The Daily Fuckup

The Supreme Court granted Donald Trump more time on July 10 in his fight with Cable News Network, extending the deadline for him to ask the justices to take the case. The docket in No. 25A1357 shows Justice Clarence Thomas granted Trump’s further extension request and set the new certiorari deadline at August 14, 2026.

That ruling came after an earlier grant on June 5, when Thomas first extended the filing deadline to July 15. Trump then filed a further request on July 1, asking for another extension from July 15 to August 14. The July 10 order granted that request. The docket reflects the sequence plainly: application, initial extension, further application, further extension.

The order is procedural, not a decision on the merits. It does not say the Court will hear the case, and it does not signal how the justices would rule if Trump eventually files a petition and the Court agrees to review it. For now, the only verified fact is that the filing clock has been pushed back again, with August 14 now the operative deadline unless there is another change.

Trump remains listed as the applicant in the docket, which keeps the matter tied to him personally rather than to a detached institutional filing. But the court record itself is narrower than the political commentary around it. It shows a live appellate application, an extension granted by a justice, and a new date on the calendar. It does not show victory, defeat, or any view from the full Court on the underlying dispute.