In 1984, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed a report alleging that federal judges improperly used funds to “influence pending legislation.” Specifically, the concern was that judges might have misused resources allo...
Truth is a fickle matter. It prowls the crevices of bias and roams the pith of dissent. It snakes through equivocation, hiding from politics and eluding online discourse. Even as we increasingly hunger for it, truth languishes in the growing fissures...
In early 2026, both Florida’s and Texas’s Supreme Courts opted to drop their requirement that the states’ lawyers graduate from American Bar Association (ABA)–accredited law schools. This opened the door to alternative accreditors, who often ...
In SCOTUSblog’s recent article, “Same-sex marriage symposium: Justice Scalia’s constitutional case for gay marriage,” author Dale Carpenter argues that Scalia’s dissent in Lawrence v. Thomas (2003) will actually help the Court decide in f...
In SCOTUSblog’s recent article, “Same-sex marriage symposium: Justice Scalia’s constitutional case for gay marriage,” author Dale Carpenter argues that Scalia’s dissent in Lawrence v. Thomas (2003) will actually help the Court decide in f...
Many Americans’ first exposure to Chief Justice John Roberts was in January 2009 when he made a mistake reading the Oath of Office to President Obama at the inauguration ceremony. Before then, he was a somewhat “under-the-radar” member of the C...
Many Americans’ first exposure to Chief Justice John Roberts was in January 2009 when he made a mistake reading the Oath of Office to President Obama at the inauguration ceremony. Before then, he was a somewhat “under-the-radar” member of the C...
As Constitution Daily announced eight months ago, 2012 marks the 225th anniversary of the United States Constitution, which was signed into law on September 17, 1787. This landmark year may not seem all that impressive when one considers, for a momen...
As Constitution Daily announced eight months ago, 2012 marks the 225th anniversary of the United States Constitution, which was signed into law on September 17, 1787. This landmark year may not seem all that impressive when one considers, for a momen...