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Karen's Corner—December 2023 (Coming In Just Under the Wire!)
59. Justice Davis and the Electoral Commission of 1877
Bonus 58: The Law and High Politics of Disqualifying President Trump
58. Congress Quietly Expands the Supreme Court's Jurisdiction Over Courts-Martial
Bonus 57: January 6 Reaches the Supreme Court
57. Another Bad Day for the Purcell "Principle"
56. Justice O'Connor's Complexities
Bonus 55: The Disappearing "Discuss List"
55. The Lockwood Bill and the Supreme Court Bar's Glass Ceiling
Bonus 54: Making Rights Harder to Enforce
54. The Politics of the Justices' Pensions
Bonus 53: One-and-a-Half Cheers for the "Code of Conduct"
52. Justice Frankfurter's "Soliloquy" and the Nazi Saboteurs
Bonus 51: The Slippery Slope of Judicial "Courage"
51. The Slaughterhouse Cases and the Privileges or Immunities Clause
Bonus 50: On the Biden Administration's 13 Emergency Applications
50. What Justice Alito Gets Right in Murthy v. Missouri
Bonus 49: An Article III Inspector General
49. "Jawboning" and Social Media in the (Dis)information Age
Bonus 48: Selection Bias in Supreme Court Analyses
48. International War Crimes Tribunals and the Post-World War II Court
47. The First Monday in October
Bonus 45: Six Problems With "Curtain-Raiser" Term Previews
45. Justice Kavanaugh and the Return of the Alabama Redistricting Cases
Bonus 44: Challenging Courts-Martial of Retired Servicemembers
44. Eisenhower, Vinson, and Warren
43. The Supreme Court's Budget
Bonus 42: When Did the "Left" Lose Control of the Supreme Court
42. The Switch in Time That Saved Nine
Bonus 41: What Does It Mean To Be "Bound" by a Supreme Court Decision?
41. The Supreme Court and the Federal Officer Removal Statute
Bonus 40: Ghost Guns and the Fifth Circuit's Track Record
40. Ex parte McCardle and Congress's Power over the Court's Appellate Jurisdiction
39. Nixon v. Fitzgerald and the President's "Absolute Immunity"
Bonus 38: Justice Alito and the Separation of Powers
38. "Original" Jurisdiction and the Wyandotte Doctrine
37. The Mountain Valley Pipeline and United States v. Klein
Bonus 36: Why Congress Should Expand the Supreme Court's Docket
Bonus 35: The Lawlessness of Missouri's Standing in Biden v. Nebraska
35. The Unnecessary Cruelty of Jones v. Hendrix
34. "What a Difference Five Years Makes..."
Bonus 33: The "Good Ship Fifth Circuit"
33. The Penultimate Week of OT2022
Bonus 32: On the Ill-Conceived Alito Op-Ed, the Streisand Effect, and the Unaccountable Court
32. The Supreme Court and the Thirteenth Amendment
Bonus 31: Covering Decision Days at SCOTUS
31. Emergency Applications and the Merits
29. The Selective Draft Law Cases
28. Justice Gorsuch and the COVID Emergency
Bonus 27: My Chat With Dahlia Lithwick
27. Why I Wrote (and Hope You'll Read) a Book About the "Shadow Docket"
Bonus 26: Justice Breyer, Architecture Critic
26. Two Theories of Equal Protection
25. Judicial Independence vs. Judicial Accountability
Bonus 24: A Pre-Order Promo and a Sneak Peek
24. Justice Alito and the Shadow Docket
One First Unplugged — April 2023
23. The Resignation of Justice Fortas
Bonus 22: The Mifepristone Mess, Continued
Bonus 20: How We Do, Don't, and Should Talk About SCOTUS
One First Unplugged — March 2023
18. The Growing Abuse of Single-Judge Divisions
Bonus 17: Bye, Bye, Bankruptcy Courts!
17. Arlington, the Lees, and the "Officer Fiction"
16. When Can States Sue the Federal Government?
Bonus 15: Where is Ellis Island?
15. The Prize Cases and the "Dual Theory" of the Civil War
One First Unplugged — February 2023
14. Section 230, Big Tech, and the Court
Bonus 13: "The Shadow Docket" Book Trailer
13. Bruen's Increasingly Troubling Aftermath
Karen's Corner — February 2023
11. The Leak Investigation and the Separation of Powers
Bonus 10: Arguing By Telephone
10. Tinkering With the Machinery of Death
Bonus 9: Teaching Federal Courts Today