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The Court Loses Its Chief Pragmatist

by Jeffrey Rosen

National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen notes the upcoming retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, as the…

The Court Loses Its Chief Pragmatist
Stephen Breyer’s Supreme Court Legacy

by Scott Bomboy

Editor’s Note: Multiple media sources reported on January 26, 2022 that Justice Breyer intends to retire at the end of the…

Stephen Breyer’s Supreme Court Legacy
The Confident and Aggressive Conservative Majority

by Marcia Coyle

If anyone thought the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority with three relatively new justices would be cautious about…

The Confident and Aggressive Conservative Majority
On the day, Justice Noah Swayne confirmed by the Senate

by Nicholas Mosvick

On this day in 1862, Noah Swayne was confirmed by the Senate to replace Justice John McLean, one of two dissenters in the Dred…

On the day, Justice Noah Swayne confirmed by the Senate
Remembering the Supreme Court’s first dissenter

by Scott Bomboy

On December 27, 1771, future Supreme Court Justice William Johnson, Jr., was born in South Carolina. Johnson has attracted a…

Remembering the Supreme Court’s first dissenter
Battle for the Constitution: Week of December 13, 2021 Roundup

by NCC Staff

Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of December 13, 2021 Roundup
The double-edge sword of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority

by Marcia Coyle

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday began a new and potentially controversial term under the shadow of justices’ concerns about the…

The double-edge sword of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority
Fascinating facts about Supreme Court justices

by Olivia Gross and Alexandra “Mac” Taylor

The Supreme Court is an institution long revered for its integrity, legal prowess, and robust constitutional scholarship and…

Fascinating facts about Supreme Court justices
How the Supreme Court created agency deference

by Nicholas Mosvick

On this day in 1984, the Supreme Court decided Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council, which created the doctrine that…

How the Supreme Court created agency deference
Battle for the Constitution: Week of June 14th, 2021 Roundup

by NCC Staff

Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in American…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of June 14th, 2021 Roundup
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