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Today in Supreme Court History: September 6, 1983

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 5, 1922

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Eleventh Circuit Holds Qui Tam Relators Are Not "Officers of the United States." What Happens Next?

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 4, 1851

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 3, 2005

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 2, 1819

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CJ Roberts and the Smithsonian Bypass Congress To Build New Latino Museum

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Advocate John Roberts v. Chief Justice John Roberts

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The Biggest Revelation In Recent NYT Expose Is Justice Scalia Wasn't Planning on Dying

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New in Civitas Outlook: "The End Is Near for the American Bar Association"

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Today in Supreme Court History: September 1, 1823

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Making Sense Of The Chief Justice's Tango In The Ballroom Case

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Strictly Ballroom: Justice Kavanaugh Defeats Chief Justice Roberts

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 31, 1995

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An Actual SCOTUS Nightmare

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New York Times Recycles Same Old Story About Northern District of Texas

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 30, 1967

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 29, 1967

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 28, 1958

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 27, 1948

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 26, 1964

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Oklahoma Attorney General Responsible For Two Terrible Supreme Court Decisions Loses Gubernatorial Primary

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A Wall Of Separation Between LGB and T

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New in SCOTUSBlog: The justices should regularly sit on the lower courts

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New in Civitas Outlook: "SCOTUS's Immigration Rulings Chastise Trump on Morality"

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 25, 1998

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How Long Did Justice Jackson's "Kafkaesque Nightmare" Dissent Hold Up Trump v. California?

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 24, 1946

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AI Freezes The Scholarly Voice

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 23, 2007

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 22, 1998

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What authority allowed Justice Rehnquist to sit by designation on the federal district court?

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 21, 1798

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Another Unusual Footnote In An En Banc Fifth Circuit Opinion

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 20, 1866

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 19, 1937

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Minnesota's "Nudification" Ban Repeats Unconstitutional Errors of Early Revenge Porn Bills

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New in SCOTUSBlog: "The chief justice should share much of his power"

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 18, 1920

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New in Civitas: Curtail the Cult of Judicial Celebrity

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The East Wing and Justice Breyer's Concurrence in Van Orden v. Perry

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Did The ACLU Make A Mistake By Seeking Certiorari in the Texas Ten Commandments Case?

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How To Teach Trump v. Barbara?

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 17, 1988

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Judge Rudofsky Will Be An Excellent Addition To the Eighth Circuit

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 16, 1933

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 15, 1938

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Some More Thoughts About Surrogacy and Abortion

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 14, 1935

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Fifth Circuit Allows 2021 Texas Election Integrity Law To Finally Go Into Effect

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