Why overturning Roe v. Wade causes so much rage
To understand the rage over the Supreme Court’s long-overdue abandonment of Roe v. Wade (pdf), you have to think how political operatives do. It’s not how the rest of us think. To the rest of us, whatever our position on legalized abortion, the anger at the court’s...
The Supreme Court’s American Hospital case: A View of the DC Swamp
Critics of federal administrative agencies won a small victory in the Supreme Court on Jun. 15 with the justices’ unanimous decision in American Hospital Association v. Becerra (pdf). Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion for the court offers, perhaps inadvertently, some...
The significance of the Amy Coney Barrett appointment
Normally, when a person is nominated for the Supreme Court I examine his or her writings before commenting on the nomination. But I was on leave when President Trump nominated Judge Barrett to the Supreme Court, so I’m not going to assess her judicial ability....