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250. What We Learned from USPS v. California
In refusing to put the USPS mail-in ballots rule into effect, the majority didn’t say very much. I still think there are (at least) three important…
 • Steve Vladeck
Live with Steve Vladeck on the Supreme Court USPS opinion
A recording from Steve Vladeck and Harry Litman's live video
 • Steve Vladeck and Harry Litman
29:25
249. The Language of Supreme Court Stays
Thursday’s ruling in the Missouri redistricting case used boilerplate language to freeze the district court’s TRO. That didn’t prevent significant…
 • Steve Vladeck
Bonus 248: Missouri’s Midterms Mess
The Supreme Court can and should put an end to the chaos unfolding with respect to which congressional map Missouri will use in November’s elections…
 • Steve Vladeck
248. The Justices’ Papers
Leaving to the whims of individual justices the fate of their internal papers is a recipe for inconsistency and obscurity for records with significant…
 • Steve Vladeck
Bonus 247: Four Lessons from the Ballroom Ruling
The Court’s latest emergency docket misadventure offers potentially important lessons about two of the justices, the Court’s procedures, and its…
 • Steve Vladeck

August 2026

247. Should Purcell Apply to the Federal Government?
The Supreme Court has never been asked to apply the “Purcell principle” to a late-breaking injunction against a *federal* election-related rule. If the…
 • Steve Vladeck
Bonus 246: Judicial Criticism and its Counterfeits
DHS General Counsel James Percival's "Worst of the Worst" judges series isn't harsh commentary; it's a litigant's lawyer telling the judges hearing his…
 • Steve Vladeck
Live with Joyce Vance & Steve Vladeck: Trump v. California
A recording from Steve Vladeck and Joyce Vance's live video
 • Steve Vladeck and Joyce Vance
22:44
246. Making Sense of the Mail-in Ballots Ruling
The Supreme Court’s grant of a stay in one of the mail-in ballot cases is deeply wrong, but it’s also not the main event over whether Trump’s patently…
 • Steve Vladeck
245. Irreparable Harm, “Administrative” Stays, and the White House Ballroom
Chief Justice Roberts’s Friday order in the White House ballroom case is a useful (if exasperating) illustration of how standardless the Court’s…
 • Steve Vladeck
Bonus 244: Minnesota v. Abbott
Governor Abbott is refusing to comply with a demand to extradite an ICE officer under criminal indictment in Minnesota. He has no viable legal argument…
 • Steve Vladeck
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