This is the grave of John Marshall Harlan. Born in 1833 in Boyle County, Kentucky, Harlan grew up as a member of the slaveholding elite. His father was a huge slaver and leading Whig in the state, one
This is the grave of Horace Gray. Born in 1828 in Boston, Gray came out of the early republic Boston elite. His grandfather was William Gray, who had built a family empire and became New England’
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen is going to really make us all feel great that Stephen Breyer thinks the Supreme Court is not politicized. Support for better gun laws was a
This is the grave of Robert Grier. Born in 1794 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Grier grew up the son of a Presbyterian minister. He was home-schooled by his father and then sent to Dickinson Coll
Most certainly the Washington Post editorial board can be very, very wrong. But in arguing that a solution for the problems of the courts is term limits instead of court-packing, I’d probably ag
On January 25, 1915, the Supreme Court decided the case of Coppage v. Kansas, allowing employers to force workers to sign yellow-dog contracts, making not joining a union a condition of employment. Th
The first time I gave a book talk about Out of Sight, there was someone in the audience who worked on these issues and couldn’t get past that I was calling on the American government to step in
In the initial Gilded Age, the courts took the 14th Amendment, tore it up as it applied to African-Americans, and created entirely new and unintended meanings for it as it applied to corporations, sta