SCOTUS

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 •

The future of the Voting Rights Act is at the Supreme Court

A fight over whether individuals can sue under the key civil rights law has been percolating in the Eighth Circuit for the past two years. Also: The…

Jul 16 •

The Roberts court allows Trump's gutting of the Education Dep't in a lawless ruling

Sotomayor, in dissent, wrote that "it is the Judiciary’s duty to check ... lawlessness, not expedite it." Also: In two Sunday essays, a contrasting…

Jul 14 •

Supreme Court allows Trump admin to resume mass-firing plans

"[T]his Court sees fit to step in now and release the President’s wrecking ball at the outset of this litigation," Justice Jackson wrote in dissent.

Jul 8 •

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