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Four Tests for Trump’s Judicial Nominees

Josh Hammer | May 2, 2025

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Swearing In Ceremony

Editor’s Note: This essay originally appeared at TomKlingenstein.com. It is republished at Anchoring Truths with permission. In 2016, there was arguably no issue that was more important to Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign than the fate of the U.S. Supreme Court. Due to the February 2016 death of conservative judicial icon Antonin Scalia and the …

Podcast: Conflicts in State Constitutional Law—Who Decides? with Judge Jeff Sutton

The James Wilson Institute | December 17, 2021

Join the Anchoring Truths Podcast presented by the James Wilson Institute for a lively hour discussing conflicts in state constitutional law with Judge Jeff Sutton of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Topics also include judicial review, administrative law, and why lawyers do not sue in state court as often as federal …

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Four Tests for Trump’s Judicial Nominees

Podcast: Conflicts in State Constitutional Law—Who Decides? with Judge Jeff Sutton

Anchoring Truths is a James Wilson Institute project