Pema Levy and Ari Berman go double barrel on the true enemy of democracy in this country--John Roberts. The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way. In a matter of months, the...
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This is the grave of Robert Jackson. Born in 1892 in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania, Jackson grew up in Frewsburg, New York. He had no interest in college but did have.
It seems likely that there is one area where the Supreme Court justices won't let Trump do whatever he wants and of course that's because his tariffs would impact their.
Leah Litman notes that Louisiana v. Callais, which intends to rule the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. is really an attempt to repeal the First Reconstruction, as the VRA came out of the Second Reconstruction. The story of Louisiana v Callais begins with the project of...
This is the grave of Edward Sanford. Born in 1865 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Sanford grew up the son of a prominent Tennessee unionist, one who had moved down from Connecticut.
This is the grave of David Davis. Born rich in Cecil County, Maryland in 1815, Davis went to local schools and then onto Kenyon for college. He graduated in 1832.
Announcement of Judge Samuel A. Alito, JR. as supreme court justice nominee. I don't trust this Court any farther than I can throw Sam Alito (I'd like to at least try that one though). But it's notable that for all we talk about Trump as...
View of the city of San Francisco from Ina Coolbrith Park on July 15, 2021. The small park is perched on the steep incline between Taylor and Mason streets and.
On February 3, 1908, The Supreme Court decided the case of Loewe v. Lawlor. In it, it declared that unions violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by calling for a secondary.
On December 19, 1940, arguments before the Supreme Court began in U.S. v. Darby Lumber Co. to decide the constitutionality of the Fair Labor Standards Act, passed in 1938. In this rare era that the Supreme Court was not horrible to anything that would help...
This is the grave of Willis Van Devanter. Born in 1859 in Marion, Indiana into a Dutch family, Van Devanter was a Dutch Calvinist his whole life. Oh boy was.
This is the grave of William Rehnquist. Huh, well here's a person I do not like. There's a lot to say, more than I have time for, so I will.