The case is titled Kennedy v. Bremerton School District. Here are the facts of the case for those who are just getting up to speed: Joseph Kennedy, a high school football coach, engaged in prayer with a number of students […]
Supreme Court
We lifted the Current paywall for this week’s forum “The End of Roe”
Good morning. I hope you will spend some time this week checking out Current‘s four day series on the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Today, Monday, we have Felicia Song, Randall Balmer, David Tucker, Una Cadegan, and John Haas. And […]
Supreme Court: Maine must fund religious education
Here is VOX: The Supreme Court held on Tuesday that Maine must fund religious education as part of a school voucher program that pays tuition for students in rural parts of the state. In the process, the Court’s decision in Carson […]
Current on abortion
In light of the leaked Samuel Alito draft, I thought I would post links to a few pieces at Current that have addressed the issue of abortion. I am sure there will be more to say once we hear more […]
Why overturning Roe is not a conservative choice
I imagine that readers of this blog will have differing opinions of New York Times conservative columnist Bret Stephens. But it is hard to argue with the fact that he is a consistent conservative. Here is a taste of his […]
Alito majority draft: “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled”
Here is Politico: The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO. The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching […]
A.R. Bernard: What were you thinking inviting Chuck Schumer to your church on Easter Sunday?
In case you missed it, Chuck Schumer recently spoke–on Easter Sunday–at A.R. Bernard’s Christian Cultural Center, a megachurch in Brooklyn. Some of you may remember A.R. Bernard. He was one of the original Trump court evangelicals, but quickly left the […]
Evangelicals respond to the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Jackson. Republican Senators Susan Collins (ME), Lisa Murkowski (AL), and Mitt Romney (UT) voted to confirm. Today […]
The Supreme Court has always been political
Here is Joshua Zeitz at Politico: It’s not every day that the wife of a sitting Supreme Court justice conspires to overturn the results of a free and fair election. Yet that’s where we are. The stunning revelation of text messages […]
What does the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing tell us about the state of the Republican Party?
Here is a taste of Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson recent column: Jackson’s main Republican questioners are not focused on qualifications, temperament or even judicial theory. Their clear objective has been to trip up the nominee by asking about the latest Republican culture-war debates. […]
The Author’s Corner with Gerard Magliocca
Gerard Magliocca is Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law at Indiana University McKinney School of Law. This interview is based on his new book, Washington’s Heir: The Life of Justice Bushrod Washington (Oxford University Press, 2022). JF: What led you to […]
What Ted Cruz doesn’t know about Georgetown Day School (and critical race theory)
Watch Ted Cruz grill Supreme Court justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on critical race theory: Just for the record, critical race theory does not teach, as Cruz claims, that all of life is explained best by the clash of the […]
Is Ketanji Brown Jackson an evangelical Christian?
As Adelle Banks notes in her recent article at Religion News Service, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court has said virtually nothing about her religious background. Here is a taste: When she spoke at the first day […]
Why wasn’t Constance Baker Motley the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court?
Tomiko Brown-Nagin asks this question in a recent piece at Politico. Here is a taste: Constance Baker Motley — the first African American woman appointed to the federal bench — was touted for the Supreme Court as early as the […]
Biden will nominate Katanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
Amid all the Ukraine coverage, the Supreme Court has not received much coverage on cable news in recent days. But today Joe Biden nominated the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. Her name is Katanji Brown Jackson. Here is […]
The Author’s Corner with Paul A. Lombardo
Paul A. Lombardo is a Regents’ Professor and Bobby Lee Cook Professor of Law at Georgia State University. This interview is based on his book, Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court and Buck v. Bell (Johns Hopkins University […]
Lindsey Graham on a potential Biden Supreme Court pick: “Put me in the camp of making sure the court and other institutions look like America”
Good for Lindsey. Here is Quint Forgey at Politico: Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday broke with several of his Republican colleagues by seemingly expressing support for President Joe Biden’s pledge to nominate the first-ever Black woman to the Supreme Court. […]
The Senate needs to confirm Biden’s choice to replace Stephen Breyer. Don’t expect much drama.
Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement yesterday. A political battle over the confirmation of his yet-to-be-announced successor is unlikely. Meridith McGraw and Hailey Fuchs of Politico explain: Top officials at conservative judicial groups said they viewed the current […]
Is there a case for impeaching Clarence Thomas?
In the wake of The New Yorker piece on his conservative activist wife Ginni, Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic, makes a case for the impeachment of Clarence Thomas. A taste: In a sane world, Jane Mayer’s excellent piece on […]
Goodbye Roe v. Wade?
Has the pro-life dog caught the pro-choice bus? Harvard law professor Noah Feldman thinks Roe v. Wade will be overturned. Here is a taste of his Bloomberg column: Chief Justice John Roberts is searching for a compromise to preserve some […]