Abolishing Chevron could undermine, not empower, Congress Sarah Binder and Forrest Maltzman - July 10, 2024 A short history of why Congress writes vague laws.
It’s the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 2023 Kelebogile Zvobgo - December 1, 2023 Here’s a recap of some of the year’s highs and lows.
Could a GOP president take over independent government agencies? Andrew Rudalevige - November 7, 2023 Here's what the law actually says.
Americans don’t trust the Supreme Court. That’s dangerous. Soren Jordan, Kathryn Haglin, Joseph Daniel Ura, and Alison Merrill - October 9, 2022 Unless the court wins back support, it could have a legitimacy crisis that endangers democracy
Supreme Court justices aren’t pretending to respect each other Julie Novkov - June 26, 2022 The justices like to present themselves as collegial. The Dobbs opinions suggest that collegiality is cracking.
Republican senators used racially coded language to question Ketanji Brown Jackson. There’s history to that. Sharon Wright Austin - March 28, 2022 Compare that to the language senators used to grill Constance Baker Motley in 1966, slowing down her confirmation as the first Black female federal judge.
Why did Sen. Graham grill Ketanji Brown Jackson about her religious faith? Matthew Dahl - March 24, 2022 Research suggests that religion doesn’t influence judges’ decisions.
Justice Breyer announced he will retire. Here’s what happens next. Paul Collins and Lori Ringhand - January 27, 2022 If Biden fulfills his promise to appoint a Black woman, he’ll make the Supreme Court more representative of the U.S. population
The Supreme Court’s vaccine mandate ruling shows it’s ready to second-guess government policy Stephen I. Vladeck - January 18, 2022 For decades, the court deferred to the government’s judgment. Now it’s heading back to the Lochner era.
Supreme Court justices sounded suspicious of New York’s gun law. Here’s what might come next. Jacob D. Charles - November 4, 2021 Will the court listen to empirical evidence about safety, or just strike down any regulations that didn’t exist in the 18th century?