“Having a uniform and predictable set of legislatively imposed rules to govern the release of their papers going forward would not only help to increase the Court’s transparency, but it would also reaffirm that the justices’ work, which increasingly *affects* all of us, also *belongs* to all of us.”

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Three years ago, today, I was apparently very clean shaven and haven’t been since.

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Is a ruling on the ballroom case possible today because of the impending deadline? Sure. Or not. If the Court *doesn't* rule today, does that mean Trump is losing? Maybe. Is a ruling on the mail-in ballots case long overdue? Yes. Is someone writing a dissent? Probably. Who's dissenting? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Miles hit his summer reading goal. A scholar.

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I can say (with some experience) that every media outlet has pre-writes ready for major #SCOTUS news—rulings; retirements; deaths. The *existence* of an Alito retirement story isn't proof of anything other than due diligence, one way or the other (up until it accidentally got published, anyway).

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