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fromSlate Magazine
11 hours agoIn a World of Polarized Legal Thinking, Justice Gorsuch Doesn't Just Follow the Party
Neil Gorsuch’s textualist approach and unpredictable rulings are expected to shape SCOTUS and U.S. law for decades.
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fromLos Angeles Times
6 months agoWhat makes a rebellion? Trump's troop deployment may hinge on one man's dictionary
At the center of the sprawling legal battle over President Trump's domestic military deployments is a single word: rebellion. To justify sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and other cities over the outcry of local leaders, the Trump administration has cited an obscure and little-used law empowering presidents to federalize soldiers to "suppress" a rebellion, or the threat of one. But the statute does not define the word on which it turns. That's where Bryan A. Garner comes in.
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fromAbove the Law
8 months agoSupreme Court Just 'Calvinball Jurisprudence With A Twist,' Writes Justice Jackson - Above the Law
Conservative jurisprudence operates like Calvinball—applying textualism and originalism inconsistently to justify preferred outcomes, including in the Supreme Court's NIH v. APHA decision.
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