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Nov 10, 2023
For folks who say the justices did nothing wrong...
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee force a delay in subpoenaing Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow, financial benefactors of SCOTUS...
Nov 7, 2023
Arguments today in huge SCOTUS gun case
Should domestic abusers have access to guns? It might just depend on what White men believed in 1782. NBC has a story.
Nov 1, 2023
Senate panel wants to hear from Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow
The Senate Judiciary Committee wants to learn more about their gift-giving to SCOTUS Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. “I will...
Nov 1, 2023
SCOTUS wrestles with online public official / First Amendment issue
It ain't easy, folks! Story at Vox.
Oct 28, 2023
SCOTUS should stay out of the social media wars
So let me close with a word of advice to the justices: You do not want this fight. Believe me, you do not want to turn yourselves into...
Oct 24, 2023
Deconstructing Dobbs
By Neil Siegel at the Balkanization blog. I argue that Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) was an ugly, lawless judicial...
Oct 22, 2023
SCOTUS to decide whether Biden administration bullied social media companies
It stayed a censorship order levied by the wacky Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, but... Three conservative justices — Samuel Alito,...
Oct 22, 2023
SCOTUS gets one right
From Reuters: WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to revive a Missouri law that bars state and local...
Oct 18, 2023
An analysis of who's talking most on SCOTUS
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson leads the way as she makes points she likely won't be able to make in majority opinions because she won't...
Oct 18, 2023
Robin Vos trots out new Protasiewicz threat
From Isthmus: Responding, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos vowed, “We think the United States Supreme Court precedent compels her recusal, and...
Oct 18, 2023
Amy Coney Barrett wants a SCOTUS ethics code
From Above the Law, lifting from the New York Times. Justice Amy Coney Barrett has now joined her colleagues’ calls for a Supreme code of...
Oct 16, 2023
Tax case raises the question: does SCOTUS care at all about the facts?
From Fortune: Charles and Kathleen Moore are about to have their day in the Supreme Court over a $15,000 tax bill they contend is...
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Oct 11, 2023
Protasiewicz's destruction of Republican recusal demands - Part 3
Having destroyed the first two arguments Republicans in the state Legislature made in their demand that Justice Janet Protasiewiz recuse...
Oct 10, 2023
The Protasiewicz takedown of Legislature's recusal nonsense - part 2
Below is a bit more of SCOW Justice Janet Protasiewicz's excellent order declining to recuse herself from participating in redistricting...
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Oct 9, 2023
Janet Protasiewicz's brilliant takedown of recusal demands - Part 1
There is so much to admire in Justice Janet Protasiewicz's Friday order declining to recuse herself from redistricting litigation that...
Oct 9, 2023
SCOTUS justices agree sometimes, study finds. Just don't ask them to protect your rights.
The New York Times falls for the "Really, it's not that bad" theme. And, of course, it's the media's fault! These cases, with...
Sep 27, 2023
Alabama must obey SCOTUS, SCOTUS says
Blatantly defying the court is not acceptable, SCOTUS suggests in short orders. You're dreaming if you think this is a long-term victory...
Sep 26, 2023
Justice Elena Kagan calls for SCOTUS ethics code
Kagan said there have been legitimate concerns about the justices adopting the code of ethics that applies to the lower courts. The...
Sep 26, 2023
Clarence Thomas continues to break through ethical boundaries
Beyond the pale. Playing at a club for powerful boys with the Koch Brothers. Which he didn't report. Again. Coincidence that he switched...
Sep 22, 2023
Dawn Porter's "Deadlocked" streaming series about SCOTUS
Documentarian Dawn Porter's "Deadlocked" series is getting a lot of positive attention. It premieres tonight on Showtime. The Guardian...
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