In past eras of American politics, the people, through their representatives in Congress, have shaped and settled constitutional meaning, rebuking the court when it overstepped its role as a legitimate actor.
After a rowdy protest outside a real estate event at Park East Synagogue, Mayor Zohran Mamdani was widely criticized for supporting the protest by condemning the sale of West Bank properties. But the criticisms don’t stand up to scrutiny.
Kimberlé Crenshaw gave us the terms “intersectionality” and “critical race theory.” Her new memoir shows that she isn’t done fighting over what they mean.
Eyeing a possible regime change in Cuba, US corporations see an opportunity to recoup assets lost in revolutionary seizures many decades ago. The Supreme Court, at the urging of the Trump administration, might soon clear the way for them.
A recent successful court case brought by university professors against the Trump administration’s ideological deportations is an important win for supporters of Palestinian liberation and opponents of rising authoritarianism in the US.
A radical legal philosophy has undermined the process of constitutional evolution.
American history offers three general strategies of repair and renewal.
Concocting an emergency to advance economic and foreign policy goals is an abuse of power.
It seems to be offering the current president a treat, but it immediately blew up when it hit the trial court. Who could have seen this coming?
"The principal virtue of the book," writes reviewer Koppelman, "is the light it unintentionally sheds on some of the Supreme Court’s least defensible decisions."
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