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1 day ago · Most of the lines of attack against the consensus view come from insurrectionist (and now disbarred attorney) John Eastman. The thrust of the position is that the Fourteenth …

1 day ago · The following year, in Collins v. Yellen, the Court went even further, ruling that the structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, too, was unconstitutional.Like the CFPB, …

Sep 15, 2021 · Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of Balls & Strikes. Previously, he was a staff writer at GQ and a senior contributor to The Appeal. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The …

What do you all do? Balls & Strikes publishes original commentary and reporting about courts, the judges who preside over them, and the legal system they uphold. Ah, but I already read Noah …

Jan 15, 2025 · Each year, of the thousands of petitions for review that the Supreme Court receives, the justices typically grant fewer than 100. For just about everyone else, a decision …

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Dec 12, 2022 · In May 2020, some 230 years after its founding, the Supreme Court implemented the most radical transparency measure in its history. As the Court shifted to an all-remote oral …

Oct 4, 2024 · To promote Lovely One, Jackson stuck with mainstream outlets—the kinds of places where a law student’s non-lawyer parents might learn about the book and buy them a …

Feb 23, 2024 · For the second February in a row, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a pair of cases that could upend the Internet.Unlike last year, when they ultimately decided not …