Nina Totenburg Recounts RBG’s Inadvertent “Leak” From This Term
I encourage everyone to read this touching essay by Nina Totenberg about her dear friend, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Here, I would like to flag a topic near and dear to …
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A Possible Deal on Ginsburg’s Replacement that Could Prevent Court-Packing
The Supreme Court. Within hours of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated that the GOP-controlled Senate will vote on a replacement …
Today in Supreme Court History: September 19, 1907
9/19/1907: Justice Lewis Powell’s birthday. Justice Lewis Powell ReasonFounded in 1968, Reason is the magazine of free minds and free markets. We produce hard-hitting independent journalism on civil liberties, politics, …
End the War on Drugs
In this month’s issue, we draw on decades of Reason journalism about policing and criminal justice to make practical suggestions about how to use the momentum of this summer’s tumultuous …
When will Justice Ginsburg’s papers be available?
Last year, a rumor spread that Justice Ginsburg would lock down her papers for 100 year after she left the bench. Fortunately, this rumor was “not true.” But we do …
100 Supreme Court Justices Everyone Should Know
After all the Court packing, Randy and I will have to write a book about the current members of the Court: 100 Supreme Court Justices Everyone Should Know. ReasonFounded in …
Of Mice and Roberts
In 2016, I wrote an article titled, “SCOTUS after Scalia.” I wrote a section on the short-sightedness of the Chief Justices’s so-called “long game.” What I wrote in 2016 resonates …
RBG on Supreme Court Vacancies in 2016 and in 2020
2016: Asked if the Senate had an obligation to assess Judge Garland’s qualifications, her answer was immediate. “That’s their job,” she said. “There’s nothing in the Constitution that says the …
Five Ways Justice Ginsburg’s death will affect the Supreme Court before her successor is confirmed.
A few moments ago, I posted my statement about Justice Ginsburg’s death. Here, I would like to discuss how her passing will affect the Supreme Court before her successor is …
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Dead
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died, the Supreme Court announced on Friday night. Ginsburg, who was 87 years old and had battled cancer on and off since 1999, died surrounded …