America’s drift from republican to imperial law is not new, even if no one has so named it. Now — after the Supreme Court crashed out a spate of preposterously corrupt, end-of-term decisions — it is time.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Imperial Court
Tag: Sonia Sotomayor
Barely Stopping Trump’s Assault on Birthright Citizenship
Alarmingly, only five members of the nine-person U.S. Supreme Court found the U.S. president’s executive order revoking birthright citizenship unconstitutional. This is a slender thread, writes Marjorie Cohn.
US Supreme Court Affirms the Imperial Presidency
Justices stripped federal judges of their authority to protect people throughout the U.S. when the president breaks the law, writes Marjorie Cohn.
US Supreme Court’s Anti-Immigrant Ruling
Dissenting members of the court accused the majority of issuing an unnecessarily broad ruling that could be used to strike down the right to same-sex marriage, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Self-Determination Wrenched from Half US Population
There is no reason, in fact or in law, to erase the constitutional right to abortion, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Biden Tells Supreme Court Torture Is a State Secret
Biden wants to keep secret what is already well-known, that Abu Zubaydah was tortured, reports Marjorie Cohn.
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…