Its reputation is at an all-time low, and for good reason.
Jurisprudence
July 29, 20265:45 AM
Our branches of government as currently constituted.
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This is part of Amicus and Slate’s “By the People” series, which explores how the American people can reclaim the Constitution—and the law—from this monarchical Supreme Court.
We bring you this series on popular constitutionalism—local, organic farm-to-table making of legal meaning—as a thought…
Congress used to overturn several opinions practically every term.
These things are simply way too long.
Big, serious, aggressive stands for robust constitutional protection of individual rights, even of accused criminals, are rare…
This project was decades in the making.
“There’s a shamelessness to how the court behaved this term.”
