The Supreme Court must reject shortcuts as its new term begins
As the Supreme Court opens its new term, the justices must reject rushed emergency rulings and enforce strict procedural boundaries against executive overreach.
By Adele Rutherford ·
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Tennessee exposes lethal incompetence in Christa Pike execution
When Tennessee left Christa Pike alive after administering pentobarbital, the state demonstrated that a government unable to master the mechanics of lethal injection forfeits its authority to carry out the sentence.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The U.S. Supreme Court correctly enforces process in Missouri
By halting last-minute map changes in Missouri, the U.S. Supreme Court rightly prioritized procedural order and election mechanics over executive shortcuts and partisan gerrymandering.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Kenneth Jouppi shows why state asset seizure requires limits
After Alaska seized Kenneth Jouppi's airplane over a misdemeanor, the Supreme Court must enforce the Eighth Amendment to ensure punishments fit actual offenses rather than maximum statutory penalties.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Supreme Court blocks late Missouri map changes to uphold rules
The high court used the Purcell principle to stop Missouri from changing its voting map after absentee ballots went out, reminding us that timing is the only rule that works.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Alabama broke its word to Jeffery Lee and failed the law
In my father’s shop, a man’s word was the only currency that didn’t depreciate when the markets turned.
By Ruth Behrens ·
Missouri Supreme Court stopped Denny Hoskins' power grab
I grew up in a zip code where "the rules" were things used to keep us in line, not things that protected us.
By Maya Ellison ·
Supreme Court allows Trump order restricting USPS for 23 states
The mechanics of American democracy are supposed to be governed by statutes and constitutional law—complex systems that require technical capacity to administer at scale.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
US treats international law as commodity for CAR deportees
The American government has mistaken enforcement for policy.
By Klaus Berger ·
Canada must withdraw from Safe Third Country Agreement for Haitians
The moment a nation’s laws become instruments of exclusion, they cease to be law and become violence.
By Sophie Naimi ·