Law Analysis
Problematic Women: Ginsburg’s Legacy and the Supreme Court’s Future
Legal experts have described the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as “a lioness of the law.” Ginsburg died last Friday at 87 after… Read More
PoliticsNews
4 Things to Know About Supreme Court Vacancies in Election Years
As the nation stands bitterly, even violently, divided with weeks to go before a hotly contested presidential election, another tremor hits when a Supreme Court… Read More
LawCommentary
Confirm Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee—Don’t Give in to Threats, Senators
Nominating justices to the U.S. Supreme Court is one of a president’s most important constitutional responsibilities. It is spelled out clearly in Article II of… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Vacancy Opportunity for Conservatives
The passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gives conservatives and Republicans what they claim to have wanted since judicial activism became the norm… Read More
LawNews
7 Things to Know About Possible Supreme Court Nominee Barbara Lagoa
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has set off intense political debate over who should get to name her successor. On the… Read More
LawNews
6 Things to Know About Supreme Court Prospect Amy Coney Barrett
Amy Coney Barrett, a federal appeals judge for nearly three years, is a front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death Friday… Read More
Law Analysis
What You Need to Know About Supreme Court Confirmation Process, and Trump’s Top Picks
What steps are involved in a Supreme Court confirmation process and are any optional? What do we know about Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa,… Read More
LawNews
Meet the 11 Women on Trump’s Supreme Court List
President Donald Trump says his choice to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat is going to be a woman. “It will be a woman,… Read More
LawCommentary
How Fast Can Senate Move? 1 Supreme Court Justice Confirmed Same Day Nominated
The Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg focuses attention on an obscure—but very important—process within our system of government;… Read More
PoliticsNews
Trump to Nominate Ginsburg Replacement From Short List of 5 After Funeral
President Donald Trump said Monday morning that he will announce his nominee for the Supreme Court either Friday or Saturday, and has narrowed the list… Read More
LawNews
7 Things to Know About Upcoming Supreme Court Process, Picks
With the unexpected death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Friday, Republicans face a tight timeline to get a new Supreme Court justice in place before… Read More
LawNews
Trump Reacts After Sen. Murkowski Opposes Pre-Election Supreme Court Nominee Vote
President Donald Trump Sunday tweeted about Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Sunday after she indicated that she would likely not support any Supreme Court… Read More
LawNews
Democrats Threaten to Pack Court If Republicans Vote on Ginsburg Replacement This Year
Prominent Democrats are threatening to expand the size of the Supreme Court to cancel out President Donald Trump’s court picks if Republicans vote on late… Read More
LawNews
Ginsburg Leaves Liberal Legacy After Decades on Supreme Court
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of equal justice under the law who became only the second woman (and the first Jewish woman) to serve… Read More
LawCommentary
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Lioness of the Law, Passes Away
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who served for 27 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, has passed away. When her longtime friend and fellow opera fan,… Read More
LawNews
Trump Adds These 20 Names to His List of Supreme Court Candidates
President Donald Trump publicly added 20 names Wednesday to his list of candidates for the Supreme Court, including six women, three Senate Republicans, and a… Read More
SocietyNews
More Young Americans Agree That ‘Every Life Matters,’ Pence Says
RALEIGH, North Carolina—The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in June striking down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics is proof of what’s at stake with the… Read More
LawCommentary
In Foreboding Ruling, Appeals Court Says Transgender Students May Use Restroom of Choice
A federal court decided last week that schools can’t ban students from using the restroom that matches their desired gender identity, in what BuzzFeed News… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Looking Back: What I Learned at the Kavanaugh Confirmation
Brett Kavanaugh was known as an originalist jurist and had a strong record for protecting life and constitutional rights. I was at the White House… Read More
LawNews
Supreme Court Could See at Least 4 Vacancies in 4 Years, Trump Says
President Donald Trump projects that he’s on track to win confirmation of more than 300 new conservative judges by the end of the year. And in… Read More
LawCommentary
Some Great Picks Trump Should Consider for Supreme Court
President Donald Trump recently announced that by Sept. 1 he would release “a new list” of conservative Supreme Court nominees, “which may include some, or… Read More
LawCommentary
A Welcome Conclusion That Yale Discriminates Against Asians, Whites
The Trump administration’s Justice Department just took an important step in enforcing the Constitution when it concluded, after a two-year investigation, that Yale University illegally… Read More
LawCommentary
21 States Move to Support This Praying Coach for Round 2
Remember the case of Joe Kennedy, the Marine Corps veteran-turned-high school football coach who was suspended, then fired, halfway through the season a few years… Read More
LawCommentary
After the Supreme Court’s Oklahoma Decision, the Rights of Accused on Tribal Land Are Up in the Air. Congress Should Make Things Clearer, Not Less So.
On the last day of the Supreme Court’s pandemic-extended term, the court declared that nearly half the state of Oklahoma remained reservation land. This thrust… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Imperils Parents’ Right to Pass Their Values on to Children
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Bostock v. Clayton, which ruled that the Title VII prohibition on sex discrimination in employment extends to discrimination based… Read More
LawCommentary
It’s Time to Shut Down Judge Emmet Sullivan’s 3-Ring Circus in Flynn Case
Michael Flynn’s attorney has fired another broadside at Judge Emmet Sullivan, the trial judge presiding over his case. Flynn filed a blistering brief opposing Sullivan’s… Read More
LawCommentary
Judicial Council Rightly Rebukes Judge Lynn Adelman for Law Review Diatribe
Federal district court Judge Lynn Adelman had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day late last month when the Judicial Council of the 7th… Read More
LawNews
Supreme Court to Hear Case of Georgia Students Denied First Amendment Rights
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving two former Georgia college students who were prevented from sharing their faith on their school… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Decides Half of Oklahoma Has Been an Indian Reservation for Past 113 Years
The Supreme Court issued one of the most consequential decisions of its term on its last day Thursday. No, it wasn’t either of the decisions… Read More
Law Analysis
Problematic Women: Supreme Court Ruling Protects Little Sisters’ Religious Convictions
The Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic order of nuns, secured a major victory Wednesday. The nuns had been sued by Pennsylvania and New Jersey… Read More
