Abstract An important conversation is happening in U.S. politics about the appropriate role of the U.S. Supreme Court and about the Court’s increasing involvement in highly politicized, controversial policy areas. Many scholars agree that the Court...
Abstract The Roberts Court’s embrace of the conservative Christian agenda—from religious liberty to the erosion of the separation of church and state—has been well documented. This Article contributes to this growing body of scholarship by coining...
Abstract In the 1930s, like today, our nation faced a crisis of oligarchy: too much wealth and political power concentrated in too few hands. Like today’s liberals and progressives, the New Dealers aimed to enact social and economic reforms that...
Abstract Autocratic regimes, now governing 70 percent of the world’s population, often come into power by democratic means but then use their authority to undermine the very institutions that sustain democracies, including representation and...