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BudgetsMay 17, 2023
Only Republicans Want to Push Us Into Default
How McCarthy, McConnell, and Greene are Martin, Barton, and Fish all over again.
James D. Zirin
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Supreme CourtJuly 10, 2018
The Supreme Court’s Rightward Lurch
The highest court in the land was never supposed to be a political body.
James D. Zirin
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Supreme CourtNovember 11, 2016
What Will the Supreme Court Look Like in a Donald Trump Presidency?
If three additional liberal and moderate vacancies occur in the next four years, the Court could stand 7-2 conservative for decades to come.
James D. Zirin
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Supreme CourtJuly 15, 2016
The Only Thing Ruth Bader Ginsburg Did Wrong Was Apologize
Who is better positioned to call Donald Trump out as a “faker” ignorant of the constitutional values that bind us together?
James D. Zirin
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Death PenaltyJune 17, 2015
The Death Penalty Cases Before the Supreme Court Are a Prelude to a Legal Assault on the Constitutionality of Capital Punishment
Four soon-to-be-decided cases test the scope and application of the death penalty.
James D. Zirin
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Criminal JusticeMarch 24, 2014
The Court That Broke the Mob Celebrates a Birthday
The cases that passed through Manhattan’s US Southern District court tell the history of post-World War II America.
James D. Zirin