Jordan Lorence
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How William Howard Taft transformed from a portly president to a svelte chief justice (opens the original)
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As summer comes to a close, I thought SCOTUSblog readers might appreciate a brief escape from the day’s dreary headlines to something a bit different: the little-known physical transformation of President and later Chief Justice William Howard Taft. People remember Taft as a heavy president, but few are aware that he lost a great deal of weight later in life when he headed the court. Indeed, Chief Justice John Roberts himself recently honored Taft and his many remarkable achievements and noted T
Pete Buttigieg, the Supreme Court, and the Fourth Amendment (opens the original)
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Please note that SCOTUS Outside Opinions constitute the views of outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. In late June, presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg described in a Substack post how he had endured every parent’s nightmare. Following a knock at the door of his home in Michigan, he encountered a police officer with an investigator from Child Protective Services. They asked to talk with him, and he invited them into his house. This is how
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