2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (87+ words) The Supreme Court has raised new questions by rejecting historic understandings of agency authority. Emily S. Bremer is a law professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School. This essay is part of a series titled, “The Supreme Court’s 2025-2026 Regulatory…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago   (136+ words) A sweeping ruling on temporary protected status tests judicial review, directly impacting thousands. Just months before his administration moved to terminate Haiti’s TPS designation, President Trump slandered Haitian TPS holders, accusing them of eating the pets of American citizens, and…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (162+ words) The Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship leaves questions on presidential and judicial power. Although these dissenting views did not prevail, the Court’s majority opinion affirming birthright citizenship still leaves some unanswered questions about executive and judicial power that had…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (159+ words) In weakening checks on executive power, the Roberts Court overlooks the wisdom of its predecessors. By the early-19th century, courts … were using the term “ ‘quasi-judicial’ to describe the duties of specialist officers whose work bore functional and procedural similarities with…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (126+ words) A key Supreme Court decision limits presidential tariff power and reinforces why legal discipline matters for international trade. That question matters beyond U.S. separation of powers. At a moment when the international trading system can no longer reliably discipline unilateral tariff…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1036+ words) The Regulatory Review Trump Administration narrows the Endangered Species Act, Education Department issues school misconduct guidance, and more… - The Trump Administration finalized a rule on July 11, 2026, that narrowed the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act. Previously, the U....

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (396+ words) The American concept of Presidential Administration holds analytical value for scholars of French politics. Although the United States and France differ in many respects, the two countries share certain structural features. One of these is the growing importance of the…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (250+ words) In Trump v. Barbara, the Justices’ arguments underscore their competing interpretive approaches. Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights—to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to “every free-born…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (420+ words) The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s tariffs, but it left the big issue of abusive presidential power unaddressed. The case of Learning Resources v. Trump was the economic blockbuster of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2025 term. In a 6-3 decision, the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (199+ words) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was an extraordinary achievement. Born of Black Americans’ blood, sweat, social movement organizing, and appeals to justice, it reflected a commitment by the federal government to an inclusive democracy—to the diversification of political leadership…...