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The Supreme Court Won’t Save Musk’s DOGE Plans

The plans for the Department of Government Efficiency laid out by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are so riddled with legal problems that a law...

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Noah Feldman

Hunter Biden’s Pardon Is Understandable — But Wrong

No government action implicates raw emotion more than a president pardoning a family member. Seen from a human perspective, Joe Biden’s decision to...

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Noah Feldman

Trump’s Recess Appointment Gambit Is Unconstitutional

Donald Trump has been the president-elect for only two weeks, but he is already pushing to see how much deference he can command from the other...

20.11.2024 2

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Noah Feldman

No, the Supreme Court Wouldn't Tip the Election for Trump

Since Bush v. Gore, a specter has loomed over our presidential elections: the possibility that a close election could be decided by the Supreme Court....

05.11.2024 4

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Noah Feldman

Trump’s CBS Lawsuit Is a Frivolous Election Stunt

Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS is utterly meritless. On one level, it’s a last-ditch political stunt from a man who has already been involved...

02.11.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

A Trump Win Could Actually Be Terrible for Israel

Both Donald Trump and the pro-Palestinian Democratic left would like to make support for Israel into a partisan issue. If either is successful, the...

31.10.2024 6

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Noah Feldman

The Problem With Banning Legacy Admissions

Last week, California prohibited its private colleges from using an applicant’s legacy status — that is, whether other family members attended the...

09.10.2024 8

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Noah Feldman

The Supreme Court Ghost Gun Arguments Were Cringeworthy

Should so-called ghost guns — assembled at home from kits in as little as 20 minutes — be counted as guns for purposes of federal law? If you have...

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Noah Feldman

Putting Bibles In Oklahoma Schools Will Never Work

Oklahoma’s new law mandating Bible instruction in public schools violates the US Constitution and courts should strike it down. In the meantime,...

21.09.2024 9

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Noah Feldman

Telegram CEO’s Arrest Smacks of Empty Posturing

The arrest in France of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has brought into sharp focus one of the major conflicts of our age. On one hand, we want...

11.09.2024 3

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Noah Feldman

Chicago Gun Ruling Is Yet Another Absurd Decision

Illinois can’t ban the concealed carry of licensed handguns on Chicago’s famous L — short for “elevated trains” — according to a new...

05.09.2024 5

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Noah Feldman

New Trump Charges Expose the Supreme Court’s Failings

Jack Smith is calling the Supreme Court’s bluff. In the wake of the court’s controversial decision earlier this summer granting Donald Trump...

28.08.2024 4

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Noah Feldman

University Rules on Campus Protests Are Clear as Mud

As the fall semester dawns — or looms, depending on your perspective — college deans are preparing to deal with more campus protests against the...

26.08.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

Judge in Elon Musk Lawsuits Is Still Conflicted

Elon Musk’s lawyers have filed two lawsuits on behalf of X (formerly Twitter) in a federal district court in Texas. As of 2023, the judge in that...

14.08.2024 7

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Noah Feldman

AR-15s Are Weapons of War. A Federal Judge Just Confirmed It.

In a major development in the struggle to control mass shootings, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld Maryland’s assault...

12.08.2024 20

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Noah Feldman

Voting Rights Are Dying by a Thousand Cuts

If you want to understand what’s happened to voting rights in the US over the past decade, just take a look at the recent ruling by the US Court of...

08.08.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

Yes, New Jersey Can Ban the AR-15. Here’s Why

Does a state have the power to ban the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle owned by millions of Americans, favored by mass shooters, and recently used in the...

04.08.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

Biden’s Supreme Court Reform Plan Is Doomed to Fail

When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt introduced his Supreme Court reform package in 1937, he had just won reelection with more than 60% of the...

29.07.2024 4

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Noah Feldman

Why Yale Law Is So Good at Producing Reactionaries Like JD Vance

JD Vance’s Yale Law School pedigree came up at least a dozen times at the Republican National Convention. His degree from the institution gives the...

22.07.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

Trump Judge Followed Radical Supreme Court’s Playbook

You don’t need a legal expert to tell you that Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision striking down the appointment of Jack Smith as special counsel to...

17.07.2024 8

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Noah Feldman

The Supreme Court’s Religious Crusade Found Its Soldiers

A new law in Louisiana requires every public school classroom to display the Ten Commandments. Similar laws are under consideration in Texas and Utah,...

14.07.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

The Supreme Court Is Stuck in a Three-Way Tie

“All Gaul is divided into three parts,” Julius Caesar famously wrote. The same is now clearly true of the Supreme Court. And like Gaul before...

03.07.2024 4

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Noah Feldman

Emperor Trump? Supreme Court Just Expanded the Imperial Presidency

In a sweeping decision that constitutionalizes the modern reality of the imperial presidency, the US Supreme Court has established near-total criminal...

02.07.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

Supreme Court Social Media Ruling Is a Free-Speech Landmark

In a blockbuster decision, the US Supreme Court has held for the first time that social media platforms, just like newspapers, have First Amendment...

01.07.2024 5

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Noah Feldman

When Is Sleeping a Crime? If You’re Homeless, Says the Supreme Court

In a defeat for advocates of the unhoused, the US Supreme Court has rejected the argument that it is cruel and unusual punishment to outlaw sleeping...

28.06.2024 9

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Noah Feldman

The Supreme Court Just Gave Itself a Lot More Power

The US Supreme Court has overruled the Chevron decision, a basic building block of administrative law, thereby striking a blow against the power and...

28.06.2024 4

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Noah Feldman

Supreme Court Upends Purdue Pharma's Opioid Deal — and Bankruptcy Law

In a surprising twist to America’s ongoing opioid crisis, the Supreme Court has thrown out a legal settlement that would have paid billions of...

27.06.2024 8

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Noah Feldman

Idaho Abortion Ruling Shows Supreme Court Ducking a Fight

For the second time in two years, an abortion-related decision from the Supreme Court has appeared before its due date. Unlike the Dobbs decision...

26.06.2024 6

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Noah Feldman

Supreme Court Makes It Harder to Claim Social Media Censorship

In a careful, precise opinion, the US Supreme Court has rejected a demand that it prohibit the executive branch from urging social media companies to...

26.06.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

Julian Assange’s Saga Will Forever Exist in a Legal Gray Area

Almost 20 years after Julian Assange founded WikiLeaks, his legal saga appears to be over with a guilty plea to a single charge of disseminating...

25.06.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

Why an Immigration Case Has Sotomayor Writing About Abortion

Two years later, the overturning of Roe v. Wade is still sending aftershocks through the legal system. Apart from the abortion cases at the Supreme...

24.06.2024 7

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Noah Feldman

Supreme Court's Right Shows Cracks in Rahimi Gun Case

Gun rights are not unlimited according to an 8-1 Supreme Court decision that draws back from the extreme Second Amendment decision the court made two...

21.06.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

It Just Got Easier to Be Convicted of a Crime

Can the prosecution call a cop as an expert witness to testify in a drug-trafficking case that most drug couriers — not necessarily the one on trial...

20.06.2024 5

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Noah Feldman

Supreme Court’s Far Right Faces a Free-Speech Problem

This Supreme Court term promises to be important for the First Amendment. Major decisions are expected soon on the rights of social media platforms...

19.06.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

Mifepristone Ruling Sends a Message About Abortion Politics

On Thursday, the US Supreme Court unanimously rejected lower courts’ outrageous attempts to block access to the abortion medication mifepristone....

15.06.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

Supreme Court’s Bump Stock Ruling Is Dystopian Nonsense

In a decision that may mark the low point for blinkered statutory interpretation in the history of the US Supreme Court, the conservative majority has...

15.06.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

Secret Audio of Alito Isn't the Smoking Gun Liberals Think

It’s hard to imagine a clearer violation of journalistic ethics than pretending to hold beliefs you don’t, asking Supreme Court justices if they...

12.06.2024 8

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Noah Feldman

Alito's Jan. 6 Flag Defense Is Just Weird Gender Politics

Martha-Ann Alito lets her freak flag fly. And her husband, Justice Samuel Alito, can’t do much about it, according to a letter he sent to two...

01.06.2024 20

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Noah Feldman

Why Trump’s Lies Didn't Work in a Courtroom

The historic felony conviction of former President Donald Trump marks a meaningful victory for the beleaguered American legal system and a win for...

01.06.2024 30

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Noah Feldman

The Supreme Court Doesn’t Agree on What Racism Is

According to the US Supreme Court, it’s perfectly fine for state legislatures to draw congressional districts according to political party — they...

25.05.2024 40

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Noah Feldman

The Supreme Court’s CFPB Ruling Saved the Fed, Too

Some may have been surprised that the conservative US Supreme Court would uphold the constitutionality of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, a...

21.05.2024 40

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Noah Feldman

Jack Smith Faces a Tough Call in Trump’s Jan. 6 Case

A former president does not have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for acts committed in office. On that much, the justices of the Supreme...

29.04.2024 20

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Noah Feldman

Jan. 6 Case Will Test the Supreme Court’s Hypocrisy

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical that prosecutors could use the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to go after Jan. 6...

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Noah Feldman

Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Gets a Radical Makeover

When should a court issue an emergency order blocking a law or government action from going into effect even before the court has fully considered the...

16.04.2024 8

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Noah Feldman

Supreme Court Scoffs at Flimsy Abortion Pill Argument

Abortion is back at the Supreme Court. The case contests decisions by the Food and Drug Administration to make the drug mifepristone available by mail...

27.03.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

Universities Need to Define Antisemitism. Here’s How.

Is anti-Israel sentiment a form of antisemitism? The question poses a political, legal and practical conundrum for universities like Columbia,...

24.03.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

It's Just Fine If Public Officials Block You on Social Media

In a unanimous, pragmatic opinion, the US Supreme Court has drawn a roadmap allowing public officials to block users on social media. Faced with the...

18.03.2024 9

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Noah Feldman

Supreme Court Buries the Fantasy of Keeping Trump Off the Ballot

The Supreme Court has unanimously concluded that Colorado can’t keep Donald Trump off the ballot. Section 3 of the 14th amendment, which says that a...

05.03.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

On Bump Stocks, the Supreme Court Is Divorced From Reality

Every so often, a Supreme Court oral argument is so divorced from reality that even a seasoned court-watcher like myself finds it jaw-dropping. The...

02.03.2024 10

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Noah Feldman

Think Trump’s Case Is Moving Too Slowly? Don’t Blame the Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court has come under fire for what critics see as an unnecessary delay in the case of former President Donald Trump’s immunity claim....

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