
A weekly newsletter aiming to make the Supreme Court’s rulings, procedures, and history more accessible to all
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A lot of my scholarship, and an increasing amount of my litigation work, has centered on the jurisdiction of military courts—and my (minority?) view that it should be far narrower than it is today.
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By now, you’ve probably seen the headlines—that the Supreme Court on Monday night denied the Trump administration’s application for a stay in U.S. Postal Service v. California, thereby leaving intact district court injunctions that will eff...
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Welcome back to “One First,” a newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. I’m grateful to all of you for your continued support, and I hope that you’ll consider sharing some of what...
The Supreme Court can and should put an end to the mess over which map Missouri must use in November's elections. But it’s a mess of the justices’ own making.
I’m still hoping to write about tomorrow’s twenty-fifth anniversary of September...
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Law professor at Georgetown University and editor and author of the Supreme Court newsletter, "One First"
Former federal prosecutor. MSNOW legal contributor. Law Professor. Writes with chickens & knitting at hand. Author of Civil Discourse on Substack. My first book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, is a NYT bestseller!
Former US Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Talking Feds podcast, substack, YouTube; Talking San Diego live 1-on-1 series; regular commentator on MSNBC, CNN, CBS. It's an absolute pivot point for democracy, and we all have to fight.
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