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The year at Law Dork: Looking back, looking ahead
Trump ballot questions: Colorado GOP goes to SCOTUS, Maine SOS rules Trump ineligible
Federal judge blocks Idaho gender-affirming care ban days before it was to go into effect
With Trump cases, the courts now must play their role in accountability
ADF is providing free legal representation to Idaho in anti-abortion, anti-trans cases
Colorado high court rules Trump is disqualified from being president, cannot be on ballot
What happened after Justice Thomas threatened to leave the Supreme Court
SCOTUS allows Illinois assault-weapon ban enforcement during appeal
Supreme Court takes up cases over eased access to medication abortion drug
Supreme Court takes first step toward quick review of Trump constitutional questions
Supreme Court lets Washington conversion therapy ban stand
Ken Paxton and the Texas Supreme Court tried to stop Kate Cox from getting an abortion. She left.
Justices debate whether Title VII claims require more than discrimination
The Moores' big tax case quickly deflated once the Supreme Court heard it
Emergency room abortion-care, mifepristone cases are both in front of the justices
SCOTUS case to be argued Tuesday could "fundamentally change the income tax"
Sandra Day O'Connor dies at 93; the Republican Party she leaves behind is a disaster
Twenty-four executions in 2023
The SEC case is really about Congress's power to let agencies address today's problems
An unusually high-spirited day at the Supreme Court. (Laughter.)
On Trump's "deep state" attack plans and where they would lead in a second term
The Eleventh Circuit is chipping away at what's left of the Voting Rights Act
The perilousness of this moment was laid out for us on Monday
Fifth Circuit judge defends lower-court ruling in Rahimi, domestic-violence order gun ban case
Did Ohio Republicans see the election results? Or do they just not care?
Supreme Court denies Florida's request to enforce anti-drag law during appeal
Indiana school ready to pay Paul Clement's firm $200K to defend anti-trans bathroom ban
The Supreme Court was guilted into adopting an Code of Conduct
DOJ says Alabama prosecutions for supporting out-of-state abortions would be unconstitutional
Texas said Brent Brewer was too dangerous to live. Thirty-two years later, they killed him.
Justice Sam Alito's GOP curse and Ohio's abortion vote
Supreme Court poised to uphold federal domestic-violence gun ban
Biden administration urges SCOTUS to hear trans care cases, strike down bans
Three GOP AGs seek to join medication abortion lawsuit, raising SCOTUS questions
Appeals court upholds Illinois assault-weapons ban, SCOTUS takes "bump stock" case
Chase Strangio on asking SCOTUS to review Tennessee's trans care ban, a Law Dork Q&A
Trans care bans reach Supreme Court as Tennessee families ask court to take case
Justices grapple with when public officials can block people on social media
An uphill battle at SCOTUS for guardrails against civil asset forfeiture abuse
Clarence Thomas, his luxury R.V., and his magical mystery disappearing loan
LGBTQ cases are coming to the Supreme Court. A Law Dork guide on what to watch.
Mike Johnson and his extremism ascend to the speaker's chair
Trump's lawyers argue DC fed’l charges unconstitutional, should be tossed
SCOTUS will hear case over Biden admin and social-media content moderation
Ninth Circuit abortion care case highlights Trump judicial appointees' power
Jim Jordan, Donald Trump, and Reed O'Connor walk into the news
Supreme Court silence on allowing Texas execution is an institutional failure
Judge won't block Idaho bathroom ban; Indiana school asks SCOTUS to hear similar case
Justice Alito's marathon arguments in defense of South Carolina's racial gerrymander
Supreme Court rejects two lower court rulings to allow Texas execution to proceed
The Supreme Court can rein in appeals court extremism — or encourage it
Oklahoma AG says felony ban on minors' trans care is in effect following federal court ruling
Alabama gets a new, court-ordered congressional map; Wes Allen backs down
Testing "testers" in a Supreme Court disability rights argument
Justice Jackson questions basis for congressional spending powers case
Judge Jeff Sutton ignores anti-trans reality to uphold Tennessee, Kentucky trans care bans
Montana court blocks law banning minors' gender-affirming medical care
Texas's anti-drag law is unconstitutional, federal judge rules, permanently blocking enforcement
SCOTUS rejects Alabama's attempt to ignore its congressional map ruling
Fifth Circuit halts "religious-liberty training" order the day before it was to take place
Ethics, recusal, and stability at the Supreme Court
Kacsmaryk lets Texas campus drag ban stand in ruling that breaks with others
Ohio high court mostly sides with GOP changes to reproductive rights vote ballot language
Trump-appointed judge rips Texas law setting up book-ban regime for state's schools
Oklahoma's execution spree slowed — due in part to a new AG — but the killing continues
"Religious-liberty training” order back in effect, training set for 9/26
The new SCOTUS term is almost upon us
Alabama officials are working to restrict rights, up to SCOTUS and across the South
DOJ and mifepristone drugmaker go to SCOTUS with medication abortion access fight
Alabama continues fighting to ignore SCOTUS voting rights decision
Arguments in Tenn., Ky. bans on minors' trans care hinge on key appeals court judge
Supremely unconcerned with ethics
Federal judge bars Tennessee prosecutor from enforcing anti-drag law in Blount Pride case
Judge doubles down on Southwest "religious-liberty training" sanctions order
Tennessee prosecutor who sent anti-drag law threat letter is sued
In nuking nuclear waste plans, Judge James Ho saves room for a "major questions" aside
Tennessee prosecutor threatens pride event, warning he will enforce anti-drag law
Challengers to Alabama's felony ban on trans care for minors will seek full appeals court review
Anniversaries, our current moment, and looking ahead
Confronting a pair of dangerous arguments as trans people remain under attack
A Trump appointee argues in dissent that OSHA's workplace rules are unconstitutional
Appeals court upholds Alabama's felony ban on minors' gender-affirming care
Judge blocks Georgia's ban on hormone therapy for transgender minors
Trump is almost certainly disqualified from being president. Will it matter?
Judge halts "religious-liberty training" order as Southwest argues it's unconstitutional
Trump and 18 others, including Giuliani and Meadows, indicted in Georgia
The Law Dork Q&A with voting rights lawyer Abha Khanna
Federal judge puts Idaho schools bathroom ban on hold before new school year starts
Ron DeSantis is running for president but doesn't believe in democracy
Ohioans defeat Issue One in victory for democracy and abortion rights
Judge orders airline lawyers to take extremist advocacy group's "religious-liberty training"
Alito's Wall Street Journal interviews and commentary raise a big recusal question
Another step toward accountability for Trump
Ohio's out lesbian Senate Dem leader works to stop "out of touch" anti-LGBTQ bills
Trump indicted on four counts in connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 election
Missouri killed a man on Tuesday despite competency questions
Alito lashes out (again), and an anti-drag law is enjoined (again)
Stephen Miller's group seeks to fight "racial preferences" with ... racial preferences
Supreme Court denies stay in Alabama case, allowing execution to proceed
It's official: Donald Trump is a target of the Jan. 6 investigation
One Supreme Court term down at Law Dork
303 Creative: What happens when an arguably narrow SCOTUS decision meets 2023
Mitch McConnell doesn't like people poking around the Supreme Court
Split appeals court says Tennessee's trans care ban can go into effect during appeal
303 Creative: What we talk about when we talk about the wedding website (that isn't)
A 6-3 Supreme Court means what it means
SCOTUS majority ends affirmative action, another long-sought conservative goal
Kentucky and Tennessee bans on trans care for minors are likely unconstitutional, blocked
SCOTUS rejects "independent state legislature" scheme, only two justices voice support
The Supreme Court's big decisions are coming. What that will mean remains to be seen.
Florida's anti-drag law is likely unconstitutional, federal judge rules. A growing pattern.
SCOTUS rules that some legally innocent people can't even challenge their imprisonment
Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional, judge rules
There's still a lot of SCOTUS waiting left — and, no, we don't know how long they'll take
Federal judge halts Indiana from enforcing ban on care for trans minors
Tribal adoption and foster care law upheld at the Supreme Court
It's not all Trump. The other legal news out of New York and Florida.
37 counts, 23 cases, and Pride
In surprising voting rights victory, a sign of a court that knows it is under scrutiny
Appeals court skeptical of argument to end ACA coverage requirements during appeal
Florida ban on trans care for minors is likely unconstitutional, federal judge rules
Federal judge rules Tennessee drag restrictions unconstitutional after trial
Jackson defends "the right to strike" in her first big dissent
Clarence Thomas's vote matters, as thirty cases and ethical questions remain
Brute force and the reactionary SCOTUS majority's assault on clean water
Harlan Crow thinks he is the law
The importance of Sotomayor and Kagan's dueling Warhol case opinions
Federal judge hears arguments over Florida's new trans care ban, ruling expected "quickly"
Congress, again with Dem support, blocks D.C. from governing itself
The Law Dork Q&A with The Shadow Docket author Steve Vladeck
Waiting, or, some recurring end-of-Supreme-Court-term questions
From SCOTUS to Florida, two different lessons about humanity and immigration law
MAGA court dates begin, but don't end, with Trump
The Supreme Court's decisions make Clarence Thomas's ethics questions more relevant
Supreme Court halts Richard Glossip's scheduled execution to consider appeals
Florida lawmakers pass pair of extreme anti-trans bills
Graham falsely claims all nine justices signed Roberts's letter expressing ethics hearing "concerns"
Oklahoma AG tells SCOTUS executing Richard Glossip would be "unthinkable"
April's SCOTUS scandal-fest showed us just how out-of-touch the conservative justices are
NC high court bars partisan gerrymandering claims, throwing SCOTUS case into doubt
Indiana lawyers say they're too busy to address all of the lawsuit challenging new anti-trans law
Three letters, and the exercise of power
Missouri's appointed attorney general sued over anti-trans "emergency" rule
Is Dick Durbin up to the task?
Supreme Court keeps medication abortion drug available, with eased access, during appeals
Oklahoma court won't stop Glossip execution, Florida makes new death sentences easier
DOJ urges SCOTUS to keep mifepristone ruling on hold during appeal to prevent "scramble"
Jonathan Mitchell is too busy for court deadlines, but still has time to file new lawsuits
Clarence Thomas's problems are also a John Roberts problem
Alito issues "administrative stay," keeping medication abortion ruling on hold for now
Fifth Circuit says mifepristone stays approved during appeal, but questions remain
Flurry of briefing at the 5th Circuit, with most urging a stay in medication abortion case
DOJ, drugmaker ask Fifth Circuit to halt medication abortion ruling during appeals
Kacsmaryk says mifepristone approval to be halted; second judge says FDA approval stays
Clarence Thomas says rules are for losers
Supreme Court rejects West Virginia's request to enforce its anti-trans sports law now
Trump charged in New York, progressives win key races in Wisconsin and Chicago
It's Trump arraignment week — but let's not ignore the other news
Federal judge blocks Tennessee officials from enforcing law restricting drag
Bills to criminalize helping minors obtain an abortion, trans medical care move in Idaho
Texas judge rules against immediate relief for students facing drag show ban
And that's 100: A Law Dork update!
Florida lawmakers, governor push extreme anti-LGBTQ measures
Unanimous SCOTUS ruling allows deaf student's ADA lawsuit to proceed
Trump, SCOTUS, and what happened at the medication abortion hearing last week
The anti-trans legislative wave isn't stopping
Can the Arizona Supreme Court order Gov. Katie Hobbs to kill a man?
Texas judge ignored his own rules to try and keep mifepristone case moves hidden from public
West Virginia teams up with anti-LGBTQ group to go to SCOTUS to stop a 12-year-old trans runner
Joe Biden's criminal justice regression
As two anti-LGBTQ bills become law in Tennessee, dozens more advance across the US
SCOTUS conservatives and the "major questions" meaninglessness
Tennessee lawmakers vote to ban medical care for trans minors, near final "drag ban" passage
The precarious perch for liberal SCOTUS wins
A new anti-trans law in Utah, eight more anti-LGBTQ bills pass a state legislative chamber
Pennsylvania's Shapiro moves against the death penalty, gives note to DOJ's Garland
South Dakota governor signs bill into law banning medical care for trans minors
Twenty-two Republican AGs support lawsuit to end access to mifepristone abortion drug
An anti-trans bill that could lead to forced outing has passed the Utah legislature
Before sentencing for Manhattan bike path murders, lawyers challenge DOJ death pursuit
Texas executed Wesley Ruiz. No court reviewed his allegation of racist jurors.
Florida's war on school speech, a Law Dork Q&A
Utah's new anti-trans law is "brutally unfair" and will face a legal challenge, advocate says
Oklahoma GOP AG slows state's execution spree, as Arizona Dems halt executions for review
Arkansas lawmakers are rushing a bill to ban most drag — and create fear for LGBTQ people
The Supreme Court doesn't like accountability
Did the Supreme Court's Dobbs leak investigation ignore the justices? It sure looks like it.
Exclusive: New reports aim to help lawmakers, advocates with advancing voter-friendly policies
Judicial vacancies and politics, from coast to coast
There's still no Speaker — but there have been so many votes
Missouri executed a transgender woman whose jury did not recommend death