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How Many Opinions Did Each Justice Write During OT 2021?

During the October 2021 Term, each Justices authored between five and eight majority opinions. The Chief assigned himself the most majority opinions (8) and Justice Kavanaugh had the fewest (5). Justice Kavanaugh wrote the most concurring opinions with 8. Indeed, Kavanaugh beat Thomas and Alito, who each had 7. Five…

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The 3-3-3 Court on the Merits Docket and the Shadow Docket

On June 18, 2021, I wrote, "We don't have a 6-3 Conservative Court. We have a 3-3-3 Court." I'm not sure if I was the first person to coin the phrase 3-3-3 Court, but I was one of the first. And I elaborated on this theme in a Newsweek column,…

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No Offense, But It's Just A Prayer

Kennedy tells people to get over prayer in public unless there is direct coercion.

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Why Didn't Kennedy Formally Overrule Lemon?

There were no Establishment Clause claims present, and Kennedy did not ask the Court to reverse Lemon.

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Farewell to Footnote 3 of Trinity Lutheran

In Carson v. Makin, the Chief Justice stealthily eliminated the status/use distinction.

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Scalia's "Prophecy" in Lawrence And The Joint Dissent in Dobbs

That awkward moment when Justice Breyer joins an opinion that criticizes his join in Lawrence.

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The Assignments and Timing in Dobbs

Who assigned the majority opinion to Justice Alito?

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What's Wrong With That Footnote? It's Only Seven Words Long!

Chief Justice Roberts refuses to join a wee little footnote in a Justice Barrett opinion.

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Barrett v. Gorsuch -- Continued

Justice Gorsuch has dissented from two-thirds of Justice Barrett's majority opinions this term.

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Barrett v. Gorsuch

Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch are disagreeing more than you might think, but Justice Barrett appears to have the upper hand.

Reason

Textualism Monday

Four decisions that turn on the meaning of text.

Reason

Justice Sotomayor Criticizes The "Restless and Newly Constituted Court"

This claim brings to mind Justice Stevens' dissent from Citizens United.

Reason

Now Justice Barrett Uses "Noncitizen" Instead of "Alien"

"Congress has comprehensively detailed the rules by which noncitizens may enter and live in the United States."

Reason

Right-wing leak hunt has human costs

Conservative internet sleuths have doxxed several alleged leakers. They're all women or people of color. It's ugly

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Supreme Court on What Counts as a Content-Based Speech Restriction

Today's decision in City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising makes this test somewhat fuzzier.

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Justices Spar Over How to Interpret the Armed Career Criminal Act

In Wooden v. United States, the justices were unanimous in the judgment, but expressed disagreement over the role of statutory history and the rule of lenity.

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Justice Sotomayor's Statement in Oritz v. Breslin

Sotomayor's solo not-quite-dissental, with a shout-out to her former law clerks, is a throwback to a bygone era of substantive due process.

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What Kind of Justice Should President Biden Pick? A Breyer? A Sotomayor? A Kagan? Or A Scalia?

It isn't obvious which way the President should go here.

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Why Did Chief Justice Roberts Not Dissent In WWH Mandamus Case?

Roberts, a self-avowed judicial supremacist, apparently did not think the Fifth Circuit ignored the Supreme Court.

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