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Make Time for Judge Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings

by Marcia Coyle

U.S. Senate confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominees have been called a “Kabuki dance,” a subtle minuet,” and even a…

Make Time for Judge Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
Marbury v. Madison and the independent Supreme Court

by Nicholas Mosvick

On February 24, 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall issued the Supreme Court’s decision in Marbury v. Madison, establishing the…

Marbury v. Madison and the independent Supreme Court
Supreme Court to hear major challenge to federal regulatory powers

by Marcia Coyle

At first glance, climate change and vaccine mandates seem to have nothing in common, but the two are linked in a U.S. Supreme…

Supreme Court to hear major challenge to federal regulatory powers
Understanding the process to replace Justice Breyer

by Scott Bomboy

With the official announcement of Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the Supreme Court after its current term, all…

Understanding the process to replace Justice Breyer
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
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