Tierney Sneed - Senior Writer, CNN Politics
Tierney Sneed
Senior Writer, CNN Politics
Tierney Sneed is a senior writer for CNN Politics, covering the courts, the Justice Department and issues concerning the judiciary before Congress.
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Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon’s contempt-of-Congress conviction for defying Jan. 6 subpoena
May 10, 2024
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the contempt-of-Congress conviction of Steve Bannon, the ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump who was found guilty after failing to comply with a subpoena from the House January 6 committee.
Black voters ask Supreme Court to back Louisiana’s congressional map in messy fight over race
May 8, 2024
Civil rights groups urged the US Supreme Court to step into Louisiana’s fraught and potentially far-reaching redistricting battle on Wednesday, asking the justices to rule against some White voters who claim the state legislature violated the Constitution when it drew a second majority-Black district in its congressional map.
Federal judge indefinitely postpones Trump classified documents trial
May 8, 2024
Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed former President Donald Trump’s classified documents trial in Florida, citing significant issues around classified evidence that would need to be worked out before the federal criminal case goes to a jury.
Louisiana given until June 3 to redraw congressional map amid dispute over racial gerrymandering
May 7, 2024
The federal court that struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander is giving state lawmakers until the beginning of June to redraw the map themselves.
Newly unsealed grand jury testimony from Trump’s valet helps explain FBI’s desire to search Mar-a-Lago
May 7, 2024
Donald Trump’s valet told investigators before the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago in 2022 that he randomly chose boxes of documents to return to the National Archives and Trump himself directed that dozens more boxes located at the resort wouldn’t be returned, according to recently unsealed court filings.
Trump seeks delay in classified documents case, saying prosecutors mishandled evidence
May 7, 2024
Donald Trump’s attorneys have found a new reason to seek to delay the classified documents case: Some of the documents found in boxes at Mar-a-Lago have shifted out of order since FBI agents seized them two years ago.
Black voters won a big victory in Louisiana. Some White voters said it violated their ‘personal dignity’
May 6, 2024
Nearly two years after a federal judge said that Louisiana’s congressional map diluted Black voting power, Black voters are at risk of voting for a second time in an election under a plan that likely violates the Voting Rights Acts.
Texas man wants court order to investigate woman’s out-of-state abortion
May 5, 2024
Texas man wants court order to investigate woman’s out-of-state abortion
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Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump immunity case
Apr 25, 2024
The Supreme Court heard nearly three hours of arguments Thursday in the blockbuster case over whether former President Donald Trump may claim immunity from prosecution in the federal election subversion case.
Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on Trump’s absolute immunity claims
Apr 25, 2024
The Supreme Court appeared ready to reject former President Donald Trump’s claims of sweeping immunity and the broad protections he has sought to shut down his federal election subversion case, but also reluctant to give special counsel Jack Smith carte blanche to pursue those charges.
Judges from around the country say Trump can be held accountable for January 6. What will the Supreme Court say?
Apr 24, 2024
Whether the legal system can hold Donald Trump accountable for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election has been an evolving conversation among courts across the country. On Thursday, the Supreme Court will enter the chat.
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Supreme Court hears case about emergency abortion care
Apr 24, 2024
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in another major abortion access case as it grapples with the aftermath of reversing Roe v. Wade. Follow here for live audio of the arguments, news updates, analysis and more.
Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments over emergency abortions
Apr 24, 2024
In a Supreme Court hearing on the Biden administration’s challenge to aspects of Idaho’s strict abortion ban, US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar sought to appeal to conservative justices who just two years ago ruled that states should have the ability to prohibit the procedure.
Reagan-era emergency health care law is the next abortion flashpoint at the Supreme Court
Apr 24, 2024
Two years after ending the national right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court will scrutinize one of the marquee efforts by the Biden administration to preserve abortion access in the post-Roe v. Wade era.
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar again in the spotlight fighting the conservative Supreme Court on abortion
Apr 24, 2024
For the fourth time since she became the federal government’s top Supreme Court advocate, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is arguing an abortion-related case.
Trump co-defendant in classified documents case was told he’d be pardoned in a second term, notes in FBI interview say
Apr 23, 2024
Donald Trump’s valet Walt Nauta was told that if he was charged with lying to the FBI, the former president would pardon him when he won a second term in 2024, according to notes from an interview with a witness in the federal classified documents investigation.
About
Tierney Sneed is a senior writer for CNN Politics, covering the courts, the Justice Department and issues concerning the judiciary before Congress.
Sneed’s work has included coverage of Supreme Court nomination fights, explainer pieces on pivotal legal questions and analysis of Attorney General Merrick Garland’s record at the Justice Department. She’s followed key Biden administration legal fights, including legal challenges to federal Covid-19 policies as well as the Justice Department battles over voting rights, from the trial through the US Supreme Court level. She also reports on judicial confirmations in the Senate, and on the legal issues affecting Congress’ and the Justice Department’s January 6 investigations.
Prior to CNN, Sneed was a reporter for Talking Points Memo. There, she covered the courts, Congress, the 2016 Russian election meddling probes, voting rights, and health care policy and litigation. She started her journalism career as an editor and then a reporter at US News and World Report.
Sneed was born and raised in Florida. She attended Georgetown University, where she studied English and history.
