Balls and Strikes : Supreme Court Coverage That Doesn't Suck
The Fifth Circuit Can’t Wait to Lock You Into Scammy Subscriptions For a Little Longer. By Jay Willis. Conservative activists know exactly where to take their grievances these days: to the court where they are more or less guaranteed a friendly audience. Read more. Link to: Supreme Court Debates Whether Environmental Protection Agency Can ...
Trump’s Recess Appointments Scheme Is a Show of Power Over …
12 hours ago — Trump’s insistence on recess appointments is a tell and a test. Trying to avoid the burden of earning the constitutionally-required buy-in from his allies in Congress shows the lengths to which he is committed to authoritarianism, and lets him assess the extent to which the other branches of government will submit to his whims.
Circuit Status - Balls and Strikes
Nov 4, 2024 — Circuit Status. Each year, of the thousands of petitions for review that the Supreme Court receives, the justices typically grant fewer than 100. For just about everyone else, a decision made by one of the 13 federal courts of appeals is the end of the line, which makes these life-tenured judges some of the most powerful people many Americans ...
Here Is the Judicial Nominations Landscape That Donald Trump …
Nov 6, 2024 — Here Is the Judicial Nominations Landscape That Donald Trump Will Inherit. A look at what Democrats can do in the remaining weeks before Inauguration Day—and what Republicans will be able to do in the years that follow it. Donald Trump won the 2024 election in decisive fashion on Tuesday, thus blessing the president who already appointed 234 ...
About - Balls and Strikes
Balls & Strikes borrows its name from now-Chief Justice John Roberts, who famously outlined his vision of judicial modesty by describing the proper role of a judge as “to call balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat.”. This metaphor omits key facts that every Little Leaguer knows: Umpires use different strike zones, apply them flexibly ...
The Conservative Justices Do Not Care About What You Think
Oct 4, 2024 — The problem, as Neil Gorsuch’s summer book tour demonstrates, is that the conservative justices are not listening to most Americans. Supreme Court 2024-25 term. By Jay Willis October 4, 2024. This article was published in partnership with Slate. During their summer vacations, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Neil Gorsuch did what all Supreme Court ...
The Supreme Court’s War on Government Is Just Getting Started
Jun 28, 2024 — In order to understand the impact of Loper Bright, you first need to understand the case it overruled: Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, a case the Court decided in 1984.In Chevron, the Court wrote that if the meaning of a statute is ambiguous, and someone challenges an agency’s interpretation of the statute in court, the agency responsible for enforcement receives deference.
Majority of Supreme Court Appears Ready to Concede That Guns …
Oct 8, 2024 — Earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Garland v. VanDerStok, the justices’ latest opportunity to threaten the elected branches’ ability to address the national gun violence crisis.Congress passed the Gun Control Act of 1968 to regulate “the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms” with requirements like background checks for gun purchasers and ...
The 3-3-3 Court Has Always Been a Myth - Balls and Strikes
Jun 6, 2024 — The 3-3-3 Court Has Always Been a Myth. In a Court controlled by a six-justice conservative supermajority, the law moves in one direction. The only question is how far the Court feels like moving it. In the months following Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation in October 2020, a popular theory in certain circles of legal punditry was that ...
The Republican Justices Do Not Want to Talk About January 6
Apr 26, 2024 — On Thursday, the Supreme Court convened for its final oral argument of the term, ostensibly to decide whether a President Donald Trump can be criminally prosecuted for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In all likelihood, Trump v. United States —both the case’s name and also an apt description of U.S. politics right now—is the last chance to prosecute Trump between now and ...