It's not just bluster or politics; belittling the judiciary is a crucial step toward authoritarianism — and dismantling the rule of law. Credit: Getty Images. We are witnessing attempts to undermine ...

'This is a judge who has seen a lot and heard a lot and is doing his best to kind of share what he has learned on the job,' said Prof. Leah Litman The GazetteThe Senate during the opening day of the ...

It should go without saying that violence against those fulfilling their civic duty is unlawful. Yet the tragedy last month in Minnesota demonstrates that such reminders must sadly be issued. In ...

Political judges do this so that cases come out the way they prefer, favoring certain parties or serving certain political interests. This is how the Supreme Court can claim that the Constitution says ...

It is a dangerous time to be a judge in America. Retired Wisconsin judge John Roemer was killed at his home in June 2022. That same month, US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh narrowly avoided a ...

"The indispensable judicial requisite is intellectual humility." —Justice Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court This past June, a majority of the Supreme Court once again treated established precedent ...

In 1968, the proposed new Maryland Constitution was defeated by the voters largely on the strength of the argument that it would remove their right to elect their circuit court judges. Since then, the ...

Once President-Elect Biden takes office, we will be able to say goodbye to new judges who self-identify as originalists. This change is important because in constitutional cases, originalism is either ...

In his recent endorsement of Barack Obama, Colin Powell mused: "I would have difficulty with two more conservative appointments to the Supreme Court, but that's what we'd be looking at in a McCain ...

The reputation of Louisiana's 371-member judiciary -- injured two years ago by the conviction of a Baton Rouge judge on federal corruption charges and by last year's brawl between two appellate court ...

Robert H. Tembeckjian is administrator and counsel to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct. By Robert H. Tembeckjian | Special To The Washington Post In 1972, roughly 10 years before the ...