Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 to 2016
On May 5, I wrote how the North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct (CJC), as enforced by the Judicial Standards Commission, overly restricts the speech of judges and judicial candidates.…
Ilya Shapiro writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a new biography of US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. Mollie Hemingway has written the rare Supreme Court book that’s both…
Mollie Hemingway writes for the Federalist about her favorite US Supreme Court justice. Justice Samuel Alito marks his 20th year on the Supreme Court, a milestone that coincides with the…
Robert Doar explores the continuing impact of one of the US Supreme Court’s most significant justices. Ten years on, the constitutional jurisprudence that Justice Scalia spent his life building has…
Adam White writes about a potential shift in the American judiciary. Does legislative history have a future in judicial opinions? For the first time in a long time, it seems…
In commemoration, I’m reposting something I wtote about Justice Scalia at the time of his death. The title was “We shall not look upon his like again.” If constitutional government…
Shawn Fleetwood of the Federalist documents key elements of a recent interview with a conservative U.S. Supreme Court justice. On June 6, the George W. Bush appointee participated in a…
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) raises questions about regulating its use and abuse. When considering laws regulating speech, we cannot be dazzled or feel threatened by the newness of…
Four years ago, I posted a piece discussing the judicial races that were taking place at the time. Since it’s still relevant, I’m reposting the first part today. A reporter…
(In honor or Constitution Day, I’m reposting this Opinion Piece that originally appeared in the Carolina Journal in 2019.) The title of this piece pays homage to Karl Popper’s great…
Yesterday afternoon, the North Carolina House passed legislation that would fully fund the waitlist for the increasingly popular Opportunity Scholarship program. The action came just two days after the Senate…
Editors at National Review Online lament one of President Biden’s latest harmful actions. Court-packing is a menace, no matter how it comes dressed. The Senate Judiciary Committee warned that Franklin…