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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More Biden judges will be confirmed, but four appeals court nominees won’t see a vote under Senate deal
Nov 21, 2024
Senate leaders have reached a deal that will smooth the path for Democrats to confirm several of President Joe Biden’s district court nominees, averting Republican procedural tactics that significantly slowed down the process, in exchange for ending efforts to confirm four pending appeals court nominees.
Absences by Trump’s Senate pals help Democrats confirm Biden judges
Nov 20, 2024
Senate Democrats have confirmed some of President Joe Biden’s picks for the federal bench this week in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for a total GOP blockade of judicial nominations – in part because several Republicans involved with the Trump transition process have been missing votes.
House has ‘numerous’ photos from women who say they were paid a total of more than $10,000 by Gaetz for sex, lawyer says
Nov 20, 2024
Two women who claim they were paid for sex by former Rep. Matt Gaetz provided House ethics investigators with “numerous” photos related to time they spent with the Florida Republican, a lawyer for the women said Tuesday, including from an alleged 2019 trip to New York.
Women testified to House panel that they were paid for sexual favors by Gaetz, lawyer says
Nov 19, 2024
Two women testified to the House Ethics Committee that they were paid for “sexual favors” by former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, a lawyer for the two women told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday.
Florida court fight gives insight into the House review of sex allegations against Matt Gaetz
Nov 18, 2024
Accounts of parties involving drugs, alcohol and young women that were allegedly attended by President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, are in the hands of House ethics investigators under pressure to release its findings on the former Florida congressman.
Trump picks his criminal defense attorneys Todd Blanche and John Sauer for key Justice Department posts
Nov 15, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is turning to his personal criminal defense team to fill out top roles at the US Justice Department in his second term.
Trump wants Elon Musk to overhaul the government. Here’s what could be on the chopping block
Nov 14, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have big ambitions for making the federal government leaner and more efficient by reviewing its budget and operations from top to bottom.
Democrats will face headwinds in final push to confirm Biden judges
Nov 11, 2024
The first vote the lame-duck Senate will take as it returns Tuesday will be on a nominee for a Chicago federal court, kicking off Democrats’ uphill campaign to confirm as many of President Joe Biden’s picks for the judiciary as possible before losing power at the end of next month.
Federal judge strikes down Biden immigration policy shielding select undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation
Nov 8, 2024
A federal judge on Thursday struck down the Biden administration’s “parole in place” policy that gave legal status to certain undocumented individuals who are married to US citizens.
Trump is a convicted felon. Here’s why he can still vote today
Nov 5, 2024
While Florida generally makes it challenging for people in the state with felony convictions to regain their voting rights, former President Donald Trump had no issue casting a ballot for himself Tuesday in Palm Beach.
Last-minute challenges in battleground Pennsylvania target thousands of mail-in ballots
Nov 5, 2024
Thousands of mail-in ballots in the battleground state of Pennsylvania have been targeted for rejection as part of a last-minute campaign that has set off alarms for voting rights groups and exasperated local election officials.
Supreme Court rules Pennsylvania may count back-up votes when mail ballots are rejected
Nov 2, 2024
The US Supreme Court on Friday left in place a Pennsylvania court ruling that is expected to expand options for voters whose mail-in ballots are rejected for technical reasons to have their votes counted, in a defeat for Republicans in a critical battleground state.
Pennsylvania’s early-voting option is a mess, but very popular
Nov 1, 2024
A cumbersome pre-election voting option in the largest battleground state caused frustration, long lines and claims of voter suppression earlier this week.
Pennsylvania appeals court says dating requirement for mail ballot envelopes violates state Constitution
Oct 30, 2024
A Pennsylvania appeals court said Wednesday the requirement that mail-in voters handwrite the correct date on their ballot violates the state Constitution, but it is not yet clear how the ruling will apply going forward.
Judge rejects GOP congressmens’ lawsuit challenging vetting process for Pennsylvania overseas ballots
Oct 29, 2024
A federal judge on Tuesday tossed out a Republican lawsuit that sought to segregate overseas ballots in Pennsylvania for additional vetting.
How voter purge disputes have fueled the GOP ‘narrative’ of noncitizen voting
Oct 29, 2024
The letter that Jona Hilario, a mother of two in Columbus, received this summer from the Ohio secretary of state’s office came as a surprise. It warned she could face a potential felony charge if she voted because, although she’s a registered voter, documents at the state’s motor vehicle department indicated she was not a US citizen.
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.
