BIG IN THE 4A WORLD: The Supreme Court has granted cert in Chatrie, the geofence warrant case, to decide the following Q: "Whether the execution of the geofence warrant violated the Fourth Amendment." (I assume this includes both whether a "search" happened and whether the warrant was lawful.)

DOJ just published a redacted version of the OLC memo justifying the Administration’s campaign/attacks in Venezuela and capture of Maduro:

dun dun. neorsd.buzzsprout.com/1924356/epis...

Perhaps I'm old-fashioned, but when a govt agent kills someone, I don't think gov't officials should make public statements about the lawfulness or justification of the killing prior to an actual investigation.

NEW: The Supreme Court grants review in several new cases. These (and likely next week’s grants) will be heard this term. Grants after that, unless expedited, will be heard sometime in the term that starts in October 2026.

Worthwhile thread

NEW: An ICE officer killed a person in broad daylight in Minneapolis today — with posted video appearing to contradict the DHS statement claiming self-defense, as the driver appeared to be attempting to drive away when shot. MPR: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0... Video: bsky.app/profile/dani...

The wildfire disaster caused billions in losses, and many homeowners are still waiting for insurance payouts and permits to rebuild. on.wsj.com/3Z2Xs84

JA’s critiques are worth consideration. Of course, there are judgment calls re: coding that people will simply disagree over. Binary coding choices can be reductive. His highlighting of the counterfactuals, I think, are something worth attention. I’m scratching my head a bit about those myself.

I haven't read the SCOTUS-favors-the-rich paper yet, but think this post is an excellent discussion of how important it is to look at how a paper chooses to define something as subjective and mushy as "pro-poor" or "pro-rich." A LOT can turn on those definitions, and here they def seem contestable.

About that NYT story on SCOTUS favoring the rich

This study is embarrassingly sloppy. Just look at table 5 for starters. Setting aside the time travel, cases don't satisfy the authors' own qualifications. How to simple proofreading not catch these things?

New @nberpubs: "The Effects of Regulating Greenwashing: Evidence from Europe’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)" www.nber.org/papers/w34624 "the SFDR had little effect on fund flows or portfolio sustainability"

really leaning into the Beverly Hillbillies thing

Nation-building anyone?

"Kinetic military action" as a euphemism for military strikes. Where i have i heard that before?

And here I was concerned about the lawfulness of the drug boat strikes. www.civitasinstitute.org/research/con...

Protests breaking out across Iran. LFG. Liberty needs a win.

"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." -- James Baldwin

Some people think the "reasonable expectation of privacy" test in Fourth Amendment law is just made up, and that it's inconsistent with the constitutional text and original public meaning. They're wrong. I explain why in this 2022 article, "Katz as Originalism": papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

METAPHOR ALERT

When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like: 💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon 🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels 🚂 The Little Engine That Could 🎩 Morocco 🍑 Georgia on My Mind and many more! 🧵👇

this @jadler1969.bsky.social post is a great summary of the Frost-Eason paper’s findings reason.com/volokh/2025/...

Today's decision in Trump v Illinois is the second Trump Administration loss on the interim docket this week. It's almost as if the administration's early victories were not a representative sample.

Bad news

Love the kinder, gentler social media site

A unanimous D.C. Circuit panel clears the way for Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., staying a lower court's order that foudn the deployment illegal. The panel Millett: Obama Rao: Trump Katsas Trump. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Remember the heroes, not the shooters

Really any competent reader of the Pardon Clause would say the part at the end

BREAKING Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released after a federal judge ordered it earlier today.

“Editor’s note: This article is totally wrong.”

It's embarrassing that @newrepublic.com published this

When he's right, he's right.

Yowza. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...

At oral argument, SG Sauer repeatedly insisted that the tariffs are "most effective" if they don't raise a penny. So every time Trump celebrates how much money his tariffs are bringing in, he's celebrating the relative ineffectiveness of his policies.

The Trump Administration has appointed some excellent attorneys, such as those in the SG's office (e.g. Sarah Harris). And then there is Alina Habba.

What is a permanent pause?

We are in peak French heist season.

Not surprising

Competence matters

a movie so sharp and funny that it basically killed the musical biopic for a decade

happy World Toilet Day to all who celebrate.