SCOTUS

SCOTUS rejects S.C. request to enforce anti-trans restroom policy against trans student

The boy, known as John Doe, will be allowed to use the boys' restroom while litigation proceeds. Also: About the administrative stays Chief Justice…

Sep 10 •

SCOTUS conservatives OK Trump admin's racial profiling of Latinos in low-wage jobs

Five of the six Republican appointees to the Supreme Court wrote nothing Monday. But their actions, and Justice Kavanaugh's concurrence, paint an…

Sep 8 •

Two cases, involving 20 people, show how dangerous the attack on trans people has gotten

DOJ wants to send 19 trans women to men's prisons. South Carolina wants to keep one trans boy out of the boys' restroom. And, for paid subscribers…

Sep 8 •

The D.C. Circuit's realpolitik orders in the foreign aid funding case

What happened? Law Dork digs in.

Aug 29 •

Trump's SCOTUS appointees each shared alarming views in allowing NIH grant cuts

Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett each wrote something in the shadow docket case — disturbing opinions in light of broader attacks on the rule of…

Aug 26 •

Judge blocks State's use of Trump's travel ban to reject visa applications

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan's preliminary injunction is good for the rule of law, but only provides limited relief to those targeted by the…

Aug 21 •

Law Dork talks with California A.G. Rob Bonta

The president, Bonta said, "is probably the most powerful person in the world with their actual given official power ... but he regularly attempts to…

Aug 20 •

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Appeals court reverses course, upholding Arkansas's ban on trans medical care for minors

The law has been on hold since 2021, but, after June's Supreme Court ruling addressing a similar Tennessee law, the Eighth Circuit upheld Arkansas's…

Aug 12 •

Supreme Court conservatives hide behind their own masks as they upend the law

When the rule of law is under attack, there are few things as disturbing as a judicial system led by people who also appear eager to avoid…

Jul 24 •

Following SCOTUS, Trump's birthright citizenship EO still faces skeptical courts

As the clock ticks down on SCOTUS's 30-day delay, the administration is blocked from enforcing the executive order under at least one classwide…

Jul 23 •

Trump's CECOT prisoners were released, but the legal fight is nowhere near over

The Trump admin will have to answer eventually for its lawlessness. Also: Law Dork, looking back and looking ahead. And, for paid subscribers: Closing…

Jul 21 •

District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS's order

Judge Susan Illston provided a great example on Friday of how to deal with the current Supreme Court in an order that the Trump admin turn over its…

Jul 18 •

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