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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Hugo black | History Defined

What the Japanese Internment Case Teaches About Judicial Deference to Presidential Power

Long-ago debates about executive authority are not as distant as they might initially seem.

Reason

Chief Justice Burger Set the Stage for the Originalist Revolution

While conservative criticisms of the Burger Court may be justified, those criticisms do not apply to the "The Chief." He had only one vote on the Court ... and, too often, too little support from his colleagues to reach originalist results.

Reason

New Deal Justices and MAGA Justices

FDR appointed Hugo Black because he was a "thumping, evangelical New Dealer." Why can't Trump want a "thumping, evangelical MAGA warrior"?

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DOJ tees up process to jail journalists

Democrats had a chance to stop this crackdown on press freedom before it happened

Salon

"Morning Joe” has got to go

Kissing Donald Trump's ring should cost MSNBC

Salon

The Lesson From Supreme Court Justices Changing Their Minds

For all of the commentary West Virginia Bd. of Ed. v. Barnette has received over the years, perhaps one of the more stunning aspects of that case was two Supreme Court Justices changing their minds.

Reason

First Amendment history hurts Fox News

For the last few decades, various powerful American courts have reshaped how the First Amendment impacts our lives

Salon

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AP WAS THERE: Uncovering Lyndon B Johnson's stolen election

In 1977, Associated Press reporter James W

The Independent UK

Analysis: Supreme Court likes separation of powers, but not of church and state

WASHINGTON — The Constitution is famously built on checks and balances, but nowhere does it specifically call for a "separation of powers" or insist on a "separation of church and state."

Los Angeles Times

For Supreme Court justices, secrecy is part of the job

Supreme Court justices have long prized confidentiality

The Independent UK

How Manuel Talley's Handbills Paved the Way for Anonymous Speech Protections

A civil rights activist's legal battle for anonymity shaped First Amendment precedent.

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