Balls & Strikes
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The Trump administration cited Brett Kavanaugh's solo defense of racial profiling in a recent court case. It didn't go well
Federal Judge Has No Interest In Taking Brett Kavanaugh’s Racial Profiling Opinion Seriously
The Trump administration cited Kavanaugh’s infamous concurrence to justify its immigration arrests. Judge Beryl Howell was having none of it.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Trump administration cited Brett Kavanaugh's solo defense of racial profiling in a recent court case. It didn't go well
The Trump administration is pushing out any immigration judges who don't share the president's anti-immigrant politics
Trump Has Never Been Clearer About What an Immigration Judge’s Real Job Is
The president doesn’t want immigration judges who handle cases by the book. He wants immigration judges who will rubber-stamp his mass deportations agenda.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Trump administration is pushing out any immigration judges who don't share the president's anti-immigrant politics
The Utah Supreme Court forced Utah Republican lawmakers to follow a voter-passed anti-gerrymandering law. Utah Republican lawmakers are now trying to change the Utah Supreme Court to make sure this never happens again.
Utah Republicans Are Declaring War On the Utah Supreme Court
Utah Republicans are responding to losses at the Utah Supreme Court by punishing the justices who keep standing in their way.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Utah Supreme Court forced Utah Republican lawmakers to follow a voter-passed anti-gerrymandering law. Utah Republican lawmakers are now trying to change the Utah Supreme Court to make sure this never happens again.
One of the Trump stooges who helped greenlight the boat bombings is now a life-tenured federal appeals court judge
Report: Trump’s Most Corrupt, Least Qualified Judge Was Also an Enthusiastic Proponent of Extrajudicial Killings
Yet another reason for Senate Democrats to impeach Emil Bove the moment they take back the upper chamber.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One of the Trump stooges who helped greenlight the boat bombings is now a life-tenured federal appeals court judge
Trump is getting rid of immigration judges who don't do exactly as he says
Trump Has Never Been Clearer About What an Immigration Judge’s Real Job Is
The president doesn’t want immigration judges who handle cases by the book. He wants immigration judges who will rubber-stamp his mass deportations agenda.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Trump is getting rid of immigration judges who don't do exactly as he says
These people need therapy
Republican Politicians Are Obsessed With Lying About Planned Parenthood
First Choice is a technical case about federal court jurisdiction. Republicans are using it to attack Planned Parenthood instead.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
These people need therapy
The job of an immigration judge under Trump is just to deport as many people as possible
Trump Has Never Been Clearer About What an Immigration Judge’s Real Job Is
The president doesn’t want immigration judges who handle cases by the book. He wants immigration judges who will rubber-stamp his mass deportations agenda.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The job of an immigration judge under Trump is just to deport as many people as possible
How a gaggle of Republican AGs used a technical Supreme Court case to shriek incoherently about Planned Parenthood
Republican Politicians Are Obsessed With Lying About Planned Parenthood
First Choice is a technical case about federal court jurisdiction. Republicans are using it to attack Planned Parenthood instead.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
How a gaggle of Republican AGs used a technical Supreme Court case to shriek incoherently about Planned Parenthood
Antonin Scalia cared deeply about "diversity" when it helped him become a Supreme Court justice. He hated it whenever it benefited anyone else
Antonin Scalia Was a Diversity Hire
The late justice spent his career ridiculing the notion that elite institutions had any interest in diversity. He might not have made the Supreme Court without it.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Antonin Scalia cared deeply about "diversity" when it helped him become a Supreme Court justice. He hated it whenever it benefited anyone else
Montana Republicans are very angry that the Montana Supreme Court isn't giving them everything they want
Montana Republicans Are Trying to Hijack the Montana Supreme Court
The state’s highest court ruled against GOP lawmakers in a few high-profile cases. GOP lawmakers are responding in kind.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Montana Republicans are very angry that the Montana Supreme Court isn't giving them everything they want
Every federal court is a forum for conservative grievance politics
Republican Politicians Are Obsessed With Lying About Planned Parenthood
First Choice is a technical case about federal court jurisdiction. Republicans are using it to attack Planned Parenthood instead.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Every federal court is a forum for conservative grievance politics
At this point it would be simpler to talk about the Trump scandals in which Emil Bove WASN'T personally involved
Report: Trump’s Most Corrupt, Least Qualified Judge Was Also an Enthusiastic Proponent of Extrajudicial Killings
Yet another reason for Senate Democrats to impeach Emil Bove the moment they take back the upper chamber.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
At this point it would be simpler to talk about the Trump scandals in which Emil Bove WASN'T personally involved
Montana lawmakers are trying to hijack a Supreme Court that keeps getting in their way
Montana Republicans Are Trying to Hijack the Montana Supreme Court
The state’s highest court ruled against GOP lawmakers in a few high-profile cases. GOP lawmakers are responding in kind.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Montana lawmakers are trying to hijack a Supreme Court that keeps getting in their way
Republicans will take any excuse to peddle demented conspiracy theories about their least favorite healthcare provider
Republican Politicians Are Obsessed With Lying About Planned Parenthood
First Choice is a technical case about federal court jurisdiction. Republicans are using it to attack Planned Parenthood instead.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Republicans will take any excuse to peddle demented conspiracy theories about their least favorite healthcare provider
Boy, Montana Republicans do NOT like it when the state supreme court issues decisions they don't like!
Montana Republicans Are Trying to Hijack the Montana Supreme Court
The state’s highest court ruled against GOP lawmakers in a few high-profile cases. GOP lawmakers are responding in kind.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Boy, Montana Republicans do NOT like it when the state supreme court issues decisions they don't like!
Antonin Scalia was a diversity hire
Antonin Scalia Was a Diversity Hire
The late justice spent his career ridiculing the notion that elite institutions had any interest in diversity. He might not have made the Supreme Court without it.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Antonin Scalia was a diversity hire
Trump loves breaking the law and conservative judges love helping him do it
How Conservative Judges Turned a Throwaway Line Into a Free Pass For ICE Violence
For these judges, the White House not getting its way is a legal crisis that requires immediate intervention.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump loves breaking the law and conservative judges love helping him do it
We are running out of ways to say that Emil Bove has no business being a lawyer, much less a federal judge ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We are running out of ways to say that Emil Bove has no business being a lawyer, much less a federal judge ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
The Trump White House doesn't want you to know how unqualified and extreme its judicial nominees are
The Trump White House Is Trying to Hide Its Nominees From You
The more the public learns about Trump’s nominees’ unfitness for office, the less time the White House is giving lawmakers, journalists, and the public to do any meaningful vetting.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Trump White House doesn't want you to know how unqualified and extreme its judicial nominees are
As usual, you can blame William Rehnquist and John Roberts for a lot of the worst things you see in the news
How Conservative Judges Turned a Throwaway Line Into a Free Pass For ICE Violence
For these judges, the White House not getting its way is a legal crisis that requires immediate intervention.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
As usual, you can blame William Rehnquist and John Roberts for a lot of the worst things you see in the news
We are getting some all-time judicial tantrums from the Fox News-pilled lunatics who are on the bench now
Texas Gerrymandering Case Prompts Fifth Circuit Judge to Crash Out In Alarming, Antisemitic Fashion
Someone needs to take the Fox News machine away from Jerry Smith’s chambers.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We are getting some all-time judicial tantrums from the Fox News-pilled lunatics who are on the bench now
You know a federal judicial opinion is going to be serious and thoughtful when it mentions "Soros" 17 times
Texas Gerrymandering Case Prompts Fifth Circuit Judge to Crash Out In Alarming, Antisemitic Fashion
Someone needs to take the Fox News machine away from Jerry Smith’s chambers.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
You know a federal judicial opinion is going to be serious and thoughtful when it mentions "Soros" 17 times
Will someone who loves and cares about Jerry Smith take away his Fox News machine
Texas Gerrymandering Case Prompts Fifth Circuit Judge to Crash Out In Alarming, Antisemitic Fashion
Someone needs to take the Fox News machine away from Jerry Smith’s chambers.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Will someone who loves and cares about Jerry Smith take away his Fox News machine
Here is how Republican lawmakers and Republican judges work together to make your life worse
How the Supreme Court Helped Trump Deliver More Pollution In Your Drinking Water
A proposed rule change from Trump’s EPA would strip federal protections from 85 percent of the nation’s wetlands.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Here is how Republican lawmakers and Republican judges work together to make your life worse
They're calling it the smartest, best-timed TV show ever produced
A Brief History Of Awful TV Shows About the Supreme Court
The concept of “The West Wing for the Supreme Court” might be the only thing more upsetting than the actual Supreme Court.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
They're calling it the smartest, best-timed TV show ever produced