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The Myth Of The Modern Swing Vote

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To answer this, I combined full-text analysis of opinions with voting data, legal metadata, and case structure. Supreme Court Database (such as cited constitutional amendments or statutory bases), I clustered decisions not just by linguistic similarity, but by legal substance.

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Judge Told Trump And Musk To Follow The Law For A Week. They’re Calling It Tyranny.

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citizens to anyone who has not “passed all background checks and security clearances and taken all information security training called for in federal statutes and Treasury Department regulations” and ordered any such person who has already copied that data to delete it pending the full hearing on February 14. It’s Q.E.D.

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100 Days of Trump 2.0: Updates from the Climate Backtracker

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This post is the first of a new Climate Law Blog series, 100 Days of Trump 2.0 , in which the Sabin Center offers reflections on the first hundred days of President Trumps second term across a variety of climate-related topics. On January 20, 2025, Inauguration Day, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law launched the Climate Backtracker.

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The Real A.C.B.

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Accusations of her being a DEI judge and a rattled law professor have flooded social media, with figures like Mike Davis and Laura Loomer leading the charge. CNN noted that prominent legal figures like Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society have argued that the criticism is an overreaction to a procedural ruling, not a substantive one.

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Can Plaintiffs Challenge President Trump’s “10-to-1” Deregulation Order? A Look Back at Lawsuits Challenging the Order’s Predecessor

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Facial challenges to the new EO are likely to present similar claims and to confront the same legal hurdles that ultimately blocked lawsuits challenging EO 13771. climate litigation database documents two facial challenges to the first Trump administrations EO 13771. Violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).

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Circuit Scoop — February 2025

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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. Fontes , which involved election law and constitutional questions, and Foote v. Other Areas: 15 points.

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

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(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Supreme Court oral arguments are more than just legal debatestheyre a high-stakes battleground where justices reveal their philosophies, test the strength of arguments, and sometimes, subtly try to persuade their colleagues. She also considers strategic behavior in shaping legal outcomes.