Week 34: Twenty Cases, One Argument
from The Common Thread
This week's connecting pattern: the Supreme Court's new term, already twenty cases deep, is one continuous constitutional argument about who gets to decide, not a string of unrelated headlines. Published Wednesday, August 19, 2026, Max and Blake trace that thread from June's rulings through the fall docket, offering the kind of constitutional news analysis that favors limited government and free markets over cable's breaking-news noise. Stories covered: - Three June rulings on presidential removal power, tariffs, and citizenship, read together as one scorecard on executive authority rather than three isolated cases. - Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota, an Arizona case on state citizenship-verification rules and voter roll audits that county recorders will have to implement before 2028. - A fresh Second Amendment circuit split, with Illinois's AR-15 ban upheld and New Jersey's struck down, testing whether Bruen's history test can produce a predictable rule. - Two overlooked economic cases: a 401(k) fiduciary duty dispute and a Colorado county lawsuit that could effectively price carbon emissions nationwide. Local action: read the Mi Familia Vota question presented and call your county recorder. New episodes every Saturday.
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