Reading Supreme Court opinions can be a slog. They are filled with citations and quotations from other cases, many unimportant. The arguments appear overburdened. When it comes to these important ...

Chief Justice John Marshall’s landmark opinion for the Supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) articulated foundational principles that have shaped American constitutional law to this day. In ...

Jurisprudence is a lofty profession for which considerable study and acumen are indispensable. But the verdicts of courts are, and must be, as subject to review and even criticism as laws passed by ...

As my last post explained, my new book, Constitutional Symmetry: Judging in a Divided Republic, argues that judges should favor, when possible, constitutional understandings that offer valuable ...

The rights of the individual and the separation of powers are core constitutional principles. Both are being challenged.

Launched in May 2025 by the College of Liberal Arts, under the leadership of Dean Casilde Isabelli and Executive Director Rick Trachok, the Center promotes interdisciplinary research and dialogue on ...

Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution was drafted to dismantle the 1978 one-party state and restore multiparty constitutional rule. That ...