Term Limits for Justices: Regularizing Appointments and Lowering the Political Temperature
Advocates of term limits for Supreme Court Justices, mindful of the overgrown, transformative power of the Court and the ethical lapses...
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HumanitiesND
- Sep 5
- 3 min
Compelling Reasons to Impose Term Limits on US Supreme Court Justices
Plummeting public approval of the U.S. Supreme Court, now at record lows, reflects in part deep-seated concerns about recent rulings that...
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HumanitiesND
- Aug 28
- 3 min
Judicial Accountability When Congress is Reluctant to Use Impeachment Power
The doctrine of checks and balances, central to the success of American Constitutionalism, is designed to curb abuse of power and promote...
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HumanitiesND
- Aug 21
- 3 min
Does the Impeachment Clause Deter the Supreme Court from Misbehavior?
Is the threat of impeachment sufficient to deter Supreme Court Justices from abusing power or engaging in other acts of misbehavior that...
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HumanitiesND
- Aug 14
- 3 min
The Founders’ Dilemma: When the Court Has the Last Word, Who Limits the Court?
In the Constitutional Convention of 1787, delegates debated the merits and virtues of vesting in federal courts the awesome power of...
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HumanitiesND
- Aug 7
- 3 min
A Constitutional Amendment to Restore the Rule of Law in the United States
President Joe Biden’s proposed constitutional amendment--“The No One is Above the Law Amendment” -- seeks to restore the cornerstone...
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HumanitiesND
- Jul 31
- 3 min
Biden’s Calls for Constitutional Restraints on the Presidency and Supreme Court Steeped in Irony
President Joe Biden’s sweeping proposals to reform the US Supreme Court and the American Presidency are steeped in irony. It is not lost...
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HumanitiesND
- Jul 25
- 3 min
Biden’s Withdrawal: Presidential Character in Action
The possibilities of the Office of the Presidency, the Framers of the Constitution knew, would depend in large measure on the character...
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HumanitiesND
- Jul 17
- 3 min
Presidential Assassinations, the Dark Side of American Politics, Can Destroy Democracy
The use of force, including assassination and other forms of lethal political violence, as a means of altering governmental regimes and...
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HumanitiesND
- Jul 11
- 3 min
Presidential Campaigns Against the Supreme Court: Familiar and Effective Strategies
President Joe Biden, seeking a second term, is running against the U.S. Supreme Court. Keenly aware of the Court’s declining approval...
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HumanitiesND
- Jul 3
- 3 min
The Supreme Court Defies its Platform in Service of an Imperial Presidency
For years to come, constitutional scholars and historians will long note the irony of the Supreme Court’s defiance of its own...
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HumanitiesND
- Jun 26
- 3 min
The Declaration of Independence: Celebrating and Redeeming its Solemn Promises
The Declaration of Independence, which Abraham Lincoln referred to as the “sheet anchor of the Republic,” set forth the proposition, as...
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HumanitiesND
- Jun 19
- 3 min
D-Day Reminder: Constitutional Principles Went to War Abroad to Preserve them at Home
The 80th anniversary of D-Day, justly commemorated as history’s greatest military invasion, reminds us of the fact that World War II was...
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HumanitiesND
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Management Of The Image of the Supreme Court Must Be a Priority for the Justices
The defining characteristic of the American experience is the premise of law as a check on governmental power. Challenged throughout our...
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HumanitiesND
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Under a Historic Spotlight and Demands for Recusal, the Supreme Court Should Embrace Transparency
Rising concerns about the U.S. Supreme Court’s lack of impartiality amid increasing calls for judicial recusals, reforms and...
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HumanitiesND
- May 30
- 3 min
The Historic Trump Trial and Early Importance of the Right to a Jury Trial
On May 29, 2024, at 11:28 EST, a New York jury of seven men and give women filed out of a Manhattan courtroom to begin deliberations on...
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HumanitiesND
- May 30
- 3 min
Justice Black to His Wife: “You Must Be Beyond Reproach”
Justice Hugo Black loved the Supreme Court as much as anyone who has held a seat on the nation’s High Bench. When Black proposed marriage...
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HumanitiesND
- May 21
- 3 min
The Court’s Commitment to Equal Protection Became Real and Urgent in Brown, 70 Years Ago
On May 17, 1954—70 years ago this week—the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling in Brown v. Bd. of Education, that marked its...
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HumanitiesND
- May 9
- 4 min
Justice Fortas’s Cautionary Tale: Ethical Lapses Required Resignation to Protect the Court
In the aftermath of Justice Abe Fortas’s resignation from the Supreme Court on May 14, 1969, a decision provoked by his own ethical...
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HumanitiesND
- May 2
- 4 min
Justice Abe Fortas: Life as a Lawyer’s Lawyer and a Greek Tragedy
Abe Fortas had always wanted to be a Supreme Court Justice and, for as long as he had known him, his friend and benefactor had wanted to...
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