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Justices Thomas and Alito on Bias Response Teams

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…

Reason · Mar 4, 2024

Students Don't Have Right to Lie About Administrators

From Judge Robert Jonker's opinion today in Ashton v. Okemos Public Schools (W.D. Mich.): [Plaintiff's] daughter, E.B., served a time-limited expulsion from her high school after she lied to her parents and to the police about her interaction at school with an administrator and tried to get another student to…

Reason · Feb 9, 2024

Ten Reflections on Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett's Votes In Dobbs

On Friday, I wrote a post that totaled nearly 6,000 words about the New York Times bombshell report on Dobbs. My initial goal was to simply lay out all of the new disclosures--and there were many of them. Now, I've had some time to think about this new information. Here,…

Reason · Dec 17, 2023

"Lawmakers Aren't Afraid of Mothers as Voters—But They Will Be"

Why Ohio's "off-year" election results matter.

Marie Claire · Nov 10, 2023

Justice Alito: No Need to Recuse When Justice Has Been Interviewed by a Lawyer (or by Employee of Party) in a Pending Case

The matter involves a Wall Street Journal interview of Justice Alito, which didn't discuss the case in which one of the interviewers is a party.

Reason · Sep 9, 2023

Are We Living Through a Standing Realignment?

Recent Supreme Court cases suggest that both the left and the right are already repositioning themselves.

Reason · Sep 8, 2023

Justice Barrett's Shadow Docket Policy: Do The Opposite Of Whatever The Fifth Circuit Did (Updated)

Forget Doe v. Mills. Justice Barrett will grant relief on the shadow docket when the Fifth Circuit steps out of line.

Reason · Aug 9, 2023

Second Amendment Roundup: The Supreme Court stays vacatur of ATF regulations.

The 5th Circuit finds plaintiffs likely to succeed in challenging another set of ATF rules that implicate the Second Amendment.

Reason · Aug 9, 2023

Shadow Docket Delays

What does it mean when the Circuit Justice extends an administrative stay?

Reason · Aug 6, 2023

Conservatives Should Not Be Surprised By Justice Barrett's Cautious Approach

Barrett was added to the SCOTUS short-list only seventeen days after she was confirmed to the Seventh Circuit.

Reason · Jul 20, 2023