‘Law of the land:’ Biden signals Equal Rights Amendment should be ratified The outgoing US president called on others to ‘affirm’ the amendment, which bars discrimination on the basis of sex. Al Jazeera · Jan 17, 2025
President-Elect Trump's New White Paper on Conflicts of Interest In January 2017, President-Elect Trump held a press conference and released a conflict of interest policy. In what feels like… The post President-Elect Trump's New White Paper on Conflicts of Interest appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jan 10, 2025
Mitch McConnell’s legacy: A ‘grim reaper’ for US bipartisanship? McConnell is set to step down as the longest-serving Senate leader. Experts say he made the chamber into a battlefield. Al Jazeera · Jan 1, 2025
As Texas Chief Justice Nathan Hecht prepares to retire, he reflects on the Supreme Court he helped change Over 35 years, Hecht modernized the court, increased access to justice for the poor and saw his conservative views come to dominate the bench. The Texas Tribune · Dec 23, 2024
Justice Clarence Thomas did not disclose additional luxury trips funded by billionaire patron All of the gifts Justice Thomas has accepted from a Republican donor are valued at $4.75 million, according to a new report The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2024
The Meese Revolution: The Making of a Constitutional Moment (2024) by Steven Gow Calabresi and Gary Lawson. Reason · Dec 9, 2024
Trump and recess appointments: A procedural and legal quagmire - Roll Call Republicans may allow Trump to temporarily fill vacancies with recess appointments. But that approach comes with its own complications. Roll Call · Nov 26, 2024
A Debate Over the Open Fields Doctrine and Fourth Amendment Law Featuring comments from Joshua Windham, and my response. Reason · Nov 10, 2024
Bernie Sanders says he opposes urging Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down Senator says he doesn’t support calling for justice to retire so that Biden can pick replacement before his term ends The Guardian - US · Nov 10, 2024
Supreme Court justices have a job for life. But some left the court to make their lasting mark One of the allures of being a Supreme Court justice is that the job has lifetime tenure The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024
Cannon attended right-wing junket Judge Cannon has attended several conservative events, including luxury retreats, without disclosure Salon · Sep 17, 2024
Republican group cites notorious Dred Scott ruling as reason Kamala Harris can’t be president Group also challenged right of Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley to appear on Republican primary ballots The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2024
Justice Gorsuch Explains What Collegiality Means Does it mean going to the opera together, or a willingness to be persuaded? Reason · Aug 4, 2024
Struggling with Standing The Supreme Court's conservatives are not cutting conservative litigants any slack (and that's a good thing). Reason · Jul 30, 2024
Reason · Jul 29, 2024 Trump's Favorite Justice Was One of Those 'Stupid People' Who Think Flag Burning Is Protected Speech Antonin Scalia twice joined Supreme Court decisions rejecting bans on that particular form of political expression.
Reason · Jul 28, 2024 JD Vance on Justice Scalia in 2014 "He's become a very shrill old man. I used to really like him, and I used to believe all of his stuff about judicial minimalism was sincere. Now I see it as a political charade."
The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024 Daughter of late Supreme Court Justice Scalia appointed to Virginia Board of Education Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has appointed the daughter of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to serve on the Virginia Board of Education
Salon · Jul 16, 2024 Cannon gifts Trump a first immunity win Judge Aileen Cannon’s stunning dismissal of Trump’s classified documents case burnishes her MAGA credentials
The Texas Tribune · Jul 2, 2024 Again and again, U.S. Supreme Court slaps down 5th Circuit The New Orleans-based court, which hears Texas cases, is pushing the federal judiciary to the right, even when it gets overturned by a higher court.
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024 Justice Thomas raked in staggering $2.4 million in gifts, watchdog says, dwarfing the next highest justice Fix the Court, the group that released the findings, calculated the total in gifts from January 2004 to December 2023 and said the nine current justices received 344 gifts totaling nearly $3million.
The Independent UK · May 29, 2024 To recuse or refuse? A look at Supreme Court justices’ decisions on whether to step aside in cases In declining to step aside from two high-profile Supreme Court cases, Justice Samuel Alito has provided a rare window on the opaque process by which justices decide to recuse themselves
Reason · Apr 10, 2024 Trump's Abortion Stance Is Convenient, but That Does Not Mean He's Wrong His embrace of federalism is one of those rare instances when political expedience coincides with constitutional principles.
Reason · Apr 8, 2024 Embracing a Federalist Approach to Abortion, Trump Condemns Democrats As 'Radical' The former and would-be president is keen to avoid alienating voters who reject both kinds of extremism on the issue.
Salon · Feb 29, 2024 Good riddance to Mitch McConnell The guy who made Donald Trump possible falls to Donald Trump
The Guardian - US · Feb 28, 2024 Mitch McConnell’s time in the Senate will be remembered as sad and cynical He was once a moderate. As his party moved right, so did he – presiding over an ever-more partisan, acrimonious Senate