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Stephen I. Vladeck
Posts
Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump?
The Supreme Court is largely to blame for the challenges it may face over the next four years.
The Loneliness of Amy Coney Barrett
She has found her literal and figurative voice.
U.S. v. Texas Is a Constitutional Crisis Stress Test, and We Are Failing
The underlying dispute of the latest squabble between the Texas governor and the president is over what U.S. immigration policy should look like.
Public Criticism Might Be the Best Way to Reform the Supreme Court
In past instances of public criticism, the court has occasionally changed its ways.
Will Conservative Justices Ignore Their Own Limit on the Supreme Court’s Power?
Why critics are saying that the conservative justices are exercising political, not judicial, power.
Don’t Let Republican ‘Judge Shoppers’ Thwart the Will of Voters
How some red-state lawsuits are undermining major features of President Biden’s agenda.
John Roberts Has Lost Control of the Supreme Court
What did it take for him to finally speak out? He has joined the liberal justices in seeing an abuse of the shadow docket.
F.D.R.’s Court-Packing Plan Had Two Parts. We Need to Bring Back the Second.
Roosevelt warned about courts becoming a “third house of the national legislature.” History may be on the verge of repeating itself.
The Supreme Court Is Making New Law in the Shadows
The justices are defying their procedural rules to rewrite the Constitution.