The so-called “Calexit” secession initiative not only is nonsensical, but also superfluous. California in many ways already acts as if it were its own sovereign nation, defiant of federal authority and oblivious to the interests of other States. This is federalism on steroids. In early April, Missouri and 10 other States filed an amicus curiae […]

Who would have guessed when I graduated from Harvard Law School in June 1972 that my 45th  class reunion in October 2017 would coincide with that institution’s Bicentenntial celebration? The event began with a roundtable discussion among Dean John Manning and six current/former Supreme Court Justices, all of whom are Harvard Law School alumni.  No

The Daily Caller’s June 12 headline declares that “Justice Gorsuch’s First SCOTUS Opinion Is Super Boring.”  Not so!  Justice Gorsuch is off to a rousing start by transforming what sounds like a super-boring topic—the meaning of “debt collector” under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act—into an opinion that from the first phrase of the first sentence

On June 5 the Supreme Court issued two unanimous opinions that are elegantly straightforward. In Town of Chester, New York v. Laroe Estates, Inc., the Court held that an intervenor of right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2) must meet Article III standing requirements in order to pursue relief (such as a separate money