For all its imperfections, the Court is the one branch of government structured to protect minority rights.
Law & Justice
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Problem Isn’t Judicial Review; It’s the Court’s Politics
Which we can alter only with politics
Posted inLaw and Justice
American Government-by-Lawsuit Is a Disaster
Judicial review is not just anti-democratic, it strangles ordinary governance.
Posted inPolitics
Senate Democrats Must Shoot Down Biden’s Anti-Abortion Court Nominee
It’s bad policy and worse politics.
Posted inPolitics
Abortion Rights Supporters Are in Step With the Mainstream
Taking shots at the Democratic Party regulars who do the work is very unhelpful.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Hospitals Undermine Reproductive Rights
Fears of controversy and squeamishness about the procedure lead many hospitals in blue states to ban abortions. Biden has the power to change this.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Google Tries to Bargain Its Way out of Antitrust Trouble
But its proposal to take its adtech business into a separate business line is a weak substitute for real reform.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Case Against Judicial Review
If Democrats don’t bring the Supreme Court to heel, Americans will live under judicial despotism for the foreseeable future.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Hospital Systems Reverse Reproductive Health Restrictions
The experience of two large systems in Michigan and Missouri speaks to a larger confusion about the role of hospitals in a post-‘Roe’ world.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Bloody Fourth of July Follows ‘Bruen’
The mayor of Philadelphia got grief for his Independence Day remarks about gun violence. But on the Supreme Court’s gun ruling, he is not wrong.
