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Who’s the Loneliest Supreme Court Justice?
22 October 2026

Who’s the Loneliest Supreme Court Justice?

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Sarah Isgur and David French go through a few orders from the Supreme Court (including one that’ll have our libertarian friends jumping from the second-story window), a CNN article on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and two dueling en banc decisions from the 3rd Circuit. 

–⁠Trigger warning for the libertarians⁠

–⁠Prisons must continue providing gender-affirming care⁠

–⁠Four justices recuse themselves from copyright case⁠

–Dueling Second Amendment en banc decisions from the 3rd Circuit

–⁠Why Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson goes it alone⁠

–⁠Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s prosecution backlash⁠

–Prosecuting the Trump administration

Show notes:

–⁠Where the Supreme Court favors Trump on the emergency docket – and where it doesn’t⁠

–⁠Adam Liptak’s piece for the New York Times⁠

–⁠United States v. Bost ⁠

–⁠Williams v. Attorney General⁠

–⁠Jack Goldsmith’s piece on Sen. Elissa Slotkin⁠

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