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Sorry, Mr. Mnuchin. Congress Has a Right to See Trump’s Tax Returns.
The Treasury secretary is defying the law and Supreme Court precedent. This post first appeared in New York Times - US Supreme Court. Read the...
The Assault on Class Arbitrations
The directors of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Rutgers weigh in on a recent Supreme Court ruling. This post first appeared in...
Why the Supreme Court Is Ruling on the Census
The U.S. census hasn’t asked every household about citizenship status since 1950. That could soon change — and with it, the balance of political power....
Conservatives, Often Wary of Foreign Law, Embrace It in Census Case
Many major democracies ask about citizenship in their censuses. Should that matter to the Supreme Court? This post first appeared in New York Times -...
Losing Our Fourth Amendment Data Protection
The courts have shielded information when we have a “reasonable expectation” it will stay private. What happens when we stop believing? This post first appeared...
Julian Assange and the Woeful State of Whistle-Blowers
As the media’s indispensable helpmates, don’t they deserve constitutional protection too? This post first appeared in New York Times - US Supreme Court. Read the...
On L.G.B.T. Rights, the Supreme Court Asks the Question
We’ll soon find out whether federal law protects L.G.B.T. employees from being fired for who they are. This post first appeared in New York Times...
Trump Might Get to Sabotage the Census After All
The Supreme Court seems poised to let the administration manipulate the 2020 count by adding a citizenship question to it. This post first appeared in...
The Supreme Court and the Census Question
Readers say the exercise will be politicized and flawed if a question about citizenship is included. This post first appeared in New York Times -...
Split 5 to 4, Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Class Arbitrations
The justices ruled that an arbitration clause in an employment contract barred workers from banding together to pursue privacy claims. This post first appeared in...
The Three Big Problems With Trump’s Census
One of them: An obviously partisan Supreme Court. This post first appeared in New York Times - US Supreme Court. Read the original article.
How the Supreme Court’s Decision on the Census Could Alter American Politics
The Supreme Court is reviewing whether 2020 census respondents should say whether they are citizens. Political maps based only on the citizen population could tilt...