The Ghosts of Loper Bright

A day after the U.S. Supreme Court convened for its 2024-25 term, I attended oral argument in the ghost gun case. It was the second year in a row for me to take a seat in the section reserved for members of the Supreme Court bar that provides an up-close view of the justices at work.  

I realized last year that in my career, which includes arguing nearly a dozen cases in the Texas Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit, I was going to have to pay my own way to Washington to observe the Court in session any time soon.