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Chief Justice Roberts Hands Trump the Keys to Power Mar. 26, 2025
Chief Justice John Roberts recently reprimanded Donald Trump for his irresponsible behavior. That's ... Read More
The Routine of the Rule of Law Jan. 09, 2025
This year, Jan. 6 was a routine day. Congress certified the election of Donald Trump. They did it in... Read More
Carte Blanche: Trump's Court Crowns a Crooked King Jul. 09, 2024
In a time visited by one painful irony after another, it was yet one more irony that the Supreme Cou... Read More
King Trump Jul. 04, 2024
"With fear for our democracy," Justice Sonia Sotomayor concludes in her brilliant dissent in Trump v... Read More
The Injudicious Justice Alito Jun. 14, 2024
I am not a fan of hidden microphone ambushes. It's sneaky and dishonest. The kind of ambush that jou... Read More
The Roberts Supreme Court: Too Extreme for Voters Mar. 06, 2024
The John Roberts Supreme Court, a.k.a. the Extreme Court, is a clear and present danger to democracy... Read More
Time To End Affirmative Action for Males in College Admissions? Jul. 12, 2023
Last month in the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed use ... Read More
Affirmative-Action Ruling Will Worsen Inequity, But There Are Possibilities Going Forward Jul. 03, 2023
The Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling on Thursday effectively ending affirmative action policies in college... Read More
Let's Welcome a Colorblind Colorado Jul. 03, 2023
Thursday's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down race-based college admissions prompted a... Read More
Hey, Mr. Chief Justice, Game Over! May. 24, 2023
Chief Justice John Roberts has long proclaimed his commitment to the Supreme Court's institutional l... Read More
The Extreme Court Knows No Bounds Dec. 14, 2022
The noise of democracy fills the Capitol, while across First Street, the sound of silence rules at t... Read More
Once Again, America Is Reminded That the Supreme Court Is a Broken Institution. Oct. 27, 2022
Two minor but telling developments this week provide dismal reminders that the U.S. Supreme Court is... Read More
Roberts Asks Why Trust in the Court Has Plunged. He's Seated Among the Answers Sep. 21, 2022
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts lamented recently that he didn't "understand" why the court... Read More
In the Roberts' Court, The People Be Damned Jun. 01, 2022
Today's six-member supermajority on the Supreme Court has surrendered all claim to being an impartia... Read More
Decent People Need to Denounce the Crazy May. 13, 2022
What's worse, attacking people's homes and neighborhoods or disrupting religious services? The answe... Read More
Supreme Intimidation May. 11, 2022
Let's call the mass gatherings held outside the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sam... Read More
Justice Alito's Illegitimate Opinion May. 06, 2022
Not so long ago, the Supreme Court possessed sufficient stature that nobody — least of all its... Read More
Biden's Perfect Pick Is in the House Feb. 16, 2022
WASHINGTON — The first Black woman on the Supreme Court is justice delayed, and President Joe ... Read More
Three Women Lighting The Supreme Darkness Feb. 02, 2022
The new liberal wing of the Supreme Court, if all goes according to White House plan, will be just t... Read More
For the Sake of National Unity, Don't Dig In on This Supreme Court Nomination Jan. 28, 2022
Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement announcement offers Republ... Read More
