority districts as a remedy for race-based vote dilution, but, per Kagan's dissent, comes pretty close to gutting the VRA:
www.supremecourt.gov
April 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM
"I dissent because Congress elected otherwise. I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the Court’s decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity. I dissent."
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36% of Drake Maye's passes have been at or behind the line of scrimmage. He's gone over 25% in a full game twice, Week 1 and the Divisional Round vs HOU. He went under 10% in five games
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
36% of Drake Maye's passes have been at or behind the line of scrimmage. He's gone over 25% in a full game twice, Week 1 and the Divisional Round vs HOU. He went under 10% in five games
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Jackson: what is the evidence that has been considered?
Sauer: removal order on August 25 addresses that.
Jackson: did she have the opportunity to refute those charges? by like posting about it?
Sauer: she hasn't addressed it
Sauer: removal order on August 25 addresses that.
Jackson: did she have the opportunity to refute those charges? by like posting about it?
Sauer: she hasn't addressed it
January 21, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Jackson: what is the evidence that has been considered?
Sauer: removal order on August 25 addresses that.
Jackson: did she have the opportunity to refute those charges? by like posting about it?
Sauer: she hasn't addressed it
Sauer: removal order on August 25 addresses that.
Jackson: did she have the opportunity to refute those charges? by like posting about it?
Sauer: she hasn't addressed it
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Hard to believe they're still doing Kavanaugh Stops after his new footnote about thinking laws are good.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/17/u...
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Border Patrol agent questions if man is US citizen ‘because of your accent’ | CNN
Video shows the moment Ramon Menera was detained outside his home in a Minneapolis suburb on Wednesday in front of his 5-year-old daughter after a US Border Patrol agent accused him of not being a US ...
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January 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Hard to believe they're still doing Kavanaugh Stops after his new footnote about thinking laws are good.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/17/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/17/u...
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DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.
January 17, 2026 at 6:23 PM
DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.
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a hot take: there is real overlap between spanberger’s first set of executive orders and mamdani’s www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Money, Education, Immigration: Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed 10 executive orders
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed 10 executive orders on her first day, targeting cost of living, healthcare, housing and education issues.
www.wtvr.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
a hot take: there is real overlap between spanberger’s first set of executive orders and mamdani’s www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
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"I hate how it ended. It's going to stick with me for a long time."
An emotional Josh Allen addresses the media after the Bills' divisional round loss to the Broncos.
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An emotional Josh Allen addresses the media after the Bills' divisional round loss to the Broncos.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:54 AM
"I hate how it ended. It's going to stick with me for a long time."
An emotional Josh Allen addresses the media after the Bills' divisional round loss to the Broncos.
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An emotional Josh Allen addresses the media after the Bills' divisional round loss to the Broncos.
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Why does the Trump White House keep trying to protect men who abuse women?
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Why does the Trump White House keep trying to protect men who abuse women?
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If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
August 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
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Ah yes the venerable “controlled by but not conclusive of” distinction, unsupported by any citation because there is none.
July 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Ah yes the venerable “controlled by but not conclusive of” distinction, unsupported by any citation because there is none.
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SCOTUS is so contemptuous of the lower courts, it thinks that lower courts *following the Court's own precedents* is an abuse of equitable discretion.
This is enraging.
SCOTUS shadow dockets the end of another agency’s independence.
The majority refuses to call it precedent, because they know that would be laughable on its face. They just say one like ruling “control[s]” another. And you, district judges, need to figure out if it’s so.
SCOTUS shadow dockets the end of another agency’s independence.
The majority refuses to call it precedent, because they know that would be laughable on its face. They just say one like ruling “control[s]” another. And you, district judges, need to figure out if it’s so.
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A11
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, ET AL. U. MARY BOYLE, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[July 23, 2025]
The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted. The application is squarely controlled by Trump v. Wilcox, 605 U.S. _ (2025). Although our interim orders are not conclusive as to the merits, they inform how a court should exercise its equitable discretion in like cases. The stay we issued in Wilcox reflected "our judgment that the Government faces greater risk of harm from an order allowing a removed officer to continue exercising the executive power than a wrongfully removed officer faces from being unable to perform her statutory duty." Ibid. (slip op., at 1). The same is true on the facts presented here, where the Consumer Product Safety Commission exercises executive power in a similar manner as the National Labor Relations Board, and the case does not otherwise differ from Wilcox in any pertinent respect.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreicw26hspspos2a6yhcgpa3injgsmsi6vpaauaofg5jvo62s6vvbr4)
July 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
SCOTUS is so contemptuous of the lower courts, it thinks that lower courts *following the Court's own precedents* is an abuse of equitable discretion.
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Whoaaaaaa
July 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Whoaaaaaa
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It’s absolutely impossible to think this is the result of good faith legal analysis, especially when they refuse to provide any reasons!
According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It’s absolutely impossible to think this is the result of good faith legal analysis, especially when they refuse to provide any reasons!
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Had no idea this was foreshadowing.
July 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Had no idea this was foreshadowing.
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SCOTUS's expanded use of the shadow docket to halt lower court orders against the administration is a huge story. The emergency docket used to be just that - for emergencies. Its expansion has allowed SCOTUS to accrete more power to itself & expand executive power...often without any explanation.
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with the Trump
administration in yet another emergency plea. This one involves mass layoffs at the Department of Education. The three liberal justices vigorously dissent, accusing the majority of sanctioning “lawlessness“.
administration in yet another emergency plea. This one involves mass layoffs at the Department of Education. The three liberal justices vigorously dissent, accusing the majority of sanctioning “lawlessness“.
July 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
SCOTUS's expanded use of the shadow docket to halt lower court orders against the administration is a huge story. The emergency docket used to be just that - for emergencies. Its expansion has allowed SCOTUS to accrete more power to itself & expand executive power...often without any explanation.
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Maybe I am so dense that light bends around me, but I simply can’t see how the equities would ever favor the Trump Administration dismantling the Department of Education. Not even a close call.
July 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Maybe I am so dense that light bends around me, but I simply can’t see how the equities would ever favor the Trump Administration dismantling the Department of Education. Not even a close call.
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The Republican appointees of the Supreme Court allowed this to happen.
My June 23 headline: “SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice.” www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-s...
My June 23 headline: “SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice.” www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-s...
Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.
ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens
The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The Republican appointees of the Supreme Court allowed this to happen.
My June 23 headline: “SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice.” www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-s...
My June 23 headline: “SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice.” www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-s...
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My younger son just got off a plane coming back from a program in Toronto and deboarding was held up. He joked to the guy in front of him “it’s probably an ICE raid.”
The guy he was talking to flashed a badge and told him to STFU.
They arrested a passenger and dragged him off the plane.
America.
The guy he was talking to flashed a badge and told him to STFU.
They arrested a passenger and dragged him off the plane.
America.
July 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
My younger son just got off a plane coming back from a program in Toronto and deboarding was held up. He joked to the guy in front of him “it’s probably an ICE raid.”
The guy he was talking to flashed a badge and told him to STFU.
They arrested a passenger and dragged him off the plane.
America.
The guy he was talking to flashed a badge and told him to STFU.
They arrested a passenger and dragged him off the plane.
America.