Is the Supreme Court Legitimate?

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Many critics of the Supreme Court argue that the justices have disingenuously reverse-engineered a method of constitutional interpretation that yields conservative results in cases like Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, and New York State Rifle and Pistol Assn. v. Bruen. But is this a fair critique of the Court? Or

Reforming the Judiciary with Prof. Josh Blackman

Josh Blackman

Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast for a tour de force from our friend Prof. Josh Blackman. In the height of the politicization of the judicial branch, the federal courts cannot be reformed through unilateral disarmament, argues Blackman. Rather, any federal judicial reform must be bilateral. Blackman lays out a set of ten proposals for reducing the

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