In which I ask a few questions that an enterprising local journalist might want to pose to the columnist-turned-aspiring-politician.
Garrett Epps
Garrett Epps is the legal affairs editor at the Washington Monthly.
Garrett is on Bluesky @garrettepps.bsky.social.
Posted inFeatured, Law and Justice, Political Animal, Politics
The Supreme Court’s Biggest Concern About Overturning Roe? What That Will Mean for Itself.
As Wednesday’s oral argument made clear, the justices care far more about the high court’s reputation than the lives of millions of women.
Posted inFeatured, Law and Justice, Political Animal, Politics
How the Trump Era Changed the Supreme Court
Justices still try to convince the public that they are not guided by politics. They are insulting the American people’s intelligence.
Posted inFeatured, Law and Justice, Political Animal, Politics
The Texas Abortion Law’s Defenders Take Their Trickery to the Supreme Court
Inside a specious—and flat-out bonkers—line of reasoning to shield S.B. 8 from judicial review.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Want to Know More About Critical Race Theory? Look at Virginia’s Schools—For More Than 75 Years
Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin was raised on official, state-taught racism. I should know. So was I.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
The Civil War–Era Roots of the Debt Ceiling Crisis
The framers of the Fourteenth Amendment saw today’s Republican Party coming.
Posted inFeatured, Law and Justice, Political Animal, Politics
Why Should the Anti-Abortion Movement Settle for Just Ending Roe?
Two eminent philosophers, disguised as bad historians, show SCOTUS a path to a 50-state abortion ban.
Posted inBooks, Featured, Magazine, September/October 2021
Justice Stephen Breyer Lives in a World of His Own
The brilliant jurist’s surprisingly (or not) weak case for the Supreme Court’s historic legitimacy.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Why It’s So Easy to Hate Ken Paxton
The Texas Attorney General tried to kill the Affordable Care Act and fix the election for Trump. He’s also been accused of campaign finance and securities law violations. But his real problem is that he’s a jackass.
Posted inBooks, July/August 2021, Magazine
The Supreme Court Justice Who Stood Up in Plessy v. Ferguson
Appraising the racial legacy of Justice John Marshall Harlan, the Court’s famous civil rights dissenter.
