Barrett's husband working in Fox lawsuit As mounting ethical questions strike at court legitimacy, justices still don't disclose their spousal conflicts Salon · May 29, 2024
The Bold and the Beautiful recap for May 29, 2024: Steffy's low-blow Steffy takes aim at Hope in The Bold and the Beautiful recap for May 29, 2024. WhatToWatch · May 29, 2024
Former Florida Governor Calls For Justice Alito's Recusal Former Florida governor Jeff Swartz raises concerns about impartiality of Supreme Court Justices Alito and Thomas in January 6th cases, emphasizing adheren... Top News · May 23, 2024
Senator Klobuchar Calls For High Ethical Standards In Supreme Court Senator Klobuchar addresses ethical concerns regarding Supreme Court Justices Alito and Thomas, emphasizing the importance of recusal and clear ethics laws... Top News · May 23, 2024
30 Months After Only Three Justices Would Have Granted Cert in Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, the New York Court of Appeals Holds Fulton Changed Nothing Decisions from Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett continue to linger. Reason · May 22, 2024
The Bold and the Beautiful recap for May 21, 2024: Finn puts Steffy first Finn puts Steffy first in The Bold and the Beautiful recap for May 21, 2024. WhatToWatch · May 21, 2024
Judicial Boycotts of Non-Elite Schools In April 2009, a law student at American University asked Justice Scalia how a student from her school could become "outrageously successful" without "connections and elite degrees." (The clip begins around 52:00.) Scalia laughed out loud. He answered, "Just work hard and be very good." But then he digressed to… Reason · May 21, 2024
The Bold and the Beautiful recap for May 20, 2024: Finn and Hope share a moment while considering the wedding Finn and Hope bond while considering their parents' wedding in the Bold and the Beautiful recap for May 20, 2024. WhatToWatch · May 20, 2024
The Bold and the Beautiful recap for May 17, 2024: Finn gets a shock Finn gets some shocking news in The Bold and the Beautiful recap for May 17, 2024. WhatToWatch · May 17, 2024
CFPB v. CFSAA: Originalists v. Traditionalists The Court's originalists and traditionalists break out into their camps. Reason · May 17, 2024
Why did Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson Dissent in Robinson v. Landry? And what would have happened if Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch did not vote to grant the stay? Reason · May 16, 2024
Justice Thomas Raises Concerns About Increase in Expedited Appeals on "Shadow Docket" Speaking at the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference, Justice Thomas echoes some of the concerns expressed by Justice Kavanaugh. Reason · May 10, 2024
Xavier University Cancels UN Ambassador's Commencement Address Xavier University of Louisiana cancels U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield's commencement address due to student outrage over her Gaza war stance. Top News · May 9, 2024
The Bold and the Beautiful recap for April 25, 2024: Ridge returns Ridge is back in LA in The Bold and the Beautiful recap for April 25, 2024. WhatToWatch · Apr 25, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2024 ‘Confined to this little island’: Britons criticise rejection of EU youth mobility deal Hundreds voice dismay at Sunak and Starmer, accusing them of misreading UK attitudes towards Europe
WhatToWatch · Apr 24, 2024 The Bold and the Beautiful recap for April 24, 2024: RJ and Luna reconcile RJ and Luna reconcile in The Bold and the Beautiful recap for April 24, 2024.
Cycling News · Apr 24, 2024 Tadej Pogačar can dominate the Giro d’Italia but nobody can control its chaos – Analysis Slovenian the overwhelming favourite but the Corsa Rosa always produces unexpected drama
The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2024 The Book of Clarence review – a rival Messiah or a very naughty boy? The Harder They Fall director Jaymes Samuel’s Pythonesque spin on the story of Jesus and the apostles is a wildly indulgent, irreverent blast
Reason · Apr 18, 2024 Justice Gorsuch's Concurrence in Labrador v. Poe The walls are closing on universal, non-party injunctions against state laws.
Reason · Apr 17, 2024 Unanimous Supreme Court Adopts the Sword-Shield Dichotomy To Explain How Constitutional Rights Can Be Litigated Justice Thomas: “constitutional rights are generally invoked defensively in cases arising under other sources of law, or asserted offensively pursuant to an independent cause of action designed for that purpose”
Reason · Apr 17, 2024 Justice Kavanaugh Rejects The Substantive "Veterans Benefits" Canon A careful textualist analysis that speaks more broadly to other substantive canons, including Chevron deference.
Reason · Apr 16, 2024 Congratulations to Sam Bray, Whose National Injunction Article Was Cited Three Times by Justices Today That happened in yesterday's opinions respecting the stay in Labrador v. Poe, twice in Justice Gorsuch's concurrence (joined by Justices Thomas and Alito), and once in Justice Jackson's dissent (joined by Justice Sotomayor). Nice! For Sam's substantive analysis of Labrador, see this post.
Cycling News · Apr 16, 2024 ‘We didn't have enough power’ - Ineos Grenadiers miss out at Tour of the Alps after chasing all day Lack of help from other teams and a headwind chase into Austria helps attackers stay away
Reason · Apr 16, 2024 Do Suits in Equity Imply a Cause of Action for Damages? This morning's decision in DeVillier v. Texas, written by Justice Thomas for a unanimous Court, has this meticulously careful description of the relationship between law, equity, and causes of action, with a citation to my colleague A.J. Bellia's excellent work with Brad Clark (emphasis added): The cases that DeVillier cites…
Reason · Apr 16, 2024 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…