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Whereas Warren Court activism was generally in the service of democracy, some of the most egregious Roberts Court decisions--gutting the Voting Rights Act, invalidating bipartisan campaign finance regulation, rendering challenges to partisan gerrymandering impossible, and much more--seem designed to make government in the United States less democratic. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

JAH 110:4

3 Apr 2024, 9:30 pm by ernst

Considering Clark in a long historical context from the Jacksonian Era to the present, Cindy Hahamovitch makes the case for the importance of sheriffs and local government in American life.The Origins of the Student Loan Industry in the United States: Richard Cornuelle, United Student Aid Funds, and the Creation of the Guaranteed Student Loan ProgramBritain Hopkins contributes to understandings of the origins of the student loan industry and student loan indebtedness in… [read post]

Legal History Blog - http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/

Was Constitutional Law Teaching Ever Not in Crisis? (Guest post by Patrick J. Sobkowski)

3 Apr 2024, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf

In Brown v. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

RFK Jr. said what needs to be said: Biden's use of government power to suppress the speech of his political antagonists is a worse threat to democracy than whatever Trump has done.

2 Apr 2024, 7:04 am

In 2000, just before the Bush v. [read post]

Althouse - https://althouse.blogspot.com

Judicial Chaos is a Symptom. (Mostly) Asymmetrical Polarization is the Disease

20 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf

United States. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

[David Bernstein] Social and Economic Legislation and the Taft Court in the 1920s

16 Mar 2024, 4:04 pm by David Bernstein

" This shift followed the substantial and unprecedented government intervention in civic and economic life accompanying the United States' entry into World War I. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Letsou on Politics, Securities Regulation, and the Supreme Court

12 Mar 2024, 12:25 pm by Lawrence Solum

Peter V. [read post]

Legal Theory Blog - https://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/

Explaining the Trump immunity case at the Supreme Court

12 Mar 2024, 6:56 am by Scott Bomboy

In his 5-4 majority opinion, Justice Lewis Powell said that Nixon, as “a former President of the United States, is entitled to absolute immunity from damages liability predicated on his official acts. [read post]

Constitution Daily - https://constitutioncenter.org/blog

14th Amendment Disqualification Decision Saves Trump but Damages the Supreme Court

10 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat

Board of Education and United States v. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

No, The Court is Not “Slow Walking” the Trump Immunity Case

2 Mar 2024, 3:06 am by jonathanturley

For example, Michael Waldman, president of New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, noted that in 1974 the Court considered United States v. [read post]

Jonathan Turley - https://jonathanturley.org/

Has the Supreme Court gone ga-ga or MAGA? | The Hill

1 Mar 2024, 9:54 am by Tom Smith

And in United States v. [read post]

The Right Coast - https://rightcoast.typepad.com/rightcoast/

[Jonathan H. Adler] The Supreme Court's Grant in Trump v. U.S.

29 Feb 2024, 8:26 am by Jonathan H. Adler

" Nixon v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Amid Courts’ Role in US Democracy Struggle, Look to Lessons from Abroad

29 Feb 2024, 6:05 am by Rachel Kleinfeld

But there, the analogy with the United States ends. [read post]