Politics
My Thoughts On Typos In Blog Posts
Earlier today, I wrote a post about whether a minor typo in a clerkship application should disqualify the cand...
Today in Supreme Court History: February 8, 1941
2/8/1941: Justice Willis Van Devanter dies. The post Today in Supreme Court History: February 8, 1941 appeared...
Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
Arkansas tooth picks, selective schools, and inconsistent travel plans.
Fourth Circuit Rejects Facial Challenge to Two Trump Anti-DEI Executive Orders
"What plaintiffs are really asking us to do is read subtext into the Provision's text."
Epstein Files, Keeping Helen of Troy Hot, and Stolen Land
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss the outrages of the week, including Jeffrey Epstein, Billie Eilish...
What Is The Burden Of Proof In Judicial-Council Factfinding?
The 6th Circuit has followed the clear and convincing evidence standard since at least 1993, but the actual ru...
Trump's Border Czar Tom Homan Demands Local Minnesota Jails Cooperate with ICE
Cooperation may get more ICE agents off the street, but it could make it harder for the state to enforce its l...
How Thousands of Randos Like Me Landed in the Epstein Files
To make sense of the Justice Department’s latest documents, you have to understand what they actually are.
Eighth Circuit Judge on State Enforcement of Immigration Law
Some excerpts from Judge David Stras's opinion yesterday dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc in Iowa M...
Louisville Is Making It Easier To Smoke Cigars Indoors
A Kentucky proposal to legalize cigar bars bucks the trend of prohibitionist tobacco policy.
The Private Sector Handles Hunger Better Than Mamdani Could
Polymarket’s pop-up grocery and Kalshi’s food money giveaways are the latest examples in New York’s decades-lo...
Libel by Implication: When Is Half the Truth a Falsehood?
The Alexis Wilkins' (FBI Director's Girlfriend's) Libel by Implication Suit Can Go Forward post reminded me of...
How Involuntary Commitment Could Become Indefinite Detention
Federal authorities should not be able to turn civil commitment into a life sentence for anyone the government...
Next-Generation Nuclear Power Can Meet Data Center Energy Demand—If Regulations Allow It
Is this small modular nuclear power’s moment?
Secretary Noem Takes it On The Chin
It's been a difficult few weeks for DHS Secretary Noem
What We Learned From Jodi Kantor's Latest Expose About The SCOTUS NDA
The Chief is now requiring all employees (but likely not the Justices) to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements, whic...
If 'You Bring a Gun' to D.C., U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro Warns, 'You're Going to Jail'
The prosecutor's threat renewed concerns about the Trump administration's commitment to protecting Second Amen...
The Samuel Alito Nomination -- Twenty Years Later
A judicial appointment that began the Supreme Court's transformation.