The Latest Breaking News from Labrador

Mirabelli Offers a Beautiful Vision of the Emergency Docket

Justices Barrett and Kavanaugh, as well as the Chief Justice, are on the same page.

Reason · Mar 3

A voice that still carries: Aimee Mann’s greatest songs – ranked!

Thirty years on from the release of her acclaimed album I’m With Stupid, we count down the sucker-punching best tracks by the US singer-songwriter

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025

Justice Kavanaugh Continues To Be The Only Justice To Explain Emergency Docket Orders

And Justice Kavanaugh has come a long way since using the term "noncitizen" instead of "illegal alien."

Reason · Sep 9, 2025

Severability on the Shadow Docket: SCOTUS Splits 5-4 On Whether Entirety of Title IX Regulations Must Be Enjoined

Justice Gorsuch joins the three dissenters on severability. What about Justices Thomas and Barrett?

Reason · Aug 17, 2024

What Is The Standard For A Stay? Moyle v. U.S. or Ohio v. EPA?

Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

Reason · Jun 28, 2024

Justice Barrett Evolves Again On The Emergency Docket In Moyle

Cert before judgment will no longer be granted unless the applicants prove they will suffer enough irreparable harm.

Reason · Jun 27, 2024

Justice Kavanaugh Speaks at the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference

Today Justice Kavanaugh spoke at the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference in Austin. I was pleased this session was open to the press, and saw several reporters in the room. The Washington Post has an early report. Chief Judge Richman interviewed Justice Kavanaugh. It was a very engaging exchange. I thought…

Reason · May 10, 2024

Ohio AG Asks State Supreme Court To Bar Universal Injunction

Can a state trial court issue an "universal injunction" against all parts of a new law, even though "only two named plaintiffs have alleged narrow harms from only one part of the law."

Reason · Apr 22, 2024

Justice Kavanaugh's Concurrence in Labrador v. Poe

Justice Kavanaugh laid out a unifying theory for the Shadow Docket.

Reason · Apr 18, 2024

Justice Gorsuch's Concurrence in Labrador v. Poe

The walls are closing on universal, non-party injunctions against state laws.

Reason · Apr 18, 2024