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Damon Root

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A Case That Briefly United Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor

A Case That Briefly United Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor
25.11.2025 10

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The Supreme Court's Next Big Immigration Case

The Supreme Court's Next Big Immigration Case
20.11.2025 10

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The Forgotten Classical Liberal Who Fought Jim Crow and Championed Immigration

The Forgotten Classical Liberal Who Fought Jim Crow and Championed Immigration
18.11.2025 10

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Why Does SCOTUS Hear So Few Second Amendment Cases?

Why Does SCOTUS Hear So Few Second Amendment Cases?
13.11.2025 8

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This Foreign Policy Precedent Might Aid Trump's Tariffs at SCOTUS

This Foreign Policy Precedent Might Aid Trump's Tariffs at SCOTUS
11.11.2025 10

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On Tariffs, It Was Gorsuch vs. Trump at SCOTUS

06.11.2025 2

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Trump's Tariffs and John Roberts' Credibility

04.11.2025 10

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When the Government Censored Dracula, Frankenstein, and King Kong

30.10.2025 10

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Trump Hopes to Bully SCOTUS Into Upholding His Tariffs

28.10.2025 2

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What the Japanese Internment Case Teaches About Judicial Deference to Presidential Power

23.10.2025 7

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On National Guard Deployments, Trump Tells SCOTUS His Power Is 'Unreviewable'

21.10.2025 2

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SCOTUS Probably Won't Put Any New Limits on Warrantless Home Searches

16.10.2025 3

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Is the Supreme Court's Shadow Docket Causing a 'Judicial Crisis'?

14.10.2025 8

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Amy Coney Barrett Is Right To Reject 'Common Good Constitutionalism'

09.10.2025 4

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Warrantless Searches, Tariffs, and the Unitary Executive: 3 SCOTUS Cases To Watch This Fall

07.10.2025 10

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After 20 Years as Chief Justice, John Roberts Is Now Friend and Foe to Executive Power

02.10.2025 9

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After Repeatedly Losing in Lower Court, Trump Asks SCOTUS To Review His Birthright Citizenship Order

30.09.2025 3

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SCOTUS Is Now Poised To Overrule Humphrey's Executor, a 1935 Precedent Limiting Presidential Power

25.09.2025 10

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Trump's Latest Tariff Defense Asserts Uncheckable Executive Power

23.09.2025 4

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Trump's 'Firing' of Lisa Cook Is Headed for SCOTUS

18.09.2025 3

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Amy Coney Barrett's Case for Originalism Falls Short

16.09.2025 20

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Kavanaugh Flaunts the Fourth Amendment and Blesses Trump's Racial Profiling

11.09.2025 2

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Prison Guards Forcibly Cut a Rastafarian Inmate's Dreadlocks. SCOTUS Will Decide If They Can Be Sued Over It.

09.09.2025 4

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2 Trump Cases To Watch as the Supreme Court Returns From Summer Break

04.09.2025 10

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Will SCOTUS Let Trump Fire Lisa Cook From the Federal Reserve?

28.08.2025 2

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Is This the Supreme Court's Next Big Abortion Case?

26.08.2025 2

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Is Gay Marriage Really Under Threat at the Supreme Court?

21.08.2025 10

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Do Cops Still Need a Warrant To Search Your Home in an 'Emergency'?

19.08.2025 10

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Was the Bill of Rights a Bad Idea? Some Founding Fathers Thought So.

14.08.2025 5

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Trump Asks Supreme Court To Bless Racial Profiling by Immigration Agents

12.08.2025 8

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How Protectionist Wine and Liquor Laws Violate the Constitution

07.08.2025 3

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Trump's Immigration Crackdown Imperils the Fourth Amendment Rights of U.S. Citizens

05.08.2025 20

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On Sanctuary Cities, It's Trump vs. the 10th Amendment

31.07.2025 30

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What Neil Gorsuch Gets Wrong About Judges and Government Power

24.07.2025 3

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The Problem With the Supreme Court's 'Shadow Docket'

22.07.2025 8

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A Free Speech Lesson From Karl Marx

17.07.2025 2

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The Class Action Threat to Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

15.07.2025 2

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Trump Won't Enforce the TikTok Ban. Is That Constitutional?

10.07.2025 4

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The Republican-Appointed Judge Decrying Trump's 'Deeply Disturbing' Attacks on the Rule of Law

08.07.2025 10

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What Frederick Douglass Can Still Teach Us About the Fourth of July

03.07.2025 10

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Trump Is Now More Powerful Thanks to the Supreme Court. But Will It Last?

01.07.2025 3

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Clarence Thomas Undermines Free Speech in Porn Site Age-Verification Case

28.06.2025 20

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Supreme Court Rules 6–3 for Trump, Limits 'Nationwide Injunctions' in Birthright Citizenship Case

27.06.2025 10

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Sotomayor Is Right. Trump's 'Third Country Removals' Raise Serious Due Process Worries.

26.06.2025 40

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Trump's Unconstitutional Act of War

24.06.2025 10

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Why MAGA Turned on Amy Coney Barrett

19.06.2025 4

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Don't Let Rights-Violating Federal Agents Dodge Accountability

17.06.2025 7

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Trump's L.A. National Guard Deployment Stands on Shaky Legal Ground

12.06.2025 20

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3 Supreme Court Cases To Watch in June 2025

10.06.2025 7

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Overruling Trump's Tariffs Should Be an Easy Decision for SCOTUS

05.06.2025 50

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