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Justice Kagan makes remarks to the 9th Circuit and President Biden proposes SCOTUS reforms. The usual slow-moving summer legal news drag is disrupted by a number interesting cases and eye-raising comments.

On the docket:
—To stand or not to stand at a desk
Justice Kagan says Supreme Court reforms are “fair”
—The Supreme Court’s caseload
—Are justices friendly?
—President Biden’s proposed reforms
Leonard Leo says “Dems are destroying a court they don’t agree with”
—Removing Chevron deference
Title IX cases launch across the U.S.
Taxes on our phone bills
PETA wins one for the gatos
—Boneless chicken wings: dangerous or harmless wordplay?

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Sarah Isgur is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in northern Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2019, she had worked in every branch of the federal government and on three presidential campaigns. When Sarah is not hosting podcasts or writing newsletters, she’s probably sending uplifting stories about spiders to Jonah, who only pretends to love all animals.

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.

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