The judicial interpretation of the constitution aims to follow the original intentions of those who drafted it closely. — WILLIAM SPIVEY, DATA DRIVEN INVESTOR, MEDIUM Watching and/or listening to the confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett has brought my mind the problem with originalism, which politicians and most judges cling to when interpreting either the […]
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Why the Supreme Court ended up with nine justices—and how that could change | National Geographic
The U.S. Supreme Court changed size seven times in its first 80 years, from as few as five justices to as many as 10. Now, some argue it’s time to revisit the issue. — AMY MCKEEVER, National Geographic NINE JUSTICES MAKE up the U.S. Supreme Court: one chief justice and eight associate justices. But it hasn’t […]
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Chief Justice Roberts’s lifelong crusade against voting rights, explained | Vox
He has fought to undermine voting rights his entire career. — Ian Millhiser, Vox John Roberts was 26 years old, and he was outraged that he’d just been outmaneuvered by older and much more experienced political hands. It was 1981. Roberts had just completed a prestigious clerkship with Justice William Rehnquist — then the most […]
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