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Bonus 209: State Courts and Federal Prisoners
A nerdy detour down a Federal Courts rabbit hole—and into the outsized implications of the Supreme Court's deeply obscure, obtuse, and almost certainly…
 • Steve Vladeck
5th Circuit on that Detention Bullshit w/ Steve Vladeck
A recording from Steve Vladeck and Kate Powell, MPA, CFRE's live video
 • Steve Vladeck and Kate Powell, MPA, CFRE
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209. The Modern Emergency Docket Turns Ten
The February 2016 rulings blocking the Clean Power Plan were unprecedented; in retrospect, they were harbingers of a paradigm shift in the Supreme…
 • Steve Vladeck
208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and…
 • Steve Vladeck
Bonus 207: The Court's True Transparency Problem(s)
Monday's New York Times scoop on Chief Justice Roberts having employees sign non-disclosure agreements would hit differently if the justices were…
 • Steve Vladeck
207. The Justice Department Beclowns Itself (Again)
The denouement of DOJ's misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg provides useful lessons relating to both the Department's continuing…
 • Steve Vladeck

January 2026

Bonus 206: Legal Scholarship and the Dual State
A few thoughts on the responsibilities of legal academics in a time of increasing governmental lawlessness.
 • Steve Vladeck
206. "Administrative Warrants" and the Percival Op-Ed
ICE is claiming the authority to search private homes without a judicial warrant if it's looking for non-citizens under a "final order of removal…
 • Steve Vladeck
205. Chief Judge Schiltz and the Department of Justice
Every federal judge (and justice) should read the two letters from Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz in the church protest case—and what they tell us about…
 • Steve Vladeck
204. Accountability After Minneapolis
A short post explaining (1) why it's so hard to hold federal officers and/or the federal government liable for violating our rights; and (2) how a…
 • Steve Vladeck
Bonus 203: Correcting the Record in the Social Security/DOGE Case
An eye-opening filing by the Department of Justice should give more than a little pause to the justices with respect to one of their earlier grants of…
 • Steve Vladeck
203. Legislative Standing and/After Bost
The theory on which five justices concluded that candidates for office have standing to challenge election rules is difficult—at best—to reconcile with…
 • Steve Vladeck
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