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Challenges to the NLRB are multiplying — now in front of two different appeals courts
A Fifth Circuit appeal has been pending, but now a challenge to the constitutionality of the labor law enforcement agency has reached the Sixth Circuit.
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Chris Geidner
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Mississippi mail voting case at the Fifth Circuit could quickly become a national issue
Judges Ho, Duncan, and Oldham — all far-right Trump appointees — will be hearing an appeal on Sept. 24 that is seeking to limit mail voting.
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Chris Geidner
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Chief Justice John Roberts apparently cares about appearances — less so ethics
A striking report from The New York Times lays bare how the court is trying to brush its ethics problems under the rug. Also, for paid subscribers…
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Chris Geidner
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Trump's former lawyer asks SCOTUS to put Green Party's Stein on Nevada's ballot
Jill Stein was ordered off the ballot by the Nevada Supreme Court last week. Jay Alan Sekulow, a longtime conservative lawyer, is now representing the…
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Chris Geidner
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Donald Trump can't even explain the post-Roe reality. Kamala Harris can — and did.
Trump cannot or will not accurately discuss the decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Biden faltered in doing so at the June debate. Harris showed how…
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Chris Geidner
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Republicans afraid of voters' views on abortion want to stop the voting altogether
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft went so far as to try "decertifying" a ballot measure he previously OK'ed. The state's supreme court said he…
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Chris Geidner
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In search of debate fodder, CNN pushes an anti-trans Kamala Harris hit piece
CNN turned a 2019 Harris answer about whether transgender people should receive necessary medical care when in government custody into an…
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Chris Geidner
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A new Supreme Court term means another gun case. Meanwhile, gun deaths continue.
Also: A new paid subscriber weekend feature: Closing my tabs.
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Chris Geidner
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Dick Cheney endorses Kamala Harris. It really is this serious.
Also: Another reminder of the dangers of a second Trump administration to the federal judiciary. And: Justice Sam Alito's stocks.
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Chris Geidner
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SCOTUS dodges post-Roe Title X family-planning funding grant questions — for now
The two-sentence order was a reminder of an ongoing rift among the court's conservatives about how to handle legal challenges in the wake of Dobbs.
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Chris Geidner
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Judge overseeing an X Corp. lawsuit has an Elon Musk-entangled investment history
Although Judge Reed O'Connor's Tesla stocks were in the news in August, his investments in recent years circle around Musk more than previously…
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Chris Geidner
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Trump and the GOP still have no way of winning in a post-Roe America
Today's GOP has no winning abortion answer. Also: If you have to issue a Hitler-related correction, as the NYT did this weekend, you've failed. And…
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