A peek at the merits
Today the court will hear arguments in Trump v. CASA and its consolidated cases, plucked from the emergency docket for oral arguments about nationwide injunctions and the president’s executive order on birthright citizenship.
Before the arguments get started, Chief Justice John Roberts has some recognition planned for the late Justice David Souter, who died last week at age 85.
As things turn out this morning, I will have my own unorthodox and unplanned tribute to Souter, in particular the day in January 1996 when Souter was late to the bench for an oral argument. I am late to court today because of the growing rush-hour traffic (thanks to return-to-office orders for federal employees) and yet another demonstration right on my route to the court.