Can Law Forbid Threatening Judges with Impeachment Because of Their Votes? Donald Trump, Rick Perry, and more. Reason · Aug 22, 2024
Severability on the Shadow Docket: SCOTUS Splits 5-4 On Whether Entirety of Title IX Regulations Must Be Enjoined Justice Gorsuch joins the three dissenters on severability. What about Justices Thomas and Barrett? Reason · Aug 17, 2024
Turning The Corner Post On Vacatur Also, Judges Kacsmaryk and Ho seem vindicated on the statute of limitations to challenge mifepristone. Reason · Aug 15, 2024
Supreme Court faces new leak as inside info on Idaho abortion ruling is released Report describes heated deliberations over whether to reverse decision on high-profile Idaho abortion ban case The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024
Banana Splits I appreciate the replies from Orin, Will, and Sam. We have very different conceptions on what role a scholar should play and what role a judge should play. My writings in this area are both retrospective and prospective. I look backwards to see what qualifications a judge had at the… Reason · Jul 29, 2024
"I could carve a judge with more backbone out of a banana" What stuff are the Court's middle three Justices made of? Reason · Jul 29, 2024
Jarkesy Should Not Have Been So Easy For Justice Barrett There are tensions between Jarkesy, CFPB, and Vidal. Reason · Jul 25, 2024
Did Justice Alito Lose The Majority Opinions In Trevino and NetChoice? Alito had only four majority opinions this term, while Roberts, Thomas, Sotomayor, and Kagan all had seven. Reason · Jul 2, 2024
US supreme court decisions: the biggest cases this term and their outcomes The court has wrapped up its term, issuing a string of blockbuster decisions with the conservative supermajority in the driver’s seat The Guardian - US · Jul 1, 2024
John Roberts: Federalist Revisionist and Judicial Supremacist The Chief Justice retconned Federalist Nos. 37 and 78. Reason · Jun 30, 2024
Bankruptcy on the Sunrise Side of the Mountain Justice Kavanaugh is very, very upset about the Sackler bankruptcy case. Reason · Jun 28, 2024
What Is The Standard For A Stay? Moyle v. U.S. or Ohio v. EPA? Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Reason · Jun 28, 2024
Predictions For The Final 6 Cases Chevron, Netchoice, Trump, Grant's Pass, Fischer, and Corner Post. Reason · Jun 27, 2024
Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch Dissent On An "Emotional and Highly Politicized" Case And they charge that Justices Barrett and Kavanaugh "lost the will" to decide the case. Reason · Jun 27, 2024
Reason · Jun 27, 2024 Second Amendment Roundup: Rahimi Preserves Bruen The real dissents are the concurrences by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.
Reason · Jun 27, 2024 Justice Barrett Evolves Again On The Emergency Docket In Moyle Cert before judgment will no longer be granted unless the applicants prove they will suffer enough irreparable harm.
Reason · Jun 26, 2024 Tentative Thoughts on the Prematurely Posted Moyle Opinion I've now had a chance to read the draft opinion in Moyle v. United States. The document is labeled 1.0, and is dated May 23, 2024. A lot can change over a month. But, like with the Dobbs leak two years ago, it is safe to presume that not many…
Reason · Jun 26, 2024 The Flipped Dynamics on Federal Criminal Law A generation ago, the liberals would have written the majority in Snyder and the conservatives would have dissented.
Reason · Jun 26, 2024 Some Commentary From The Left On Rahimi I find myself in agreement with Mike Dorf and Linda Greenhouse.
Reason · Jun 25, 2024 The Three Trump Appointees In Rahimi Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are fracturing over originalism.
Reason · Jun 25, 2024 Rahimi, Meenie, Miney, Mo; After Only Two Years Bruen's Gotta Go! In November, I wrote that the Fifth Circuit's Rahimi decision "was a faithful application of Bruen." Seven months later, now having read the Supreme Court's Rahimi decision, I stand by what I wrote. After Justice Thomas's dissent, the most intellectually honest opinion in Rahimi was Justice Jackson's concurrence. Jackson explained…
Reason · Jun 23, 2024 Tradition In Erlinger Justice Jackson thinks Apprendi was wrongly decided, Justice Gorsuch chides Justice Kavanaugh's fixation on tradition.
Reason · Jun 23, 2024 With the Constitution, Deciding Less Is Moore Justice Kavanaugh reaches out to resolve that a wealth tax is probably not constitutional.
The Guardian - US · Jun 22, 2024 The US supreme court’s rightwing justices are fighting legal monsters of their making On Friday the court revoked domestic abusers’ gun rights – fixing a horrific problem they themselves created
Reason · Jun 21, 2024 Supreme Court OT2023 in the Final Stretch The justices are rushing to close out the term before the end of June.