Meet Paul Watford, One of Obama's Potential Nominees to Replace Scalia on the Supreme Court
What do we know about possible SCOTUS nominee Paul Watford?
What do we know about possible SCOTUS nominee Paul Watford?
Examining the record of a possible SCOTUS nominee.
Supreme Court declines to hear arguments in American Freedom Defense Initiative v. King County.
SCOTUS heard testimony last week.
The law of the last antecedent beats the law of lenity.
Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote, suggests an "undue burden" on abortion rights can hinge on the strength of the state's justification.
Abortion opponents embrace the smothering power of pointless, picayune rules.
The Supreme Court hears oral argument in Texas abortion case.
Maybe Congress needs better reasons to bar people from owning firearms.
Supreme Court rejects appeal in Sensational Smiles, LLC v. Mullen.
SCOTUS seems evenly divided on a drug search arising from an illegal stop.
Biden changes his tune on election year Supreme Court appointments.
Will Obama go for a fight that will mobilize the Democratic base, or choose a candidate who has some distantly plausible chance of confirmation?
Cases involving drug prohibition reveal the late justice's fickle fidelity to the Fourth Amendment and federalism.
Republicans stand to lose more if they don't fight an Obama nomination
Abortion, not religion per se, is the thing people care about most when it comes to the religious views of justices.
The late justice left unresolved the constitutionality of "assault weapon" bans and restrictions on carrying guns in public.
Drug cases show the late justice's fickle fidelity to the Fourth Amendment and federalism.
What he really wants is a justice that will agree with what he believes the law should be.
Law students jokingly called him the pope of originalism, a phrase he loved.
What will happen to gun rights if a Democrat picks his replacement?
The Supreme Court Justice's opinions often favored the accused-because their rights were in the Constitution.
A selection of Reason's coverage of the late Supreme Court justice.
The late Supreme Court justice was inaccurately described as "authoritarian."
Libertarians disagreed with Scalia on many issues, but they also have to give him credit.
The late Supreme Court justice's mixed legacy on liberty and the Constitution
President says he's going to try anyway.
The Supreme Court justice was found dead today of apparent natural causes.
The liberal justice speaks out for the Fourth Amendment, but often fails to respect the Fifth.
The former 2nd Circuit judge suggests that court was wrong to categorically reject a jury's right to acquit a guilty defendant.
Greenhouse gas regulations will now be an even bigger issue in the U.S. presidential campaign
Remembering the lessons of FDR's executive overreach.
The newly appointed justice talks law, politics, immigration, and why he got "visibly tattooed."
Nearly 400 appeals from death row prisoners could be heading through Florida's legal system.
Paul challenged the reigning legal orthodoxies on both the left and the right.
Trump trashes property rights, endorses eminent domain abuse. We'll find out if Iowa voters care.
U.S. v. Texas heads to SCOTUS.
Oklahoma and Nebraska say legal marijuana is like state-authorized pollution.
Forsaking federalism, Oklahoma and Nebraska demand that Colorado stop regulating the cannabis industry.
SCOTUS weighs stare decisis in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.
The real threat to union power is failure to serve.
SCOTUS releases 8-1 decision in Hurst v. Florida.
In testing the limits of individual conscience, the Friedrichs case may reveal the Court's commitment to freedom itself.
The Texas governor suggests nine amendments "to restore the rule of law."
The Supreme Court hears Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.