The Supreme Court capped off a busy week with two major late-Friday-afternoon rulings on emergency applications—and a harmless but nevertheless alarming glitch prematurely releasing today's orders.| www.stevevladeck.com
Like any federal enclave, the federal government has plenary power over the District of Columbia. But Congress has delegated most of that power to local officials; it would take new laws to undo that.| www.stevevladeck.com
The justices have granted at least some of the relief the Justice Department has sought in each of its last 10 applications. There are some obvious reasons why, but also some less obvious ones.| www.stevevladeck.com
