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…

Could two separate Supreme Court decisions combine to increase political corruption? By Bob Gatty In just a few days, Americans will celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday—a milestone that should inspire both pride in what we’ve achieved and hope for what lies ahead. But it’s difficult to cel…

Could two separate Supreme Court decisions combine to increase political corruption? By Bob Gatty In just a few days, Americans will celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday—a milestone that should i…

Could two separate Supreme Court decisions combine to increase political corruption? By Bob Gatty In just a few days, Americans will celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday—a milestone that should inspire both pride in what we’ve achieved and hope for what lies ahead. But it’s difficult to celebrate without concern for our future. In the closing days before Independence Day, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions that, viewed separately, might seem like ordinary legal rulings. Taken together, however, they could dramatically reshape the balance of power in American government. One e…

by Mark M. Bello As the Supreme Court wraps up another historic term, much of our attention is focused on blockbuster decisions still to come. Birthright citizenship. Transgender athletes. The scope of presidential power. The role of nationwide injunctions. Those rulings will undoubtedly dominate th…

by Mark M. Bello As the Supreme Court wraps up another historic term, much of our attention is focused on blockbuster decisions still to come. Birthright citizenship. Transgender athletes. The scope o…

by Mark M. Bello As the Supreme Court wraps up another historic term, much of our attention is focused on blockbuster decisions still to come. Birthright citizenship. Transgender athletes. The scope of presidential power. The role of nationwide injunctions. Those rulings will undoubtedly dominate the headlines. But before we rush ahead, two immigration decisions handed down last week deserve our attention. They may not have generated media frenzy, but they reveal a great deal about the constitutional philosophy of today’s Supreme Court—and they raise a larger question about the kind of cou…