William D. Araiza (Brooklyn): Samuel Alito: Populist. Neil Siegel (Duke): The Distinctive Role of Justice Samuel Alito: From a Politics of Restoration to a Politics of Dissent. Clarence Thomas has spent his career pushing a fringy, right-wing ideology — now, he has an army of acolytes who can make his vision a reality. Ian Millhiser on the not-at-all-subtle partisanship of Chief Justice Roberts. Joan Biskupic on Gorsuch v. Roberts: The rookie takes on the chief. How badly is Neil Gorsuch annoying the other Supreme Court justices? Jeffrey Toobin wonders. Is Gorsuch driving a wedge between conservatives on the Court? Why rumors of a Gorsuch–Kagan clash at the Supreme Court are such a bombshell.
Beverley Baines (Queen's): Women Judges and Constitutional Courts: Why Not Nine Women? Hannah Brenner (California Western) and Renee Newman Knake (Houston): Shortlisted (“Shortlisted tells the stories of nearly a dozen extraordinary women considered for the Court, but ultimately not nominated, before Justice Sandra Day O’Connor became the first in 1981”). The Democrats’ next Supreme Court nominee: Meet Patricia Millett, the hero of the Jane Doe abortion case and a worthy successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
What happens to America if Justice Kennedy retires: Say goodbye to Roe, racial justice, voting rights, and any new progress on LGBT rights. Will he or won’t he? How Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement decision became a battle over the judiciary and the Trump presidency. Carl Reiner: Justice Kennedy, don’t retire.
Trump names Supreme Court candidates for a nonexistent vacancy.
