Steve Vladeck
There's an emerging ideological divide over whether unexplained #SCOTUS rulings must be given precedential effect. Today's "One First" argues that there's nothing "conservative" about saying "yes"; it's just cover for bad behavior that has nothing to do with ideology—and everything to do with power:

220. Ideology and Shadow Docke...
220. Ideology and Shadow Docket Precedent

The en banc Fourth Circuit's divide in the DOGE/Social Security case is the latest example of how assessments of the Supreme Court's behavior on emergency applications are sorting us ideologically.

One First
Apr 13 at 11:34amWeb
Show threadvolkris2d ago

@stevevladeck.bsky.social

Arguably a ruling without explanation can't set precedent because without showing how it fits into a larger context it's just a one-off.