DARK SECRETS: 2 | Vintage Vibes

It's Elementary, My Dear Watson

The 2000 and 2020 elections are still on the Justices' minds.

Reason · Mar 24

Justice Sotomayor on the Freedom of the Press and the Right to Ask Questions

The Justice largely agrees with Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho's dissenting opinion below, but writes alone in dissenting from the Supreme Court's decision not to consider the case.

Reason · Mar 23

SCOTUS Resolves Two-Way State Court Split About New Jersey Transit

The New York Court of Appeals is affirmed, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is reversed.

Reason · Mar 4

An MQD Receipt Justice Gorsuch Overlooked

Justices Kagan and Sotomayor have signed on to at least one opinion that expressly relied upon the major questions doctrine.

Reason · Feb 21

Staten Island Goes To SCOTUS

The New York nomination process begins on February 24, and the maps have still not been settled.

Reason · Feb 13

Can The President Provide Notice on Truth Social?

Justice Jackson doubts whether Trump's social media post could have put Lisa Cook on notice that she would be removed.

Reason · Jan 22

National and Local Traditions for the Second Amendment

The Second Amendment does not have a geography clause.

Reason · Jan 21

Hecox May Still Hide In Justice Kennedy's Shadow

There is nothing originalist about Footnote Four, animus, and suspect classes. Let it go already.

Reason · Jan 16

Can You Waive A Substantive Canon?

Justice Gorsuch suggested that the West Virginia did not raise the clear statement rule, Justice Sotomayor countered that a substantive canon cannot be waived.

Reason · Jan 15

Justice Sotomayor Asks "Have You Studied The People" In SCOTUS Cases.

I have. Conservative litigants are vilified. Liberal litigants are celebrated.

Reason · Jan 15