Josh Blackman
American legal scholar; professor of law at South Texas College of Law Houston and a contributor to The Volokh Conspiracy. Author of Unprecedented (2013) and Unraveled (2016) on the Affordable Care Act litigation; created FantasySCOTUS.
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The premise that ruling against the appointing President makes a justice fair is only true if the law does not support the President's policy.
Kagan's point seems to be that ruling against the President that appoints you makes you a fair justice. That premise is only true if in fact that law does not support the appointing President's policy.
reason.comSaid 21 Oct 2026This on korrents
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The accusation of auditioning is irrefutable because no one can ascertain a person's true motivations.
No one has the power to look into another man's heart and ascertain his actual motivations or ambitions. So the accusation of auditioning is indeed irrefutable.
reason.comSaid 6 Oct 2026This on korrents
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The premise that ruling against the appointing President makes a justice fair is only true if the law does not support the President's policy.
Kagan's point seems to be that ruling against the President that appoints you makes you a fair justice. That premise is only true if in fact that law does not support the appointing President's policy.
The Volokh Conspiracy Said 21 Oct 2026
The decision in United States v. Nixon was a travesty and the Justices who joined it were caught up in the Watergate swamp fever.
I've come to believe that United States v. Nixon was a travesty, and the Justices who joined that were caught up in the Watergate swamp fever.
The Volokh Conspiracy Said 21 Oct 2026
Justice Gorsuch may care more about children than he cares about transgender rights.
It's possible that Justice Gorsuch simply saw the light after Bostock, but maybe there is another explanation: he cares more about children than he cares about transgender rights.
The Volokh Conspiracy Said 21 Oct 2026
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The accusation of auditioning is irrefutable because no one can ascertain a person's true motivations.
No one has the power to look into another man's heart and ascertain his actual motivations or ambitions. So the accusation of auditioning is indeed irrefutable.
The Volokh Conspiracy Said 6 Oct 2026
People who accuse others of auditioning are likely those who have auditioned in their own careers.
The truth is that those who lob the auditioning accusation are those who are most likely to audition in their own careers.
The Volokh Conspiracy Said 6 Oct 2026
People tend to project their own flaws onto others.
As a general matter, people project onto others the flaws they see in themselves.
The Volokh Conspiracy Said 6 Oct 2026
Judge Southwick took senior status with the understanding that his former law clerk, Todd Butler, would take his seat.
It is painfully obvious that Judge Southwick took senior status with the understanding that Todd Butler, his former law clerk, would take his seat.
The Volokh Conspiracy Said 1 Oct 2026
The timing of Judge Southwick's announcement was intended to ensure his preferred candidate is confirmed before a potential change in Senate control.
The pick was timed, just right, to ensure his preferred candidate gets through, and before a potential flip in the Senate.
The Volokh Conspiracy Said 1 Oct 2026
The practice of appointing former law clerks to judicial seats is an unsavory form of hereditary judicial sinecure.
Frankly, I find this entire idea of hereditary judicial sinecures very unsavory.
The Volokh Conspiracy Said 1 Oct 2026
The New York Times article about Chief Justice Roberts serves no purpose other than to show how he is alienated in his family summer home.
The sole effect, and indeed purpose, of this article, is to show how Roberts is alienated in his family summer home.
The Volokh Conspiracy Said 1 Oct 2026
The New York Times piece may make it impossible for Chief Justice Roberts to return to Hupper Island in the future.
I fear this piece may make it impossible for Roberts to return in the future.
The Volokh Conspiracy Said 1 Oct 2026
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Site joshblackman.com His site: publications, media, classes and his 2009 to 2020 blog archive.
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Blog Josh Blackman at the Volokh Conspiracy His posts on the Supreme Court, judicial nominations and constitutional law. Has a per-author feed.
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