Steve Vladeck

professor at Georgetown Law

Steve Vladeck is a professor of law at Georgetown 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).


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Steve Vladeck

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

The two fictions at the heart of the devastating Chevron doctrine ruling

Although it won’t get as much attention as some of the other rulings in this term, the court’s decision could end up having the most significant long-term impact.

2years ago
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The familiar irony at the bottom of Trump’s selective prosecution argument

In a new motion filed Thursday, Trump’s lawyers argue that a Chinese immigrant’s case provides the precedent for throwing out the charges in Florida.

2years ago
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A crackdown on ‘judge shopping’ provoked a rather telling Republican reaction

Why are Sens. Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn and Thom Tillis so upset about an overdue judicial reform? The answer is obvious.

2years ago
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The bad-faith argument against good-faith accountability for Trump

If prosecutors and state election officials are inclined to indict or disqualify in bad faith, then courts’ having pumped the brakes on the Trump cases won’t stop them.

2years ago
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Gov. Greg Abbott’s new immigration law ignores the obvious

The Texas bill is almost certainly pre-empted by federal law under a 2012 Supreme Court decision. It would also set a terrible precedent.

2years ago
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The Supreme Court is too dependent upon its ‘friends’

A new Politico investigation spotlights a practice that has been hiding in plain sight for years.

3years ago
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Don’t believe the data: This is the most conservative Supreme Court we’ve known

Hot takes summarizing the justices’ work can try to spin the data, but the reality is simple.

3years ago
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The nefarious practice of judge shopping has to end

Congress is finally taking notice of challenges to federal policy that plaintiffs are filing in courthouses where only one judge could possibly hear it.

3years ago
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Elon Musk’s basic misunderstandings of free speech are a problem for all of us

Musk (and those who have somehow been persuaded that he knows what he’s talking about) could use a crash course in what does — and doesn’t — violate the First Amendment.

3years ago
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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.