Only 50 years ago, originalism was considered a fringe movement, hardly taken seriously. Now its adherents dominate the Supreme Court.
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US law actually bars former President Donald Trump from holding office ever again. The recent Georgia indictment of Trump helps make the case.
Major Supreme Court decisions and reversals last term are leaving some people, including this scholar on constitutional politics, wondering – what’s going on with the court?
The judicial theory has been a major talking point during the Supreme Court’s last term. But what does it actually mean?
A Supreme Court scholar untangles the ideas that undergird the historic ruling overturning the Constitutional right to an abortion.
In a 6-3 conservative majority, the more important divisions may be among the six Republican-appointed justices.
Under the Sullivan standard, a public official has to prove that there was ‘actual malice’ in defamation cases. That could be challenged in the Supreme Court.
The judicial theory has been a major talking point during the past three Supreme Court nominations. But what does it actually mean?
Special interests use the court as a public policy battleground. Here’s a rundown of how that works and which groups are likely to appear before a conservative court with Amy Coney Barrett on it.
Electors may not vote their consciences, which means the Electoral College will continue to operate how most Americans think it does.
Many Americans are surprised to learn that Electoral College members do not necessarily have to pick the candidate their state’s voters favored. Or do they?
Kavanaugh thinks judges ‘must be an umpire – a neutral and impartial arbiter.’ So does Chief Justice Roberts. But more liberal jurists believe that the application of the law is inherently subjective.
Scalia’s legacy as an activist against judicial activism will be long-lived.
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Dean of Economics, Politics & History, The University of Austin
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Associate Professor of Law, Arizona State University
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Professor of Communication, Radford University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Political Science, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Loyola University Chicago
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Co-Director, National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago
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Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Philosophy, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
