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The author’s bonus newsletter dissects the Supreme Court’s March 2 emergency rulings in Mirabelli v. Bonta and Malliotakis v. Williams. He critiques Justice Barrett’s concurrence—joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh—for offering only a superficial defense of the Court’s decision to issue a majority opinion. The piece also challenges Stephanie Barclay’s SCOTUSblog response, which the author says fails to identify or directly address the critics of the Court’s emergency docket. Ultimately, he warns that such shallow rebuttals amount to “shadowboxing” rather than genuine engagement with legitimate concerns.
Steve Vladeck explains the inner workings of his "One First" newsletter, noting that the regular edition remains free while bonus issues sit behind a paywall for subscribers. He describes the ad‑hoc, last‑minute writing schedule—often Wednesday afternoons or early Thursday mornings—driven...
On Monday night the U.S. Supreme Court issued two emergency orders, one reinstating a lower‑court injunction that blocks California policies allowing schools to keep transgender students’ gender identity private from disapproving parents, and another staying a New York state court...
