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Commentators have been contemplating why #SCOTUS seems overly deferential to the president. Is out of fear or something else altogether? In my latest essay for @time.com, I look back at a similar episode involving the Warren Court. time.com/7285021/cong...
It May Not Take a New Law to Make Judges More Compliant
In the late 1950s, legislative efforts to limit the power of the Supreme Court failed. The justices backed down anyway.
time.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Commentators have been contemplating why #SCOTUS seems overly deferential to the president. Is out of fear or something else altogether? In my latest essay for @time.com, I look back at a similar episode involving the Warren Court. time.com/7285021/cong...
My latest book review for the @washingtonpost.com covered Jill Lepore's interesting examination of the #Constitution.
Review | ‘We the People’ says we need to make the Constitution easier to change
Historian and best-selling author Jill Lepore argues that the difficulty and rarity of amendment has led to a stifling of popular will, among other problems
www.washingtonpost.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My latest book review for the @washingtonpost.com covered Jill Lepore's interesting examination of the #Constitution.
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Journalist and lawyer Michael Bobelian puts today's attacks on the press in historical context and suggests a way forward.
Not our first fight: what history tells us about attacks on the press
Attacks on the press are as old as the nation.
ethics.journalism.wisc.edu
March 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Journalist and lawyer Michael Bobelian puts today's attacks on the press in historical context and suggests a way forward.
History is more interesting when it ties into current events. That was definitely the case with my latest review for the @washingtonpost.com. @jeffreytoobin1.bsky.social's book tackled the Ford-Nixon pardon and its impact on the modern (ab)use of the pardon power.
Review | Jeffrey Toobin’s ‘The Pardon’ explores a hazardous presidential power
Toobin couches his exploration of Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon within both the broader context of mounting presidential hegemony
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February 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
History is more interesting when it ties into current events. That was definitely the case with my latest review for the @washingtonpost.com. @jeffreytoobin1.bsky.social's book tackled the Ford-Nixon pardon and its impact on the modern (ab)use of the pardon power.