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Capacious, Ordered Liberty

Burt Likko May 16, 2022

The phrase "ordered liberty" reminds me the reasons the Framers abandoned the Articles of Confederation and created...

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Dirty Harry: Inadmissible

Will Truman June 30, 2021

"Dirty" Harry Callahan learns that all of the evidence he gathered with respect to the Scorpio killer...

Wednesday Writs 4/22: Ramos v. Louisiana Supreme Court

Wednesday Writs 4/22: Ramos v. Louisiana

Em Carpenter April 22, 2020

This week, the Court delivered its decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, in what must be among the...

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That Which Kris Kobach Is About To Wreak Upon Our Courts

Burt Likko July 25, 2017

Peer with Burt Likko into his Constitutional crystal ball, and you shall see a vision of a...

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“Judgment” is Not Just the Name of a Document

timk May 9, 2017

Unlike a legislature or even an executive, a judicial officer is obliged to explain the reasoning underlying...

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Impeach Barack Obama

Vikram Bath December 20, 2016

Save America

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The 2016 First Monday In October Report Is Here! USSC

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The 2016 First Monday In October Report Is Here!

Burt Likko October 3, 2016

A preview of selected cases appearing on the United States Supreme Court's docket for the 2016-2017 Term....

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Dignitas Versus Auctoritas

Burt Likko May 1, 2015

This one is going to be a squeaker.

Certiorari Granted in Obergefell IFRL-Plague-Trailer

Certiorari Granted in Obergefell

Burt Likko January 16, 2015

Don't immediately assume that the result is a fait accompli.

InMD in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I think there was a really sad , destructive, and downright cynical in many corners complacency abou…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The "When Must We Kill Them?" essays have started making the rounds.
pillsy in reply to CJColucci on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Yeah the real problem, of course, is not that you can find idiots who believe this, or will say it o…
CJColucci in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Sadly, substantial numbers of people agree with that kind of sentiment in general, and always have a…
pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025In more Free Speech Absolutism news, Sebastian Gorka suggests that supporting due process for people…
Philip H in reply to Brandon Berg on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025That’s funny. You want her to do her constitutional job? Hahahahahaha.
Brandon Berg in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025She sucks, of course, but as someone who has principles other than who and whom, I think the details…
Jaybird in reply to Koz on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaSo your opinion on the tariffs is immigration?
Koz in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHow you feeling about the whole “Republicans are the party of fiscal sanity” thing given the tariffs…
Jaybird in reply to Koz on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHow you feeling about the whole "Republicans are the party of fiscal sanity" thing given the tariffs…