The California voter roll litigation is a useful illustration of “election integrity” claims that would exclude far more ...

Welcome back to “One First,” an (increasingly frequent) newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to all of us. If you’re not already a subscriber, I hope you’ll consider ...

Welcome back to “One First,” a newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. I’m grateful to all of you for your continued support, and I hope ...

On Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court handed down a one-sentence order denying an emergency application, with no noted dissents, in a case with a strange caption, City of Baltimore v. Texas. The ...

I’ve been part of a lot of conversations lately, both publicly and privately, in which folks behave as if expanding the Supreme Court is the only Court reform worth pursuing—or that it at least needs ...

Welcome back to “One First,” a newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. I’m grateful to all of you for your continued support, and I hope ...

Welcome back to “One First,” a weekly newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to all of us. The Adams Affair is getting more public attention—and understandably so. But ...

Welcome back to the weekly bonus content for “One First.” I usually post these extra issues on Thursday mornings, but got halfway through writing this piece last night before deciding I’d just drop it ...

Without question, this is a very big decision (and a big loss for President Trump). It’s also not an especially surprising ruling, even for this Court. As my Georgetown colleague Marty Lederman ...

I apologize in advance for writing a stream-of-consciousness post in a hurry (and for the errors that may result), but I want to provide a (short) bit of context for the headlines folks are seeing ...