Walter Olson

3 weeks ago | cato.org | Walter Olson

Generated with ElevenLabs AI technology. This morning the Supreme Court handed down unanimous decisions in six cases. Three are likely to pass with little notice (Labcorp v. Davis, class action certification without injury, dismissed as improvidently granted; CC Devas (Mauritius) v. Antrix, foreign sovereign immunity meets personal jurisdiction, Samuel Alito writing; Blom Bank Sal v. Honickman, protecting finality of judgments, Alito writing).

1 month ago | cato.org | Walter Olson

Generated with ElevenLabs AI technology. The battles over President Trump’s revenge orders against big law firms seem, on the surface, to have entered a quiet period. It has been weeks since Trump has entered any new decrees of this sort, and the list of firms settling with him by agreeing to donate pro bono services to causes he finds agreeable has been stable since April 11, at nine (most of which he never actually targeted in decrees).

1 month ago | cato.org | Walter Olson

Generated with ElevenLabs AI technology. I had missed the story from two weeks ago about what happened after (apparent) agents of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), one wearing a balaclava to hide his face, seized two men at the Charlottesville, VA, courthouse.

1 month ago | cato.org | Walter Olson

Two federal judges in high-profile deportation cases have asked the Trump administration to show cause why it should not be held in contempt of court over its appointees’ refusal to follow court orders. Are we finally getting some sort of pushback on the administration’s seemingly calculated strategy of moving fast and breaking so many laws that it’s hard for opponents to keep up?

1 month ago | cato.org | Walter Olson

Cato asked many of its scholars to evaluate Trump’s first 100 days. I wrote about the constitutional and legal dimensions. Trump has systematically overstepped the constitutional and legal constraints on his power and then attacked the legitimacy of the courts when they’ve moved to stop him.