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'The administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial': Sotomayor singles out Alito and hurls invective at SCOTUS colleagues in third-country deportation case dissent

'The administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial': Sotomayor singles out Alito and hurls invective at SCOTUS colleagues in third-country deportation case dissent

Inset: Justice Sam Alito (YouTube/The Heritage Foundation). Background: U.S. Supreme Court Associate…
'No right is safe in the new legal regime': Sotomayor accuses majority of 'shamefully' enabling 'lawless' behavior by the executive branch in birthright citizenship case dissent

'No right is safe in the new legal regime': Sotomayor accuses majority of 'shamefully' enabling 'lawless' behavior by the executive branch in birthright citizenship case dissent

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor participates in a fireside chat…
'This argument stumbles out of the gate': Gorsuch lectures liberal colleagues about precedent and statutory interpretation in Planned Parenthood-Medicaid ruling

'This argument stumbles out of the gate': Gorsuch lectures liberal colleagues about precedent and statutory interpretation in Planned Parenthood-Medicaid ruling

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch appears in a December 3, 2018…
‘Flouts this Court’s clear precedents’: Justice Jackson takes colleagues to task over ‘patently erroneous’ ruling on racial discrimination

‘Flouts this Court’s clear precedents’: Justice Jackson takes colleagues to task over ‘patently erroneous’ ruling on racial discrimination

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the…
‘Free speech is the rule’: Alito wants more First Amendment protections for students after middle schooler is punished for wearing ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ T-shirt

‘Free speech is the rule’: Alito wants more First Amendment protections for students after middle schooler is punished for wearing ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ T-shirt

FILE – Associate Justice Samuel Alito joins other members of the Supreme…
The SPLC's Hate for Dissent: When the Witch Hunters Wield the Megaphone

The SPLC's Hate for Dissent: When the Witch Hunters Wield the Megaphone

Wolves in Watchdog Clothing  Once upon a time, the Southern Poverty…
‘President over our precedent’: Kagan roasts Trump and his ‘subservient’ administration in fiery dissent after SCOTUS gives him green light to purge Biden-appointed agency heads

‘President over our precedent’: Kagan roasts Trump and his ‘subservient’ administration in fiery dissent after SCOTUS gives him green light to purge Biden-appointed agency heads

Left: Justice Elena Kagan listening to President Donald Trump’s address before a…
‘Cannot interject themselves’: Trump DOJ says states suing over president’s mass firings have no ‘legitimate claims’ and are doomed to fail in federal court

‘Government repeatedly mischaracterizes’: Judge’s frustrated dissent previews parade of horribles to come after Trump given green light to fire federal workers

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at an election night…
‘Appointed himself as an expert witness’: Federal judge blasted by colleagues for issuing unusual video dissent showcasing his extensive knowledge of handguns

‘Appointed himself as an expert witness’: Federal judge blasted by colleagues for issuing unusual video dissent showcasing his extensive knowledge of handguns

U.S. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke demonstrates the use of handguns in his…
‘Flies in the face of human nature’: Stunned dissent takes Minnesota Supreme Court to task for new self-defense rule that mandates a ‘duty to retreat before making threats’

‘Flies in the face of human nature’: Stunned dissent takes Minnesota Supreme Court to task for new self-defense rule that mandates a ‘duty to retreat before making threats’

Left inset: Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Thissen (Minnesota Courts). Right inset:…