havent seen much about this but both skrmetti and bpj show that the conservatives on the court are coming after the equal protection clause, particularly by requiring plaintiffs to prove numerosity if they are a sub-class “in which the State’s asserted interest is not furthered.”

The FTC has filed a motion for a temporary restraining order in Texas seeking to bar WPATH from seeking relief in any other courts. This follows WPATH's motion for a TRO in their separate case against the FTC in DC. This seems to be a new tactic by the govt to lock defendants into O' Connor's court

🚨BIG news! Fifth Circuit says undocumented immigrants with no criminal records, specifically those who came across the border at some point long in the past, MUST be given a bond hearing within 90 days of arrest, at which the government must be able to justify continued jailing.

QUEEN

see i think that in large part the reason that dsa or whomever is trouncing 30-yr old incumbents is because ppl get these news snippets and the next day someone in dem leadership is saying, “no, we’re not looking at impeachment at the moment.”

QTP with a great female villain!

Donald Trump is using the federal government to enrich his family by billions, abduct our immigrant neighbors, and spy on all of us. Meanwhile, @demsocialists.bsky.social are fighting for Medicare for All, affordable housing, to get money out of politics, and deliver for working people. (1/2)

this 10000%

Long form version of my postmortem on the birthright citizenship case (tldr just listen to Justice Jackson), courtesy of the fine folks at @theunpopulist.net www.theunpopulist.net/p/there-is-n...

the Financial Times is the one paper i recommend everyone pay for

a barrista with a BA and 20k in student loan debt is working class by any worthwhile definition of the term. the headline here is: Platner is not winning Republicans.

⚠️ The US believed Israel was plotting to assassinate FM Araghchi or Speaker Ghalibaf during negotiations. (The leaking and confirmation of this story by unnamed current and former American officials is notable in itself.) Gift link:

it's deadly how bpj did not actually rely on skrmetti, since the nature of the classifications made by the state laws were different, but still kavanaugh saw fit to remind us all that three sitting justices have expressly said that they did not think that trans folks are a suspect class.

Not loving the word "eliminate" here, tbh

So, this is in print now. Title pretty much says it all. virginialawreview.org/articles/abo...

imagine jd vance touring to market a book about converting to the very style of catholicism that just got excommunicated lmfao

i find the debate already stale because the truth of the matter is that we will first find ourselves with the reins, should a democrat take over in 2029, of the muscular presidency trump leaves behind. does president aoc (or whoever) defang herself from the beginning to return inter-branch balance?

Fascinating to see all the hot takes about children's domicile from dudes who didn't take Family Law.

currently reading kavanaugh’s BPJ opinion and the way he organizes the intro and how he refers to women makes him sound, ironically for kavanaugh, like a TERF

🚨 HUGE ongoing surge of ICE arrests, with ICE directing 80% of all officers to go out into the field and round people up, aiming to hit 2,000 arrests a day; which would be more than during the Minneapolis surge. This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

In a filing seeking a temporary restraining order against the FTC by WPATH in the DC district court last night, it was revealed that they were served with a grand jury subpoena on June 16th, 2026. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72295...

it’s a redeemer government.

america is the wealthiest most powerful country in the world except during every election season when it’s so cash starved, the deficits are so huge, it becomes imperative to make sure the rich never give back their money ever again

Subtle

The notion that the average voter or even the average political journalist is tracking the affordable housing bill is real Hill brain

when it comes to solutions i am *extremely* agnostic. if we gain 100 units of power, we use 100 units of power. whether that means a reinvigorated congress or the continuation of a muscular presidency is a decision we can only wishcast about rn. time will tell.

I sincerely hope we cut federal money off from institutions trying to do this until they cut it out. I don't know if our guys will remember to do so, but it's better than having federal funding for right-wing insurgency.

incoming FIU law dean is actually far worse than expected. he plans to execute an expressly partisan program and activate conservative networks and donors. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...

what a disgusting game

Israel and Russia are both engaging in genocidal wars of conquest and should be stopped.

I also simultaneously believe we should probably greatly reduce our global footprint, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is just a crystal-clear example of imperialist fascism worth stopping at all costs

jesus christ

yeah in his bostock dissent he also didnt recognize aimee stephens even though he often referred to the other gay cisgender plaintiffs by name

by no means should anyone stop this. let. the. president. speak.

ppl be having strategic political conversations and i have no fckn clue what theyre talking about. oblique vagaries jumping off of oblique vagaries producing a curlycue of conversation comprehended by nothing other than this app’s deep machine mind

guakimolo

Obergefell was a 5-4 decision. It's not vote counts that make SCOTUS decisions stick (or not). It's whether people at all levels and levers of power generally take them to be common sense, the price of admission into legit political conversation. That's the work ahead for birthright citizenship.

This is my lane. I went through the 194 Trump v Barbara opinion from yesterday section by section, noting what they got right about US migration and citizenship history, and what the dissents get wrong. Please share if you think it is helpful to others.

a question i have for these democrats is whether, when yoon declared his coup, the legislators that had to climb over fences to call a vote were acting “performatively.”

You have two wolves inside you, so it’s probably best to order those extra tacos as you are eating for three.

True elite-lawyer brain sees "instability" as worse than unilateral disarmament. Next president and congress shd fire everyone Trump installs via Slaughter while reforming and packing the court. The firings wd be a remedy to restore status quo ante in anticipation of Slaughter being overruled.

Here in Illinois, our LGBTQ+ community can rest assured. You are celebrated and valued. You can be who you are. You are free to love who you love. You are always welcome here. As we mark the end of Pride, know that you'll always have an ally on your side with me.

Your whole thesis is "this guy is making an outcome-oriented political argument for being a bad-faith operator, I need to have him on to explore that" and then you immediately walk into 15 bad-faith rhetorical tricks in a row.

so true. also in my case i learned to appreciate the bible as a literary text a LOT more after leaving religion. same goes for medieval philosophy.

alright youre back up on my list great khan

nah gurl he did not.

The winning combination is "young, brown, progressive, and the hottest person you've ever seen in your goddamn life"

i love the enormous concession here. thomas acknowledges that the EO "generated . . . new scholarship into the original meaning of the Citizenship Clause." but this implies that the original meaning is not self-evident; it must be found or perhaps *re*-found. 1/

While some law profs (including originalists) represented themselves and legal academia very well, the collective effort of law profs was to invent a controversy based on theories previously only supported by crackpots like Eastman that almost rewrote 14A.