Roberts’s risks: Justices aren’t policymakers or historians

Justice Barrett Defects on Mail Ballot Ruling – And Rightfully So

Justice Amy Coney Barrett is usually considered one of the Supreme Court’s reliable conservative voices. That is why many conservatives were stunned when she joined Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s three liberal justices in a 5 to 4 ruling that upheld Mississippi’s law allowing certain mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day. [] The post Justice Barrett Defects on Mail Ballot Ruling – And Rightfully So appeared first on The Punching Bag Post.

Supreme Court delivers big blow to Trump’s plan to limit mail-in voting

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the court’s three liberal justices

Five Reasons Why Obergefell Remains Constitutionally Vulnerable

The Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges stands as one of the most egregious examples of judicial activism in modern history. In a single stroke, five unelected lawyers redefined the timeless institution of marriage for the entire nation, bypassing the Constitution, the democratic process, and millennia of human experience rooted in biblical truth and human...

Conservatives Have a New Villain: Justice Barrett

Conservatives Have a New Villain: Justice Barrett

This Supreme Court Term Was About Weakening Democracy

Chief Justice John Roberts famously promised that he would run the highest court like an impartial umpire calling balls and strikes. Instead, Roberts and his fellow Republican appointees have studiously moved forward a radical agenda. This term, the justices in Roberts’ six-three majority not only advanced their priorities, they accomplished them. As a result, Americans []