The Latest Breaking News from Rehnquist

The 2024 year-end report tells us what keeps the Chief awake at night.

Maybe the Roberts Court was right and the Burger Court was wrong.

Contrary to popular perception, the current Supreme Court overturns precedent and declares laws to be unconstitutional less often than its predecessors did.

The limiting principle presented in Lopez would likely not meet her threshold.

First stop for reporters: the Grutter and Gratz files.

Justice Rehnquist in 1975: Moreover, neither declaratory nor injunctive relief can directly interfere with enforcement of contested statutes or ordinances except with respect to the particular federal plaintiffs, and the State is free to prosecute others who may violate the statute. Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc., 422 U.S. 922, 931…

On the plus side, we had Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. On the down side, we had Roberts, Souter, Kennedy, O'Connor, Powell, Blackmun, Burger, Stewart, Whittaker, Brennan, and Warren.

Would the current Court have ruled with Justices Scalia and Thomas on Miranda?

I've seen some people argue that the Supreme Court's objection to the picketing of Justices' homes about abortion is inconsistent with the Court's upholding the right to picket outside abortion clinics, or stressing the right to protest more broadly. It's worth noting, though, that bans on residential picketing have been…