Cliff Sloan
@cliffsloan.bsky.social
Georgetown Law Professor. Author, The Court at War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made
Thank you, @brfarley.bsky.social!
One ought, as a rule, read @cliffsloan.bsky.social: slate.com/news-and-pol...
How the Supreme Court’s Presidential Immunity Decision Twisted a Great Legacy
A new movie about the Nuremberg trials reminds us of an underappreciated problem with the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Thank you, @brfarley.bsky.social!
Thanks very much!
Fantastic interview with @cliffsloan.bsky.social on the public political linkages between SCOTUS + FDR: campaigning, writing legislation, and personal fealty to the President. I knew about Korematsu and Court-packing; I'm embarrassed how much of the rest I didn't.
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Lawfare Archive: The Court at War
Podcast Episode · The Lawfare Podcast · 06/15/2025 · 1h 3m
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June 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Thanks very much!
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Honored to be one of 91 members of the Georgetown Law faculty to sign this letter to (and for) our students:
April 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Honored to be one of 91 members of the Georgetown Law faculty to sign this letter to (and for) our students:
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I am enormously grateful to the 91 Georgetown Law professors for their decision to speak directly to students in support of the rule of law, and a special thank you to Professors Buzbee, Lopez, Sloan, Feinerman, Butler, Spann, and Wishnick, all of whom I've been privileged to learn from at GULC.
April 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I am enormously grateful to the 91 Georgetown Law professors for their decision to speak directly to students in support of the rule of law, and a special thank you to Professors Buzbee, Lopez, Sloan, Feinerman, Butler, Spann, and Wishnick, all of whom I've been privileged to learn from at GULC.
My thoughts on the saga of three former Justices and the death penalty, and its importance today, in @washingtonmonthly.com
Noting contrasts b/w administrations, @cliffsloan.bsky.social writes about this inflection: The hard-won wisdom of Justices Powell, Blackmun, and Stevens—& their trajectories—has much to teach us after 50 yrs of a failed experiment with the modern death penalty.
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Three Justices and a Fatal Mistake | Washington Monthly
Supreme Court Justices Powell, Blackmun, and Stevens allowed the death penalty to return. Then they disavowed it.
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March 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
My thoughts on the saga of three former Justices and the death penalty, and its importance today, in @washingtonmonthly.com
I appreciated the opportunity to discuss the Supreme Court's recent Glossip decision with June Grasso of Bloomberg Law.
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Death Row Inmate Win & Abortion Buffer Zones | Bloomberg Law
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
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February 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I appreciated the opportunity to discuss the Supreme Court's recent Glossip decision with June Grasso of Bloomberg Law.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z6w...
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The U.S. military sent 11 Yemeni prisoners at Guantánamo Bay to Oman, leaving the population at the detention center at its lowest number in its history.
U.S. Sends 11 Guantánamo Prisoners to Oman to Start New Lives
The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.
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January 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The U.S. military sent 11 Yemeni prisoners at Guantánamo Bay to Oman, leaving the population at the detention center at its lowest number in its history.
Here's my op-ed recounting Mitsuye Endo's heroism. The White House announced today that President Biden is honoring her with the Presidential Citizens Medal.
January 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Here's my op-ed recounting Mitsuye Endo's heroism. The White House announced today that President Biden is honoring her with the Presidential Citizens Medal.
Terrific news that President Biden is awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to Mitsuye Endo. As I recounted in my Washington Post op-ed (and in THE COURT AT WAR), she was a courageous hero whose Supreme Court case helped end the shameful incarceration of Japanese-American citizens in WW II.
January 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Terrific news that President Biden is awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to Mitsuye Endo. As I recounted in my Washington Post op-ed (and in THE COURT AT WAR), she was a courageous hero whose Supreme Court case helped end the shameful incarceration of Japanese-American citizens in WW II.
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Today, 21 former federal judges delivered a letter to @POTUS urging him to commute all federal death sentences. The judges, appointed by 6 different Presidents, Republican & Democrat, hail from district courts & appellate circuits across the US. More here: tinyurl.com/4sp8awyt
Judges Letter Press Release.docx
For Immediate Release: December 11, 2024 Contact: Laura.Burstein@Squirepb.com Over 20 Former Federal Judges Urge President Biden to Commute All Federal Death Sentences (Washington, D.C., Wednesday,...
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December 11, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Today, 21 former federal judges delivered a letter to @POTUS urging him to commute all federal death sentences. The judges, appointed by 6 different Presidents, Republican & Democrat, hail from district courts & appellate circuits across the US. More here: tinyurl.com/4sp8awyt
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NEW: Twenty-one former federal judges, including multiple former appeals court judges, urge President Biden to clear the federal death row. They include David Tatel (D.C. Cir.) and Diane Wood (7th Cir.), both of whom left the bench earlier this year. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
December 11, 2024 at 3:48 PM
NEW: Twenty-one former federal judges, including multiple former appeals court judges, urge President Biden to clear the federal death row. They include David Tatel (D.C. Cir.) and Diane Wood (7th Cir.), both of whom left the bench earlier this year. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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JUDGE AMIR ALI!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Just confirmed by the Senate!!!!)
(Just confirmed by the Senate!!!!)
November 20, 2024 at 9:17 PM
JUDGE AMIR ALI!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Just confirmed by the Senate!!!!)
(Just confirmed by the Senate!!!!)
It was a delight to talk with the great Judge David Tatel about his terrific memoir, Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice
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Judge David S. Tatel Reflects on Pursuit of Justice, Embracing Vision Loss at Georgetown Law
On Nov. 4, Judge David S. Tatel joined Professor from Practice Cliff Sloan and members of the Georgetown Law community to discuss his pioneering career as a civil rights lawyer and federal judge — and...
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November 16, 2024 at 1:08 PM
It was a delight to talk with the great Judge David Tatel about his terrific memoir, Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice
www.law.georgetown.edu/news/judge-d...
www.law.georgetown.edu/news/judge-d...
I appreciate this thoughtful review by Judge Jed Rakoff of THE COURT AT WAR in The New York Review of Books. @nybooks.com
FDR’s Compliant Justices | Jed S. Rakoff
The Supreme Court’s deference to FDR during World War II resulted in unjustifiable ethical breaches, but its new code of conduct has not resolved the question of when a justice should be disqualified ...
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November 15, 2024 at 1:44 AM
I appreciate this thoughtful review by Judge Jed Rakoff of THE COURT AT WAR in The New York Review of Books. @nybooks.com
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Jed Rakoff on FDR and the Supreme Court https://buff.ly/3AHSvJu
FDR’s Compliant Justices | Jed S. Rakoff
The Supreme Court’s deference to FDR during World War II resulted in unjustifiable ethical breaches, but its new code of conduct has not resolved the question of when a justice should be disqualified…
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November 14, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Jed Rakoff on FDR and the Supreme Court https://buff.ly/3AHSvJu