The unanimous (sort of) decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Colorado’s removal of Trump from the state ballot puts into question the (already dubious) integrity of the state’s rights doctrine and constitutional originalism. If states don’t have enforcement powers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Last week the Supreme Court decided that affirmative action that uses race as a factor in college admissions in favor of underrepresented and historically marginalized (I.e., oppressed) racial minorities is bad. Chief Justice John Roberts advocates a “colorblind” interpretation of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In his concurring opinion to the 5-4 decision to overturn Roe v Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested reconsidering other landmark decisions based on the due process clause of the 14th Amendment. We all noted the omission of Loving v Virginia[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Am I supposed to mourn a hateful man when he dies? Certainly Antonin Scalia could be much worse (consider Osama bin Laden or Ronald Reagan), but the negative impact he had on the lives affected by his jurisprudence was not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Am I supposed to mourn a hateful man when he dies? Certainly Antonin Scalia could be much worse (consider Osama bin Laden or Ronald Reagan), but the negative impact he had on the lives affected by his jurisprudence was not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…