Will the Supreme Court Preserve the Rule of Law? Chief Justice Roberts May Have the Answer
A lawyer argues that the Supreme Court must stand up to the Trump Administration and preserve the rule of law.
83% of Americans say the president must honor Supreme Court rulings – even the divisive ones
Even though most Americans don’t like some of the Supreme Court’s highest-profile recent decisions, a new poll Thursday found ...
Sotomayor says presidents have largely followed rule of law, offers words of caution
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said presidents have historically obeyed judicial rulings with a few exceptions ...
A Rupture on the Right Over Prosecutors, Politics and the Rule of Law
Differing interpretations of Attorney General Robert H. Jackson’s classic 1940 speech, “The Federal Prosecutor,” figured in ...
The American Spectator3d
The Rule of Law Serves the American People, Especially Conservatives
Republican senators were battling against lame-duck approval of the last Biden judicial appointments because responsible ...
On the Rule of Law and Presidential Defiance of Judicial Orders
There are rumblings that President Trump is considering disobeying various of the court orders that have been issued against his administration. Perhaps these rumblings are distorted or ...
CounterPunch2d
A Constitutional Crisis: Can the Rule of Law Survive This Presidency?
Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common ...
The Christian Century1d
What is active citizenship in the era of rule by decree?
The courts may continue to intervene, as some already have, and it is likely that the administration will often lose in those ...
Marbury v. Madison, the case that established the courts’ power to review the law, explained
In 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall first expressed the principle that while Congress makes the laws and the president ...
The National Law Review3d
Amending Away Federal Jurisdiction: Supreme Court Holds That Federal Jurisdiction Can Be Divested by Amendment
Federal courts can adjudicate state-law claims arising out of the same facts as federal-law claims under 28 U.S.C. § 1367, ...