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Judge Neomi Rao on "Textualism's Political Morality"

A lecture on textualism at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Reason · Mar 18, 2022

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Sidewalk chalk, invasive owls, and ostinato copyrights.

Reason · Mar 11, 2022

Supreme Court debates government power to regulate greenhouse gases - Roll Call

Justices on Monday appeared ready to decide the limits of the EPA's authority but gave no clear signals how the court might draw such a line.

Roll Call · Feb 28, 2022

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns two FLRA rulings

Two three-judge panels of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently issued rulings affecting federal employee collective bargaining. 

Ballotpedia · Feb 4, 2022

Does the Supreme Court Have Jurisdiction to Hear West Virginia v. EPA?

The Solicitor General and NGO respondents argue that the petitioners lack appellate standing to challenge the D.C. Circuit's interpretation of the Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.

Reason · Feb 3, 2022

Biden’s first Supreme Court selection: The leading contenders

WASHINGTON — Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement announcement gives President Joe Biden the chance to fulfill his campaign promise to put the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2022

D.C. Circuit Rejects Lawsuit Over Rep. Adam Schiff's 2019 Requests to Internet Companies to Deal with "Vaccine-Related Misinformation"

“Appellants offer no causal link that suggests it was an isolated inquiry by a single Member of Congress that prompted policy changes across multiple unrelated social media platforms.”

Reason · Jan 25, 2022

SCOTUS GDRs Trump v. Thompson: Grant, Dictumize, and Retreat

The Supreme Court summarily deems the "central question" of the D.C. Circuit's opinion as "nonbinding dicta" to avoid hamstringing some future, more worthwhile, president.

Reason · Jan 20, 2022