They would have been clear-eyed about the role of the Court and the dangers of too much fidelity to their original designs.
The president has commuted the sentences of 37 men on federal death row to life without parole, a historic move.
The justices’ decision not to wade into a sloppy coup attempt is no victory for rule of law.
Just as liberal judges trapped 1970s Democrats in a "soft on crime" paradigm, conservatives on the Court will make it harder for the GOP to shake a reputation as the party of plutocrats.
Labor leaders are sizing up a president who could be a friend or, more likely, a foe.
The Court holds that an inmate wasn't badly represented; his lawyers were so feckless that he had no lawyers at all.
... According to the law.
What one of the Supreme Court’s most humiliating mistakes tells us about the debate over Colin Kaepernick’s national-anthem protest.
The decision was basically a punt, but it was a far better outcome than civil-rights groups had feared.