Donald Trump is very unpopular and being seen as opposing Donald Trump in clear moral terms is an almost instant path to political and cultural relevance.

The questions presented are: 1. Whether proving a lack of general applicability under Employment Division v. Smith requires showing unfettered discretion or categorical exemptions for identical secular conduct. 2. Whether Carson v. Makin displaces the rule of Employment Division v. Smith only when the government explicitly excludes religious people and institutions. 3. Whether Employment Division v. Smith should be overruled.

Contrary to some skeets, they did not actually grant cert on whether to overrule Smith here--they only granted cert on questions 1 and 2

25-581 25-5343 CERTIORARI GRANTED ST. MARY CATHOLIC PARISH, ET AL. V. ROY, LISA, ET AL. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition. BEAIRD, KENDRICK J. V. UNITED STATES The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma 2 pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to the following question: Whether Stinson v. United States, 508 U. S. 36 (1993), still correctly states the rule for the deference that courts must give the commentary to the Sentencing Guidelines.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court takes up two new cases for next term, including a case over Colorado’s exclusion of Catholic preschools from public funding.

The case specifically raises a question the court has circled around for years: Whether 1990’s Employment Division v. Smith should be overruled.

when supposed moderate maverick john mccain was light heartedly singing about bombing iran in 2008 it seems almost immaterial what the “actual” cause was in 2026, either? been building towards this for literal decades

Over just five days, the justices had decided the issue. Even as they debated the Obama plan’s possible burden on the power industry, in the entire chain of correspondence obtained by The Times, not a single justice, conservative or liberal, mentioned the dangers of a warming planet as one of the possible harms the court should consider.

Another data point in “originalism is a fraud.” So much for the law is the law we can’t think about the impact. They rail against “results oriented judging” in public but when their corporate clients make requests they know exactly what to do. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

It’s so funny that they pubbed this the day before “john roberts invented the trump era shadow docket to make sure fossil fuel companies could keep killing you and make money doing it” bsky.app/profile/cris...

look at this beaut bsky.app/profile/cjze...

thank you for this king

@cjzero.bsky.social pls king

need a clip of that rose goal STAT

my queen my love rose fuckin lavelle

yeah it is critical that dems win the senate

My queen Rose Lavelle delivers a great corner and US gets a goal, love it

Probably just a coincidence that the law professors defending insurrectionist John Eastman are the same guys arguing against birthright citizenship, in no way reflective of a world view on who the law protects vs binds

it's embarrassing that several otherwise reasonable liberal law professors treat barnett with respect

Randy Barnett @RandyEBarnett This is a travesty. If making allegedly questionable constitutional arguments is a disbarrable offense, bar disciplinary tribunals would be in permanent session. Jeff Clark @JeffClarkUS • Apr 15 This is a travesty. John represented the President in litigation challenging an election. That's all. He lied about nothing. Reasonable minds can disagree about the 2020 election.... 11:23 AM • Apr 16, 2026 • 20.5K Views

Reasonable minds actually can’t disagree about the 2020 election, sorry senior respected law professors

We all have days like this

You can literally just get out of the way before your petard hoists you if you have situational awareness

delegated my sowing to copilot squad x claude for 6 months now and am looking forward to reaping presumably amazing results

maybe you reap what you sow but im different

havoc is pretty much the only thing you can wreak

it's not a coincidence that one of the first, if not THE first, act of student revolt against a vile speaker, setting off the entire "cancel culture" moral panic, was about Charles Murray

my phone is back on its bullshit

How Originalism Broke the First Amendment The Supreme Court’s myopic focus on history and tradition yields free speech jurisprudence that is both incoherent and dangerous.

this @ballsandstrikes.org piece by @slukemorgan.bsky.social is excellent, well worth the read ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

A serious and thoughtful critique from a scholar I admire of a scholar I admire. Well worth your time to read!

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Screenshot of Lord of the Rings. The main character says "All right, then. Keep your secrets."

Even if this is bad it's going to be bad in a memorable way.

a basket filled with lots and lots of dog toys

off to a dr appointment, toys are in basket, will report back when i get home