Latest Columns

The most recent posts from our recurring columns.

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

SCOTUS Outside Opinions

The Supreme Court’s two decades of constitutional change

ByJosh Blackman&Randy Barnett/Sep 29, 2026

SCOTUS Outside Opinions

The Supreme Court is building power no one gave it

ByMaria Glover/Sep 29, 2026

Monday, September 28, 2026

Born Free and Equal

The “born free and equal” clauses and the right to pursue a profession of one’s choice

BySteven Gow Calabresi/Sep 28, 2026

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Civil Rights and Wrongs

Devolving standards of decency

ByDaniel Harawa/Sep 24, 2026

Nuts and Bolts

The rule of four and role of custom on the Supreme Court

ByStephen Wermiel/Sep 24, 2026

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Major Questions

Respecting our multi-branch lawmaking process

ByChad Squitieri /Sep 23, 2026

In the Interim

The decision before the decision

ByTaraleigh Davis/Sep 23, 2026

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Justice, Democracy, and Law

The Supreme Court refuses to become partisan in two fights over the midterms

ByEdward Foley/Sep 22, 2026

Courtly Observations

The court’s coming climate-change case and the very confused doctrine of preemption

ByErwin Chemerinsky/Sep 22, 2026

Monday, September 21, 2026

SCOTUS Outside Opinions

Some lessons of open-minded discourse on the Supreme Court

ByAlexander Heffner /Sep 21, 2026

SCOTUS Outside Opinions

Is it time to rethink the office of the chief justice of the United States?

ByRussell Wheeler /Sep 21, 2026

Born Free and Equal

The “born free and equal” clauses, incorporation, and 12-person juries

BySteven Gow Calabresi/Sep 21, 2026

Friday, September 18, 2026

The Indigenous Docket

The fundamental confusions of federal Indian law

ByMatthew L.M. Fletcher/Sep 18, 2026

Thursday, September 17, 2026

SCOTUS Outside Opinions

How courts keep getting Bruen wrong

ByPete Patterson/Sep 17, 2026

Immigration Matters

What a missing citation tells us about the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision

ByCésar Cuauhtémoc García Hernández/Sep 17, 2026

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

The Court Beyond Borders

The foreign affairs origins of domestic executive supremacy

ByMartin Flaherty/Sep 16, 2026

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

SCOTUS Outside Opinions

Break the Supreme Court law clerk cartel

ByJosh Blackman/Sep 15, 2026

SCOTUSCrim

Criminal cases coming in the new term – and why the court could and should do more

ByRory Little/Sep 15, 2026

Monday, September 14, 2026

Born Free and Equal

The “born free and equal” clauses and the noxious Buck v. Bell

BySteven Gow Calabresi/Sep 14, 2026

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Brothers in Law

A quick update on the Missouri congressional districting case

ByAkhil Amar&Vikram Amar/Sep 10, 2026

High Style

The architecture of persuasion: United States v. Hemani

ByKendall Gray/Sep 10, 2026

Cases and Controversies

The minoritarian difficulty

ByCarolyn Shapiro/Sep 10, 2026

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Courtly Observations

Aesthetic injuries, standing, and the White House ballroom

ByErwin Chemerinsky/Sep 9, 2026

Brothers in Law

Justice Kavanaugh stands up for state constitutional law in the Missouri congressional case

ByAkhil Amar&Vikram Amar/Sep 9, 2026