Garrett Epps

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.

New Court, Old Doctrine: 'The Thought That We Loathe' Survives

New Court, Old Doctrine: 'The Thought That We Loathe' Survives

The new Supreme Court's speech decisions come with a familiar ring More »

Chief Justice John Roberts: Word Nerd

Chief Justice John Roberts: Word Nerd

Why does AT&T have no right of "personal privacy"? Today's round of parsing on the Supreme Court. More »

TV Lawyer Shows: Blood and Documents Beat Speeches Any Day

TV Lawyer Shows: Blood and Documents Beat Speeches Any Day

A legal scholar on the virtues and vices of "Harry's Law," "The Good Wife," and "The Defenders" More »

U.S. v. Bond: Reexamining the Mysterious 10th Amendment

U.S. v. Bond: Reexamining the Mysterious 10th Amendment

Is smearing toxic chemicals on a mailbox "garden-variety" crime or a federal treaty violation? More »

Could 'Standing to Sue' Allow Us All to Calm Down About Health Care?

Could 'Standing to Sue' Allow Us All to Calm Down About Health Care?

Though the doctrine strikes non-lawyers as arcane, the concept of "injury" helps keep courts out of trouble--and could be useful to the Supreme Court More »

The Vinson Ruling and the Strange Nature of American Judicial Review

The Vinson Ruling and the Strange Nature of American Judicial Review

Why does our system allow an obscure Florida district judge to throw a monkey-wrench into the national works? More »

In Documentary Decision, Second Circuit Garbles 'Reporter's Privilege'

In Documentary Decision, Second Circuit Garbles 'Reporter's Privilege'

When should a court decide whether a journalist is really "independent"? More »

Judicial Etiquette: Why the Justices Should Attend the State of the Union

Judicial Etiquette: Why the Justices Should Attend the State of the Union

Even Supreme Court justices are subject to rules of conduct More »

How Will Loughner's Gunshots Echo in the Supreme Court's Quiet Halls?

How Will Loughner's Gunshots Echo in the Supreme Court's Quiet Halls?

Public events influence judges, even those who claim to care only for "original understanding" More »

The New House Majority and the Constitution: Through a Glass Darkly or Face to Face?

The New House Majority and the Constitution: Through a Glass Darkly or Face to Face?

House Republicans' plan to read the Constitution can't hurt but probably won't help More »

Health Care Suits: Separating Law From Spin

Health Care Suits: Separating Law From Spin

The claim that the government is "forcing individuals to buy a commercial product" is simply false More »

What's at Stake in the GOP's Challenge to Health Care Reform

What's at Stake in the GOP's Challenge to Health Care Reform

A Virginia judge's decision would hold Congress to an obsolete understanding of commerce and ruin our ability to run a modern economy More »

Republican Overreach: War on the Framers

Republican Overreach: War on the Framers

The GOP likes to be known as defenders of the Constitution. But in calling for a new constitutional convention, they're hewing to Glenn Beck, not James Madison. More »

There Are No Liberals on the Roberts Court

There Are No Liberals on the Roberts Court

It's conservatives vs. centrists when the justices hear arguments More »

Obama's Setback and the Case for Coalition Government

Obama's Setback and the Case for Coalition Government

As Congressional Republicans embark on a wrecking spree, they could plead that the Constitution makes them act like children More »

In Sharia Law Ban, Oklahoma Juggles Dynamite

In Sharia Law Ban, Oklahoma Juggles Dynamite

The ballot question deliberately seeks to create a religious division for political gain. That's a dangerous plan that probably won't work. More »

The Slow Change in Legal Discourse: Why Humans Are Dumber Than Frogs

The Slow Change in Legal Discourse: Why Humans Are Dumber Than Frogs

Both the Supreme Court and Congress have facilitated the privatization of the public sphere More »

In the War on Violent Video Games, Arnold Has No Clothes

In the War on Violent Video Games, Arnold Has No Clothes

Tuesday, California's governor, known for his role as the Terminator, will argue that violent entertainment is very bad for children More »

All Patriots 'Know' That Moses Wrote the Constitution

All Patriots 'Know' That Moses Wrote the Constitution

In a Virginia church basement we learn that God rules our country and that Anglo-Saxons are the chosen people More »

When Judges Use Partisan Logic: The Health-Care Case

When Judges Use Partisan Logic: The Health-Care Case

A Florida judge's decision smacks of politics rather than a desire to preserve the Constitution More »

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