As The Roberts Court Turns 20, The Originalist Revolution Turns 40 "By the end of President Reagan’s administration, the originalist revolution was underway." Reason · Oct 8, 2025
Retired US supreme court justice fears ‘democracy is not guaranteed to survive’ Anthony Kennedy told NPR ‘partisanship is becoming ... more prevalent and more bitter’ in the high court’s opinions The Guardian - US · Oct 1, 2025
The Law No Longer Listens To Justice Kennedy Justice Kennedy's new book reminds me how grateful I am the law no longer listens to him. Reason · Sep 29, 2025
RIP Professor John S. Baker, Jr. I am very sad to relay that Professor John S. Baker, Jr. has passed away. John was an iconic constitutional… The post RIP Professor John S. Baker, Jr. appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Sep 15, 2025
Amy Coney Barrett says supreme court rulings are ‘not opinion polls’ Justice believes court should not ‘impose’ own values as it weighs request to overturn same-sex marriage decision The Guardian - US · Sep 6, 2025
Amy Coney Barrett defends US abortion ruling in memoir: ‘respected choice’ Supreme court justice says overturning Roe v Wade respected voters’ will, though polls show otherwise The Guardian - US · Sep 2, 2025
Why Donald Trump’s plans to prosecute flag burning divides his supporters “If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail. No early exits. No nothing.” This is what US president Donald Trump announced in the Oval Office in the last week in August. Ever the master media manipulator, America’s communicator-in-chief issued this as an executive order. The Conversation · Aug 29, 2025
Trump's Flag-Burning Punishment Triggers Conservative Pushback: 'Government Has No Right to Control Speech' President Donald Trump's new executive order on flag burning has drawn criticism not only from opponents but also from some of his most prominent conservative allies. Latin Times · Aug 26, 2025
Trump Signs Executive Order To Jail Flag Burners: 'You Burn A Flag, You Get One Year In Jail' President Donald Trump on Monday directed the Justice Department to prosecute individuals who burn the American flag, directly challenging decades-old Supreme Court precedent protecting it as free speech. Benzinga · Aug 26, 2025
Trump Administration Sued for Violating Foreign Students' Free Speech Rights The First Amendment protects everybody from the government, whether citizen or not. Reason · Aug 15, 2025
On Sanctuary Cities, It's Trump vs. the 10th Amendment The anticommandeering doctrine stands in the way of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Reason · Jul 31, 2025
Supreme Court news coverage has talked a lot more about politics ever since the 2016 death of Scalia and GOP blocking of Obama’s proposed nominee The U.S. Supreme Court has always ruled on politically controversial issues. From elections to civil rights, from abortion to free speech, the justices frequently weigh in on the country’s most debated problems. The Conversation · Jul 17, 2025
"What Skrmetti Should Have Said" "Yet, Dobbs did not repudiate the basis of Roe and Casey, the notion that legislatures are not empowered to enact laws based on public notions of morality. And Skrmetti refused to acknowledge that foundational basis of our republic." Reason · Jun 23, 2025
See, I Told You So About Justice Barrett Justice Barrett compares the Constitution to Odysseus. But I feel like Cassandra. Reason · Jun 16, 2025
Reason · May 25, 2025 Mitchell Berman on Conditional Federal Grants and the Constitution While there is no constitutional right to receive grants, the Constitution does bar grant conditions that undermine constitutional rights.
Reason · May 13, 2025 Since Immigration Is an 'Invasion,' a Top Trump Adviser Says, the President Might Suspend Habeas Corpus Stephen Miller's understanding of the Constitution is dubious for several reasons.
Reason · Apr 30, 2025 Why the FBI Arrested Judge Hannah Dugan The Wisconsin judge is charged with obstruction of justice and concealing an undocumented alien to prevent his arrest.
Reason · Mar 12, 2025 Rachel Barkow: Did Trump and Biden Turn Pardons Into a Corrupt Joke? Presidential pardons have become a tool of favoritism and politics.
The Guardian - US · Mar 8, 2025 Will Trump put a Fox News host on the US supreme court? Mark Tushnet can’t rule it out In his new book, the Harvard law professor argues against originalism and for putting non-judges on the highest court
The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025 Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams? Danielle Sassoon had served just three weeks as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York when she penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi saying she could not follow a directive to drop the office’s corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
Reason · Feb 14, 2025 200,000 Layoffs Plus: Possible quid pro quo between the DOJ and Eric Adams, DEI in the federal government, and more...
Reason · Feb 14, 2025 Invoking Scalia in the Sovereign District Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove instructed Danielle Sassoon, the Acting U.S. Attorney for SDNY, to dismiss the indictment against New… The post Invoking Scalia in the Sovereign District appeared first on Reason.com.
The Conversation · Jan 27, 2025 Federal threats against local officials who don’t cooperate with immigration orders could be unconstitutional − Justice Antonin Scalia ruled against similar plans President Donald Trump has begun to radically change how the U.S. government handles immigration, from challenging long-held legal concepts about who gets citizenship to using the military to transport migrants back to their countries of origin.
Reason · Jan 27, 2025 Guns and Grammar Though awkward and antiquated, the Second Amendment’s syntax and grammar unambiguously protect gun rights.
The Conversation · Jan 24, 2025 US Supreme Court is unabashedly liberal − in its writing style The current Supreme Court has upended historic precedent on abortion protections and drawn scrutiny for ethics conflicts, while its docket remains packed with high-profile cases set to dominate headlines in the months ahead.