Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court will decide whether to turn teachers into informants against their students Plaintiffs from the religious right are asking the Republican justices to seize control of public schools.

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Can Minnesota prosecute the federal officers who just killed a man? Trump’s paramilitary forces just shot and killed another person in Minneapolis.

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The Supreme Court is likely to hand Trump a rare loss on the Federal Reserve Trump’s attempt to bully the Federal Reserve got an icy reception from the justices.

Trump’s attempt to bully the Federal Reserve got an icy reception from the Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court’s entire framework for Second Amendment cases is coming apart It’s obvious that the Court isn’t actually trying to come up with a legal rule that makes sense.

The Supreme Court’s Republican majority spent much of Tuesday morning trying to figure out how two mutually exclusive principles can both be true at the same time.

The Supreme Court’s entire framework for Second Amendment cases is coming apart It’s obvious that the Court isn’t actually trying to come up with a legal rule that makes sense.

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The Supreme Court seems poised to deliver another blow to trans rights Trans athletes always faced a difficult road in this Court.

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The Supreme Court made Trump’s attack on Jerome Powell possible Chief Justice Roberts owes Powell an apology.

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Trump’s war on the Federal Reserve heads to the Supreme Court next week Trump picked the worst possible time to go after Jerome Powell.

Trump picked the worst possible time to go after Jerome Powell.

The Supreme Court was already set to hear a case about his war on the Fed next week.

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Can Minnesota prosecute the federal immigration officer who just killed a woman? The short answer is that it is unclear.

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Trump’s revenge campaign is now putting the entire Justice Department at risk One of Trump’s most high-profile DOJ appointments faces a rare disciplinary threat from the bench.

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Republicans accidentally protected abortion while trying to kill Obamacare Oops.

Republicans accidentally protected abortion while trying to kill Obamacare.

Read from @imillhiser.bsky.social:

Republicans accidentally protected abortion while trying to kill Obamacare Oops.

Oops.

Republicans accidentally legalized abortion while trying to kill Obamacare

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The Supreme Court just handed Trump a rare — and very significant — loss Even some of the Court’s Republicans ruled that his attempt to use troops against US citizens went too far.

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The culture war is consuming the Supreme Court The Court’s overall docket is shrinking, even as it hears more and more cases dealing with Republican cultural grievances.

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The case against releasing the Epstein files DOJ has strong norms against releasing information outside of a criminal trial, and for good reasons.

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The Supreme Court sounds surprisingly open to a case against a death sentence The justices seemed to reject Justice Neil Gorsuch’s earlier call for major changes to the rules governing punishment.

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How the Supreme Court is using Trump to grab more power for itself The Court’s GOP majority wants grow Trump’s authority, but also give itself a veto power over the president.

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The Supreme Court just made gerrymandering nearly untouchable The Court’s Texas decision is a victory for Republicans, and it is a terrible blow to all gerrymandering plaintiffs.

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Republicans want the Supreme Court to save them from their own inept mistake Meanwhile, Texas Republicans want to immunize their gerrymander from constitutional review.

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I was skeptical of this when Ian pitched it but came out convinced that it’s at least worth considering, especially the danger to victims and witnesses who spoke to DOJ about the horrors of their lives, and may now face of retribution from some of the most powerful people in the world.

The case against releasing the Epstein files DOJ has strong norms against releasing information outside of a criminal trial, and for good reasons.

"There is danger, however, in requiring the Justice Department to reveal the fruits of a criminal investigation — even in a case as compelling and as egregious as Epstein’s," writes @imillhiser.bsky.social.

Here's why 👇

The case against releasing the Epstein files DOJ has strong norms against releasing information outside of a criminal trial, and for good reasons.

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Trump’s Justice Department may have accidentally handed Democrats five House seats Oops.

Oops! Trump’s Justice Department may have accidentally handed Democrats five House seats

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The Supreme Court is about to rule on whether Trump can use troops against Americans Thus far, the justices have signaled they may not let him — yet.

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The Supreme Court will decide whether to toss out thousands of ballots The Republican Party’s arguments in Watson v. RNC is probably too much even for this Supreme Court.

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A Supreme Court case about dreadlocks could end up gutting Medicaid The Republican justices find something they care about more than they care about religion.

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The Supreme Court might actually stand up to Trump Trump’s tariffs appear to be in trouble.

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The most horrifying religion case to hit the Supreme Court in years is also one of the hardest The Court has made a hash of its religion decisions. Damon Landor may be the newest victim of that uncertainty.

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Trump’s imperial presidency is Dick Cheney’s final legacy Cheney’s final political act was patriotism, but his life’s work was autocracy.

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A new Supreme Court case could turn the National Guard into Trump’s personal army The justices could hand Trump the power to deploy troops anywhere, anytime — and against Americans.

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