“Judicial Notice (03.01.26): Bluff Called; Tom Goldstein goes all in, Judge Cannon returns to the table, Netflix folds its hand, and Susman Godfrey scoops the pot.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“Can you have a gun if you smoke a lot of pot? Supreme Court to decide.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.
And in commentary, The Wall Street Journal has published an editorial titled “Gun Rights for Potheads? Ask the Supreme Court. Are drug users similar to ‘drunkards’ under the Second Amendment?“
“China emerges as big winner from Supreme Court’s tariff ruling; The court ruled just weeks before Trump’s coming trip to China, where he hopes to maintain a delicate trade truce with the world’s second-biggest economy”: Jennifer Jett of NBC News has this report.
“People under 21 can’t have a handgun license in Massachusetts. A push to change that is now before the state’s highest court.” Sean Cotter of The Boston Globe has this report.
“Trump’s Unilateral Attack on Iran Paves Way for Broader Dispute Over War Powers; Critics say the president is violating the Constitution, and many Democrats and at least two Republicans in Congress say they must vote on whether to enter such a conflict”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.
And at the “Executive Functions” Substack site, Jack Goldsmith has a post titled “Law is Irrelevant to the U.S. Attack on Iran; And Congress is on the hook as much as the president.”
“Supreme Court considers case involving FBI operative ready to burn everyone; A former undercover asset is pointing fingers at his law enforcement handlers and the ACLU lawyers he later teamed up with”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.