G. Edward White (Virginia): Toward a Historical Understanding of Supreme Court Decision-Making. Douglas Rice (Mississippi) and Christopher J. Zorn (Penn State): The Evolution of Consensus in the U.S. Supreme Court. What’s broken in the Supreme Court, and how to fix it: Lauren Kirchner interviews Erwin Chemerinsky, author of The Case Against the Supreme Court (and more and more). Seeking facts, justices settle for what briefs tell them. Michael F. Salamone (Washington State): Community and Persuasion: The Influence of the Federalist Society on the Supreme Court. The echo chamber: Joan Biskupic, Janet Roberts and John Shiffman on a small group of lawyers and its outsized influence at the U.S. Supreme Court. Norm Ornstein on how activist judges undermine the constitution: Checks and balances are an essential part of the American system — but so too is respect for Congress in interpreting laws. Eric Segall on how Supreme Court justices are not really judges: They don’t take the law seriously enough. Olivier Roeder on why the best Supreme Court predictor in the world is some random guy in Queens. A. E. Dick Howard (Virginia): The Changing Face of the Supreme Court. Yale, Harvard, Yale, Harvard, Yale, Harvard, Harvard, Harvard, Columbia: Dahlia Lithwick on the thing that scares her most about the Supreme Court (and more). Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an American hero: She's staying put — and has some choice words for young feminists. RonNell Andersen Jones (BYU): Media Politicization of the United States Supreme Court. The Obama Brief: The President considers his judicial legacy. Jill Lepore on the Great Paper Caper: Someone swiped Justice Frankfurter’s papers — what else has gone missing?
