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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 · Oct 23, 2025

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 · Oct 6, 2025

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"?

Reason · Jun 1, 2025

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

In 1977, Associated Press reporter James W

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2023

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 · Jul 7, 2022

For Supreme Court justices, secrecy is part of the job

Supreme Court justices have long prized confidentiality

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022

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.

Reason · Mar 16, 2022