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The Ejusdem is Loose -- SCOTUS Insurrectionist Case Edition

17 Apr 2024, 7:16 am by Michael C. Dorf

§ 1512) that was at issue in yesterday's oral argument in Fischer v. [read post]

Justices divided over Jan. 6 participant’s call to throw out obstruction charge

16 Apr 2024, 1:34 pm by Amy Howe

She told the justices that, on Jan. 6, 2021, a “violent mob stormed the United States Capitol and disrupted the peaceful transition of power. [read post]

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[Josh Blackman] Special Counsel Jack Smith Responds to Blackman-Tillman

16 Apr 2024, 12:46 pm by Josh Blackman

Last month, we filed an amicus brief in United States v. [read post]

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What's Different About the Roberts Court

4 Apr 2024, 6:32 am by Michael C. Dorf

Whereas Warren Court activism was generally in the service of democracy, some of the most egregious Roberts Court decisions--gutting the Voting Rights Act, invalidating bipartisan campaign finance regulation, rendering challenges to partisan gerrymandering impossible, and much more--seem designed to make government in the United States less democratic. [read post]

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[Eugene Volokh] The Second Amendment and 18-to-20-Year-Olds

28 Mar 2024, 12:05 pm by Eugene Volokh

Against this backdrop, we should be granting Pennsylvania's petition for en banc review, supported by 17 other states and the District of Columbia as amici, or at least holding it c.a.v. pending the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. [read post]

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Supreme Court appears likely to allow abortion drug to remain available

26 Mar 2024, 12:12 pm by Amy Howe

ShareThe Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled that it was likely to allow mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, to remain widely available in the United States. [read post]

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[Josh Blackman] SCOTUS: Unexplained Stays For Me, But Not For Thee

25 Mar 2024, 12:30 pm by Josh Blackman

United States (the immunity case), the Supreme Court ordered the D.C. [read post]

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[Josh Blackman] Tablet Magazine on Tillman: "A thinker whose mind hasn't been corrupted by politics."

22 Mar 2024, 9:33 am by Josh Blackman

Some scholars assume that the President holds an "Office under the United States. [read post]

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[Josh Blackman] New Amicus Brief: Special Counsel Jack Smith Is Not An "Officer of the United States"

22 Mar 2024, 8:38 am by Josh Blackman

United States v. [read post]