• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • Home
  • About
    • About Current
    • Masthead
  • Podcasts
  • Blogs
    • The Way of Improvement Leads Home
    • The Arena
  • Reviews
  • Membership
  • Your Account
  • Log In
  • Member Assistance Request

Antonin Scalia

Who is the greatest U.S. Supreme Court justice

John Fea   |  March 18, 2021

Check out Scotus Blog’s March Madness tournament: Make your picks here. I’m taking John Marshall all the way....

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

Trump’s Supreme Court appointee should get a hearing and a vote

John Fea   |  September 21, 2020

Article II of the United States Constitution states that the President: …shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

Court Evangelicals gather in Georgia

John Fea   |  July 27, 2020

This weekend court evangelical Paula White hosted a face-to-face event in Alpharetta, Georgia as part of the “Evangelicals for Trump” wing of the Trump 2020 campaign. Watch it here. Speakers included Jenetzen Franklin, Harry Jackson, Ralph Reed, Alveda King, Richard...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

Thoughts on Trump’s Proposed “National Garden of American Heroes”

John Fea   |  July 6, 2020

  At his July 3, 2020 speech at Mount Rushmore, Donald Trump said: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alEE-5Pk5DQ&w=560&h=315] More here. And here is the text of the executive order: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

Monday night court evangelical roundup

John Fea   |  June 29, 2020

What have Trump’s evangelicals been saying since our last update? Mike Pence’s nephew hosted a court evangelical conversation with Paula White, Johnnie Moore and Samuel Rodriguez. This is an event sponsored by the Trump campaign. Watch: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znrLg80dxjQ&w=560&h=315] At the 5:30...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

When it comes to Supreme Court decisions, context matters. But whose context?

John Fea   |  June 16, 2020

Earlier today, I published two posts on yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on LGBTQ rights. The first post addressed the politics of the decision and what it means for white evangelical support for Donald Trump. The second post dealt with the...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

What Did the Founders Mean By “Bear Arms?”

John Fea   |  June 8, 2018

Here is J.L. Bell at Boston 1775: Last month Dennis Baron, a professor of English and linguistics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, published an op-ed essay in the Washington Post on the language of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Two new databases of...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

What Would the Founding Fathers Think About Originalism?

John Fea   |  March 28, 2017

Andrew Shankman, author of Original Intents: Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, and the American Founding and the author of my favorite review of one of my books, says “not much.” Here is a taste of his piece at History News Network: President...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

Chief Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Was a Lame-Duck Appointment

John Fea   |  February 26, 2016

Over at the blog of Oxford University Press, historian R.B. Bernstein reminds us that John Marshall, the man who many consider to be the most influential Supreme Court Justice in American history, was a so-called “lame-duck” appointment. Here is a...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

Glenn Beck: God Took Scalia to Help Cruz Win

John Fea   |  February 18, 2016

First he said that the Constitution was inspired by God.  And now this. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igmkooD5Phg&w=560&h=315] Why does Ted Cruz invite Beck to speak at his rallies?...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

Stephen Colbert "Salutes" Antonin Scalia

John Fea   |  February 16, 2016

I always knew Scalia was a polarizing figure, but the hatred toward the man that I have been seeing on social media this week has been disheartening.  These comments seem to go beyond just ideological difference. As a historian, I...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

The Response to Scalia's Death

John Fea   |  February 14, 2016

Three thoughts:  Political posturing was already taking place within minutes of the announcement of Scalia’s death.  After the announcement of Scalia’s death a lot of liberals, glad to see the conservative judge dead, turned to social media to write very...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

A Lesson from the Scalia-Ginsburg Friendship

John Fea   |  February 13, 2016

Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader-Ginsburg disagreed on just about everything, but they were very good friends.  They would spend New Year’s Eve together.   They took trips together. From all reports they really enjoyed one another’s company. I am guessing...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

Ted Cruz's Commitment to Original Intent Will Be Tested Tonight

John Fea   |  February 13, 2016

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia will shape tonight’s GOP debate and will, of course, shape the rest of this presidential campaign. That almost goes without saying.  I fully expect that tonight in Greenville, South Carolina the debaters will use...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

Who is Sri Srinivasan?

John Fea   |  February 13, 2016

Jeffrey Toobin is on CNN right now predicting that Barack Obama will nominate Sri Srinivasan to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. Srinivasan is an Obama appointee to the United States Court of Appeals for...

(To access this content, become a member or log in.)

Footer

Contact Forms

General Inquiries
Pitch Us
  • Manage Your Account
  • Member Assistance Request

Search

Subscribe via Email



Please wait...
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide
Subscribe via Email


Please wait...
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide