Gorsuch successfully balances criminal law, personal liberty
Many positive things have been and will be said about Judge Neil Gorsuch leading up to his confirmation. Deservedly so. There is a lot to like about him, including his intellect and commitment to...
View ArticleCritics of originalism don't know their history, or Founding Fathers
It was an eerie feeling for me to sit behind Judge Neil Gorsuch during his Judiciary Committee hearings. Here I was sitting behind my friend and coauthor as he was being vetted to replace my late...
View ArticleRuth Bader Ginsburg optimistic 'over the long haul' for US
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reportedly said at a Saturday evening play that she is optimistic about the United States “over the long haul.”“My hope is in my lifetime we will get back to...
View ArticleJustice Gorsuch channels his inner-Scalia, and that's good for criminal...
The late Justice Antonin Scalia often joked that he was “the darling” of the criminal defense bar and the “poster child” for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He was right. More...
View ArticleThere is precedent for ailing Ginsburg to remain on Supreme Court
As Justice William Brennan aged, inevitable questions about his retirement grew more insistent. With his Irish wit still intact, he quipped about his intention to leave the court “feet first.” When...
View ArticleWill the Supreme Court protect the rule of law, or Donald Trump?
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up three cases involving the congressional and grand jury subpoenas served on President Trump’s company, his outside accounting firm and one of his lenders,...
View ArticleOur Second Amendment: A rejection of nobility
The argument over the Second Amendment routinely centers on guns. But our Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms” has just as much to do with casting off the stratification of the social class...
View ArticleFederal judge rightly upset over wrongful jailing of Michael Cohen
Federal district judge Alvin Hellerstein was rightly outraged that a probation officer acting on behalf of the Bureau of Prisons had Michael Cohen arrested because he was writing a book about President...
View ArticleScalia's son shares anecdotes about father's friendship with Ginsburg
Christopher Scalia, the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, mourned the death of his father’s longtime friend Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday and shared anecdotes about the two jurists.“I’m...
View ArticleToobin: McConnell engaging in 'greatest act of hypocrisy in American...
CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin argued Friday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) "could engage in the greatest act of hypocrisy in American political history" bringing President...
View ArticleThe real danger Amy Coney Barrett poses to ObamaCare
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has chosen to focus on health care as the principal concern raised by the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. The press has zeroed in on one of her...
View ArticleWhy every justice should be an originalist
President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court fulfills his pledge to select someone who is an originalist and a textualist. Originalists interpret the Constitution and other...
View ArticleAmy Coney Barrett will cement the legacy of Republicans if confirmed
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett claims to be a textualist and originalist on the Constitution, and the Senate examination of her judicial views could focus on such commitment to those...
View ArticlePavlich: A triumph for conservative women
“Only 100 years ago, women in this country were given the right to vote. And today, we began considering adding another woman to the highest Court in the land,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said on the...
View ArticleLike Scalia, Amy Coney Barrett shares an 'originalist' view on...
The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett come as the Supreme Court’s nascent Second Amendment jurisprudence is at an important inflection point. So far, the court has clearly...
View ArticleThe most anti-environmental court in the modern era
With the addition of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the U. S. Supreme Court, it doesn’t seem hyperbolic to predict that the Supreme Court will be the most anti-environmental court in the modern era.Yet...
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