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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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August 2025

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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174. Justice Gorsuch's Attack on Lower Courts
Just like the earlier rulings that Justice Gorsuch claims lower courts are defying, his concurrence in the NIH grant cutoffs case would be a lot more…
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Bonus 173: The Election of 1864
At the lowest moment of his presidency (if not the Civil War), Abraham Lincoln was committed to protecting the people's right to vote him out in favor…
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173. Justice Kavanaugh and the Equities
Thursday's ruling in the NetChoice case appears to suggest that one of the key justices is either being inconsistent or completely hypocritical in how…
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Bonus 172: Legal Pedagogy and the Dual State
The beginning of the new academic year raises an acute version of an age-old question: how much should law professors teach the law on the ground versus…
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172. "Federalizing" D.C.
Like any federal enclave, the federal government has plenary power over the District of Columbia. But Congress has delegated most of that power to local…
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