What Clarence Thomas's Video-Games Dissent Tells Us About 'Originalism'
The Justice's interpretation of the Constitution is one of pick-and-choose history More »
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Garrett Epps, a former reporter for The Washington Post, is a novelist and legal scholar. He teaches courses in constitutional law and creative writing for law students at the University of Baltimore and lives in Washington, D.C. His new book is Wrong and Dangerous: Ten Right Wing Myths About Our Constitution.
The Justice's interpretation of the Constitution is one of pick-and-choose history More »
The problem isn't "corporate personhood"; it's simple-minded interpretation that refuses to take note of the real function of the First Amendment More »
The president's reasons for skirting the War Powers Resolution sound an awful lot like his predecessor's justifications for torture More »
America's Founding Fathers may not have included the phrase, but the history is clear—they never wanted a Christian nation More »
The idea that the President's powers aren't limited by Congress is a radical—and dangerous—trend More »
What really drives this idea today isn't legal theory; it's the political fear that the people of the United States will enact progressive legislation More »
Justice Scalia and certain other conservatives deny that America's Founding Fathers left any room for interpretation in the Constitution More »
It all began with a speech to the state's House Democratic Caucus More »
After Tuesday's proceedings in federal appeals court, the case of the Virginia attorney general may be poised to fall More »
A thought experiment: How the president could maximize his imperial authority by invoking the Constitution -- just like his predecessors More »
In a time that increasingly resembles the Great Depression, Congress shouldn't play politics with raising our debt ceiling More »
A law professor imagines how the president could confront the controversy over raising the debt ceiling More »
A selective reading of the Constitution lets politicians find meaning where there is none More »
In today's case about a state agency's right to sue state government, the chief justice channels King Lear in a dramatically right-wing dissent More »
Barack Obama is not the first African American politician to have his birthright questioned. Meet Hiram Revels, the first black senator. More »
She may be the Supreme Court's baby at 50, but her first dissent already demonstrates a quotably distinctive voice More »
Why wouldn't Barack Obama seek Congress's approval to intervene in Libya? Doing so would be good for the war effort, good for the nation, and good for Obama. More »
The attorney general's communications office has responded to my recent piece More »
In the world of the Virginia attorney general, does it include the freedom to think, research, and write? More »
