The state’s legislature, echoing Trump, could oust a judge not for misconduct such as accepting a bribe, but for her opinions from the bench.
William Rehnquist
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Should Tell Our NATO Allies Trump Can’t Quit Them
Any attempt by the president to unilaterally withdraw from the NATO treaty violates U.S. law.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Roberts Court at 20
John Roberts, the “institutionalist” chief justice, has given the president kingly powers, overturned a Reagan-era regulation doctrine, and issued two decades of wrecking ball opinions. It’s only going to get worse.
Posted inPolitics
Thirteenth Amendment Abortion Rights and the Job of a Judge
Critics on the left and right pounced on a jurist for hearing arguments about whether the Civil War-era amendment provides a right to abortion. Here’s why they’re wrong.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Once Again, The Supreme Court Upends a Legal Norm
Last week, five conservative justices—all male—limited the Biden administration’s authority to decide how and when to prosecute immigration cases. It was a blow to prosecutorial discretion.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Another Scheme to Curtail Voting Rights
Get to know the “independent state legislature doctrine” which intrigues Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Anthony Kennedy’s Betrayal of the Planet
History will show that when our climate needed a champion, Kennedy largely failed to answer the call.
