Tag: Supreme Court

Should the Supreme Court Lose its Power?
Opinions, Column

Should the Supreme Court Lose its Power?

With the recent announcement of United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement and the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, there is a renewed attention on the ideological make-up of the court. Breyer’s retirement does not greatly change the composition of the Supreme Court—as it will still remain tilted in…

Carter: Amy Coney Barrett’s Originalism is Dangerous. Very Dangerous.
Column, Opinions

Carter: Amy Coney Barrett’s Originalism is Dangerous. Very Dangerous.

Originalism is a deeply partisan, political ideology that shrouds itself in the language of protecting the Constitution and democracy through serious intellectual rigidity. With Barrett now confirmed to the Supreme Court, the convincing, yet hollow, rhetoric of this formidable ideology on the court will be a force to contend with if we want to protect civil and human rights in America. 

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