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Don’t let the executive abuse emergency powers to raid the Treasury

This article is part of a symposium on the upcoming arguments in Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown. A preview of the cases is here. Ilya Somin is a professor of law at George Mason University, and author of Free to Move:... The post D

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The morning read for Tuesday, Feb. 21

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Supreme Court hears a case that could transform the internet (Cat Zakrzewski & Robert Barnes,

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“Not, like, the nine greatest experts on the internet”: Justices seem leery of broad ruling on Section 230

The Supreme Court on Tuesday debated the scope of a 27-year-old federal law that shields social-media companies from liability for content published by others. At issue in Gonzalez v. Google is whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protect

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Court declines to hear case on whether defense attorneys are obligated to seek favorable plea deals

Over a dissent from two of the court’s liberal justices, the Supreme Court turned down an appeal asking them to decide whether a criminal-defense attorney is required to initiate negotiations with prosecutors when his client is likely to get a better resu

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