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One-on-one with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland

Almost three years ago, moments before I swore my oath to serve as New Jersey’s junior Senator, my mother pulled me aside in a hallway of the Capitol building and stated frankly and firmly, “Always remember why you came down here and who…

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The White HouseApr 73 min read

What I Learned from Professor Obama

By Dan Johnson, University of Chicago Law Class of 2000

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David Leopold2 days ago7 min read

Obama Reply Raises The Stakes For SCOTUS: Texas is Flat Out Wrong on Immigration Law

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David LeopoldApr 45 min read

Now It’s Chief Justice Roberts’ Turn To Take Care

In February Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr…

Greg Magarian in Soapbox DCMar 225 min read

Schrodinger’s Justice

President Obama’s nomination of D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Merrick Garland to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia…

Annie DukeFeb 192 min read

The Scalia Job: Why Wouldn’t It Be a Conspiracy?

The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia immediately put conspiracy theorists to work. The San Antonio Express-News cited ten of the most common Scalia conspiracy theories circulating. These included three from a Dallas Observer article…

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Voto Latino2 days ago2 min read

After A Year and a Half, President Obama’s Executive Actions on Immigration to Get Day in Court

Lynn TramonteApr 43 min read

Three Takeaways as Anti-DAPA Amicus Briefs Start to Roll In

Today’s the deadline for Republicans to file their amicus (friend of the court) briefs in opposition to DACA and DAPA. It’s the first real chance we’ve had to see how many Republicans will line up behind Donald Trump, Ted Cruz…

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GovTrack.us in GovTrack InsiderMar 163 min read

Supreme Court Ethics Act would extend recusal, gift bans, and other ethics rules to the high court

Federal judges are required to abide by a Code of Conduct. Among other rules, judges are not allowed to receive gifts over a certain monetary value (for fear of…

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Matt SambergFeb 147 min read

The Death of a Justice

When news of Justice Scalia’s death hit the internet, there was obviously a wave of discussion about the immediate political implications. But not longer after this came the more “meta” implications for our political system as a whole: