Tierney Sneed (@tierney_megan) 's Twitter Profile
Tierney Sneed

@tierney_megan

covering DOJ/legal stuff for @cnn

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An under-the-radar dispute over whether a Reagan-era emergency room health care law overrides state abortion bans could produce the Supreme Court's first significant post-Roe abortion ruling. My look at the case being argued Wednesday cnn.com/2024/04/20/pol…

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Big abortion case being heard at the Supreme Court today, as the court weighs whether federal law overrides state abortion bans in medical emergencies. DOJ brought lawsuit against Idaho's ban weeks in the wake of Roe's reversals. cnn.com/2024/04/20/pol…

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A look at the messy fight around Louisiana's congressional redistricting plan, potentially headed to SCOTUS this week, as Black voters stand at risk of having to vote under a map said to likely violate the VRA for a second election cycle (w/Fredreka Schouten) cnn.com/2024/05/06/pol…

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The full 5th Circuit federal appeals court is considering whether to reverse a key Voting Rights Act precedent that led a Trump-appointed judge to strike down Galveston, Texas’s county commission map cnn.com/2024/05/14/pol…

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Abortion rights measures Ohio and Michigan voters adopted to amend their state constitutions, amid the fallout from Roe's reversal, have prompted lawsuits challenging abortion limits -- like waiting periods -- that were in place when Roe was on the books cnn.com/2024/05/23/pol…

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The idiosyncrasies that define Judge Cannon's approach from the bench, according to lawyers who've practice in front of her, and how they're tying the Trump classified documents case in knots (w/Hannah Rabinowitz) cnn.com/2024/06/07/pol…

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Lots of fascinating nuggets in Jim Newell's look at the dysfunction in Nancy Mace's office, including a sketchy BOLO that was put on her ousted chief of staff. slate.com/news-and-polit…

Lots of fascinating nuggets in <a href="/jim_newell/">Jim Newell</a>'s look at the dysfunction in Nancy Mace's office, including a sketchy BOLO that was put on her ousted chief of staff.  slate.com/news-and-polit…
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A lawyer who literally wrote a book on 11th Circuit criminal jurisprudence, and several other courtroom veterans of the circuit, told me it was pretty unlikely that the appeals court would be inclined to remove Cannon from Trump classified docs case cnn.com/2024/07/18/pol…

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🧵What will Biden's legacy in the federal courts look like? Right now, he's poised to beat Trump on total judge appointments:

🧵What will Biden's legacy in the federal courts look like? Right now, he's poised to beat Trump on total judge appointments:
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But Trump’s track record in the courts of appeals lives on. While Trump significantly increased the share of Republican-appointed judges during his presidency to create a strong majority, Biden has not achieved the same - although he's almost brought it back to 50/50

But Trump’s track record in the courts of appeals lives on. While Trump significantly increased the share of Republican-appointed judges during his presidency to create a strong majority, Biden has not achieved the same - although he's almost brought it back to 50/50
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Three Trump-appointed appeals court judges in the 5th Circuit will hear a case today regarding mail ballots in Mississippi that could potentially jeopardize mail ballots across the country. Today’s story from Tierney Sneed ā¬‡ļø amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/09/24…

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Overseas voters – now a bloc that could be crucial for Democrats – targeted by GOP lawsuits in battleground states More w/ Tierney Sneed & Edward-Isaac Dovere cnn.com/2024/10/17/pol…

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New: Under oath in a court deposition earlier this year, Michael Flynn for the first time on record acknowledged there was no evidence to support a key part of some election fraud claims. We have the video. w/ Tierney Sneed & em steck cnn.com/2024/10/24/pol…

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What spilled into the public this morning had been weeks in the making between the DOGE/landing team & Treasury Department officials - well before inauguration. Our story this afternoon - with Katelyn Polantz & Tierney Sneed

What spilled into the public this morning had been weeks in the making between  the DOGE/landing team &amp; Treasury Department officials - well before inauguration. 

Our story this afternoon -  with <a href="/kpolantz/">Katelyn Polantz</a> &amp; <a href="/Tierney_Megan/">Tierney Sneed</a>