SCOTUS Permits Discharge In COVID and Transgender Cases Comparing Navy Seals and Shilling. Reason · May 6, 2025
A Tale Of Two Shadow Dockets The Supreme Court moves heaven and earth to block removal of alleged gang members who are almost certainly removable, but says nothing about Ohio initiative process being declared unconstitutional. Reason · Apr 23, 2025
Twice, SCOTUS Finds Coastal Courts Improperly Exercised Venue In two consecutive orders, the Court signals that progressive litigants forum shopped to the wrong courts. Reason · Apr 8, 2025
The Next Best Defense Of Justice Barrett: She May Disagree With Justice Thomas A Lot, But You Better Learn To Deal With It, Because She Will Be Here For A Long Time On Monday, I wrote about Mike Fragoso's defense of President Trump's decision to appoint Justice Barrett. Fragoso has now published… The post The Next Best Defense Of Justice Barrett: She May Disagree With Justice Thomas A Lot, But You Better Learn To Deal With It, Because She Will Be Here… Reason · Mar 20, 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
D.C. U.S. Attorney Drops Probe Over Sen. Schumer's 2020 Statements About Gorsuch and Kavanaugh That's the correct decision, though I don't think there should even have been a question about it. Reason · Mar 5, 2025
There is Some Drama Brewing In San Francisco v. EPA Today the Court decided one case, San Francisco v. EPA. As I predicted, the majority opinion was assigned to Justice Alito.… The post There is Some Drama Brewing In San Francisco v. EPA appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Mar 4, 2025
SCOTUS Takes A Holiday From The Separation of Powers On The Hampton Dellinger Jitney Apart from the Appointments Clause, I think we are standing at the precipice of federal courts revolution. Reason · Feb 23, 2025
The Federal Supremacists Write a Ticket Good for One Ride in Williams v. Reed But Justice Thomas is still the only Justice who (correctly) concludes that Haywood v. Drown (2009) was incorrectly decided. Reason · Feb 23, 2025
Further Thoughts on Justice Barrett's Recusal in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Oklahoma Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, and the companion case, St.… The post Further Thoughts on Justice Barrett's Recusal in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jan 26, 2025
The Oaths Chief Justice Roberts issues the presidential oath to President Trump, and Justice Kavanaugh issues the oath to Vice President Vance. Reason · Jan 20, 2025
The Supreme Court Justices Enter The Presidential Inauguration I'm not sure why Justice Kavanaugh entered after the Chief Justice. There was some seniority mixup. The perfect caption for… The post The Supreme Court Justices Enter The Presidential Inauguration appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jan 20, 2025
USA Today: "Liberals owe Justice Barrett an apology" What do conservatives owe Justice Barrett's supporters? Reason · Jan 16, 2025
Free Speech and Private Power: Function-by-Function Analysis and Permissible Nondiscrimination Rules [I am serializing my short Harvard Law Review Forum essay titled "Free Speech and Private Power", responding to the Harvard Law Review's publication… The post Free Speech and Private Power: Function-by-Function Analysis and Permissible Nondiscrimination Rules appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jan 16, 2025
Reason · Jan 16, 2025 Was Justice Gorsuch thinking about Title IX in EMD Sales? The FLSA case considers whether to apply the “preponderance of the evidence” standard or the “clear and convincing evidence” standard.
Reason · Jan 10, 2025 The Court Splits 5-4 on Docket Number 666 Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett rule against Trump (again).
Reason · Dec 9, 2024 Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh Are Active on the Cert Docket Justice Barrett remains the most gun-shy Justice.
Reason · Nov 27, 2024 Symmetry in Equal Protection, Fundamental Rights, and the Law of Democracy My last post offered examples of areas where symmetry could help guide future doctrinal development. This final post on… The post Symmetry in Equal Protection, Fundamental Rights, and the Law of Democracy appeared first on Reason.com.
The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2024 Read Trump campaign’s full complaint over Labour’s ‘foreign interference’ in US election The letter, addressed to the electoral commission’s acting general counsel, was published onto Trump’s website on Tuesday
Reason · Oct 16, 2024 Three Thoughts on the Stay Denial in West Virginia v. EPA Today the Supreme Court denied the application for a stay in West Virginia v. EPA, a challenge to an EPA rule… The post Three Thoughts on the Stay Denial in West Virginia v. EPA appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Oct 15, 2024 The WSJ Story About Future Trump Judicial Nominees The Wall Street Journal published an article titled, "Trump Loyalists Push for a Combative Slate of New Judges." The first… The post The WSJ Story About Future Trump Judicial Nominees appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Oct 11, 2024 Second Amendment Roundup: The VanDerStok Argument Whether ATF may criminalize conduct remains the central issue.
Reason · Sep 19, 2024 Man Indicted For Threatening To Lynch "Corrupt" Justice Thomas And His "Insurrectionist" Wife There are consequences to the rhetoric about the Court from high ranking officials.
Reason · Sep 15, 2024 The Trump Leaks Are Far Worse Than The Dobbs Leak. Knives are out for Chief Justice Roberts, and poor Justice Alito.
Reason · Sep 15, 2024 NY Times Big Reveals On Deliberations In Three Trump Cases How did Roberts come to write Trump v. Anderson, Fischer v. United States, and Trump v. United States?