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“Antonin Scalia Was a Diversity Hire; The late justice spent his career ridiculing the notion that elite institutions had any interest in diversity; He might not have made the Supreme Court without it”
21 Nov 2025, 9:06 am by Howard Bashman
institutions had any interest in diversity; He might not have made the Supreme Court without it”: Jay [read post]
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“Nothing Enrages Clarence Thomas Like Criminal Defendants Having Constitutional Rights; Our bloodthirstiest justice is once again putting on his old-timey detective costume to solve a case he thinks came out the wrong way”
11 Feb 2025, 2:14 pm by Howard Bashman
putting on his old-timey detective costume to solve a case he thinks came out the wrong way”: Jay [read post]
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“Why Is Donald Trump Stalling With His Supreme Court Shortlist? When people despise the Supreme Court you built, it’s sort of tricky to talk about what you’d do next with the Supreme Court.”
25 Aug 2024, 10:10 am by Howard Bashman
” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes. [read post]
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“The Supreme Court’s Latest Shadow Docket Ruling Reeks of Vicious, Casual Transphobia; Once again, the six-justice conservative supermajority rides gallantly to the rescue of their very favorite president”
7 Nov 2025, 6:00 am by Howard Bashman
six-justice conservative supermajority rides gallantly to the rescue of their very favorite president”: Jay [read post]
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“Supreme Court Audition Watch: James Ho Is In a Dark, Desperate Place; The federal judiciary’s sweatiest blogger is back with even more thoughts about ‘cultural elites.’”
9 Jan 2026, 9:55 am by Howard Bashman
’” Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site. [read post]
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“Why Is a Law School Supreme Court Clinic Taking a Straight Rights Case? Clinical legal education is supposed to serve the public interest. In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, it’s pushing the conservative policy agenda instead.”
18 Oct 2024, 1:32 pm by Howard Bashman
” Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes. [read post]
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“A Brief History of Supreme Court Justices Throwing Out Ceremonial First Pitches at Baseball Games”
5 Nov 2023, 6:30 pm by Howard Bashman
Brief History of Supreme Court Justices Throwing Out Ceremonial First Pitches at Baseball Games”: Jay [read post]
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"Neil Gorsuch and the Senate's 'Nuclear Option,' Explained: Here's everything you need to know about how Senate Republicans might end a Democratic filibuster of the president's Supreme Court pick."
29 Mar 2017, 1:36 pm
" Jay Willis has this post online at GQ. [read post]
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“Conservatives Are Winning The Supreme Court’s Most Important Fight: Suppressing The Vote; Enabling widespread voter suppression is shaping up to be the Roberts Court’s most consequential accomplishment, because every other aspect of the Republican agenda depends on it.”
27 Jul 2020, 1:28 pm by Howard Bashman
” Jay Willis has this essay online at The Appeal. [read post]
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“How Anthony Kennedy Became Just Another Trump Justice; The Court’s longtime swing vote needed less than a decade to go from protecting marriage equality to praising Donald Trump for ‘teaching young people to love America’”
21 Mar 2025, 5:42 pm by Howard Bashman
marriage equality to praising Donald Trump for ‘teaching young people to love America’”: Jay [read post]
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“The Justice Department’s Defense of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order Is Vapid and Embarrassing; In a judiciary dominated by conservatives, the Trump administration’s worst legal arguments stand a better chance than ever of carrying the day”
23 Jan 2025, 6:00 pm by Howard Bashman
administration’s worst legal arguments stand a better chance than ever of carrying the day”: Jay [read post]
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“Supreme Court Justices Who Insist They Aren’t Politicians In Robes Keep Acting Like Politicians In Robes; The justices often claim that they do law, not politics; New reporting on the Supreme Court’s most recent term suggests otherwise”
2 Aug 2024, 12:25 pm by Howard Bashman
not politics; New reporting on the Supreme Court’s most recent term suggests otherwise”: Jay [read post]
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“The Supreme Court’s Oddest Pairing Comes out Swinging on Behalf of Criminal Defendants”
2 Oct 2023, 5:26 pm by Howard Bashman
The Supreme Court’s Oddest Pairing Comes out Swinging on Behalf of Criminal Defendants”: Jay [read post]
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“Trump Judge Kyle Duncan got exactly what he wanted out of Stanford: Fame.”
14 Mar 2023, 5:44 pm by Howard Bashman
” Jay Willis has this essay online at The San Francisco Chronicle. [read post]
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“The Supreme Court Can’t Hide Its Contempt for Abortion Rights Any Longer; By allowing a husk of a legal challenge to Texas SB8 to go forward, the conservative justices send the strongest signal yet that Roe v. Wade’s days are numbered”
11 Dec 2021, 7:48 am by Howard Bashman
Wade‘s days are numbered”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes. [read post]
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“Supreme Court: Our Computer Systems Date to the Bronze Age.”
27 Jan 2023, 9:14 am by Howard Bashman
” You can access the most recent edition of Jay Willis’s weekly Balls & Strikes email [read post]
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“Elon Musk’s Attacks On Judges Are Getting More Racist and More Dangerous; Of the many federal judges who have blocked the unelected billionaire’s efforts to take over the government, you can probably guess which ones he is angriest about”
27 Feb 2025, 7:03 pm by Howard Bashman
efforts to take over the government, you can probably guess which ones he is angriest about”: Jay [read post]
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“Neil Gorsuch’s Judicial Humility Is Sanctimonious Horseshit; When judges have the chance to further the conservative agenda, Gorsuch is eager to dig in; When judges have the power to protect the rights of unhoused people, he cannot wash his hands of responsibility fast enough”
28 Jun 2024, 6:35 pm by Howard Bashman
protect the rights of unhoused people, he cannot wash his hands of responsibility fast enough”: Jay [read post]
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“The Federalist Society Is Surrendering the Conservative Legal Movement to Donald Trump; FedSoc co-founder Steven Calabresi’s embrace of the stolen-election lie demonstrates that if you are a conservative in 2024, you can be a critic of Donald Trump, or you can be relevant; But you cannot be both”
12 Jun 2024, 1:06 pm by Howard Bashman
in 2024, you can be a critic of Donald Trump, or you can be relevant; But you cannot be both”: Jay [read post]
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“The Supreme Court Just Wants Trump to Break the Law the Right Way; The opinion in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia shows little interest in actually bringing him home, or holding the White House accountable for failing to do so”
11 Apr 2025, 12:49 pm by Howard Bashman
in actually bringing him home, or holding the White House accountable for failing to do so”: Jay [read post]
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