The Latest Breaking News from Alito

I've learned a few things this past week about the Alitos. It seems that they have flag poles at their homes, and use flags to convey messages. I'm not sure if the Alitos have taken classes on flag semaphore. What those messages are, exactly, I do not know. At the…

Decisions from Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett continue to linger.

In April 2009, a law student at American University asked Justice Scalia how a student from her school could become "outrageously successful" without "connections and elite degrees." (The clip begins around 52:00.) Scalia laughed out loud. He answered, "Just work hard and be very good." But then he digressed to…

The Court's originalists and traditionalists break out into their camps.

Following up on the fringe theory about Justice Alito's flag, Shannon Bream of Fox News has these tweets: I spoke directly with Justice #Alito about the flag story in the NYT. In addition to what's in the story, he told me a neighbor on their street had a "F--- Trump"…

Justice Alito's decision to fly the US flag upside down at his home post-January 6th events sparks debate and speculation about its symbolic meaning.

And what would have happened if Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch did not vote to grant the stay?

The walls are closing on universal, non-party injunctions against state laws.

Supreme Court ruling favors employee in discrimination case involving forced transfer, setting precedent for future lawsuits.

A careful textualist analysis that speaks more broadly to other substantive canons, including Chevron deference.

That happened in yesterday's opinions respecting the stay in Labrador v. Poe, twice in Justice Gorsuch's concurrence (joined by Justices Thomas and Alito), and once in Justice Jackson's dissent (joined by Justice Sotomayor). Nice! For Sam's substantive analysis of Labrador, see this post.