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Steve Vladeck

What Steve Vladeck thinks about government

@steve-vladeck · 12 positions

American legal scholar; professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and CNN Supreme Court analyst. Author of The Shadow Docket (2023). Writes One First, a weekly newsletter on the Supreme Court's rulings, procedures and history.

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4 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Steve Vladeck has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingThe real problem with the current Supreme Court is its lack of accountability to other branches of government.

    Their wordsIn a nutshell, the book argues that the real problem with today's Court is that it has become unaccountable to any other institution of government-free to do just about whatever it wants, whenever it wants.

    ↗253. Introducing “The Court We Need”stevevladeck.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  2. 7 days earlier

  3. Our readingA world where the President can exclude outlets based on their reporting would allow any president to create a press corps of government sycophants.

    Their wordsWhatever folks think about the three outlets Trump singled out here (and remember that I'm a CNN analyst), a world in which the President can categorically exclude any outlet from the White House solely because he dislikes their reporting is one in which any president can construct a press room full of sycophants and other sympathetic mouthpieces for the government's policies.

    ↗251. Newsgathering, the First Amendment, and the White Housestevevladeck.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

  4. 3 weeks earlier

  5. Our readingThe Purcell principle should not apply when the federal government is the defendant.

    Their wordsthere are two independent reasons why Purcell ought never to apply when the federal government is the defendant-and a third reason, for those unpersuaded by the first two, why it ought not to apply in the mail-in ballots cases specifically.

    ↗247. Should Purcell Apply to the Federal Government?stevevladeck.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  7. Our readingApplying the Purcell principle to the federal government would leave voters without any judicial remedy for last-minute federal election interventions.

    Their wordsApplying Purcell to the federal government would close the doors of every courthouse, leaving voters without any remedy for even the most nefarious, malicious, or otherwise blatantly unlawful last-minute federal interventions in elections.

    ↗247. Should Purcell Apply to the Federal Government?stevevladeck.com 2nd of 2 in this piece