I reviewed Justice Breyer’s new book this week for the Washington Examiner.
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Blame the Law, Not the court
StandardDemocrats and originalists were on the same side in the recent Pa. S.Ct. decision. As I wrote today in The Federalist, flaws in the law are the legislature’s fault in this case.
Disorder in the Court
StandardIn this week’s Washington Examiner, I reviewed Ilya Shapiro’s new and timely book, Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court.
Pence has the power
StandardDon’t believe the latest wish-casting from the legal academy: Vice Presidents can cast tie-breaking votes on judicial nominations. Read my article about it at The Federalist.
McGirt and the Rule of Law
StandardTextualism is correct not because it is conservative or liberal, but because it is true. I wrote about McGirt v. Oklahoma and the rule of law, today at The Federalist.
Let Them Ride
StandardRestoring circuit duties to the Supreme Court would naturally decrease tenure on the bench without weakening the judiciary’s independence or adding more justices in a partisan war. My latest at The Federalist.
Lifetime Tenure
StandardI wrote about Supreme Court justices’ life tenure the other day, and it’s a topic that seems to come up a lot. So I made this chart of the justices’ tenure over time, from the first appointees of the Washington administration until today.
Swinging Judge
StandardWhat does it mean to be the Supreme Court’s swing voter? What’s the difference between a judicial moderate and a judicial minimalist? I looked at these questions in a book review essay today at the Claremont Review of Books website.
Chaos Theory
StandardThis week in the Washington Examiner, I reviewed Myron Magnet’s new book on the life and jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas.
Justice on Trial
StandardI reviewed Mollie Ziegler Hemingway and Carrie Severino’s new book, Justice on Trial, today at National Review.