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Steve Vladeck is a CNN contributor and law professor at American University Washington College of Law.

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U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, in a crowd of people inside the U.S. Capitol.

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Opinion: In Trump’s immunity case, John Roberts has quite a mess in front of him

CNN legal analyst Steve Vladeck writes that the fate of the January 6 prosecution likely rests in the hands of the Supreme Court justice who did the least to reveal his views in Thursday’s oral arguments: Chief Justice John Roberts.

The US Supreme Court is hearing a case on abortion pills outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on March 26. Here are some photos of media row. (Photo by Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto)

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Opinion: Conservatives game the system to drag Supreme Court further into culture war

Steve Vladeck writes that right-wing litigants have regularly taken advantage of their ability to handpick ideologically sympathetic judges by filing a disproportionate percentage of lawsuits challenging the Biden administration in geographically remote district courts within the Fifth Circuit

Activists gather to rally in support of cancelling student debt, in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2022. - Biden announced on August 24, 2022, that most US university graduates still trying to pay off student loans will get $10,000 of relief to address a decades-old headache of massive educational debt across the country. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Opinion: The judge blocking student loan relief for millions is wrong about the law

The legal battles over President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief program heated up on Thursday when a Texas-based judge struck down the program and issued a nationwide injunction purporting to block it across the country. But he got it wrong, writes Steve Vladeck.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 26: The U.S. Supreme Court building on the day it was reported that Associate Justice Stephen Breyer would soon retire on January 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Appointed by President Bill Clinton, Breyer has been on the court since 1994. His retirement creates an opportunity for President Joe Biden, who has promised to nominate a Black woman for his first pick to the highest court in the country. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Opinion: The ‘shadow docket’ further erodes the Supreme Court’s legitimacy

In recent years, the justices have relied on unsigned and unexplained orders, part of their so-called shadow docket, to grant requests for emergency relief, writes Steve Vladeck. The court owes the public an explanation in such cases, he says.

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2016, photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Wisconsin State Fair Exposition Center in West Allis, Wis on Dec. 13, 2016. Two Wisconsin Democratic electors and a voter on Tuesday, May 17, 2021, sued Republicans who attempted to cast electoral ballots for Donald Trump in 2020 despite Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

Opinion: How Trump’s terrible day went from bad to worse

For most people, having the Attorney General of the nation’s fourth most populous state file a sweeping new lawsuit accusing you and your family of “staggering” fraud would be a terribly ominous development. For Trump, it wasn’t even the worst legal news he received on Wednesday, writes Steve Vladeck.

Steve Vladeck is a CNN contributor and law professor at American University Washington College of Law.