I’ve been following SCOTUSblog lately because, given Trump’s total disregard for the law and Congress’ inability to do anything about it, I think that the judiciary is our last hope of avoiding tyrany.

There’s a case in North Dakota about gerrymandering away the Native American vote.  A federal district court ruled that a map drawn by the state legislature couldn’t be used and had to be redrawn; and when the state didn’t do it, ordered the use of a map drawn by the plaintiffs.  The circuit court reversed that on the grounds that the people affected by the map don’t have standing to sue (or something); and SCOTUS have put the reversal on hold pending review by the Supreme Court in its emergency docket.  Only three of the Gang of Six dissented, so maybe there’s still hope.

As expected, Amy Howe has the latest news and has more information about the issue in an earlier post.

In a “shadow docket” case, the Supreme Court have paused a lower court injunction that would have blocked Trump from unilaterally gutting the Department of Education.  It was an unsigned ruling, but we know how each justice voted beause Sotomayor wrote a scathing dissent that Kagan and Jackson joined.  If the Six like rule by executive decree so much, I can think of a few countries where the might be happier.

Amy Howe has the facts (without my editorializing).

Update:  HHS, too.