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Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2024

Man Indicted For Threatening To Lynch "Corrupt" Justice Thomas And His "Insurrectionist" Wife

There are consequences to the rhetoric about the Court from high ranking officials.

Reason · Sep 19, 2024

The Trump Leaks Are Far Worse Than The Dobbs Leak.

Knives are out for Chief Justice Roberts, and poor Justice Alito.

Reason · Sep 15, 2024

Supreme Court faces new leak as inside info on Idaho abortion ruling is released

Report describes heated deliberations over whether to reverse decision on high-profile Idaho abortion ban case

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024

Banana Splits

I appreciate the replies from Orin, Will, and Sam. We have very different conceptions on what role a scholar should play and what role a judge should play. My writings in this area are both retrospective and prospective. I look backwards to see what qualifications a judge had at the…

Reason · Jul 29, 2024

The Behind the Scenes Wrangling in the Idaho Abortion Case

Joan Biskupic reports that the justices were initially inclined to back Idaho in the EMTALA case, until they realized the case was messier than they had thought.

Reason · Jul 29, 2024

"I could carve a judge with more backbone out of a banana"

What stuff are the Court's middle three Justices made of?

Reason · Jul 29, 2024

Making Sense of Justice Barrett's NetChoice Concurrence

I don't get the random questions Justice Barrett raises, and I'm not sure why she didn't mention her reservations in Hansen..

Reason · Jul 17, 2024

Making Sense of the Moody Opinions In NetChoice

I think it is clear that Justice Alito lost the majority, but the resulting schizophrenic opinions still do not cohere.

Reason · Jul 15, 2024

The Supreme Court Refuses To Extend Robinson v. California, A Non-Originalist Decision

Even if an erroneous precedent cannot be overruled, isolate the damage, and decline to extend it to new circumstances.

Reason · Jul 9, 2024