JonathanTurley

JANUARY 21, 2025

Here is the column: On January 20, 2025, the shock and awe campaign of the Justice Department came to an end as President Donald Trump pardoned 1,500 January 6th defendants. In the recent Supreme Court decision in Fischer v. However, the Justice Department itself may have made the strongest case for presidential pardons.

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Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2025

By 2024-2025, however, Barretts opinions began showing a shift toward supporting greater agency deference. Her commitment to textualism, judicial restraint, and deference to Congresss intent shapes her approach to statutory cases, where she generally resists expansive interpretations and favors narrow readings of the law as written.

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Above The Law

MARCH 7, 2025

The two graphs below track the Justices word counts across all argument in the 2023/2024 Term and those already completed in this 2024/2025 Term. The remainder of this piece proceeds by breaking down and comparing their argument styles across eight oral arguments, four from the 2023/2024 Term and four from the 2024/2025 Term.

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Above The Law

MARCH 21, 2025

Cases involving high-stakes issues, such as presidential authority, Fourth Amendment protections, or election law, were prioritized due to their broader implications. Additionally, cases that reversed lower court decisions or set new legal precedents were considered more significant. Administrative Law, Criminal Law: 20 points.

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