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Article III
Is the Supreme Court’s silence failing to turn “square corners” in immigration cases?
In a 1920 Supreme Court decision, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that “men must turn square corners when they deal with the…
Moving Trump’s birthright citizenship order from off-the-wall to on-the-wall at the Supreme Court, or not
How does an “off-the-wall” interpretation of the Constitution, such as President Trump’s narrow view of birthright…
Will the Justices get to the meat of the birthright citizenship controversy?
Although the special U.S. Supreme Court argument on Thursday involves the technical issue of the scope of an injunction blocking…
Nationwide Injunctions: A hot topic you won’t debate in dinner-time conversations
The subject is unlikely to trigger dinner table debates and more likely to trigger yawns in some people. But nationwide…
Veterans take another battle to the U.S. Supreme Court
Many of the nation’s veterans have fought battles with the federal agency responsible for awarding benefits for their…
A new Supreme Court term begins in the shadow of a presidential election
The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term on the eve of an intense, historic election in which the justices may be called on to play…
10 fascinating facts about the Supreme Court on its birthday
It was back on this day in 1789 that Congress passed the act that officially created the federal judiciary system that included…
As summer ends, emergency requests keep coming to the Supreme Court
Recent summers in the U.S. Supreme Court have been deceptively quiet. It is still true that when the final decision is issued in…
The Nixon pardon in constitutional retrospect
President Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon on this day in 1974 generated a national controversy, but in recent years, some…
Can Congress enact Supreme Court term limits without a constitutional amendment?
President Joe Biden’s recent announcement of several proposed Supreme Court reform measures includes the goal of establishing…
