Kate Shaw

Opinion | ‘The Justices Might Actually Have to Say No, Even to the President’

Another @nytimes.com #SCOTUS roundtable with @kateshaw.bsky.social, @williambaude.bsky.social, and me—this one on yesterday’s (one-sided) oral argument in the Lisa Cook / Fed independence case:

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/o...

Because I’m in Spain, I posted this in the middle of the night, U.S.-time, so …

ICYMI, a 🧵 on Congress.

Opinion | Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century

I don’t write the headlines but I do like this one (post-Slaughter argument roundtable for @nytimes.com with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social)

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...

Opinion | Trump Wants Complete Control. Will the Supreme Court Hand It to Him?

My take in this morning’s @nytimes.com on Trump v. Slaughter, on the future of independent agencies. Arguments before SCOTUS today @ 10am

Trump Wants Complete Control. Will the Supreme Court Hand It to Him? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...

Oh no! I will flag, thank you!

This segment is so so good. Truly no one out there uses his platform like John Oliver

Selfie on stage - Leah Kate and Melissa

Melody Michael and Kate kneeling while Leah and Melissa in front on sides in front of crooked con poster

We had the BEST time at #CrookedCon - the episode we recorded will be out Monday!!

@profmmurray.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social @crooked.com

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.

And now Penn rejects the compact! Students, faculty and staff unite. @aaup-penn.bsky.social @aaup.org 🔥 www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Re Brown, here’s a letter signed by a number of Brown alums who are law professors - there are a lot of us! (With huge thanks to @courtneygjoslin.bsky.social among others for organizing)

We prevail through solidarity. Much organizing is behind this decision by Brown U to not cave, on the day that the Pentagon press corps walked out in unison rather than submit to censorship. In the year that so many non-immigrants showed up to stand with immigrants. #nokings

Brown rejects the compact!

President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters

Oh I love driftless meets crooked con!!

Great guide to what’s on the ballot in November - including three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court up for retention

ICYMI:

Opinion | ‘Hypercharged’ Is the Only Word for This Supreme Court

Sat down with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social to talk start of a new SCOTUS term, end of an unprecedented summer on the shadow docket, & 20 years of Chief Justice John Roberts

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

the case against comey is an illegal, selective, vindictive prosecution. Trump vowed vengeance and retribution; prosecutors concluded there was no case against comey; Trump forced out the prosecutors & replaced them with a loyalist who got an indictment.

The case should be dismissed before trial.

Finally had a chance to watch this, and it’s very much worth your time if you haven’t - late night tv as a site of popular constitutionalism

A fantastic installment of @stevevladeck.bsky.social’s (always essential) newsletter

Also - we recorded this episode before the court’s NIH funding order, but I think the divided result in that case was broadly consistent with the admin’s winning streak at SCOTUS over this past/spring summer. Cc @stevevladeck.bsky.social whose work tracking the shadow docket is absolutely crucial

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There’s so much more to say about SCOTUS, but one thing I hope came through in this convo is what a winning streak Trump is on at SCOTUS right now - & how insane it is that the court is blessing many of his assertions of executive authority w/o a word of explanation @strictscrutiny.bsky.social

Opinion | Will the Supreme Court Put Real Limits on This President? Start With Lisa Cook.

Here's an interview Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social did with Lev Menand, the expert on the Fed (the headline does not capture the substance of the piece): www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...

Opinion | The Supreme Court Must Limit This President. Start With the Fed. Trump’s effort to oust Lisa Cook could have all sorts of worrisome consequences.

Can President Trump fire Lisa Cook? Under a proper understanding of the Federal Reserve’s place in our constitutional order, says ‪Kate Shaw, the answer should be no.

Opinion | The Supreme Court Must Limit This President. Start With the Fed.

I sat down with Columbia Law School’s Lev Menand, a genuine expert on the Fed, to talk through Trump’s effort to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook - and its implications for both Fed independence & what remains of the separation of powers

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...

A real treat to take a break from the horrors of this timeline to talk to my amazing @penncareylaw.bsky.social colleague @serenamayeri.bsky.social about her fantastic new book “Marital Privilege”

a close up of a girl 's face with the words why are you telling me all of this Alt: a close up of a girl 's face with the words why are you telling me all of this

NEW: The band is back together to chat legal news, including the shadow docket insanity on NIH research funding.

Then Leah chats with Eli Savit, candidate for Michigan AG, about threats to marriage equality

& Kate with Serena Mayeri on her book MARITAL PRIVILEGE
crooked.com/podcast/trum...

Opinion | Donald Trump and John Roberts Have a Lot in Common

new piece from on the 60th anniversary of the voting rights act, and what the law has meant for american democracy www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...

ICYMI - in the second half of this episode of @strictscrutiny.bsky.social, @leahlitman.bsky.social & I took a break from the news cycle to remember the one and only David Souter. Thanks to former Souter clerks Erin Delaney & Alli Orr Larsen for joining us & sharing some lovely Souter stories

Bracing analysis from Columbia Law School’s David Pozen about the significance and implications of Columbia’s settlement with Trump. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...