Sam J. Merchant
sammerchant.bsky.social
Sam J. Merchant
@sammerchant.bsky.social
Law Prof: Con Law, Crim Pro, Sentencing, Habeas at Minnesota Law
🎯 "The Non-Delegation Doctrine's Price-Reducing Function" by Michael Smith.
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Reposted by Sam J. Merchant
Katyal just referred to "French Revolutioning" all statutes.
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Alito VERY QUICKLY changed the subject. “That’s not my question.” (It was.)
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Roberts says tariffs are taxes. (Trump will be furious.) Issue is foreign vs domestic taxes.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
They see easier pathways to strike them down, pathways that avoid political-question arguments.
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Gorsuch waited for seriatim so he would be uninterrupted in his calculated takedown. Interesting, he’s serious.
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is the major point. Of course not. I’m sure other justices will pick up on this, probably KBJ.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The scary thing is, imagine a real crisis.
October 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
He’s right.

(Stuff you can say when you are term limited…)
October 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
October 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I’ve been wanting to write this exact piece (a common feeling I have with Tani’s work).
September 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Interesting but it doesn’t capture the reality that Platonists (I think?) actually seek objective truths in good faith. Not sure that maps onto how many judges use originalism…
August 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I was recently thinking about a piece on AI at sentencing and was pondering a footnote describing my exact use and offering the one or two deep research reports to anyone who asked. AI really hasn’t been that helpful to me other than occasionally identifying a relevant book or article.
August 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM