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The John Roberts Court, in my opinion, is the worst Supreme Court since the Roger Taney Court, which gave us the Dred Scott decision. Rulings that ended abortion rights, unleashed corporate spending in political campaigns, handcuffed federal agencies, throttled carbon emissions regulations, weakened labor protections, blessed discrimination against transgender peopl...

One dismal morning in January 2001, I strode into a University of Oregon classroom to face 90 fresh-faced first-year law students. I had the unenviable task of explaining the “law” behind Bush v. Gore, decided a month earlier.

It was an impossible task.

What could I say to these legal novices, beyond “It is not too late to reconsider t...

A new survey finds that 18 percent of voters who supported Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election now say they regret their vote.

Many of these voters come from groups that swung toward Republicans in the last election,...

The 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks has passed, marked by solemn remembrances and harrowing footage. Fond memories of President George W. Bush lifting America’s spirits atop the World Trade Center rubble through a bullhorn and with a World Series first pitch strike at Yankee Stadium leavened the commemoration’s sadness. The words “never forget” rang th...

“The country has never faced anything like this in its 250-year history,” former Judge J. Michael Luttig told CNN Monday morning. He was referring to a new article he wrote for