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Circuit Scoop — February 2025

Above The Law

In a series of recent decisions, federal courts across the United States have addressed a range of significant legal issues, from civil rights and constitutional law to administrative authority and criminal justice. Area of Law: Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Federal Authority: 25 points. Among them are Griffith v.

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Divided By Principle: How Justices Barrett And Jackson Are Shaping The Future Of Constitutional Law

Above The Law

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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The Real A.C.B.

Above The Law

By 2024-2025, however, Barretts opinions began showing a shift toward supporting greater agency deference. Her statement that pleas of administrative inconvenience never justify departing from the statutes clear text signals a shift away from deferring to agencies when they claim procedural efficiency or practical necessity.

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The Trump Sentencing: Curtain to Fall on Merchan’s Hamlet on the Hudson

JonathanTurley

10, 2025, the curtain will fall on the longest performance of Hamlet in history. His order suggests that, if there is any interruption or delay in his sentencing, he might follow the advice of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and suspend sentencing for four years, a terrible option that we previously discussed.

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Take Thyself to Texas: The Supreme Court Rules For Trump on Stay and Jurisdiction Over Deportations

JonathanTurley

However, the majority also offered key support for the Administration’s argument over presidential authority, writing “[c]hallenges to removal under the AEA, a statute which largely ‘preclude[s] judicial review,’ Ludecke v. S. , (2025) (JACKSON, J., Watkins, 335 U. 160, 163164, (1948), must be brought in habeas.”