Garrett Epps is legal affairs editor of the Washington Monthly. He has taught constitutional law at American University, the University of Baltimore, Boston College, Duke, and the University of Oregon. He is the author of American Epic: Reading the U.S. Constitution.
The Civil War–Era Roots of the Debt Ceiling Crisis
The framers of the Fourteenth Amendment saw today’s Republican Party coming.
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.
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.
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.
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.
