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178. The Gold Clause Cases
The Court's 1935 rulings effectively allowing the federal government to override the contractual consequences of devaluing U.S. currency were viewed in…
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Bonus 177: A Closer Look at Justice Kavanaugh's ICE Raids Opinion
Walking through the only opinion written in support of Monday's Supreme Court stay in the ICE roving arrests case helps to highlight *how* the Court may…
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177. The (Not-So-)Interim Docket
Justice Kavanaugh's attempt to re-brand how the Supreme Court handles emergency applications is belied by how the Supreme Court is actually handling…
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Bonus 176: Law, Lawlessness, and Doomerism
Law is not—and never will be—a perfect constraint on government action. But claims that legal limits have become wholly irrelevant to the current…
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176. Illinois v. Texas
A quick look at President Trump's (apparent) plan to send uninvited and un-federalized Texas National Guard troops into Illinois—and how it could (and…
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175. Tariffs, TPS, and the OT2025 Trump Docket
Two appellate rulings from opposite ends of the country on Friday illustrate how much the Court's new term is going to be dominated by Trump cases—even…
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Bonus 174: Playing the Justices for Fools
President Trump's latest emergency application rests on a contrived procedural emergency and a forfeited substantive claim—apparently banking on the…
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