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The Clear Statement Rule and the Major Question Doctrine As Substantive Separation of Powers Canons

The clear statement rule and the major question doctrine both function as substantive separation of powers canons in order to avoid deciding if federal actions are unconstitutional.

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Presidential Bribery and the Clear Statement Rule in Trump v. United States: Revisiting Issues From The First Trump Impeachment and the Mueller Investigation

Questions from Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch revisit unresolved issues from 2017-2020.

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Justice Kavanaugh's Concurrence in Labrador v. Poe

Justice Kavanaugh laid out a unifying theory for the Shadow Docket.

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Justice Gorsuch's Concurrence in Labrador v. Poe

The walls are closing on universal, non-party injunctions against state laws.

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Justice Kavanaugh Rejects The Substantive "Veterans Benefits" Canon

A careful textualist analysis that speaks more broadly to other substantive canons, including Chevron deference.

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Is the Bell Tolling for Universal Injunctions?

Yesterday the Court stayed most of the district court's injunction in Labrador v. Poe, narrowing the injunction so that it protected only the plaintiffs from the enforcement of Idaho's statute restricting surgeries and other kinds of medical interventions for minors related to gender identity. Accompanying the Court's stay were three…

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Justice Barrett on the Takings Clause and the Police Power

"Though at times the two seem more like in-laws than soulmates."

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Even the US supreme court was baffled by conservatives’ attack on abortion pills

The anti-choice case relies on outlandish legal leaps. And if they can’t win there, they’ll redouble efforts to win the White House

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Supreme Court Shows Little Interest in Investigating Executive Power under the Antiquities Act

Yet another case that Justice Kavanaugh would like to hear that does not interest enough of his colleagues.

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Do Judges Also "Berate" The Press?

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Murthy v. Missouri. Justices Kavanaugh and Kagan--who both worked in the White House--stated that it was fairly common for government officials to "berate" the press. Justice Kavanaugh observed that "experienced government press people throughout the federal government . . .. regularly…

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The Sequel to Doe v. Mills: Justice Barrett Tightens The Screws On The Shadow Docket

The center of the Court wants to push back on temporary administrative stays and the Fifth Circuit.

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Texas and Florida Want the Supreme Court To Bless Their Unconstitutional Social Media Laws

Both states are trying to force tech companies to platform certain sorts of speech.

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Justice Kavanaugh Still Wants SCOTUS To Hear More Cases

The Supreme Court's docket may be awfully small, but it's not Justice Kavanaugh's fault.

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Griffin's Case (1869) and The Enforcement Act of 1870

Justice Kavanaugh was right. Chief Justice Chase's decision in Griffin's Case "forms the backdrop against which Congress" legislated The Enforcement Act of 1870.

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Former Nixon counsel warns of dangerous potential in Trump's case

Learn about the potential implications of Donald Trump's appeal to the Supreme Court and the lessons from the United States vs. Nixon case, with insights f...

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Oral Arguments in Trump v. Anderson Part III: Justice Kavanaugh Gets Griffin's Case and Justice Barrett gets FedCourts

Why did Jonathan Mitchell not vigorously defend Griffin's Case and Chief Justice Chase? And Mitchell missed Justice Barrett's question about direct/collateral challenges due to his refusal to accept the sword-shield dichotomy.

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New Univ. of Texas Law Class on "Understanding Conservative Legal Thought"

I thought this item from Prof. John Greil at Texas was much worth passing along; he is still developing the syllabus, and comments and suggestions are welcome at john [dot] greil [at] law [dot] utexas [dot] edu: Next fall semester, I'll be teaching a new course at Texas Law—Understanding Conservative…

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Supreme Court Takes a Pass on Minnesota Climate Change Case

Only one justice indicated any interest in premature consideration of state-law climate change lawsuits.

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Ten Reflections on Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett's Votes In Dobbs

On Friday, I wrote a post that totaled nearly 6,000 words about the New York Times bombshell report on Dobbs. My initial goal was to simply lay out all of the new disclosures--and there were many of them. Now, I've had some time to think about this new information. Here,…

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16 Disclosures from the New York Times Leak Report About Dobbs

Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak of the New York Times have published a remarkable story about Dobbs that reports on private correspondences, votes at conference, and more. This post will highlight sixteen of the largest disclosures, and close with some broader thoughts. And I've presented this narrative in (roughly) chronological…

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Justices Kavanaugh And Barrett's Shadow Docket Concurrence In The Hamburger Mary's Case

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Broad Injunctions Against Enforcement of Allegedly Unconstitutional Statutes

An interesting opinion from Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett; it arose in a case challenging a Florida law that was aimed at drag shows, but it deals with the remedies question and not the underlying substantive First Amendment question.

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Justice Kavanaugh Really Wants to Hear More (Patent) Cases

Not all of the justices are happy about the Court's stingy approach to certiorari.

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Justice Barrett's Shadow Docket Policy: Do The Opposite Of Whatever The Fifth Circuit Did (Updated)

Forget Doe v. Mills. Justice Barrett will grant relief on the shadow docket when the Fifth Circuit steps out of line.

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Justice Alito's Interview in the Wall Street Journal

As a general rule, Supreme Court Justices speak through their opinions. From time to time, Justices will be "interviewed"by friendly interlocutors during public events. The screened questions are usually softballs, and even then, the Justices tend to avoid saying anything newsworthy. In recent years, perhaps the biggest outlier was Justice…

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