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The Most Interesting Supreme Court Opinion Line-Up You Will See This Year

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

18.06.2026 4

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Jonathan H. Adler

Gordon-Darby Prepares to Renew Effort to Commandeer New Hampshire in Order to Maintain Emissions Testing Contract

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

06.06.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Is the Endangered Species Act Being Used to Commandeer State Governments?

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

06.06.2026 20

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Jonathan H. Adler

Youth Climate Plaintiffs Challenge Endangerment Repeal on Religious Liberty Grounds

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

05.06.2026 7

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Jonathan H. Adler

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Lighthiser v. Trump Kids' Climate Suit

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

03.06.2026 5

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Jonathan H. Adler

Forum on "Emerging Applications of the Congressional Review Act"

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

31.05.2026 4

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Jonathan H. Adler

Vladeck v. Adler on the Shadow Docket

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

15.05.2026 9

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Jonathan H. Adler

Supreme Court "Shadow Docket" Order Preserves Mifepristone Via Telemedicine--For Now

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

15.05.2026 9

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Jonathan H. Adler

Justice Alito Extends Administrative Stay of Mifepristone Order

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

11.05.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

The Mifepristone Briefs Are In, But One Dog Did Not (Yet) Bark

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

08.05.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Virginia Supreme Court Voids Virginia Gerrymander

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

08.05.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Justice Alito Enters Administrative Stay of Mifepristone Order

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

04.05.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Mifepristone Returns to the Shadow Docket

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

03.05.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

First Circuit Stays Court Order Commandeering New Hampshire (Though Doesn't Rely on Anti-Commandeering Arguments)

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

01.05.2026 9

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Jonathan H. Adler

Zimmerman on "The President and the Universities"

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

01.05.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Civitas Symposium on Justice Thomas and the Declaration of Independence

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

01.05.2026 9

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Jonathan H. Adler

Solicitor General Asks Supreme Court to Eighty-Six Energy Conservation Rule

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

29.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Unanimous Supreme Court Affirms Standing to Challenge Subpoena for Info on Financial Supporters

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

29.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Justice Breyer Says Not to Worry about the Shadow Docket

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

27.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Justice Clarence Thomas on the Declaration of Independence

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

26.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Do the Supreme Court "Shadow Papers" Reveal Supreme Court Hypocrisy?

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

23.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

What Would It Take to Tame the "Shadow Docket"?

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

23.04.2026 7

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Jonathan H. Adler

Stephanie Barclay on "The Emergency Docket's Mistaken Birthday"

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

22.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Reading the Clean Power Plan "Shadow Papers" in Context

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

22.04.2026 6

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Jonathan H. Adler

Jack Goldsmith on the NYT and the Leaked Supreme Court "Shadow Papers"

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

20.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

"The Biggest Scandal Here Is In Fact the Leaks Themselves"

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

20.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Leaked Supreme Court Memos Reveal Why Court Stayed Clean Power Plan (Setting Important "Shadow Docket" Precedent in the Process)

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

18.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Will the Eleventh Circuit Allow the Endangered Species Act to Commandeer the Florida Department of Environmental Protection?

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

17.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Rupe Debate: Judging the Supreme Court's Emergency Docket

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

13.04.2026 7

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Jonathan H. Adler

Tiger King Attorney Sanctioned for Filing Complaint with AI Hallucinations

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

12.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Kids Climate Case Against Discounting in Cost-Benefit Analysis

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

10.04.2026 7

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Jonathan H. Adler

Did the Solicitor General Misrepresent Flournoy Article in Birthright Citizenship Oral Argument

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

09.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

The Birthright Citizenship Question that Stumped the Solicitor General

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

09.04.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

The Easiest Way to Resolve the Birthright Citizenship Case

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

07.04.2026 20

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Jonathan H. Adler

Previewing Suncor Energy v. Boulder County

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

06.03.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Some Upcoming Talks

12.02.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Is This the End of Endangerment?

12.02.2026 20

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Jonathan H. Adler

Judicial Retirements Are Not Always What They Seem

05.02.2026 20

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Jonathan H. Adler

Court Dismisses Trump Administration Effort to Block Michigan Climate Lawsuit

05.02.2026 20

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Jonathan H. Adler

Judicial Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Dismissed

04.02.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

The Samuel Alito Nomination -- Twenty Years Later

03.02.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Nondelegation and the Limits of Agency Authority After Consumers' Research and Loper Bright

01.02.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Private Suit Commandeers New Hampshire Government to Maintain Vehicle Emission Inspections

01.02.2026 40

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Jonathan H. Adler

Federal District Court Judge Rejects Minnesota's Anti-Commandeering Arguments Against DHS "Operation Metro Surge" (and with Good Reason)

01.02.2026 40

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Jonathan H. Adler

Third Circuit Denies Petition for Rehearing En Banc of Alina Habba Disqualification as U.S. Attorney

27.01.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Is the Fourth the New Ninth? - 2026 Update

26.01.2026 30

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Jonathan H. Adler

The Art of the Deal Goes to Norway

19.01.2026 20

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Jonathan H. Adler

The Difference Between Populism and Conservatism

19.01.2026 20

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Jonathan H. Adler

Justice Sotomayor Authors First Opinion of Supreme Court's October 2025 Term

09.01.2026 10

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Jonathan H. Adler

Does the Supreme Court Favor the Rich?

06.01.2026 30

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Jonathan H. Adler