Melissa Murray

My worlds are colliding. On a flight with Robert George and Joe and Melissa Gorga. This is my Super Bowl. I can't wait to introduce them to each other.

So much fun to talk/drag Roger Taney (yes, THAT Roger Taney) with @ceaubin.com on @thisguysucked.com! From marrying well, engaging in Jacksonian cronyism, and enshrining racial supremacy in the US Reports (Dred Scott), Taney literally did it all. Check it out!

Thanks, Liz!

THE CONSTITUTION: READ IT FOR THE ARTICLES!

Thank you!

You were!!

On this week's @strictscrutiny.bsky.social episode, @leahlitman.bsky.social, @kateshaw.bsky.social, and I discussed the new Heritage Foundation plan to return women to home and hearth. Apparently, this guy is all in on it.

I know!

@hkpmw.bsky.social was a terrific student and RA, and is an even better scholar. She's going to be a force in the academy, as this wonderful paper suggests! Congrats to Hannah and @yalelawjournal.bsky.social!

Roger Taney walked so John Roberts could run.

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NEW: A week of news AND clues!

Ft. Sam Alito, Pam Bondi, the Epstein class, RFK, CO2, Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, a blanket, a CONGRESS (??!!), lower courts - and more!

"Enjoy!" @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social

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YES!

Big, if true.

This is a big deal. Approval polls, like the media, courts, and Congress, can serve as vehicles for presidential accountability. We are watching in real time as the institutions that could hold this administration to account wither on the vine.

Samuel Alito Is a Great Man, According to a Former Alito Clerk Arguing Cases at the Supreme Court Ben Aguiñaga, Louisiana’s solicitor general, has appeared before the justices three times this term. In an op-ed, he describes his old boss as “kind, humble, thoughtful and selfless.”

Call me a stickler, but I do not think former Supreme Court clerks who are now practicing lawyers with *multiple cases* pending before the Court should be publishing fawning op-eds about how “kind, humble, thoughtful and selfless” their old boss is

Would read, tbh.

ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.

This should concern us all. You cannot speak of freedom and liberty and then support this regime’s actions.

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The replacement could be ... worse. Gird your loins.

House Republicans eye official investigation into Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show Donald Trump condemned the performance, but some GOP lawmakers apparently want to do more than just complain.

It’s easy to roll one’s eyes at the right’s whining about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show.

But the fact that some House Republicans are talking about an official congressional investigation into the performance is much dumber.
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Alito From an award-winning journalist, the authoritative—and explosive—inside story of Justice Samuel Alito and his powerful role in shaping the Supreme Court...

Oh god, Mollie Hemmingway is dropping a fellacious bio of Alito in April.

Folks, this man is *so* going to retire at the end of the term. Senate Democrats, PLEASE staff up. This is *going to happen.*

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I'm not into prediction markets... but this has all of the makings of a SCOTUS retirement. His book goes on sale on October 6, 2026--the day after OT2026 starts . . . and now a new hagiographic biography? Hmmmmmm.

McNally Jackson Seaport Events Dorothy Roberts presents The Mixed Marriage Project, in conversation with Ann Morning at McNally Jackson at the Seaport.

NYC Peeps! Don't miss this great event! The incomparable Dorothy Roberts discussing her new book with my NYU colleague, Ann Morning @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social! theseaport.nyc/events/mcnal...

Are You There, God? It’s Me, the Constitution. | Crooked Media

@ceaubin.com Not sure if you heard it, but TGS got a shoutout from Melissa Murray at the end of this week's @strictscrutiny.bsky.social podcast

screenshot of a booklist showing Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid right above the U.S. Constitution guide by Melissa Murray

love this juxtaposition on the best selling books of the week from Bookshop.org

It’s odd that the religious right is so upset about a halftime show that celebrated marriage, love, community, small business, hard work, and family. 🤔

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NEW: More updates/dispatches from MN, where the administration is still running roughshod over the Constitution.

+ other legal news (administrative subpoenas, SCOTUS NDAs, an epic district court decision on TPS, & more):

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There is a major political organization allied with the president that got so mad a Latino artist was tapped to play at the Super Bowl they made a whole alternative show. We should all take a moment to reflect on that. It is so blatantly racist.

Two judges on the Fifth Circuit gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions On Friday night, Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.

Tonight was wonderful, but don’t miss this —>

On Friday night, two Fifth Circuit judges gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions. Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's new, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.

Robin Givens tried to warn us.

Lolololol.