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Bonus 239: The Fifth Circuit's "Precedential Stay" in Sosnava Rodriguez
The Fifth Circuit once again did the government's bidding on immigration detention—this time through an unexplained procedural move I've never seen…
Jul 23
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239. The Alien Terrorist Removal Court
The Trump administration has activated a secret 30-year-old court that's never been used. Here's what we know, and why we should (and shouldn't) be…
Jul 20
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Bonus 238: The Court Against the Courts
My draft Harvard Law Review Supreme Court Foreword argues that the Court is quietly dismantling district courts' authority—and arrogating it to itself.
Jul 16
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238. Venue Engineering in the Efforts to Limit Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Minors
After losing in courts across the country, DOJ and the FTC have steered litigation over gender-affirming medical care for minors to a single Texas…
Jul 13
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Bonus 237: Looking Toward OT2026
The Court's docket for its October 2026 Term doesn't yet have the kind of high-profile, Trump-related disputes that dominated OT2025. But they're…
Jul 9
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SCOTUS Talk with Chris Cillizza and Steve Vladeck!
A recording from Steve Vladeck and Chris Cillizza's live video
Jul 8
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237. Last Week's Other News
The Supreme Court made plenty of headlines last week. Today's "One First" is devoted to some of the biggest things that happened *away from* those…
Jul 6
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Bonus 236: A Term of Self-Inflicted Wounds
The Supreme Court had numerous opportunities during OT2025 to act (and appear to be acting) above politics. One key theme of the term is how many it…
Jul 2
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