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Justice Alito Enters Administrative Stay of Mifepristone Order

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Mifepristone Returns to the Shadow Docket

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previous day 2

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

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01.05.2026 5

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Zimmerman on "The President and the Universities"

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01.05.2026 5

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Civitas Symposium on Justice Thomas and the Declaration of Independence

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01.05.2026 4

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

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29.04.2026 5

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

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29.04.2026 5

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Justice Breyer Says Not to Worry about the Shadow Docket

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27.04.2026 5

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Justice Clarence Thomas on the Declaration of Independence

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26.04.2026 6

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

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23.04.2026 6

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

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23.04.2026 2

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

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22.04.2026 7

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Reading the Clean Power Plan "Shadow Papers" in Context

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22.04.2026 4

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

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20.04.2026 8

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

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20.04.2026 7

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

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18.04.2026 7

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

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17.04.2026 6

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Rupe Debate: Judging the Supreme Court's Emergency Docket

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13.04.2026 3

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Tiger King Attorney Sanctioned for Filing Complaint with AI Hallucinations

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12.04.2026 5

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

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10.04.2026 2

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

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09.04.2026 7

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The Birthright Citizenship Question that Stumped the Solicitor General

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09.04.2026 9

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The Easiest Way to Resolve the Birthright Citizenship Case

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07.04.2026 9

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Previewing Suncor Energy v. Boulder County

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06.03.2026 10

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Some Upcoming Talks

12.02.2026 8

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Is This the End of Endangerment?

12.02.2026 10

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Judicial Retirements Are Not Always What They Seem

05.02.2026 10

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Court Dismisses Trump Administration Effort to Block Michigan Climate Lawsuit

05.02.2026 10

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Judicial Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Dismissed

04.02.2026 10

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The Samuel Alito Nomination -- Twenty Years Later

03.02.2026 10

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

01.02.2026 10

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Private Suit Commandeers New Hampshire Government to Maintain Vehicle Emission Inspections

01.02.2026 30

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

01.02.2026 30

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

27.01.2026 9

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Is the Fourth the New Ninth? - 2026 Update

26.01.2026 20

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The Art of the Deal Goes to Norway

19.01.2026 10

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The Difference Between Populism and Conservatism

19.01.2026 10

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

09.01.2026 10

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Does the Supreme Court Favor the Rich?

06.01.2026 30

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Congressional Acquiescence Facilitates Executive Branch Military Adventurism

04.01.2026 10

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What If Congress Limited Birthright Citizenship and Nobody Noticed?

23.12.2025 10

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Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Birthright Citizenship (This Time for Real)

06.12.2025 10

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D.C. Circuit Upholds Presidential Removal of MSPB and NLRB Members

05.12.2025 10

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Demand Justice Targets Democrats Over Judicial Nominees

04.12.2025 10

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A Second Round with William Barr on Litigation Over Interstate Pollution

03.12.2025 10

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Federal Trade Commission Staff Endorses Proposal to End American Bar Association Monopoly on Law School Accreditation

03.12.2025 10

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Solicitor General Urges Review of FIFRA Preemption

02.12.2025 9

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Third Circuit Affirms Disqualification of Alina Habba

02.12.2025 10

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McCarthy: "'We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal' Is Not a Defense"

01.12.2025 20

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"Killing Helpless Men Is Murder"

29.11.2025 10

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