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The Obamacare wars are back.
Even Trump’s lawyers concede that deporting Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was illegal.
Despite the fact there isn’t a plausible argument the Alien Enemies Act can be used to do so.
At least some GOP legal elites are lining up against Trump’s trade policy. That could be enough to sway the justices.
The president has broad authority over trade, but SCOTUS sometimes vetoes the president when they think he went too far.
The case should have a clear outcome, but a Republican Court overcomplicates everything that involves abortion.
The president claims he can deport people without due process under a wartime law, even though we aren’t at war.
Although there are unanswered questions about how far the Court will go.
Maybe targeting John Roberts’s law school classmates is a bad idea?
The courts are acting as a check on executive power. Will it last?
Justice Neil Gorsuch’s “ghost guns” opinion is extremely narrow, but it is correct.
At least for now…
Kerr v. Planned Parenthood asks the justices to render much of federal law unenforceable, in order to spite abortion providers.
Apparently, we can’t even trust these justices to follow their own very recent precedents.
Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin risks giving employers a sweeping new power to ignore laws protecting their workers.
If you want to know if the Supreme Court is completely in the tank for MAGA, keep a close eye on these two cases.
FCC v. Consumers’ Research could turn SCOTUS into DOGE on steroids.
The Court decided an identical case two years ago. But every voting rights case that reaches this Court is dangerous.
Not much, at least not within the legal system.
The Court will decide if therapists have a right to practice anti-LGBTQ “conversion therapy.”
Trump’s attack on USAID hits a snag because of a stupid mistake by his legal team.
The justices are likely to give gun companies a win, but they aren’t sure how they will do it yet.
Trump’s lawyers just revealed their plan to place him in charge of federal spending.
The first DEI case of Trump’s second term turns out to be an easy win against a rule that no one likes.
America’s worst NIMBY problem comes to the Supreme Court.
Richard Glossip had everything going for him in his Supreme Court hearing. That turned out to be enough.
Good luck trying to win a suit against the gun industry in this Supreme Court.
Ames v. Ohio should be an easy — and potentially unanimously decided — case, assuming the Court doesn’t overreach.
The first Supreme Court showdown of Trump’s second term is upon us.
The lawsuit asks a very simple question: Who appointed Musk, and what, exactly, does he do?
Restraining orders? Injunctions? What do all the court orders against Trump mean?
Courts are inherently reactive institutions. Trump always gets the first move.
Meet the “unitary executive.”
The courts are the biggest remaining impediment to Trump’s power grab.
A federal judge just blocked Trump’s domestic spending freeze. His opinion relies heavily on another one by Justice Kavanaugh.
No one knows if the Supreme Court will enforce the law against Trump.
How Trump could attempt to cut Medicaid, school funding, and more — without Congress.
The Roberts Court’s slash-and-burn approach to the separation of church and state is unlikely to end any time soon.
The president cannot unilaterally repeal parts of the 14th Amendment.
The outgoing president pardoned Anthony Fauci and the January 6 committee — but the pardons give only limited protection.