Are we in a constitutional crisis?

Are we in a constitutional crisis?

ALEXANDRIA — Around 125 people packed a lecture hall at Alexandria College last Wednesday to listen to Dr. Tim Johnson, Horace T. Morse Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of Minnesota. His appearance was part of the Alexandria Senior College Distinguished Lecture Series. Johnson wasted no time in getting to one of the significant issues facing the Supreme Court — and the electorate. “The court doesn't have the…

SCOTUS' Timidity Triggers Constitutional Crisis

The Supreme Court's failure to define lower courts' authority is wreaking havoc on the reputation of the courts and our constitutional order.

A Slo-Mo Constitutional Clash Is Already Well Underway

President Trump’s open defiance of the judicial branch isn’t happening with a thunderclap and banner headlines.

SCOTUS’ Timidity Triggers Constitutional Crisis

The Supreme Court’s continuing failure to define lower courts' authority is wreaking havoc on the reputation of the courts — and our constitutional order.

Will Trump's Tariffs Move America Back to the Constitutional Order?

A shift is under way in the willingness of politicians and voters to trust one person setting worldwide trade rates by himself.

Originalism's Plain Meaning Problem - Jurisprudence

Bill Watson, The Plain Meaning Fallacy, __ B.C. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming, 2026) available at SSRN. (Feb. 1, 2025). Nina Varsava In The Plain Meaning Fallacy, Bill Watson exposes a problem in what he considers the dominant form of originalism today—original public meaning (OPM) originalism. OPM originalism takes the content of constitutional law to be determined by the communicative meaning of the text at the time of ratification. The problem is …