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Reflections on National Prayer Day May. 06, 2022
May 5 was National Prayer Day, and judging by media headlines of this week and the end of April, hum... 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
Abortion Battles Likely to Conclude with Aristotelian Mean May. 05, 2022
The authenticated leak of Justice Samuel Alito's draft 5-4 opinion overruling the United States Supr... Read More
Love One Another May. 05, 2022
This Sunday is Mother's Day, and as I did last week in my column, I will write again about my mother... Read More
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson -- 'Firsts' Only Matter If They're Liberal Apr. 14, 2022
After the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first black female justice to the U.S. Suprem... Read More
GOP Opposition to Jackson Only Helps Further Politicize the Supreme Court Apr. 06, 2022
The absurd chorus of Republican rationalization for opposing Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jac... Read More
Supreme Thieves Disguised in Robes of 'Justice' Apr. 06, 2022
Barry Goldwater, considered a right-wing extremist and fringe candidate in 1964, won the 1964 Republ... Read More
Racing Away From Our Past With Judge Jackson Apr. 06, 2022
WASHINGTON — The vortex of our vexed record on race came out with the cherry blossoms. These ... Read More
Ginni Thomas' Texts Show Why the Supreme Court Needs Recusal Standards Mar. 29, 2022
Newly revealed text messages from Ginni Thomas to a top Trump administration official show the conse... Read More
Republicans Don't Have To Accept Extremists' Shoddy Treatment of Jackson Mar. 25, 2022
Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee worked overtime to trip up Supreme Court nomine... Read More
Justice Thomas' Bias on Trump Destroys Supreme Court Integrity; He Must Recuse Mar. 23, 2022
Justice Clarence Thomas's wife, Ginni Thomas, has made clear her belief that the November 2020 elect... Read More
Hawley Goes for the Jugular Against the First Black Woman Supreme Court Nominee Mar. 18, 2022
Missouri's junior senator, Josh Hawley, is vying for a starring role in the upcoming Senate confirma... 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
Americans Deserve To Know if Gorsuch Has Forced Sotomayor to Work Remotely Jan. 26, 2022
In an era in which everyone's a media critic, Nina Totenberg has been getting some exceptionally rou... Read More
The American Press Corps Helped Kill Democracy Jan. 21, 2022
The American press corps has been on a tear over the past year about the death of democracy. They sh... Read More
NPR's Fake News From the Supreme Court Jan. 21, 2022
CNN anchor Brianna Keilar is hosting a temporary program pompously titled "Democracy In Peril." On J... Read More
Whether It's Abortion or Guns, Inviting Lawsuits With No Standing Is a Mistake Dec. 15, 2021
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's call for gun laws that are enforced by arming random plaintiffs in ci... Read More
AOC's Ugly Delegitimization of SCOTUS Dec. 03, 2021
The fact that the Supreme Court hasn't ruled on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health abortion case di... Read More
Court's Ban on Publication of a News Story Must Not Be Allowed To Stand Dec. 02, 2021
One of the most ominous legal threats to the free press in decades is quietly looming in a New York ... Read More
Can SCOTUS Draw a New Line on Abortion? The 'Viability' Rule Is Arbitrary. So Are the Alternatives. Dec. 01, 2021
For nearly half a century, the Supreme Court has said the Constitution prohibits states from banning... Read More
