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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

“Tariffs were illegal. Now Trump wants to delay refunds. The government said small businesses would be made whole. It’s time to pay up.” Neal Katyal has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 1:51 PM by Howard Bashman



“Does Section 230 Immunize Twitter’s Knowing Possession of Child Sex Abuse Materials? A recently filed cert petition presents this important issue to the U.S. Supreme Court.” Paul Cassell has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

You can view the cert. petition at this link.

Posted at 1:27 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Finally Checks Trump; The president’s ire is fueling his flailing response”: Dan Rather has this post at his “Steady” Substack site.

Posted at 1:24 PM by Howard Bashman



“Learning Resources and Youngstown: ‘is this case a big deal?’” William Baude has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

Posted at 1:21 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Tariff Wears Two Hats: What SCOTUS Doesn’t Understand.” John C. Eastman has this post at the American Mind site of the Claremont Institute.

Posted at 1:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“American Bar Association puts Trump on blast for SCOTUS attacks; After calling the justices fools for ruling against him last week, President Trump said Monday that he’d no longer be capitalizing ‘Supreme Court’ as a reflection of its disrespect for his authority”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine, Margaret Hartmann has a post titled “Trump Gets Back at ‘supreme court’ by Revoking Capital Letters.”

Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“What the Roberts Court Is Actually Trying to Accomplish: It’s not about Trump.” Sarah Isgur has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 8:10 AM by Howard Bashman



“Clarence Thomas Has Lost the Plot; The associate justice’s dissent in the tariffs case deserves some extra attention, because it his hopelessly uncoupled from law, history, and the Constitution”: Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

Posted at 8:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“Republican Judges Are Using Imaginary Voter Fraud to Empower Real Voter Suppression; Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones says that mail-in balloting is a ‘rich field for fraud’ in Texas; The numbers tell a different story”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 8:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“Tonight Show: At the State of the Union address, will Trump or John Roberts blink first?” Reynolds Holding has this post at his “Better Judgment” Substack site.

Posted at 8:03 AM by Howard Bashman