The Latest Breaking News from Alito

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"…

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.

Yesterday the Court stayed most of the district court's injunction in Labrador v. Poe, narrowing the injunction so that it protected only the plaintiffs from the enforcement of Idaho's statute restricting surgeries and other kinds of medical interventions for minors related to gender identity. Accompanying the Court's stay were three…

Live commentary on the Supreme Court oral argument in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

The center of the Court wants to push back on temporary administrative stays and the Fifth Circuit.

US Supreme Court Justice Alito extends halt on Texas immigration law, pending further review. Supporters argue for border protection, critics raise concern...

In Speech First, Inc. v. Sands, the Court vacated the Fourth Circuit's decision upholding Virginia Tech's Bias Intervention and Response Team Policy, on the grounds that the case had become moot. Justice Jackson would have denied the petition because of her views about when lower court decisions should be vacated…