Re-upping this “One First” post from April asking—and trying to answer—five questions about the domestic use of the military: [142. Five Questions About Dome...](
142. Five Questions About Domestic Use of the Military
The federal government's authorities to use the military for domestic law enforcement are old, broad, and vague. They may soon become far more rele...
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It’ll be interesting how the Trump administration’s remarkable ability to magically bring Abrego García back to the United States will bear on its arguments in other cases about how it really has no ability to influence the detention of others at CECOT.
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS grants Trump administration stay in DOGE/Social Security case (restoring DOGE’s access to SSA data) over public dissents from three Democratic appointees.
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS grants Trump administration application for stay in CHNV humanitarian parole immigration case; lets government deport those previously granted parole. Justice Jackson, joined by Justice Sotomayor, filed an eight-page dissenting opinion. Link to come shortly.
#BREAKING: In Oklahoma religious charter school case, #SCOTUS splits 4-4 (with Justice Barrett recused), which means the lower-court ruling (barring the religious charter school) stands without a (precedential) opinion: [www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...](📄.pdf ) [supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf...](📄.pdf )
Today’s bonus issue of “One First” takes a closer look at Judge Ho’s galling concurring opinion on remand in the A.A.R.P. Alien Enemies Act case—which accused #SCOTUS of showing “disrespect” to the district judge and President Trump by … protecting due process: [www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-152-...](
Bonus 152: Judge Ho, Due Process, and "Disrespect"
Some thoughts on Judge Ho's rather galling claim that the Supreme Court "disrespect[ed]" the district court and the President in Friday's ruling in...
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Bonus 152: Judge Ho, Due Process, and "Disrespect"
Some thoughts on Judge Ho's rather galling claim that the Supreme Court "disrespect[ed]" the district court and the President in Friday's ruling in...
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I keep thinking he can’t stoop any lower—and then he does: [reason.com/volokh/2025/...](
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The Supreme Court Unfairly Attacked A "Careful" District Court Judge Who Faithfully Discharged His Office Under Pressure
Justice Scalia once ridiculed the coastal elites on his Court who fail to represent the "vast expanse in-between." Somewhere in…
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Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented. His argument fails even on its own terms.
When it’s impossible to distinguish between your blog posts and the claims that Stephen Miller is making, it might be time to just stop writing: [reason.com/volokh/2025/...](
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A Tale Of Two Shadow Dockets
The Supreme Court moves heaven and earth to block removal of alleged gang members who are almost certainly removable, but says nothing about Ohio i...
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