Based on recent exposés about lobbying efforts by the Christian right, Marjorie Cohn says Congress should pass a code of judicial ethics for the Supreme Court.
Tag: Antonin Scalia
Why McConnell Blocks Scalia Replacement
America’s Slide toward Failed State
The blanket refusal of Senate Republican leaders to consider President Obama’s choice to succeed Justice Scalia reflects a descent of the United States toward the kind of dysfunctional failed state that Washington normally upbraids, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
How Scalia Distorts the Framers
Justice Scalia’s ‘Originalist’ Hypocrisy
A Rare Defeat for the Israel Lobby
Right-Wing Assault on the Constitution
The right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court claims to believe in “originalism,” what the Constitution’s Framers intended. Yet, partisanship often trumps this supposed principle, including a case that could redefine “representation” to apply only to “voters,” as William John…
The Right’s Misconstrued Constitution
The Founders’ ‘Musket Mandate’
States’ Rights Over Voting Rights?
Though the Voting Rights Act was overwhelming reauthorized by Congress in 2006, the five Republican justices on the U.S. Supreme Court may gut the law in the name of “states’ rights.” Justice Scalia led the way with provocative, offensive and even…