Matt Baker

True! The proximity to the facts and parties might make DJs more inclined to take some action. Highly recommend @stevevladeck.bsky.social's recent discussions of the change in how appellate courts are weighing the equities on his Substack...things are coming in so fast it's hard to keep track!

Some of this might be because SCOTUS has been staying almost all of the administration's emergency petitions at this point.

Solid Lawfare article on this: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/temp...

*insert vibes*

Thoroughly enjoyed attending the @emorycollege.bsky.social honors ceremony with my @emorypolisci.bsky.social colleagues last night!

I'm close to recommending a time machine to some who are unhappy. DeLorean, Hot Tub, Phone Booth, Time-turner...whatever you fancy.

So timely and really helpful!

From our new issue: "Gender, Race, and Interruptions at Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings" by Christina Boyd, Paul Collins, and Lori Ringhand. #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

As always, happy to see "One First" on a Monday morning! I start my American Legal System with students reading a selection from Contempt of Court to grapple with the authority of the Court. Thanks Steve!

"The loss of liberty to a generous mind is worse than death; and yet we know there have been those in all ages who for the sake of preferment or some imaginary honor have freely lent a helping hand to oppress, nay to destroy their country. . . ."

Argument in the Zenger Trial (1735) National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for Argument in the Zenger Trial (1735)

Teaching freshmen about Zenger's Trial (among other things) and Andrew Hamilton's closing argument feels rather timely... constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...

111. Ex parte Milligan and the Limits of Martial Law Although it was later narrowed, the Supreme Court's 1866 repudiation of Civil War-era military commissions remains a bulwark against military authority wherever civilian courts are functioning

In today’s “One First,” I wrote about #SCOTUS’s 1866 decision in Ex parte Milligan—and the limits on martial law and military rule for which it still stands. (It’s also a good excuse to talk about the first “class photo” of the justices—from February 1867):

www.stevevladeck.com/p/111-ex-par...

Need to step up my recall of One Firsts of yore! Thanks!

Great read, as always! Would love to see some discussion of McCardle with this too, even though the Court didn't overturn Milligan, given the political pressure the Court faced a few years later.