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The Latest Breaking News from Joan Biskupic

In Defense of Justice Alito

Ben Aguiñaga, a former law clerk, responds to the gross media smears of Justice Alito.

Reason

What Did A Young John Roberts Contribute To Chief Justice Rehnquist's Opinion In Dames & Moore v. Regan?

Probably not very much.

Reason

The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America

The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism

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NY Times Big Reveals On Deliberations In Three Trump Cases

How did Roberts come to write Trump v. Anderson, Fischer v. United States, and Trump v. United States?

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How John Roberts gutted voting rights

Forget his reputation as a straight-shooting "umpire." Chief Justice John Roberts is a dangerous radical

Salon

Biskupic Part III Confirms What We Already Knew: Justice Alito Lost Majority Opinions in NetChoice and Trevino.

There is little here that can't be gleaned from the docket and the split opinions.

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Biskupic's Second Installment on Trump Immunity

We learn very little new: Roberts made no efforts to appeal to the left, as he sought to reclaim his Court.

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Leaks From Moyle

My speculation was just the tip.

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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.

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Judge David Tatel on the Roberts Court, the Voting Rights Act, and the Notorious RBG

In a forthcoming book. retired Judge David Tatel offers candid thoughts and spills the tea.

Reason

Experts call out ACB's "weird" opinion

Barrett split from conservative majority — but used her opinion to admonish liberals in "unusually biting terms"

Salon

"Hogwash": Experts doubt Thomas' excuses

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged that he took three trips aboard the GOP megadonor's plane

Salon

Apparently Joan Biskupic Knows How Justice Gorsuch Addresses His Memo…

...for a particular draft opinion by CJ Roberts.

Reason

Jeff Rosen and Joan Biskupic Talk About Supreme Court Leaks

RBG told Rosen that AMK wrote the Bush v. Gore PC, and Biskupic said a Justice likely leaked Dobbs wrangling to WSJ.

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What Joan Biskupic "Learned" in Nine Black Robes?

The inside-information largely trickled to a halt after 2020.

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Nine Black Robes review: how Trump turned the supreme court right

Joan Biskupic of CNN delivers an assured history of the conservative takeover that threatens to reshape America

Tribune News Service

Roberts rankled colleagues as his hold on Supreme Court slipped, book says

A new book details how Chief Justice John Roberts lost control of an increasingly conservative U.S. Supreme Court as it moved to overturn the constitutional right to abortion last year.

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Supreme court justices felt tricked by Trump at Kavanaugh swearing-in – book

CNN analyst Joan Biskupic cites unnamed justices saying a White House celebration of Trump’s pick turned overtly political

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Joan Biskupic Breaks Some News About Pavan v. Smith and Masterpiece Cakeshop

Did Roberts and Kennedy swap votes to GVR Pavan and grant Masterpiece?

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Joan Biskupic's Barely-There Exclusives

Gone are the days that Biskupic told us things we didn't already know.

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Breaking Down Joan Biskupic's Latest Reporting On The Dobbs Leak

Here we are, one month after Dobbs. The leaker has not yet come forward. Indeed, we have no clue who the leaker may be. David Lat suggests that the Politico reporters may not even know who the leaker is! I was patiently waiting for something, anything, from Supreme Court reporters…

Salon

SCOTUS leak derailed effort to save Roe

Roberts tried to sway Justice Brett Kavanaugh before an unidentified leaker blew up his efforts

Reason

CNN: SCOTUS Investigation Demands Phone Records From Clerks, Who Must Sign Affidavits

Leaks about the leaks continue.

Reason

No Joan Biskupic, Justice Thomas Did Not Take A "Surprising, Public Jab" At Chief Justice Roberts

Justice Thomas waxed nostalgically about the Rehnquist Court. He did not blame Roberts for the change.

Reason

A Taxonomy To Measure Supreme Court Leaks

I offer a taxonomy to measure Supreme Court leaks, with three primary variables: (1) timing, (2) details, (3) impact.

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