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The Chief Justice "Facilitates" Another Shadow Docket Compromise In Noem v. Garcia

The Trump Administration didn't lose but it didn't quite win either.

Reason · Apr 11, 2025

Supreme Court Upholds Order Telling Trump Administration to "Facilitate" Return of Armando Abrego Garcia from El Salvador

Without any recorded dissent, the justices rebuke the Trump Administration's cavalier disregard for due process.

Reason · Apr 10, 2025

Standing in the Shadow Docket

Should the Court not consider jurisdiction unless there is irreparable harm?

Reason · Apr 8, 2025

District Court Rules Trump Violated Constitution by Usurping Congress's Spending Power

The decision involved administration attempts to withhold spending on foreign aid contracts, but has much broader implications.

Reason · Mar 12, 2025

Why the Supreme Court's "Order" In The USAID Case Was An Advisory Opinion (Updated)

If the Court denies the writ or application, the Court cannot instruct the lower court.

Reason · Mar 11, 2025

British rapper Yung Filly pleads not guilty to rape charges in Australia

Internet personality will next appear before Western Australia’s District Court in June

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025

Neutral Principles for the Emergency Docket

The lower courts, which are issuing unappealing rulings, are inverting the Article III hierarchy. This Inferior Court Supremacy cannot stand.

Reason · Mar 6, 2025

SCOTUS Denies Trump Administration Application to Stay District Court Order Blocking Pause of USAID Payments; Certiorari Sure to Follow

A pre-opinion release order divides the justices 5-4, but this may not preview the split on the merits.

Reason · Mar 5, 2025

Trial Of New Jersey Man In Rushdie Stabbing

Hadi Matar, accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie, chooses not to testify in his defense. Rushdie sustains serious injuries in the attack.

Top News · Feb 21, 2025

Trump Administration Appeals Special Counsel Case to SCOTUS—No, Not The Jack Smith Case.

There are two sides to the constitutional crisis coin: if the president seeks a timely appeal, courts should consider those appeals in a timely fashion.

Reason · Feb 16, 2025