Garrett Epps is the Legal Affairs Editor of the Washington Monthly and a professor of law emeritus at the University of Baltimore. He is the author of American Epic: Reading the U.S. Constitution and four other books about the Constitution.
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.
On LGBTQ Rights, the Supreme Court Punts Yet Again
The Justices are distracting the public with narrow opinions that leave no side satisfied, just like those old Magic 8 balls. Soon, they’re going to have to make a decision.
The War Over the 13th Amendment and Modern Day Slavery
Its “servitude” clause allows prisoners to be put to work and underpaid—i.e. unpaid. How Senator Jeff Merkley and a band of activists are fighting back.
“Gimme an F!” Supreme Court Mulls the Case of the Cursing Cheerleader
The Roberts-era First Amendment is very protective of millionaires; does it also protect high-schoolers cursing at the Cocoa Hut?
