There, as here, the plaintiff filed a suit in state court, asserting both federal and state claims; the defendant removed the suit to federal court; and the plaintiff then dropped her federal claim and sought a remand.

— Justice Kagan (dissenting) in ROYAL CANIN U. S. A., INC. v. WULLSCHLEGER

— explaining so much with so few words and telling a story in order, using parallel structure

The risk of error increases when this Court decides cases—as here—with barebones briefing, no argument, and scarce time for reflection.

— Justice Kagan (dissenting) in DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION v. CALIFORNIA

— using a clean structure with a dramatic dash and letting a simple mix of nouns, verbs, and adjectives like do all the work and unfold in a rhythmic, escalating list

The reading that the majority adopts today reduces that provision to a rhetorical flourish and all but ensures that the Veterans Court will continue rubberstamping the VA’s application of the benefit-of-the-doubt rule.

— Justice Jackson (dissenting) in BUFKIN v. COLLINS

— using strong verbs and her signature, a complex compound modifier, to clearly make her point

And we do not usually presume that Congress takes the trouble to amend its laws to add words and phrases that perform no work.

— Justice Gorsuch (dissenting) in NRC v. TEXAS

— mirroring how people think and talk with simple plain English, tucking legal reasoning neatly inside

Colt, for example, makes the “.38 caliber Super ‘El Jefe’ pistol; the .38 caliber Super ‘El Grito’ pistol; and the .38 caliber ‘Emiliano Zapata 1911’ pistol”—the last of which includes Zapata’s image and the words “It is better to die standing than to live on your knees.”

— Justice Kagan in SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC. v. ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS

— making a list and explanation exceptionally clear and skipping the bracket for “[i]t” to avoid clunkiness

Interpreting the word “false” to include “misleading” would make the inclusion of “misleading” in those statutes superfluous.

— Chief Justice Roberts in THOMPSON v. UNITED STATES

— following a clean “if-then” logic; using precise words; front-loading the key concept; and tightly constructing each phrase