antonin scalia
Supreme Court Set for Momentous New Term
Trinity College professor Kevin McMahon explains how the new partisan balance of the court and big issues on the agenda are likely to make this a very important term
Supreme Court of the United States
Dean of UNC-Irvine Law Erwin Chemerinsky explains how the two major parties have created a system for selecting Supreme Court Justices who don’t prioritize public interest
Ralph Nader
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader says that both the Republican and Democratic parties are subservient to corporate power
The Roots of Scalia’s Originalism
Larry Wilkerson examines the pitfalls of Scalia’s theory of originalism and how this creates a tendency of disunion rather than cohesion when interpreting the law
Scalia: Hero of the Far-Right Dead at 79
Attorney Kamau Franklin says Justice Antonin Scalia participated in some of the most reactionary rulings affecting blacks, women, gays and workers in Supreme Court history