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Sunday, April 27, 2025

“However Scared You Are, You Are Not Scared Enough. Back during the campaign, Trump pretended his ‘Dictator on Day 1’ talk was just a joke. One hundred days in, it’s clear he was not joking.” S.V. Date has this essay online at HuffPost.

Posted at 9:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Vance’s Junk History: J. D. Vance has cited Andrew Jackson to justify the idea that a president can disobey the federal judiciary’s rulings. The historical record says no such thing.” Professor Sean Wilentz has this essay online at The New York Review of Books.

Posted at 9:51 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Notice (04.27.25): Clash Of The Titans; Harvard v. Trump, SCOTUSblog’s new owner, an S.D.N.Y. snafu, Davis Polk’s Trump transaction, and a leading litigator’s departure from Biglaw.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 9:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Taking MAGA seriously on migration and due process. The president could try to get relevant laws on migrants and due process changed. Why isn’t he?” Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Test: Can St. Isidore Be a Religious Charter School? The free exercise of religion poses another big question for the Justices.” This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Will claims of anti-Catholic bias prove pivotal in blockbuster Supreme Court case? Six of the nine Supreme Court justices are practicing Catholics and a seventh was raised Catholic.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

Posted at 8:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“The FBI mistakenly raided their Atlanta home. Now the Supreme Court will hear their lawsuit.” Sudhin Thanawala and Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press have this report.

Posted at 8:22 PM by Howard Bashman