Leah Litman
@leahlitman.bsky.social
Michigan Law Prof.
Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast
Author, NYT Bestseller “LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes”
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
Co-host, Strict Scrutiny Podcast
Author, NYT Bestseller “LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes”
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
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Leah Litman
@leahlitman.bsky.social
· May 13
She’s in her AUTHOR ERA!
It’s publication day for LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes!
As a forever book nerd, I had so much fun writing this-I hope you have fun reading it! Get it at your local bookstore today!! bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...
It’s publication day for LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, & Bad Vibes!
As a forever book nerd, I had so much fun writing this-I hope you have fun reading it! Get it at your local bookstore today!! bookshop.org/p/books/lawl...
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This case in a nutshell
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This case in a nutshell
See this? This is a case to potentially be concerned about!
BREAKING: #SCOTUS will decide an issue near and dear to President Trump: whether federal law allows states to tally ballots in federal elections after Election Day. 5th Circuit ruled it does.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
See this? This is a case to potentially be concerned about!
I don't have a high opinion of SCOTUS.
But this outcome was clear-as Mark & I explained on MSNBC: www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...
People SHOULD worry about SCOTUS & educate people about what SCOTUS is doing & might do.
They shouldn't whip ppl into frenzies on cases that aren't going anywhere.
But this outcome was clear-as Mark & I explained on MSNBC: www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...
People SHOULD worry about SCOTUS & educate people about what SCOTUS is doing & might do.
They shouldn't whip ppl into frenzies on cases that aren't going anywhere.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I don't have a high opinion of SCOTUS.
But this outcome was clear-as Mark & I explained on MSNBC: www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...
People SHOULD worry about SCOTUS & educate people about what SCOTUS is doing & might do.
They shouldn't whip ppl into frenzies on cases that aren't going anywhere.
But this outcome was clear-as Mark & I explained on MSNBC: www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...
People SHOULD worry about SCOTUS & educate people about what SCOTUS is doing & might do.
They shouldn't whip ppl into frenzies on cases that aren't going anywhere.
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"Too pathetically craven for the New York Times op-ed page to swallow" is a sign from God to reconsider all your choices up to this point.
when you've lost Ezra Klein ...
Team Fold/Senate cave caucus - how embarrassing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Team Fold/Senate cave caucus - how embarrassing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Democrats Were on a Roll. Why Stop Now?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"Too pathetically craven for the New York Times op-ed page to swallow" is a sign from God to reconsider all your choices up to this point.
when you've lost Ezra Klein ...
Team Fold/Senate cave caucus - how embarrassing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Team Fold/Senate cave caucus - how embarrassing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Democrats Were on a Roll. Why Stop Now?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
when you've lost Ezra Klein ...
Team Fold/Senate cave caucus - how embarrassing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Team Fold/Senate cave caucus - how embarrassing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Emotional support billionaires & SCOTUS justices are not going to like this.
(Is it a coincidence that this news coincides with a Senate "deal" to end the shut down?)
(Is it a coincidence that this news coincides with a Senate "deal" to end the shut down?)
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Emotional support billionaires & SCOTUS justices are not going to like this.
(Is it a coincidence that this news coincides with a Senate "deal" to end the shut down?)
(Is it a coincidence that this news coincides with a Senate "deal" to end the shut down?)
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An early Monday morning order from Justice Jackson in the SNAP case—ordering DOJ to file any further briefs responding to last night's First Circuit ruling by 4:00 this afternoon, and allowing the plaintiffs to respond by 8:00 a.m. tomorrow.
For how we got here: www.stevevladeck.com/p/191-taking...
For how we got here: www.stevevladeck.com/p/191-taking...
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
An early Monday morning order from Justice Jackson in the SNAP case—ordering DOJ to file any further briefs responding to last night's First Circuit ruling by 4:00 this afternoon, and allowing the plaintiffs to respond by 8:00 a.m. tomorrow.
For how we got here: www.stevevladeck.com/p/191-taking...
For how we got here: www.stevevladeck.com/p/191-taking...
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A Reagan-appointed judge has quit the bench so he can speak out against assaults on the rule of law (he is a senior judge so it doesn’t create a vacancy):
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A Reagan-appointed judge has quit the bench so he can speak out against assaults on the rule of law (he is a senior judge so it doesn’t create a vacancy):
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The president seems to have been briefed on how the tariffs oral argument at SCOTUS went:
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The president seems to have been briefed on how the tariffs oral argument at SCOTUS went:
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We had the BEST time at #CrookedCon - the episode we recorded will be out Monday!!
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November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We had the BEST time at #CrookedCon - the episode we recorded will be out Monday!!
@profmmurray.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social @crooked.com
@profmmurray.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social @crooked.com
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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So the terms we had Bukele agree to were basically “no lawyers, no abortions.”
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So the terms we had Bukele agree to were basically “no lawyers, no abortions.”
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
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BREAKING: A federal judge finds the Trump administration "did not comply" with his order.
A hearing has begun over the enforcement of a federal judge's order to fund SNAP benefits through November.
Plaintiffs say Trump is holding "full SNAP benefits hostage for political leverage during the shutdown."
Coverage ahead
www.allrisenews.com/p/snap-judgm...
Plaintiffs say Trump is holding "full SNAP benefits hostage for political leverage during the shutdown."
Coverage ahead
www.allrisenews.com/p/snap-judgm...
Rising This Week: SNAP judgments
It took orders from two federal judges and a tsunami of calls to Congress for Trump to express concern for millions of Americans affected by his plans to suspend food assistance.
www.allrisenews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge finds the Trump administration "did not comply" with his order.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation.
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A319
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, ET AL. v. ASHTON ORR, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[November 6, 2025]
This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreievxyvqikl7wmrg5jkqhsrta5l5xfq272x7caunvxka7vtuzp7hoa@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation.
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
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🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
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Victory coins for attendees at the Federalist Society convention citing major conservatives wins at the Supreme Court:
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Victory coins for attendees at the Federalist Society convention citing major conservatives wins at the Supreme Court:
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Yes, work used to be SO FUN before all of the feminist hags started insisting on getting equal pay for equal work and not getting sexually harassed while on the job. It's all been downhill since.
Deep sigh.
Deep sigh.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yes, work used to be SO FUN before all of the feminist hags started insisting on getting equal pay for equal work and not getting sexually harassed while on the job. It's all been downhill since.
Deep sigh.
Deep sigh.
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Why does this column exist?
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Why does this column exist?
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I'm not linking to that NYT piece today, but of all the horrible parts of it, this was the worst. This was an explanation of "female vices" in the workplace and LET ME JUST TELL YOU...
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I'm not linking to that NYT piece today, but of all the horrible parts of it, this was the worst. This was an explanation of "female vices" in the workplace and LET ME JUST TELL YOU...
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Should women have rights? We go through the pros and cons bsky.app/profile/jess...
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Should women have rights? We go through the pros and cons bsky.app/profile/jess...
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The Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats are “blatantly unlawful as a matter of U.S. domestic law—and a quickly spreading stain on whatever is left of the executive branch’s commitment to the rule of law.”
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
188. Five Questions About "Extrajudicial Killings"
There is no obvious legal argument to support President Trump's expanding campaign of strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. And the implications are even scarier.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats are “blatantly unlawful as a matter of U.S. domestic law—and a quickly spreading stain on whatever is left of the executive branch’s commitment to the rule of law.”
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
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Would it Be Better if Women Were Chattel Again?
I’m quietly confident about my pitch to the NYT op-ed page
I’m quietly confident about my pitch to the NYT op-ed page
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Would it Be Better if Women Were Chattel Again?
I’m quietly confident about my pitch to the NYT op-ed page
I’m quietly confident about my pitch to the NYT op-ed page
it me, the workplace ruiner
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
it me, the workplace ruiner