Steve Vladeck
professor at the University of Texas School of Law
Steve Vladeck is a professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law whose teaching and research focus on federal jurisdiction, constitutional law and national security law. He is co-editor-in-chief of the Just Security blog (@just_security) and co-host of "The National Security Law Podcast" (@nslpodcast).
Steve Vladeck is a professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law whose teaching and research focus on federal jurisdiction, constitutional law and national security law. He is co-editor-in-chief of the Just Security blog (@just_security) and co-host of "The National Security Law Podcast" (@nslpodcast).
Latest from Steve Vladeck
The nefarious practice of judge shopping has to end
The anti-abortion activists behind the effort to revoke the FDA's approval of mifepristone unwittingly drew attention to the practice of “judge shopping.”
Elon Musk’s basic misunderstandings of free speech are a problem for all of us
Elon Musk’s free speech Twitter Files questions about the First Amendment are bad for America. Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss aren't helping.
Team Trump is loving this 'shadow docket' Supreme Court loophole
From Lindsey Graham to Donald Trump to Kelli Ward, this worrying pattern of behavior sends an increasingly partisan message.
Trump's Supreme Court gambit isn't frivolous. Why it will likely fail anyway.
Although some have suggested that this is just another effort by Trump to delay, I think it has a far simpler explanation.
Everyone involved in this pro-Trump brief should know better — including Ken Paxton
As a rant masquerading as a legal filing, it was unbecoming of any lawyer. As a brief signed by the attorneys general of nearly a dozen U.S. states, it was indefensible.
Trump's FBI tirade reopens an age-old debate about the Justice Department
The best way to understand the objectivity of the Justice Department is to understand the objectivity of its current leader.
Why Cassidy Hutchinson's January 6 testimony can't be dismissed as 'hearsay'
The not-so-subtle insinuation is that Hutchinson’s testimony isn’t credible. The legal reality is a lot more complicated.
Eastman bet on the Supreme Court to intervene in the 2020 election. It was a lie.
Anyone who understands the Supreme Court will understand why Eastman had to have been lying.
The battle that preceded the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol
A pre-Jan. 6 standoff in the Trump Oval Office is an ominous reminder of what the insurrection could have been.
The Supreme Court is handing down its fewest decisions in decades. Here's what that means.
The real solution here is Congress, if only it would act.
Buffalo shooter's Twitch video presents a test case for Texas — and SCOTUS
Why the Supreme Court should freeze a bill that seeks to limit when large social media sites can moderate any of their users’ content.
