Tag: Karlan’s Court

A bimonthly column by Pam Karlan on law the Supreme Court, and the Constitution.

Articles tagged with karlans-court

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Pamela S. Karlan

Out of Alignment

Strange bedfellows on the bench are a source and a sign of the Constitution’s flexibility.

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Pamela S. Karlan

The Supreme Court’s Docket Addresses the Washington Gridlock

The framers of the Constitution did not anticipate political parties.

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Pamela S. Karlan

A Moveable Court

In the marriage and voting rights cases, the world outside powerfully affected the court.

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Pamela S. Karlan

The Constitution Without the Court

The Constitution assigns the job of carrying out its vision to all the branches of government, not just to the judiciary.

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Pamela S. Karlan

Founding Firearms

Justice Scalia betrayed originalist interpretation when he defended an individual right to own guns.

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Pamela S. Karlan

Gideon Turns 50

Today, the vast majority of felony defendants depend on appointed counsel to represent them, and the quality of representation varies wildly.

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Pamela S. Karlan

Votes Behind Bars

As of 2010, more than 5.85 million American citizens were disenfranchised because of criminal convictions. This is troubling. 

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Contempt of Court

When the justices belittle the political branches, they hamper the government’s ability to solve our most pressing problems.

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Empty Benches

When Obama was sworn into office, there were 55 vacancies on the federal bench. There are now more than 75.

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Forty Years After Watergate

The Decades-Long Fight Against Political Money.

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