👤 Jonathan H. Adler

2026-10-05 · Reason · Environment

Unpacking the Suncor Oral Argument

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2026-10-01 · Reason · Environment

Buschbacher: Did Prof. Adler File His Amicus Brief for the Wrong Side in Suncor?

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2026-09-30 · Reason · Politics

Justice Alito Says Recusal in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County a "Difficult Judgment Call"

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2026-09-28 · Reason · Politics

As Suncor Approaches, Justice Alito Recuses

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2026-10-04 · Reason · Politics

A Conversation with "One of the Most Influential Supreme Court Justices of Our Time"

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2026-10-03 · Reason · Politics

Justice Alito on Deciding When to Retire from the Court

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2026-09-11 · Reason

🔮 The federal government may not devote significant resources toward enforcing federal marijuana prohibition, but the fact that marijuana is illegal under federal law can still have meaningful consequences (though fewer for gun owners than before, thanks to the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Hemani). assertive

2026-09-11 · Reason

🔮 So it is understandable why some may find the postliberal critique engaging, and perhaps even refreshingly transgressive. assertive

2026-09-13 · Reason

🔮 It "makes me proud to be a lawyer and proud to be a judge," Sutton said, because he can "guarantee" the administration would've won the cases it lost if those matters were put to the Republican-controlled Congress. assertive

2026-09-15 · Reason

🔮 Given the panel's makeup, and the importance of this issue to the Trump Administration, I suspect a petition for en banc rehearing or certiorari will soon follow. assertive

2026-09-23 · Reason

🔮 The People of the State of Michigan (Michigan) filed this antitrust action alleging that in the 1970s, the Fossil Fuel Defendants realized that renewable energies would replace fossil fuels under normal market conditions. mixed

2026-09-26 · Reason

🔮 My essay begins: It is a "well-established principle" that the Supreme Court "will not decide a constitutional question if there is some other ground upon which to dispose of the case." assertive

2026-09-26 · Reason

🔮 Zycher's claim here that "in the context of Section 202(a), 'cause or contribute significantly' is replaced with 'reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare'" is simply wrong, as a moment's review of the relevant statutory text would have demonstrated. mixed

2026-09-28 · Reason

🔮 One week from today, the Supreme Court will open its term with oral argument in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County. mixed

2026-09-30 · Reason

🔮 In 2025, after twenty-five years at Case Western Reserve University, I moved to William & Mary. assertive

2026-09-30 · Reason

🔮 Greg Stohr of Bloomberg reports on an interview with Justice Alito explaining the justice's last-minute decision to recuse in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, the major climate change preemption case the Supreme Court will hear on Monday. assertive

2026-10-01 · Reason

🔮 On Monday the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County. mixed

2026-10-04 · Reason

🔮 That may seem a contradiction: The justice often publicly portrayed as unyielding and inflexible is, behind the scenes, the conservative who is uniquely adept at finding common ground on the most divisive issues. assertive

2026-10-05 · Reason

🔮 Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent This morning, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, in which fossil fuel energy companies are asking the Supreme Court to conclude that all state-law-based tort suits over damages allegedly caused by climate change are preempted. assertive

2026-10-07 · Reason

🔮 It seems to suggest that the claims made by the petitioners (and their allies) about the potentially catastrophic effects on the oil and gas industry of an adverse ruling in Suncor may have convinced Justice Alito that he needed to recuse, even though he does not own stock in any of the companies that are part of the case. mixed

2026-10-11 · Reason

🔮 Contributions to the symposium are: - Elizabeth Corey, Fusion: Power Is Not the Last Word; - Richard Morrison, What Fusion Will We Build; - Paul Mueller, Recovering Fusionism; - Veronique de Rugy, Fusionism and the Moral Prerequisites of Citizenship; - Paul Seaton, The Bifurcated Fusionist Regime. For more on the book, and why Fusionism remains relevant today, you can also check out this interview with Slade by James Patterson on Law & Liberty. assertive

2026-10-24 · Reason

🔮 The winner will receive an award plaque and be recognized at the section's program at the AALS annual meeting in January 2027. assertive