#BREAKING: The Trump administration is asking #SCOTUS for an immediate “administrative” stay of a Rhode Island district judge’s order that is otherwise requiring it to resume the distribution of SNAP benefits from other funding sources no later than the end of today.
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS grants yet another stay to the Trump administration, putting back into place a new State Department policy requiring passports to display their bearers' biological sex at birth. Justice Jackson (joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan) once again dissents. https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv&cid=bafkreievwdoaj22wqnin73goexis4ox32ho4rn763ayuwcpji22izf5m6q https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv&cid=bafkreifytduqkuiofgg4tvhd4jhzhrdjtmfnc6m4b54kfkvlkbevx3jifi
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
New paper from me offering a holistic assessment of [#SCOTUS's](
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The Supreme Court's (Self-Defeating) Supremacy by Stephen I. Vladeck :: SSRN
This essay, prepared for the 2025 volume of <i>The Supreme Court Review</i>, seeks to provide a holistic account of the Supreme Court’s behavior ...
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The Trump administration is seeking emergency relief at #SCOTUS again—this time in the Chicago / National Guard federalization case. This is the 29th application the administration has filed since January 20. It’s No. 25A443, and should be up on the website shortly.
The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops. https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv&cid=bafkreiafmu7chmxum77cnx7miqnd574zjyjahxkayoxcc5k4eatbuw2654
Just a reminder that the Commander-in-Chief of the Louisiana National Guard, who can call them out all by himself if they were actually needed, is … Governor Landry. RE:
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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry: "Tonight, we're sending the Department of War a request to send the National Guard, asking them to deploy the National ...
“Is it that the Chief Justice doesn’t accept that the Court is losing credibility on a daily basis; that he thinks the Court doesn’t need that credibility in order to fulfill its intended role in our constitutional system; or that he doesn’t care?” Me on John Roberts as his Court turns 20 today: [180. The Roberts Court Turns 2...](
180. The Roberts Court Turns 20
The Supreme Court is much less popular and much more divisive today than it was when John Roberts was sworn in as the 17th Chief Justice on Septemb...
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#BREAKING: Over dissents from Justices Sotomayor, Kagan & Jackson, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the Slaughter case (allowing President Trump to remove the last Dem member of the FTC), *and* grants certiorari "before judgment" to decide whether to formally overrule its 1935 ruling in Humphrey's Executor.
4:30 p.m. on a Friday, and there are *5* emergency applications from the Trump administration pending at #SCOTUS: 1) Slaughter (FTC removal); 2) Global Health Council (pocket rescissions); 3) Cook (Fed Board removal for "cause"); 4) Orr (gender identity on passports); and 5) Noem (Venezuela TPS).