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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

“How a New York Wine Importer Helped Take Down Trump’s Tariffs; Victor Owen Schwartz, owner of V.O.S. Selections, discusses sticking his ‘neck out’ to challenge President Trump’s crippling tariffs, the mix of egos on his winning Supreme Court team and his hope for a ‘lifeline’ from refunds”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

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“Alex Webb ’26 Takes High‑Stakes Advocacy in Stride; From National Collegiate Debate Champion to Best Oralist to Appellate Litigator”: Melissa Castro Wyatt of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

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“10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies; A POLITICO analysis reveals judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90 percent of cases since the agency mandated that millions of immigrants must be locked up while they face deportation proceedings.” Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

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“Supreme Court faces new criticism for redistricting decisions so close to the 2026 elections; Justices have said judges should not interfere in election disputes so close to the primary process, but their own rulings have triggered a frenzy to draw new congressional maps”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

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“Something Weird Is Going On With Cole Tomas Allen’s Prosecution”: Elie Honig has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

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“Becoming Justice Gorsuch: I went deep on the past of the Supreme Court’s anonymous ‘nice guy’ conservative; It revealed plenty about how we got here.” Susan Matthews has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Season 11 of Slate’s “Slow Burn” podcast is titled “Becoming Justice Gorsuch.” The first three episodes were posted online today: (1) “Man With a Plan: To understand the current Supreme Court, you need to understand Neil Gorsuch“; (2) “The Stolen Seat: How Neil Gorsuch leapfrogged Merrick Garland to land a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court“; and (3) “A Lunch Room for Life: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern on how Gorsuch fits into the current court, where he’s going next, and why he never took his job on the cafeteria committee seriously.”

Posted at 8:28 AM by Howard Bashman



“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asks public to back judicial independence; Despite barbed opinions, Supreme Court’s newest member insists relationships among the justices are ‘fine’”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

Posted at 8:20 AM by Howard Bashman