Sitemap - 2026 - One First
Bonus 250: Reining in Military Jurisdiction
250. What We Learned from USPS v. California
Live with Steve Vladeck on the Supreme Court USPS opinion
249. The Language of Supreme Court Stays
Bonus 248: Missouri’s Midterms Mess
Bonus 247: Four Lessons from the Ballroom Ruling
247. Should Purcell Apply to the Federal Government?
Bonus 246: Judicial Criticism and its Counterfeits
Live with Joyce Vance & Steve Vladeck: Trump v. California
246. Making Sense of the Mail-in Ballots Ruling
245. Irreparable Harm, “Administrative” Stays, and the White House Ballroom
Bonus 244: Minnesota v. Abbott
244. The End of the Alien Enemies Act Litigation?
Bonus 243: A Vacation-Inspired "Top Ten" List
243. Birthright Citizenship, Redux
Bonus 242: How Quickly They Forget...
242. The "Independent Court" Narrative
Bonus 241: The Mail-In Voting Applications
240. The Rise and Fall of the Alien Tort Statute
Bonus 239: The Fifth Circuit's "Precedential Stay" in Sosnava Rodriguez
239. The Alien Terrorist Removal Court
Bonus 238: The Court Against the Courts
238. Venue Engineering in the Efforts to Limit Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Minors
Bonus 237: Looking Toward OT2026
SCOTUS Talk with Chris Cillizza and Steve Vladeck!
Bonus 236: A Term of Self-Inflicted Wounds
Decision Day Summary: June 30, 2026
236. Three Thoughts Heading into the Last Decision Day of the Term
Decision Day Summary: June 29, 2026
235. Hypothetical Jurisdiction in Mullin v. Doe
Decision Day Summary: June 25, 2026
Bonus 234: The Ascension of Westside Mothers
234. DOJ's Alarming Arguments in the xAI Case
Decision Day Summary: June 18, 2026
Bonus 233: The (Two) E. Jean Carroll Cases
233. Why Did the Court Deny Lovelace v. Lee?
Bonus 232: The Term of the Summary Reversal
232. And Then There Were 23(ish)...
231. The Death of Purcell's "Principle"
Decision Day Summary: June 4, 2026
Bonus 230: Justice Barrett's Vote in Margolin
Decision Day Summary: May 28, 2026
229. A Tale of Two High-Profile Immigration Cases
Decision Day Summary: May 21, 2026
Bonus 228: The $1.776B Political Question
228. Justices Testifying Before Congress
Decision Day Summary: May 14, 2026
Bonus 227: New End-of-Term Bonus Features
227. "We're All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This"
Lawfare Live: The Supreme Court’s Long Shadow (with Kate Klonick and Steve Vladeck)
Bonus 226: What Makes a Case "Big"?
226. Two More Data Points for the Inconsistent Court
225. How Congress Used to Leverage the Court
224. The Return of the Mifepristone Mess
Bonus 223: "They Are Who We Thought They Were"
223. The Revealing Summary Reversal in LULAC
222. The April Argument Calendar
Bonus 221: Sanewashing the Emergency Docket
The SCOTUS Shadow Docket, with Steve Vladeck
221. Chief Justice Roberts and the Clean Power Plan
Bonus 220: Verify, Don't Trust
220. Ideology and Shadow Docket Precedent
Bonus 219: The Demise of the Death Docket
219. Drunks, Lampposts, and the Birthright Citizenship Case
Bonus 218: Birthright Citizenship and the Cassandra Problem
218. Qualified Immunity and the Shadow Docket
Bonus 217: The Day the Supreme Court Wasn't Supreme
217. The Virtues and Vices of "Certiorari Before Judgment"
Bonus 216: Shadow Docket Shadowboxing
216. Taking the TPS Cases Seriously
Bonus 215: How I Write the Newsletter
215. The Supreme Court and Vietnam
Bonus 214: Emergency Relief from State Courts
214. The Court's (Selective) Impatience is a Vice
213. The Federal Tort Claims Act
Bonus 212: The Supreme Court is Not "Reining in" Executive Power
SCOTUS Talk with Steve Vladeck!
212. The Gorsuch-Kagan Tariffs Exchange
211. Making Sense of the Tariffs Ruling
Bonus 210: Federal Judges Speaking Out
210. The President's Lack of Power Over Elections
Bonus 209: State Courts and Federal Prisoners
5th Circuit on that Detention Bullshit w/ Steve Vladeck
209. The Modern Emergency Docket Turns Ten
208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Bonus 207: The Court's True Transparency Problem(s)
207. The Justice Department Beclowns Itself (Again)
Bonus 206: Legal Scholarship and the Dual State
206. "Administrative Warrants" and the Percival Op-Ed
205. Chief Judge Schiltz and the Department of Justice
204. Accountability After Minneapolis
Bonus 203: Correcting the Record in the Social Security/DOGE Case
203. Legislative Standing and/After Bost
What to know about the Insurrection Act
Bonus 202: Searching Reporters' Homes
202. The Timing of Rulings in Argued Cases
Bonus 201: Ted Cruz, the AO, and Hannah Arendt
201. Who is the Chief Justice's Audience?