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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…
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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…
Aug 20
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244. The End of the Alien Enemies Act Litigation?
Portrayed by some as a “win” for President Trump, the Fifth Circuit’s dismissal of the key Alien Enemies Act appeal drives home how much the government…
Aug 17
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Bonus 243: A Vacation-Inspired "Top Ten" List
Have you ever wondered about which of this newsletter's posts have drawn the widest readership? Well, even if you haven't, here's a list of the top ten…
Aug 13
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243. Birthright Citizenship, Redux
President Trump's new attempt to cabin birthright citizenship is a lot narrower than the one the Supreme Court struck down in June. Its key provisions…
Aug 10
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Bonus 242: How Quickly They Forget...
Every procedural complaint about today's judges describes something that was *worse* during the Biden administration—when the critics said nothing and…
Aug 6
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242. The "Independent Court" Narrative
Efforts to defend the Supreme Court *because* of its independence from President Trump miss both the real-world impacts of its recent behavior and the…
Aug 3
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July 2026
Bonus 241: The Mail-In Voting Applications
What the Supreme Court was asked to do on Monday is narrower than much of the coverage suggests, and a grant of relief would be far less significant…
Jul 30
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240. The Rise and Fall of the Alien Tort Statute
It wasn't the most important or visible ruling of the term, but the Court's evisceration of the Alien Tort Statute struck a significant (and…
Jul 27
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Bonus 239: The Fifth Circuit's "Precedential Stay" in Sosnava Rodriguez
The New Orleans-based court of appeals once again did the Trump administration's bidding on immigration detention—this time through an unexplained…
Jul 23
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239. The Alien Terrorist Removal Court
The Trump administration has activated a super-secret 30-year-old legal process that had never previously been used. Here's what we know, and why we…
Jul 20
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Bonus 238: The Court Against the Courts
As part of the Harvard Law Review's annual Supreme Court issue for OT2025, my Foreword argues that the Supreme Court is quietly dismantling the district…
Jul 16
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