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30. The "Rump" Court
From 1802–38, Congress forced a specific Justice to return to D.C. each August to resolve outstanding procedural matters—an obscure precedent that…
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29. The Selective Draft Law Cases
To commemorate Memorial Day, a look at the analytically ... unsatisfying ... 1918 Supreme Court rulings upholding the constitutionality of conscription
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28. Justice Gorsuch and the COVID Emergency
A new, wide-ranging criticism of state and federal COVID mitigation measures blurs the critical distinction between inherent executive emergency power…
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Bonus 27: My Chat With Dahlia Lithwick
Watch now (32 min) | This week's bonus content features video of my conversation with Dahlia Lithwick about the shadow docket and the Court
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27. Why I Wrote (and Hope You'll Read) a Book About the "Shadow Docket"
With publication day coming tomorrow, a personal reflection on trying to make the more technical side of the Court's history, output, and impact more…
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Bonus 26: Justice Breyer, Architecture Critic
The third installment in my tour of favorite opinions by former Justices features Justice Breyer's "statement" respecting the Court's 2010 decision to…
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26. Two Theories of Equal Protection
In a series of decisions starting in the 1970s, the Supreme Court set the stage for subjecting race-based affirmative action to the most exacting…
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