Balls & Strikes
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A nonprofit media outlet for progressive, bullshit-free commentary about courts, judges, and the legal system they uphold. Run by @jaywillis.net.
Trump loves breaking the law and conservative judges love helping him do it
How Conservative Judges Turned a Throwaway Line Into a Free Pass For ICE Violence
For these judges, the White House not getting its way is a legal crisis that requires immediate intervention.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump loves breaking the law and conservative judges love helping him do it
We are running out of ways to say that Emil Bove has no business being a lawyer, much less a federal judge ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We are running out of ways to say that Emil Bove has no business being a lawyer, much less a federal judge ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
The Trump White House doesn't want you to know how unqualified and extreme its judicial nominees are
The Trump White House Is Trying to Hide Its Nominees From You
The more the public learns about Trump’s nominees’ unfitness for office, the less time the White House is giving lawmakers, journalists, and the public to do any meaningful vetting.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Trump White House doesn't want you to know how unqualified and extreme its judicial nominees are
As usual, you can blame William Rehnquist and John Roberts for a lot of the worst things you see in the news
How Conservative Judges Turned a Throwaway Line Into a Free Pass For ICE Violence
For these judges, the White House not getting its way is a legal crisis that requires immediate intervention.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As usual, you can blame William Rehnquist and John Roberts for a lot of the worst things you see in the news
We are getting some all-time judicial tantrums from the Fox News-pilled lunatics who are on the bench now
Texas Gerrymandering Case Prompts Fifth Circuit Judge to Crash Out In Alarming, Antisemitic Fashion
Someone needs to take the Fox News machine away from Jerry Smith’s chambers.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We are getting some all-time judicial tantrums from the Fox News-pilled lunatics who are on the bench now
You know a federal judicial opinion is going to be serious and thoughtful when it mentions "Soros" 17 times
Texas Gerrymandering Case Prompts Fifth Circuit Judge to Crash Out In Alarming, Antisemitic Fashion
Someone needs to take the Fox News machine away from Jerry Smith’s chambers.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
You know a federal judicial opinion is going to be serious and thoughtful when it mentions "Soros" 17 times
Will someone who loves and cares about Jerry Smith take away his Fox News machine
Texas Gerrymandering Case Prompts Fifth Circuit Judge to Crash Out In Alarming, Antisemitic Fashion
Someone needs to take the Fox News machine away from Jerry Smith’s chambers.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Will someone who loves and cares about Jerry Smith take away his Fox News machine
Here is how Republican lawmakers and Republican judges work together to make your life worse
How the Supreme Court Helped Trump Deliver More Pollution In Your Drinking Water
A proposed rule change from Trump’s EPA would strip federal protections from 85 percent of the nation’s wetlands.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Here is how Republican lawmakers and Republican judges work together to make your life worse
They're calling it the smartest, best-timed TV show ever produced
A Brief History Of Awful TV Shows About the Supreme Court
The concept of “The West Wing for the Supreme Court” might be the only thing more upsetting than the actual Supreme Court.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
They're calling it the smartest, best-timed TV show ever produced
What if you put the mind of a 14-year-old who plays too much Call of Duty in the body of a sitting federal appeals court judge
Report: Trump’s Most Corrupt, Least Qualified Judge Was Also an Enthusiastic Proponent of Extrajudicial Killings
Yet another reason for Senate Democrats to impeach Emil Bove the moment they take back the upper chamber.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What if you put the mind of a 14-year-old who plays too much Call of Duty in the body of a sitting federal appeals court judge
Republican elected officials are able to accomplish many key agenda items because they are confident the Republican-controlled Supreme Court will back them up
How the Supreme Court Helped Trump Deliver More Pollution In Your Drinking Water
A proposed rule change from Trump’s EPA would strip federal protections from 85 percent of the nation’s wetlands.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Republican elected officials are able to accomplish many key agenda items because they are confident the Republican-controlled Supreme Court will back them up
Federal judges are getting so tired of the Supreme Court's bootlicking act
Judges Are Finding Ways to Deal With the Supreme Court’s Disastrous Shadow Docket
The White House wants to keep its cases out of skeptical federal district courts. Judges are finding ways to reel them back in.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Federal judges are getting so tired of the Supreme Court's bootlicking act
At this point it is probably easier to list the Trump scandals in which Emil Bove WASN'T involved
Report: Trump’s Most Corrupt, Least Qualified Judge Was Also an Enthusiastic Proponent of Extrajudicial Killings
Yet another reason for Senate Democrats to impeach Emil Bove the moment they take back the upper chamber.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
At this point it is probably easier to list the Trump scandals in which Emil Bove WASN'T involved
The conservative justices are helping Trump poison your drinking water now
How the Supreme Court Helped Trump Deliver More Pollution In Your Drinking Water
A proposed rule change from Trump’s EPA would strip federal protections from 85 percent of the nation’s wetlands.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The conservative justices are helping Trump poison your drinking water now
Lower court judges are getting increasingly bold when it comes to calling the Supreme Court's bluff
Judges Are Finding Ways to Deal With the Supreme Court’s Disastrous Shadow Docket
The White House wants to keep its cases out of skeptical federal district courts. Judges are finding ways to reel them back in.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Lower court judges are getting increasingly bold when it comes to calling the Supreme Court's bluff
Even the Trump White House understands, on some level, that their judicial nominees are unpopular right-wing freaks
The Trump White House Is Trying to Hide Its Nominees From You
The more the public learns about Trump’s nominees’ unfitness for office, the less time the White House is giving lawmakers, journalists, and the public to do any meaningful vetting.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Even the Trump White House understands, on some level, that their judicial nominees are unpopular right-wing freaks
Federal judges are getting pretty annoyed by the Supreme Court's sloppy pro-Trump docket
Judges Are Finding Ways to Deal With the Supreme Court’s Disastrous Shadow Docket
The White House wants to keep its cases out of skeptical federal district courts. Judges are finding ways to reel them back in.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Federal judges are getting pretty annoyed by the Supreme Court's sloppy pro-Trump docket
Overturning Obergefell is not the only way the conservative legal movement can chip away at the right to marriage equality
The Conservative War On Marriage Equality Never Needed Kim Davis
The Supreme Court rejected Davis’s bid to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. But in Texas and elsewhere, anti-gay activists are chipping away at the right that case protects.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Overturning Obergefell is not the only way the conservative legal movement can chip away at the right to marriage equality
Please, no, anything but this
A Brief History Of Awful TV Shows About the Supreme Court
The concept of “The West Wing for the Supreme Court” might be the only thing more upsetting than the actual Supreme Court.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Please, no, anything but this
The conservative legal movement's fight to end marriage equality never depended on Kim Davis's Supreme Court case
The Conservative War On Marriage Equality Never Needed Kim Davis
The Supreme Court rejected Davis’s bid to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. But in Texas and elsewhere, anti-gay activists are chipping away at the right that case protects.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The conservative legal movement's fight to end marriage equality never depended on Kim Davis's Supreme Court case
Let's take a look at Trump's judicial nominees agenda, which he is working very hard to make sure you don't know anything about
The Trump White House Is Trying to Hide Its Nominees From You
The more the public learns about Trump’s nominees’ unfitness for office, the less time the White House is giving lawmakers, journalists, and the public to do any meaningful vetting.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Let's take a look at Trump's judicial nominees agenda, which he is working very hard to make sure you don't know anything about
Oh, so NOW Sam Alito thinks judges deciding cases according to their personal policy preferences is bad
Sam Alito Very Concerned About the Possibility of People Not Being In Prison For As Long As Possible
Interesting to which issues prompt judges to get worked up about other judges deciding cases in line with their personal ideological agendas.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Oh, so NOW Sam Alito thinks judges deciding cases according to their personal policy preferences is bad
It wasn't that long ago that the Supreme Court did something other than rubber-stamp every death sentence that came before it
Oklahoma Didn’t Kill Tremane Wood, No Thanks to the Supreme Court
The justices used to struggle with the constitutionality of the death penalty. Now, they rubber-stamp it.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It wasn't that long ago that the Supreme Court did something other than rubber-stamp every death sentence that came before it
The conservative justices have repeatedly demonstrated that they are transphobes who just have the sense not to use slurs
The Supreme Court’s Latest Shadow Docket Ruling Reeks of Ugly, Casual Transphobia
Once again, the six-justice conservative supermajority rides gallantly to the rescue of their very favorite president.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The conservative justices have repeatedly demonstrated that they are transphobes who just have the sense not to use slurs
Nothing gets Sam Alito out of bed in the morning like defending the sanctity of mandatory minimum prison sentences
Sam Alito Very Concerned About the Possibility of People Not Being In Prison For As Long As Possible
Interesting to which issues prompt judges to get worked up about other judges deciding cases in line with their personal ideological agendas.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Nothing gets Sam Alito out of bed in the morning like defending the sanctity of mandatory minimum prison sentences