Conservative justices might be the party’s final bulwark against a changing electoral landscape.
It’s about the fundamentals of how American government works.
Amid mounting protests, the court blocked a motion to stop President Nicolas Maduro from instituting legislative changes that favor his government.
All Americans, not only the Supreme Court justices, have a role in deciding what the Constitution requires.
Moderate justices (read: Kennedy) may hesitate to call same-sex marriage a constitutional right. But these briefs written by military and business leaders may give them a more modest way to strike down the Act.
The conservative justices seem prepared to decide Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, a case that could harm public sector unions, without so much as a factual record.
Over the past half century, the Supreme Court’s empathy for the poor has been replaced by hostility.