How the election may affect the Supreme Court’s current docket; Your candidate got more of the popular vote? Irrelevant.; O masterful cartoonist, we are in awe of your soothsaying powers; “Reflections on the election”; Justices Frankfurter and Jackson on executive power; Trump is already working his economic magic!; I learn that I know nothing about American politics; Louisiana judge forbids another judge’s political opponents from alleging that the other judge had been “caught lying”; Ballot selfies meet Eric Trump;     How the election may affect the Supreme Court’s current docket Yesterday's election will influence the work of the Supreme Court in obvious and not-so-obvious ways. By Jonathan H. Adler  •  Read more » Your candidate got more of the popular vote? Irrelevant. Just because a presidential candidate won the popular vote total on election day does not mean that presidential candidate would have prevailed under a national popular-vote system. By Jonathan H. Adler  •  Read more »   O masterful cartoonist, we are in awe of your soothsaying powers I'm not sure whether Scott Adams's analysis of the election is right -- but since Adams is one of the few people who actually showed predictive skill, I thought it was worth linking to his post-election thoughts. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more »   “Reflections on the election” A nice post by Ted Folkman (Letters Blogatory), a longtime critic of our new President-elect. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Justices Frankfurter and Jackson on executive power A few passages seemed to strike a chord. By Jonathan H. Adler  •  Read more » The Trump break point Imagining checks and balances in the Age of Trump. By Orin Kerr  •  Read more »   Trump is already working his economic magic! Before it’s even clear that he’s won, Donald Trump – the genius businessman, whose ability to lose other peoples’ money is without peer – has outdone himself.  The news that he has a commanding lead in the presidential race has crashed financial markets around the globe.  From the Guardian: Stocks have been battered throughout Asia … By David Post  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   I learn that I know nothing about American politics               By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » Louisiana judge forbids another judge’s political opponents from alleging that the other judge had been “caught lying” And this while that other judge was up for election -- but fortunately, the appellate court promptly reversed that order. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more » Ballot selfies meet Eric Trump Eric Trump has apparently tweeted a picture of his ballot, which is a crime in New York -- but that prohibition, I think, violates the First Amendment. By Eugene Volokh  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Fact Checker Count the pinocchios. A weekly review of what's true, false or in-between. Sign Up »         Share The Volokh Conspiracy:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for updates from The Volokh Conspiracy blog. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071