The limits of the Second Amendment
In previous articles, I explored two of the biggest unanswered questions in the Second Amendment space: Who are “the people,” and what constitutes “Arms”? Both of these questions seemingly emerge…
The justices remained busy last summer. This year, will they actually get a break?
One year ago, the Supreme Court had just wrapped up the 2024-25 term with a series of high-profile rulings, including decisions limiting the availability of universal injunctions and upholding a…
The Trump term?
The Supreme Court’s 2025-26 term will likely be remembered as one of the most consequential in recent memory. This was certainly the case for President Donald Trump, who was the…
When justices wade into politics
Scholar Robert Dahl, writing back , once remarked that “Americans are not quite willing to accept the fact that is a political institution and not quite capable of denying it;…
When Congress “overrides” the court
The Supreme Court’s April 29 ruling curtailing a key provision of the Voting Rights Act cleared the way for last-minute redistricting pushes in states such as Louisiana and Tennessee. As…
Is the Supreme Court running behind?
When the justices take the bench on Thursday morning to issue opinions, the Supreme Court will have 20 cases left to decide, with just under two weeks to go before…
Protecting the justices
Last month, Justice Amy Coney Barrett was the target of an attempted “swatting” incident – a call falsely reporting the sound of gunshots at her Virginia home. Although swatting incidents…
When must justices recuse themselves over family members’ acts?
Late last month, the news site NOTUS reignited the perennial debate about Supreme Court recusals when it reported that Justice Samuel Alito’s son, Philip Alito, “quietly landed a political appointee…
The Supreme Court and the right to bear arms: an explainer
The Second Amendment is an area of law with many open questions. The amendment itself states that “ well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,…
The state of the death penalty at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday in Whitton v. Dixon sided with a death row inmate for the second time in less than a week, holding in an that the U.S.…