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The Courts and Trump: A Live Conversation with Adam Klasfeld and Steve Vladeck
Our first "One First" Substack live takes a deeper dive with Adam Klasfeld into the challenges of covering everything that's happening both in and…
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Steve Vladeck
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Adam Klasfeld
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146. Denaturalization and Expatriation
There is no lawful way to "deport" U.S. citizens. And although citizenship can be revoked, any attempt by the government would run into significant…
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First One: April 27, 2025
A weekly sneak-peek audio companion to the "One First" newsletter
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Steve Vladeck
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Bonus 145: How (We Think) Emergency Applications Work
Given how much of the Supreme Court's work in recent years (okay, days) has been focused on emergency applications, it seemed worth attempting an…
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Steve Vladeck
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145. Justice Alito's Misbegotten Dissent in A.A.R.P.
Justice Alito's after-the-fact opinion dissenting from the Court's early-Saturday-morning Alien Enemy Act ruling rests on a revealing array of…
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First One: April 20, 2025
A weekly sneak-peek audio companion to the "One First" newsletter
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Steve Vladeck
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144. The Supreme Court's Late-Night Alien Enemy Act Intervention
Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands…
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Bonus 143: Private Special Prosecutors and Criminal Contempt of Court
The Alien Enemy Act case may end up with Chief Judge Boasberg appointing a private lawyer to prosecute criminal contempt of court. The law currently…
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143. The State of Play in the Abrego Garcia Case
The Trump administration isn't defying the letter of Thursday's Supreme Court ruling. But it's daring the federal courts to take much more aggressive…
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142. Five Questions About Domestic Use of the Military
The federal government's authorities to use the military for domestic law enforcement are old, broad, and vague. They may soon become far more relevant…
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First One: April 13, 2025
A weekly sneak-peek audio companion to the "One First" newsletter
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Steve Vladeck
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141. Abrego Garcia and the Presumption of Regularity
How one reads Thursday's ruling ordering the federal government to "facilitate" Abrego Garcia's return depends upon how much (or how little) one expects…
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