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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 1d

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 1d

I think it’s still in place but it’s only for a limited number of seats

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 1d

This is the case asking whether Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy for LGBT minors violates licensed therapists’ freedom of speech. About half the states have similar laws, so the stakes are big.

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 1d

There are about 25 people in line thus far braving the 60ish degree temps overnight. Interested? There’s room for another 25 or so.

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 1d

Happy waning First Monday to these line-sitters for tomorrow’s oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar, the first big case of an insanely consequential term

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 1d

NEW at SCOTUS: Google loses emergency bid to partially stay its loss in an antitrust case brought by Epic

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COLLINS: Which local officials in Portland have said that the National Guard is needed there?

LEAVITT: The judge's opinion is untethered in reality and the law

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 1d

There's been constitutional stress since January 20th, but sending National Guard troops to Portland in defiance of a (Trump-appointed) judge's ruling that such a mobilization is unlawful puts America close to--if not right at--the point of constitutional crisis.

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

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House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 2d

(If you'd like read/listen to any of these pieces and might consider subscribing, let me know in the DMs and I'll send you a gift link if I have one left.)

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 2d

And a SCOTUS conversation on Checks and Balance, our weekly podcast on American politics, including interviews with Jeffrey Rosen and yours truly

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Tipped scales: the Supreme Court expands the president’s power

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, how much more power will the Supreme Court grant President Trump this term?

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 2d

Our leader urging the justices to stand up to exaggerated assertions of presidential power

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The new SCOTUS term will reshape America’s constitution

If the justices do not check an overmighty president, the country will suffer

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 2d

An in-depth look at what SCOTUS wrought over the summer and upcoming showdowns over tariffs, immigration, firing agency heads, voting rights, LGBT issues, campaign finance, the death penalty and more — including predictions from our SCOTUSbot

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The president’s agenda looks safe at the Supreme Court—with a few exceptions

What to expect from the nine justices, including SCOTUSbot’s predictions

www.economist.com

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 2d

It's First Monday and we've got all kinds of ways to prepare for the new SCOTUS term at @economist.com

A quick overview in Espresso, our daily app

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

While we were sleeping:

A federal judge in Oregon has blocked the Trump administration from deploying any federalized National Guard—Texas, California, the state’s own—in Oregon.

That’s big news. Even bigger: She’s decided to hold a trial on the merits. That is: She’s putting people under oath.

Screenshot of court order, which reads in part:

“A combined hearing on the preliminary injunction motion land a trial on the meries
under Rule 65(al(2) is set for October 29, 2025l before the Honorable Judge Karin J. Immergut, in Courtroom 13A, beginning at 9:00 a.m.”

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 4d

Catch Jeffrey Rosen & me talking SCOTUS on this week’s episode of Checks and Balance @economist.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Checks and Balance from The Economist

Politics Podcast · Updated Weekly · Unlock American politics with The Economist’s John Prideaux, Charlotte Howard and James Bennet. Taking one big theme every week, they dig into the data, the ideas a...

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 4d

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: the Supreme Court once again, on a 6-3 vote, lets the Trump administration revoke temporary protected status for 300k Venezuelans

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 4d

Cautiously hopeful this is for real www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Hostages in Gaza

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 4d

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 5d

Biggest new item on the SCOTUS docket: Wolford v. Lopez, a 2nd amendment case asking whether states can ban concealed-carry firearms on private property without permission of the property owner

Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 5d

NEW at SCOTUS: just five cert grants from the long conference

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 5d

Biggest new item on the SCOTUS docket: Wolford v. Lopez, a 2nd amendment case asking whether states can ban concealed-carry firearms on private property without permission of the property owner

Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 5d

NEW at SCOTUS: just five cert grants from the long conference

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 5d

NEW at SCOTUS: just five cert grants from the long conference

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 5d

Will the Supreme Court keep blessing everything Donald Trump does? My @economist.com SCOTUS term preview w predictions from our SCOTUSbot & me
economist.com/united-state...

The president’s agenda looks safe at the Supreme Court—with a few exceptions

What to expect from the nine justices, including SCOTUSbot’s predictions

economist.com

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 6d

In balancing the equities in these removal cases, they've come down each time in favor of the harms to the president involved in keeping someone on he doesn't want. So to leave her in her job for four months is a weighty thing on the scale if she's ultimately going to lose.

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