The majority upholds state bans on trans athletes, sidelinging key evidence, scientific fact, and its own logic upholding trans rights in employment.
Neil Gorsuch
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Roberts Slays Trump’s Ludicrous Birthright Citizenship Order
Roberts Slays Trump’s Ludicrous Birthright Citizenship Order. While Thomas tries to justify caste, Jackson makes it clear the post-Civil War Amendments were “not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.”
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The Clouds Behind the Supreme Court’s Common-Sense Ruling on Postmarked Ballots
A 5-4 majority upheld longstanding practices of allowing ballots postmarked on election day to be counted. But exaggerated fears of “voter fraud” loomed over the ruling and dissent.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Chiles v. Salazar: A New Frontier of Speech
In its 8–1 ruling on Colorado’s conversion therapy ban, the Supreme Court recast mental health care as protected expression.
Posted inPolitics
The Birthright Citizenship Arguments Are a Reminder that the Independent Judiciary Is a Good ThingÂ
If Democrats made the mistake of packing the Supreme Court, birthright citizenship would be no more, along with free elections.Â
Posted inLaw and Justice
How the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Could Save the Civil Service
Its rebuke of Trump tariffs might mean serious problems for other Trump initiatives. Much depends on the Court’s internal fight over the “major questions doctrine.”
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Federal Judges Are Worried About the Supreme Court
A confidential survey revealed their concerns about the Supreme Court’s promiscuous use of the shadow docket
Posted inHigher Education
The College Board Capitulates to Trump
The organization, which administers the SAT, scrapped a race-neutral tool for identifying high-achieving low-income students following pressure from the Trump administration.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Dangerous Trans-Rights Decision from the Supreme Court
Upholding Tennessee’s law banning hormone therapies and other treatments for trans youth alone relied on legal gymnastics and revived a long-discredited opinion from the 1970s.
Posted inPolitics
What Trump and Vance Could Do to What’s Left of Reproductive Freedom
Dobbs was a disaster. A national abortion ban would make it worse, but a MAGA White House could install judges ready to take down the abortion pill to laws in legal abortion states.
