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Restraining orders? Injunctions? What do all the court orders against Trump mean?
Courts are inherently reactive institutions. Trump always gets the first move.
Meet the “unitary executive.”
The courts are the biggest remaining impediment to Trump’s power grab.
A federal judge just blocked Trump’s domestic spending freeze. His opinion relies heavily on another one by Justice Kavanaugh.
No one knows if the Supreme Court will enforce the law against Trump.
How Trump could attempt to cut Medicaid, school funding, and more — without Congress.
The Roberts Court’s slash-and-burn approach to the separation of church and state is unlikely to end any time soon.
The president cannot unilaterally repeal parts of the 14th Amendment.
The outgoing president pardoned Anthony Fauci and the January 6 committee — but the pardons give only limited protection.
Nothing in the Court’s TikTok opinion should surprise anyone who has followed the case.
A major free speech argument about pornographic websites went disastrously for the porn industry.
Becerra v. Braidwood Management threatens to make your health insurance worse.
If you’re a professional TikTok creator, it’s probably time to get a new job.
The Court’s order is exceedingly narrow, but it is still a loss for Trump.
Trump is appealing to the same six Republicans who already ruled that he has broad immunity from the law. So he’s probably going to win.
The Court has a chance to resolve a years-long fight over “nationwide injunctions,” just days before Trump takes office.
The Supreme Court case asking if the government can ban TikTok is easier than it looks.
Texas asks the justices to abandon longstanding First Amendment protections for sexual speech.
President Biden’s latest move against the death penalty is part of a much larger nationwide trend.
Although nothing is ever certain in this Supreme Court.
The federal law targeting TikTok takes effect January 19. The Supreme Court appears likely to resolve this case by then.
Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin has a sympathetic plaintiff, and alarmingly high stakes for workers.
What could possibly go wrong?
The Court appears likely to uphold bans on gender-affirming care, and may gut the rules barring all forms of sex discrimination in the process.
The justices spent Monday morning reminding us that the Court can always get worse under Trump.
The justices face the awkward task of reviewing some very shoddy work by Judge Andy Oldham, a potential future colleague.
The legal question in United States v. Skrmetti is whether the word “all” means “all.” There’s no guarantee that this Court will say that it does.
President-elect Trump is his own worst enemy, unless his fellow Republicans on the Supreme Court intervene.
Turns out all of those indictments were pointless.
A mysterious Supreme Court case could change everything about criminal punishment.
Several federal courts are fighting over Louisiana’s congressional maps.
One of the worst ideas in US constitutional law will remain dead.
This is the latest in a string of favors this Court has done for the Republican Party.
It’s probably not going to work, though.
Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of Pennsylvania voters.
It depends on how much Harris can run up the score.
Three reasons Trump’s lawyers have less to work with in 2024 if they attempt a coup.
Top Democrats understand that the Supreme Court is a problem, but fixing this problem is nightmarishly difficult.
Robert Roberson was sentenced to die on a theory that’s now widely viewed with skepticism by medical experts.