1991—Federal district judge H. Lee Sarokin delivers a This Day classic. The backdrop: Richard R. Kreimer, a homeless man, camped out in the Morristown, New Jersey, public library, was belligerent ...

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 20
What’s one way to deal with unhelpful precedent? Just ignore it entirely, as Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion in Romer v. Evans does.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 19
When Oregon officials irresponsibly refuse to defend their own marriage laws, the greatest relief that ought to be awarded is a default judgment in favor of the named plaintiffs.

Michigan Abortion Shenanigans
Michigan is one of several states that has on its statutory books a pre-Roe ban on abortion.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 18
More than thirty years after the end of his presidential term, Jimmy Carter’s sorry legacy of appointments to the Ninth Circuit lives on.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 17
In Brown v. Board of Education, a unanimous Supreme Court abandons available originalist justifications for its ruling that state-segregated schools violate the Equal Protection Clause.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 16
In United States v. C.R., senior federal district judge Jack B. Weinstein issues a 349-page opinion holding that the Eighth Amendment prohibits . . .

My ‘Firing Line’ Episode on Dobbs
I was grateful to take part in a PBS Firing Line episode on Dobbs that aired over the weekend.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 15
The California supreme court, by a vote of 4 to 3, invents a right to same-sex marriage under the state constitution.

Yale Law Professor Akhil Amar Refutes Critics of Dobbs Draft
In an excellent front-page essay in the Wall Street Journal’s weekend Review section, Yale law professor Akhil Amar, who (at the risk of understatement) is widely recognized as among the ...