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Yesterday’s post asked what Tuesday’s election results might mean for the Supreme Court. Today’s bonus post turns to the lower federal courts, which have been carrying most of the weight of Trump-related litigation since January 2025—and which, as of J...

Justice Owen Roberts’s decisive vote in West Coast Hotel v.

Welcome back to “One First,” a newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. I’m grateful to all of you for your continued support, and I hope that you’ll consider sharing some of what we’re doing with your networks.

On Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court handed down a one-sentence order denying an emergency application, with no noted dissents, in a case with a strange caption, City of Baltimore

Welcome back to “One First,” a newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. I’m grateful to all of you for your continued support, and I hope that you’ll consider sharing some of what we’re doing with your networks.