Steve Vladeck
@stevevladeck.bsky.social
@ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com
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Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck
"One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com
Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocketpb
Different policies for now... This may lead them all toward automatic stays.
February 5, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Different policies for now... This may lead them all toward automatic stays.
Right. But they may well become so...
February 5, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Right. But they may well become so...
I wrote a lengthy post about what was wrong with the Texas ruling:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/196-justic...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/196-justic...
196. Justice Kagan's Texas Redistricting Dissent
As unsurprising as the Supreme Court's intervention in the Texas redistricting case may have been, Justice Kagan's dissent is still a telling indictment of another emergency ruling that lost its way.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I wrote a lengthy post about what was wrong with the Texas ruling:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/196-justic...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/196-justic...
It's just a tricky balance to strike between trying to reach the most people / provide the broadest public access to these topics and having the capacity to accomplish both of those things.
February 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
It's just a tricky balance to strike between trying to reach the most people / provide the broadest public access to these topics and having the capacity to accomplish both of those things.
The fact that you didn't click through to the second post in my thread (which provides a free pass-through link to the post) before criticizing me is part of the very problem we are currently facing.
February 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The fact that you didn't click through to the second post in my thread (which provides a free pass-through link to the post) before criticizing me is part of the very problem we are currently facing.
I'm planning to write about this for Thursday's newsletter. But as a quick preview, I think there are even bigger transparency issues with the current Court, and this is ... of a piece ... with the efforts to resist formal and informal access to more of the Court's work.
February 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I'm planning to write about this for Thursday's newsletter. But as a quick preview, I think there are even bigger transparency issues with the current Court, and this is ... of a piece ... with the efforts to resist formal and informal access to more of the Court's work.
They will be, but why wait?
Team Emilia: georgetown.box.com/v/STC-2026-E...
Team Desdemona: georgetown.box.com/v/STC-2026-D...
Team Emilia: georgetown.box.com/v/STC-2026-E...
Team Desdemona: georgetown.box.com/v/STC-2026-D...
February 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
See footnote 4 of the linked post.
February 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM
See footnote 4 of the linked post.