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Presidential Immunity As a Question of Executive Power

There is no textual basis for "immunity" as such, but there are structural reasons why some degree of insulation is inevitable.

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Did Justice Alito Lose The Majority Opinions In Trevino and NetChoice?

Alito had only four majority opinions this term, while Roberts, Thomas, Sotomayor, and Kagan all had seven.

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US supreme court decisions: the biggest cases this term and their outcomes

The court has wrapped up its term, issuing a string of blockbuster decisions with the conservative supermajority in the driver’s seat

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S. Ct. Recognizes Platforms' Right to Choose What Appears in "Curated Feeds," Doesn't Resolve Other Content Moderation Questions

In today's Moody v. Netchoice, LLC, the Supreme Court sent back to lower courts the cases considering whether (and when) the Florida and Texas limits on social media content moderation are constitutional. The decision was complicated and limited, so here's a general summary. [1.] Remember that the lawyer's true superpower…

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Four Justices in Netchoice Flag Question Whether First Amendment Protects AI-Curated Materials

From Justice Barrett's concurrence in today's Moody v. Netchoice, LLC: Consider, for instance, how platforms use algorithms to prioritize and remove content on their feeds. Assume that human beings decide to remove posts promoting a particular political candidate or advocating some position on a public-health issue. If they create an…

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Justice Barrett's Netchoice Concurrence Raises Questions Relevant to TikTok Case

From her opinion in Moody v. Netchoice, LLC: Corporations, which are composed of human beings with First Amendment rights, possess First Amendment rights themselves. But foreign persons and corporations located abroad do not. Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society Int'l, Inc. [II] (2020)…. What if the platform's…

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Chief Justice Roberts's Opinions Are Best Read Once

But after a second, a third, and a fourth read, all of the fancy veneers and window dressing start to come off.

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The Stare Decisis Analyses in Dobbs and Loper Bright.

Ending the Epicycles of Chevron.

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John Roberts and the Professoriate (Updated)

He really doesn't care what we think.

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John Roberts: Federalist Revisionist and Judicial Supremacist

The Chief Justice retconned Federalist Nos. 37 and 78.

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COVID-19 and January 6 in the Rear-View Mirror

There are certain geopolitical events that are generation-defining. In my lifetime, I think they would be the fall of the Soviet Union, 9/11, the election of President Obama, the election of President Trump, the COVID-19 pandemic, and January 6. For earlier generations, they would have been Watergate, the moon landing,…

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What Is The Standard For A Stay? Moyle v. U.S. or Ohio v. EPA?

Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

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Final Predictions For the Final 3 Cases

Monday, Monday, Monday! Trump, NetChoice, Corner Post!

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Why Does (It At Least Appear That) Justice Barrett Applies "New," "Heightened," and "Elevated" Standing Rules?

Justice Barrett adamantly resists the suggestion that she keeps leveling up the burden on plaintiffs, but it is becoming more difficult to deny.

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SCOTUS Stays Enforcement of EPA's "Good Neighbor" Air Pollution Rule (Updated)

In a 5-4 decision, the male justices side with the state and industry challengers and the female justices side with the Environmental Protection Agency

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Predictions For The Final 6 Cases

Chevron, Netchoice, Trump, Grant's Pass, Fischer, and Corner Post.

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KBJ DGAF

Unlike Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, Justice Jackson has no problems criticizing Justice Barrett.

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Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch Dissent On An "Emotional and Highly Politicized" Case

And they charge that Justices Barrett and Kavanaugh "lost the will" to decide the case.

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Two Excellent Opinions in Murthy v. Missouri

Justice Barrett's majority opinion reaches the right outcome; Justice Alito's dissent publicizes the atrocious mistreatment of Facebook by the Biden Administration during Covid.

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Justice Barrett Evolves Again On The Emergency Docket In Moyle

Cert before judgment will no longer be granted unless the applicants prove they will suffer enough irreparable harm.

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Tentative Thoughts on the Prematurely Posted Moyle Opinion

I've now had a chance to read the draft opinion in Moyle v. United States. The document is labeled 1.0, and is dated May 23, 2024. A lot can change over a month. But, like with the Dobbs leak two years ago, it is safe to presume that not many…

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The Lack of Standing in Murthy v. Missouri

Are we in the middle of a great standing reset?

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Supreme Court Sends Message with Narrow Standing Holding in Murthy v. Missouri

Even if one thinks the federal government crossed the line in pushing more aggressive social-media-platform content moderation policies, plaintiffs must still satisfy the traditional requirements of Article III standing.

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The Two Edges of Tradition: "Adverse Possession" and "Use It Or Lose It"

If the government exercises a power it lacks for a long time, it can keep exercising that power. But if a government does not exercise a power it has, it loses that power.

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The Three Trump Appointees In Rahimi

Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are fracturing over originalism.

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