What This SCOTUS Term Says About What America is Becoming by Mark M. Bello Over the past few days, I’ve written two “Supreme Court Potpourri” columns summarizing many of the Court’s most significant decisions. Looking back, however, I realized I missed one of the Term’s most important opin…

What This SCOTUS Term Says About What America is Becoming by Mark M. Bello Over the past few days, I’ve written two “Supreme Court Potpourri” columns summarizing many of the Court’s most signi…

What This SCOTUS Term Says About What America is Becoming by Mark M. Bello Over the past few days, I’ve written two “Supreme Court Potpourri” columns summarizing many of the Court’s most significant decisions. Looking back, however, I realized I missed one of the Term’s most important opinions—not because it lacked significance, but because I hadn’t yet seen the larger pattern. That case involved Roundup weed killer and its link to Cancer. Many products over the years have been found to cause Cancer. And our justice system has, somewhat routinely, found ways to limit a victim’s…

When the Constitution Means Exactly What it Says Until What it says Doesn’t Agree with Your Worldview by Mark M. Bello The United States Supreme Court concluded another Term this week, issuing important decisions involving birthright citizenship, transgender athletes, executive authority, and seve…

When the Constitution Means Exactly What it Says Until What it says Doesn’t Agree with Your Worldview by Mark M. Bello The United States Supreme Court concluded another Term this week, issuing impor…

When the Constitution Means Exactly What it Says Until What it says Doesn’t Agree with Your Worldview by Mark M. Bello The United States Supreme Court concluded another Term this week, issuing important decisions involving birthright citizenship, transgender athletes, executive authority, and several other important constitutional questions. As always, headlines focused on who won and who lost. As a lawyer, I care less about the scoreboard than I do about the Justices’ reasoning and what their rulings mean for our citizens. When I step back and look at these decisions together, I see so…