Irked by liberals from Princeton to Yale and the Justice Department to the Supreme Court, the conservative jurist finishes another term unbowed.
Federalist Society
Posted inLaw and Justice
Blitzkrieg Against the Administrative State
How the Heritage Foundation and its right-wing allies plan to destroy pluralist government.
Posted inPolitics
Let’s Retire the Word “Woke”
When the history of “woke” attitudes, sentiments, and policies is written, two events of different kinds and magnitude will be remembered. Both took place in the San Francisco Bay Area in the past week. The first and by far the most important is the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, which did not collapse from wokeness […]
Posted inMagazine
The Court’s Third Great Crisis
Twice before in history, the Supreme Court has allowed itself to become an arm of one political party, with catastrophic results. Only the voters can save us from the same fate today.
Posted inMagazine
Trumpism Before Trump
How a small group of reactionaries hijacked the Republican Party—decades before the 2016 election.
Posted inLaw and Justice
There’s No Magic Trick That Can Save Abortion Rights
Some Roe v. Wade defenders hope that stripping the Supreme Court of authority to hear abortion cases can save the day. Two legal scholars explain why it can’t.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Dark Money Interests Are Buying the Supreme Court
A powerful presentation by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse at Barrett’s confirmation hearing demonstrated how they’re doing that.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Meet the Man Who Vets Trump’s Supreme Court Picks
The Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo combines the traditional Republican playbook with extremist Catholicism.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump and Barr Issue a Threat to Blue Cities and States
The Republican embrace of state’s rights and local control has always been a lie.
Posted inPolitical Animal
A Nobel-Winning Economist is Aiding a Major Climate Lawsuit. Whatever.
But only the power of the vote will bring about climate justice.
