Josh Blackman is a constitutional law professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston and the President of the Harlan Institute. Follow him @JoshMBlackman.
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En Banc Fifth Circuit Tells Judge Ezra to RTFM
"The case is REMANDED with instructions to vacate the preliminary injunction and for further proceedings consistent with the majority opinion of the court."
A Reminder Of What Will Happen When The Filibuster Is Gone
Harris says the quiet part out loud.
Judge Reed O'Connor's Remarks On Forum Selection and "Judge Shopping"
"Appearing to cave to criticism from commentators and political officials, this Judicial Conference proposal rejects the idea that there are no partisan judges—only judges doing their level best to faithfully apply the law to reach the correct decision."
Man Indicted For Threatening To Lynch "Corrupt" Justice Thomas And His "Insurrectionist" Wife
There are consequences to the rhetoric about the Court from high ranking officials.
Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine On Remand
"But the Government switched positions before the Supreme Court."
The Trump Leaks Are Far Worse Than The Dobbs Leak.
Knives are out for Chief Justice Roberts, and poor Justice Alito.
NY Times Big Reveals On Deliberations In Three Trump Cases
How did Roberts come to write Trump v. Anderson, Fischer v. United States, and Trump v. United States?
Rahimi On Remand
"We read the Court's analysis in Rahimi to have modified Bruen in at least one relevant respect."
New Essay: Coping With a Court One Disagrees With
"The time is ripe for liberal and progressive professors, especially those who are having trouble coping with the current Supreme Court, to consider adopting our narrative approach to the constitutional canon and anticanon."
Frederick Douglass Praises the "Courage" Of Justice John Marshall Harlan
“In these easy going days [Harlan] should find himself possessed of the courage to resist the temptation to go with the multitude”
KBJ Veers Into RBG Territory With "Hope" Comment About Harris
There was some cross-talk on The View, but Jackson seems to have said that Kamala Harris's nomination "‘gives a lot of people hope."
Court Watchers Can Safely Skip Justice Jackson's New Book
She doesn't write about the Court, and the press is strictly prohibited from asking about anything of interest.
National Constitution Center Podcast on United States v. Trump (Florida Edition)
Can the Attorney General Appoint a Special Counsel?
Employment Division v. Smith Meets Pierson v. Post
Is fox hunting a (religious) belief?