The Debate Link

In the wake of today's blockbuster decision in Haaland v. Brackeen  (upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act against constitutional chall...

There's an emergent line I'm seeing from the nationalist-conservative right, complaining about how, as their practical power increas...

"The Supreme Court," the old saw goes, "is not higher because it is right. It is right solely because it is higher." The...

Eugene Volokh points to an interesting case, Ben-Levi v. Brown , which challenged North Carolina prison regulations governing religious stu...

Jesus, Scalia, at least try to hide it : Conditions in California’s overcrowded prisons are so bad that they violate the Eighth Amendment’s ...

I wasn't as affected as most by the events surrounding Obama's slapdown of the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision last nig...

Your daily dose of civil rights and related news I'm not sure I agree with this reading of Frederick Douglass' career , but the comp...

Due to finals and other end-of-term stresses, my blogging hasn't been quite at the level I've wanted it to be. Nonetheless, I can...