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'History and Tradition': An Unpredictable Constitutional Interpretation May. 14, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court, whose members are certainly learned in the law, has taken to making decision... Read More
Another High-Tech Lynching of Clarence Thomas Apr. 20, 2023
We've seen this rodeo before. The infamous Anita Hill affidavit and accusation of sexual harassment ... Read More
When Kennedy and Nixon Nominees Agreed Nov. 30, 2022
Justice Byron White, who wrote some of the most important conservative Supreme Court opinions in the... Read More
Untraceable Guns From Kits Are Proliferating, but GOP Still Balks at Reforms Feb. 15, 2022
President Joe Biden's call to crack down on "ghost guns" — weapons with no serial numbers that... Read More
Amy Coney Barrett's Malignant View of the Constitution Oct. 01, 2020
One of the chief dividing lines in American politics is how Supreme Court justices interpret the Con... Read More
Will Justice Amy Star in 'The Five'? Sep. 29, 2020
By nominating Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Donald Trump kept his word, and ... Read More
Trump Declares War on the Constitution Oct. 15, 2017
Donald Trump is to conservatism as SpaghettiOs are to Italian food: a distant, crude and almost unre... Read More
Want More Civility? Try Less Power. Apr. 13, 2017
Earlier this week, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and now-deceased Justice Antonin Scalia... Read More
Of Judges and Other Lawmakers Feb. 07, 2017
The structure of American government has not received such a visible going-over since, oh, perhaps 1... Read More
Gorsuch, Scalia and Sodomy Feb. 05, 2017
During his Senate confirmation hearings, Neil Gorsuch may be grilled on such legal topics as due pro... Read More
Playing With Fire Feb. 02, 2017
Having lost the election fair and square, Democrats are still seething. They have apparently decided... Read More
The Electoral College, the Hottest Thing in Town Dec. 16, 2016
WASHINGTON — Glum, my head is not dancing with visions of sugar plums as Christmas comes near.... Read More
Is Flag Burning Protected Speech? Dec. 01, 2016
"If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or pet... Read More
Battle Lines Forming in War Over Trump Court Nov. 30, 2016
Opening shots are being fired over Donald Trump's anticipated Supreme Court nomination. A conservati... Read More
Unless Filibuster Ends, Supreme Court Won't Change Nov. 30, 2016
Changing the Supreme Court is at the core of the Republican Party agenda this year. With one seat va... Read More
Crucial Religious Freedom Case Arrives to Supreme Court Nov. 23, 2016
Among the factors that drove the electoral victory of Donald Trump was his very strong support from ... Read More
Shrink the Supreme Court? Nov. 03, 2016
When you can't win a fair contest, you have a few choices. You can gracefully accept the loss. You c... Read More
Hillary Clinton and the High Court Oct. 25, 2016
The worst thing about Supreme Court-anxiety in the upcoming election is that Supreme Court-anxiety s... Read More
How the Equal Rights Amendment Succeeded Sep. 15, 2016
It's often been said that if Americans were allowed to vote on some of the guarantees in the Bill of... Read More
Carrying Guns: An Issue for the Supreme Court and the Electorate Jun. 12, 2016
If there is any issue that could intensify the emotions and raise the stakes in the 2016 presidentia... Read More
