Another @nytimes.com #SCOTUS roundtable with @kateshaw.bsky.social, @williambaude.bsky.social, and me—this one on yesterday’s (one-sided) oral argument in the Lisa Cook / Fed independence case:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/o...
Because I’m in Spain, I posted this in the middle of the night, U.S.-time, so …
ICYMI, a 🧵 on Congress.
I don’t write the headlines but I do like this one (post-Slaughter argument roundtable for @nytimes.com with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
My take in this morning’s @nytimes.com on Trump v. Slaughter, on the future of independent agencies. Arguments before SCOTUS today @ 10am
Trump Wants Complete Control. Will the Supreme Court Hand It to Him? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
Oh no! I will flag, thank you!
This segment is so so good. Truly no one out there uses his platform like John Oliver
Selfie on stage - Leah Kate and Melissa
Melody Michael and Kate kneeling while Leah and Melissa in front on sides in front of crooked con poster
We had the BEST time at #CrookedCon - the episode we recorded will be out Monday!!
@profmmurray.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social @crooked.com
Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
And now Penn rejects the compact! Students, faculty and staff unite. @aaup-penn.bsky.social @aaup.org 🔥 www.thedp.com/article/2025...
Re Brown, here’s a letter signed by a number of Brown alums who are law professors - there are a lot of us! (With huge thanks to @courtneygjoslin.bsky.social among others for organizing)
We prevail through solidarity. Much organizing is behind this decision by Brown U to not cave, on the day that the Pentagon press corps walked out in unison rather than submit to censorship. In the year that so many non-immigrants showed up to stand with immigrants. #nokings
Brown rejects the compact!
President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
Oh I love driftless meets crooked con!!
Great guide to what’s on the ballot in November - including three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court up for retention
ICYMI:
Sat down with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social to talk start of a new SCOTUS term, end of an unprecedented summer on the shadow docket, & 20 years of Chief Justice John Roberts
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
the case against comey is an illegal, selective, vindictive prosecution. Trump vowed vengeance and retribution; prosecutors concluded there was no case against comey; Trump forced out the prosecutors & replaced them with a loyalist who got an indictment.
The case should be dismissed before trial.
Finally had a chance to watch this, and it’s very much worth your time if you haven’t - late night tv as a site of popular constitutionalism
A fantastic installment of @stevevladeck.bsky.social’s (always essential) newsletter
Also - we recorded this episode before the court’s NIH funding order, but I think the divided result in that case was broadly consistent with the admin’s winning streak at SCOTUS over this past/spring summer. Cc @stevevladeck.bsky.social whose work tracking the shadow docket is absolutely crucial
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There’s so much more to say about SCOTUS, but one thing I hope came through in this convo is what a winning streak Trump is on at SCOTUS right now - & how insane it is that the court is blessing many of his assertions of executive authority w/o a word of explanation @strictscrutiny.bsky.social
Here's an interview Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social did with Lev Menand, the expert on the Fed (the headline does not capture the substance of the piece): www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
Can President Trump fire Lisa Cook? Under a proper understanding of the Federal Reserve’s place in our constitutional order, says Kate Shaw, the answer should be no.
I sat down with Columbia Law School’s Lev Menand, a genuine expert on the Fed, to talk through Trump’s effort to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook - and its implications for both Fed independence & what remains of the separation of powers
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
A real treat to take a break from the horrors of this timeline to talk to my amazing @penncareylaw.bsky.social colleague @serenamayeri.bsky.social about her fantastic new book “Marital Privilege”
NEW: The band is back together to chat legal news, including the shadow docket insanity on NIH research funding.
Then Leah chats with Eli Savit, candidate for Michigan AG, about threats to marriage equality
& Kate with Serena Mayeri on her book MARITAL PRIVILEGE
crooked.com/podcast/trum...
new piece from on the 60th anniversary of the voting rights act, and what the law has meant for american democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
ICYMI - in the second half of this episode of @strictscrutiny.bsky.social, @leahlitman.bsky.social & I took a break from the news cycle to remember the one and only David Souter. Thanks to former Souter clerks Erin Delaney & Alli Orr Larsen for joining us & sharing some lovely Souter stories
Bracing analysis from Columbia Law School’s David Pozen about the significance and implications of Columbia’s settlement with Trump. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...
