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							<title><![CDATA[The Judiciary Isn&rsquo;t Above Reproach &ndash; And Never Was]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Evan Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The recent Senate hearing on judicial impeachment prompted the predictable response: that Congress has no business second-guessing judges for anything short of criminal conduct. This conventional wisdom deserves more scrutiny than it typically receives.
When Sen. Ted Cruz convened his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Might Kill Nationwide Injunctions &ndash; But Not Really]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Evan Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court heard arguments this week that could reshape how federal courts block executive actions. On the surface, the justices seem prepared to rein in nationwide injunctions, the increasingly common tool used by lower courts to halt policies not only for the plaintiffs before...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Progressives Find Religion on the Shadow Docket]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Evan Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, progressives blasted the Supreme Court for abusing the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'shadow docket'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the issuing of unsigned, late-night rulings without full arguments or explanation. Then, late last month, the court did it again. Only this time, progressives are praising the court for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Impeachment as a Check on the Judiciary: A Forgotten Precedent?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Justin Evan Smith</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chief Justice John Roberts recently issued a statement declaring that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'for more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' His remarks come amid renewed debate over the scope of...]]></description>
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