Ben Wikler's new book is very good. Even if you already know this stuff, hearing how someone with immense communications and organizing skills explains it to an informed audience is grounding. www.thriftbooks.com/w/this-is-th...
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Dahlia Lithwick
Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
I'm a regular listener of Amicus (pod about SCOTUS), hosted by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and @mjsdc.bsky.social. I am totally digging their current By the People series (pod & articles). it's giving me hope about a possible future where SCOTUS is not a Guardian Council. slate.com/bythepeople
My new one @slate.com: Kalshi Says It’s “Voter Suppression” to Ban Betting on Elections. LOL. gift link: slate.com/news-and-pol...
With @mjsdc.bsky.social: Ep. 2 of By the People, our series on ordinary people making constitutional meaning. Lyle Cherneff on 8 year old Elizabeth Turner, whose mother filed a habeas petition to free her from forced "apprenticeship" after emancipation. shows.acast.com/amicus-with-...
That's not a thing. That's an original injunction against the trial courts. That's insane.
Steve VladeckOn Tuesday, the full Fifth Circuit granted DOJ's request for a "precedential stay" of district court rulings holding that the Due Process Clause requires bond hearings for immigration detainees w/in 90 days of their arrest. Today's "One First" explains why that's a really big (and problematic) deal:
This story is indeed insane. They literally *discounted his correct answers* (on questions about the Constitution) so that a Trump supporting girl who wants to go to Hillsdale College could win $25K and be televised meeting Trump. So. Gross.
Charlotte ClymerThis story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...
All the components of a Supreme Court term limits law are already part of existing federal law and practice. For example, retired justices already sit by designation on lower federal courts. bit.ly/4wkTlDK
The Trump admin's latest strategy to mass generate removal orders is diabolical: - Take a huge group of people with hearings scheduled in late 2026, 2027, or 2028. - Send them a physical letter rescheduling all of their cases to next week. - Those who inevitably miss court get ordered deported.
It’s been over a week since @govandybeshear.bsky.social called on Mitch McConnell to disclose the state of his health There has been no credible, transparent response Beshear should call a #KYSpecialElection Anybody who has a problem with that should talk to Supreme Court Justice Merrick Garland
Andy BeshearI publicly and privately urged the last administration to address the public’s concerns with the former president’s health. I’m calling on Sen. McConnell to do the same and provide voters an update on his own health. Let’s end the crazy speculation. Just tell us what’s going on.
Literally ignoring —violating—what Congress has the constitutional right and duty to do.
Josh ChafetzVery important piece by Cerin Lindgrensavage and @davidasuper.bsky.social. This behavior by the administration is not only illegal, it is anti-constitutional. thehill.com/opinion/cong...
President Trump imposes 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products.
The most frightening and important analysis you’ll read this week, courtesy of @stevevladeck.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
New Series "By the People". For the better part of two centuries of U.S. history, the American people understood that they—and not the Supreme Court—were the final arbiters of the Constitution.