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‘Underrepresented’ in the Judiciary?

By Ed Whelan 12:16 PM

By this benchmark, it turns out that whites are underrepresented in the federal judiciary: they account for 85.9% of lawyers but only 72% of active federal judges. Meanwhile, African Americans ...

Woman Killed after Driver Plows into Crowd Protesting the Police

By Caroline Downey 12:13 PM

‘It does not seem possible at this time to say if the crash was accidental or intentional,’ the Minneapolis city council president said.

Subtraction by Addition

By Charles C. W. Cooke 9:28 AM

The retirement of Justice Breyer, and his replacement with a “young progressive stalwart,” might actually make the Supreme Court more conservative.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—June 15

By Ed Whelan 8:00 AM

The Supreme Court rules that the apportionment of seats in both houses of the Alabama legislature violates the Equal Protection Clause. In his majority opinion, Chief Justice Warren rambles his ...

Biden’s Politicized Solicitor General’s Office Endures Embarrassing Defeat

By Ed Whelan 9:58 PM

The Supreme Court’s ruling today in Terry v. United States is a huge embarrassment for the Biden administration, the Biden Department of Justice, and the Office of the Solicitor General ...

Federal Agents Falsely Accused Professor of Being a Chinese Spy, Trial Reveals

By Brittany Bernstein 6:40 PM

Anming Hu was placed on a no-fly list, had his computer and phone seized, and he and his son were spied on for two years.

The Supreme Court Must Settle the Selective-Abortion Question

By Alexandra DeSanctis 3:22 PM

Appellate courts are split on whether states may prohibit abortions chosen after a prenatal Down-syndrome diagnosis.

McConnell: ‘Highly Unlikely’ He Would Fill Supreme Court Vacancy in 2024

By Zachary Evans 3:12 PM

The conversation on Monday occurred amid renewed calls from progressives for Justice Stephen Breyer to retire.

Vindicating Judge Wilkinson

By Ed Whelan 1:41 PM

Regular readers will know that Bench Memos often serves as an early-warning system calling attention to opinions that the Supreme Court should overturn. So it was that nearly a year ...

Supreme Court Shows Interest in Harvard Anti-Asian Affirmative Action Case

By Dan McLaughlin June 14, 2021

Democrats are understandably hesitant to openly admit that they support discrimination against Asian Americans in that very area. But they do.