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John Marshall
June 27, 2024
Thom Hartmann
The Supreme Court Was Never Meant to Be Kings and Queens
The Framers designed the judiciary as the weakest branch. John Marshall changed all that. And today, we’re paying the price for it.
February 3, 2021
Peter Hammond Schwartz
Originalism Is Dead. Long Live Catholic Natural Law.
On the “postliberal” future of the federal courts
February 21, 2020
MagazineJohn Patrick Leary
The Troubling Obsession With Political “Tribalism”
Lazy pundits are employing a racially loaded concept that does nothing to explain the deep divisions in America.
January 7, 2019
MagazineJohn Fabian Witt
The Operative
How John Marshall built the Supreme Court around his political agenda
April 24, 2018
Matt Ford
When the President Defies the Supreme Court
What will Trump do if the justices rule against him?
July 13, 2012
Jeffrey Rosen
Big Chief
June 29, 2012
Jeffrey Rosen
Welcome to the Roberts Court: How the Chief Justice Used Obamacare to Reveal His True Identity
May 28, 2012
Jeffrey Rosen
Are Liberals Trying to Intimidate John Roberts?
November 16, 2011
Jonathan Cohn
(Semi-) Daily Deadline: May It Please the Court
October 26, 2011
Sean Wilentz
The Mirage
The long and tragical history of post-partisanship, from Washington to Obama.
April 14, 2010
Barry Friedman, Jeffrey Rosen
The Battle Over the Court
March 16, 2010
Jeffrey Rosen
POTUS v. SCOTUS
March 10, 2010
Jeffrey Rosen
Promises, Promises, Promises
March 2, 2010
Jeffrey Rosen
Roberts versus Roberts
August 27, 2008
Richard A. Posner
In Defense of Looseness
January 30, 2008
Cass R. Sunstein
The Visionary Minimalist
April 23, 2007
Richard A. Posner
Enlightened Despot
December 17, 2001
Richard A. Posner
The Accidental Jurist
July 28, 1997
Jeffrey Rosen
Dual Sovereigns
May 5, 1997
Jeffrey Rosen
Originalist Sin

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