The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The Volokh Conspiracy SUPREME COURT Court Leaks and Attorney-Journalists The professional-ethics implications of making court confidences public. STEPHEN E. SACHS | 4.20.2026 4:11 PM The recent leak of internal Supreme Court memoranda to the New York Times, discussed earlier by Jonathan Adler and Josh Blackman—as well as by Will Baude and Jack Goldsmith elsewhere—was plainly a serious violation of the Court's confidentiality obligations. But it may also reflect serious legal-ethics violations by one of the Times article's coauthors, Adam Liptak, whom I understand to be a licensed attorney in New York and subject to that state's Rules of Professional Conduct.

This is some of the funniest shit the legal academy has ever blogged. 2000 words very seriously explaining why Adam Liptak, who hasn't practiced law in 25 years, should be disbarred because of the NYT's reporting on the Supreme Court memos. Man what are you talking about. reason.com/volokh/2026/...

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Hallelujah!!!!

This is why we can't have nice things.

tero i believe that is *doctor* baal

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Genuinely impressive to convert to a religion as an adult and then be SO BAD at expressing and keeping to the tenets of that religion as to make a full-on enemy of that religion’s leader.

one was not enough
now he has a taste for it

i am whispering “come to california” to him

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How much insider trading was there on this latest bullshit?

Whatever happens, this is a deeply shameful episode in American history that will leave a permanent stain on the country.

Repeatedly vowing to commit war crimes against millions of innocent civilians is beyond the pale.

How bleak is it that the *best case scenario* is that he is just engaging in his most ambitious bit of market manipulation yet and will call it off ("we have reached a great deal, a tremendous deal, to save Iran") at 4:30 pm after shorting everything and watching the market tank

I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.