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Who Is Justice Barrett?

She has been labeled conservative, a swing justice, and sometimes unpredictable. This article puts all of these hypotheses to the test and provides a data based assessment of where she really stands.

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Morning Docket: 08.13.26

* Jayden Daniels sends cease-and-desist claiming LSU violated his NIL rights by giving his number from three years ago to another player. [ESPN]

* Journalist Katie Phang’s latest filing blasts DOJ’s effort to delay Epstein file release. [Meidas News]

* Immigration enforcement use government databases to stalk women in “dog-bites-man” story. [DNYUZ]

* Trump asks Eleventh Circuit to pause the sanctions leveled against his team for the IRS case. [Law360]

* Structure of new birthright citizenship orders create new mechanism to criminalize women and girls. [Balls and Strikes]

* Treasury rolls back “burdensome” regulation that required corporations to send in a form listing who owned the company. [Forbes]

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Purcell Unprincipled: Alabama held its first primary since the Supreme Court jettisoned the Voting Rights Act, and people mostly didn’t vote… which from the Court’s perspective is a feature not a bug.

The DOJ Doesn’t Miss A Lesson: DOJ arrests former SPLC employee now that the court has blessed malicious prosecution.

‘I’ll Be Charging People With Assault’: Florida’s AG discovers the WNBA.

Dance Dance Insurrection: Jeanine Pirro turns to dance photographer to pursue charges with a “special” grand jury.

Asked Why He Cheated, Ken Paxton Would Like To Tell You About His Grandchildren: A town hall caller asked the question we’re all thinking.