One First Unplugged — March 2023Listen now (32 min) | The second installment of Karen and Steve's updated (and not very SCOTUS-themed) podcast includes updates from book-land and a fun…
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The Supreme Court may soon have an opportunity to weigh in on the growing practice of plaintiffs hand-picking the specific district judge who hears…
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The second installment in my tour of favorite opinions by former Justices features then-Justice Rehnquist's concurring opinion in a 1982 decision that…
A dispute between Robert E. Lee's family and the federal government over a Civil War-era tax has had outsized influence in shaping the modern rules for…
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A day in the (Disneyland) life, the hiring landscape for junior lawyers, and my upcoming half-marathon
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February 2023

The student loan cases provide another opportunity for the Supreme Court to clarify when (and why) states are proper plaintiffs to challenge federal…
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Kicking off a new bonus feature, the first review of a favorite opinion of mine by a former Justice involves a trick question answered in 1998 by…
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In upholding President Lincoln's blockade of Confederate ports, the Supreme Court in March 1863 sustained his "dual theory" of the Civil War. But only…
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One First Unplugged — February 2023Listen now (24 min) | Karen and Steve debut a new monthly bonus feature—an updated version of their "In Loco Parent(i)s" podcast, with this month's…
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Justice Thomas has pushed the Court to consider whether social media platforms have too much power. Neither of the two complex cases the Justices are…
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This week's bonus content features a sneak peek for paid subscribers of the video trailer for my upcoming book
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Everyone agrees that the Supreme Court upended Second Amendment jurisprudence last June. Just how far the majority's new approach goes is something the…
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