In my recent TPM piece, I wrote: In a recent article in the Weekly Standard, Professors Randy Barnett and Josh Blackman urge the next Republican President to appoint Justices, like Thomas, who care little about judicial restraint or respect… Continue reading

Responding to my piece @TPM, John McGinnis says I’m further politicizing the Court. I’m afraid that horse left the barn long ago, and no amount of originalist scholarship will change that. As I write, regardless of methodology (Alito, for example,… Continue reading

BLT on the @99Rise campaign finance protestors: Can a whisper be disruptive? When does speech become loud? A federal district judge in Washington considered those questions on Tuesday in a constitutional challenge to a ban on protest activity at the… Continue reading

Adam Liptak NYT Sidebar column: Political scientists say the conservative critique has a little merit, but not much. An analysis of voting patterns over the last decade shows Chief Justice Roberts to be well to the right of Justices Kennedy… Continue reading