Does the Democratic Platform Endorse Court-Packing?
When it comes to the Supreme Court, the answer is clearly "no." Things are less clear when it comes to the lower federal courts.
When it comes to the Supreme Court, the answer is clearly "no." Things are less clear when it comes to the lower federal courts.
The Democratic presidential candidate favors the same magazine limit that a federal appeals court just declared unconstitutional.
A preliminary assessment of Trump v. Mazars and Trump v. Vance.
What sort of judicial nominee can we expect from the Democratic candidate?
Just like millions of their fellow Americans, the justices would have to adjust to the strange new realities of social distancing and working from home.
Its approval rating - 58 percent - is at its highest level since 2009, far outstripping the other two branches of government. That doesn't prove the justices are doing a good job, but will make it harder to pursue court-packing or other attacks on the Court.
Yet again, the Chief Justice shows his distaste for preliminary injunctions.
The episode reflects poorly on Biden.
The former New York Times SCOTUS reporter does not seem to understand the arguments she is criticizing.
The Chief Justice's votes against injunctive relief for churches, voters, and those on death row are of a piece.
A bust of the Dred Scott author stands in the old Supreme Court chambers in the capitol.
SCOTUS is the least democratic branch. Is that a bad thing?
A surprisingly agreeable chat on originalism, the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roberts and other things.
The state has barred hundreds of thousands of residents with felony records from voting without first paying off their court fines and fees.
Two centuries of precedents say the president is not immune from judicial process.
A quick scramble to end a man’s life, despite objections by attorneys and even the relatives of his victims
None of these theories fully account for the Chief Justice's decisions, though the strategic maximizer view may come closest.
The chief justice has managed to infuriate every major political faction.
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The Supreme Court weighs the legality of subpoenaing Trump’s financial records.
The Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump's claims of immunity, but reaffirmed limits on investigatory powers, and ruled in favor of Native American tribal claims against Oklahoma.
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On the penultimate day of the October 2019 term, the Supreme Court expands the ministerial exception and upholds exemptions to the contraception coverage mandate.
SCOTUS rules 7-2 in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru.
The judicially invented license for police abuse undermines the rule of law and the separation of powers.
In the New York Times I explain that the Chief Justice Roberts we've seen this term is the same one we've seen before.
In a decision considering federal limitations on robocalls, the Supreme Court reaffirmed its longstanding approach to severability.
The answer speaks volumes about the extent to which that doctrine protects police officers from liability for outrageous conduct.
Good news for free association at college!
COVID-19 control measures violate the First Amendment when they arbitrarily favor secular conduct.
SCOTUS rules 5-4 in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue.
Can the government compel speech? For Supreme Court justices, that seems to depend on the content of that speech.
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And no, it wasn't the shoplifter's home.
SCOTUS rules 5–4 in Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The federal government hasn’t executed a prisoner since 2003. We may see three killed in July.
Roberts dissented in 2016 when SCOTUS struck down an abortion law. What changed this time around?
The Chief Justice provides the pivotal vote in the June Medical Services abortion case and Seila Law v. CFPB.
Professor Christopher Walker explores a potential wrinkle in the DACA decision.
Professor Zach Price on the Chief Justice Roberts' Decision in Dept. of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California
These reforms would protect all Americans while reducing racial disparities in policing.
Police officers shouldn't be above the law.
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Defying expectations, Roberts joined with the four liberals on the court to rule against the Trump administration's elimination of the program.
In what appears to be a quite narrow ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts holds that if Trump wants to get rid of DACA, he'll have to try again.
Trump is caught in a trap of his own making.
That uniform rule is different from the policies favored by Donald Trump and House Democrats.
The Equality Act would significantly expand government power and it also threatens religious freedom.