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Elena Kagan Sounds Pretty Annoyed By the Supreme Court
The "no more cutesy stories about Supreme Court justices" movement earns a powerful ally.
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Jay Willis
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Biden’s Support For Supreme Court Term Limits Is a Nice First Step
For years, Democratic politicians have put off the hard work of persuading voters of the urgency of Supreme Court expansion. It shows.
Jul 18
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Biden’s Support For Supreme Court Term Limits Is a Nice First Step
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Good News: America’s Most Litigious Racists Want to Hear From YOU
The Supreme Court's decision to ban affirmative action last year is yielding record levels of saying the quiet part out loud.
Jul 12
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Jay Willis
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Is Everything That’s Happened at the Supreme Court Actually Our Fault? A Brief Investigation
Plus, a look ahead to the fall, when the Supreme Court might be only the second-most urgent threat to the future of representative democracy.
Jul 3
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Jay Willis
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Is Everything That’s Happened at the Supreme Court Actually Our Fault? A Brief Investigation
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June 2024
The Conservative Justices Have Time Only For Their Wealthiest, Worst Friends
A quick look at whose legal rights the Supreme Court cares about protecting (those of rich assholes, more or less) and those it doesn't (those of…
Jun 29
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The Conservative Justices Have Time Only For Their Wealthiest, Worst Friends
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The Conservative Justices Picked a Different Day to Kill a Wealth Tax
The Supreme Court’s opinion in Moore v. United States didn’t give conservative activists everything they wanted. But it gave them good reason to be…
Jun 22
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The Conservative Justices Picked a Different Day to Kill a Wealth Tax
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The Federalist Society Is Surrendering the Conservative Legal Movement to Donald Trump
As FedSoc co-founder Steven Calabresi’s embrace of the stolen-election lie shows, if you are a conservative in 2024, you can be a critic of Trump, or…
Jun 15
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The 3-3-3 Court Has Always Been a Myth
The "3-3-3 Court" thesis was wrong in 2021. In 2024, it is deranged.
Jun 7
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Jay Willis
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May 2024
When Will Democrats Start Taking the Sam Alito Problem Seriously?
The justice understands that existing checks on his power are worthless. Do Democratic politicians?
May 31
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Jay Willis
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When Will Democrats Start Taking the Sam Alito Problem Seriously?
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How Many Coup-Adjacent Flags Can One Supreme Court Justice Possibly Have??
Truly, I could not be more sorry for how much Sam Alito content is in this newsletter.
May 24
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Jay Willis
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How Many Coup-Adjacent Flags Can One Supreme Court Justice Possibly Have??
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Does Anyone Know For Sure Where Sam Alito Was On January 6, 2021
Who among us hasn’t responded to a petty neighborhood squabble by, uh, flying the preferred flag of violent insurrectionists?
May 19
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Jay Willis
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Does Anyone Know For Sure Where Sam Alito Was On January 6, 2021
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The Constitution Is Not As Complicated As Originalists Want You to Think
Originalism is conservative policymaking masquerading as legal analysis. Even if it weren’t, it would still be a hilariously dumb way to run a country.
May 10
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