The End of Super-Precedents

Supreme Courts have a unique feature in the American system: they get to define the precedent that other courts must follow. Therefore, contrary to what you might hear in certain corners of social imagination, Supreme courts are NOT the precedent-following institutions; the lower courts are. But in terms of jurisprudence, this can get a little […]

The Conservative Blabbermouth

People forget that when the Court let Dobbs in, it wasn’t clear if the cert was viable. The justices passed on whether to grant it numerous times before finally pulling the trigger. It was only the onboarding of Amy Coney Barret (ACB), people thought, that provided the fourth vote. And when they did let Dobbs […]

What’s at Stake

For years the Supreme Court has been an institution with an immunity to America’s contemporary social affliction. Political pathology hasn’t held the driver’s seat. In fact, those who throw the loudest political stones at the Court are, themselves, partisans of one side or another decrying only that their favored social imaginations for the Constitution are […]