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Nikolas Bowie

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The Supreme Court Is Not Supposed to Have This Much Power

And Congress should claw it back.

by Daphna Renan, Nikolas Bowie via The Atlantic on June 8, 2022

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Constrain the Court—Without Crippling It

Critics of the Supreme Court think it has lost its claim to legitimacy. But proposals for reforming it must strike a balance with preserving its independence.

by Laurence H. Tribe via New York Review of Books on July 27, 2023

Illustration of Annette Gordon-Reed.

Majority Rule on the Brink

The legacies of our racial past, and the prospects ahead for an embattled republic.

by Annette Gordon-Reed, Chris Lehmann via The Forum on July 27, 2022

A portrait of Dred Scott.

The Importance of Teaching Dred Scott

By limiting discussion of the infamous Supreme Court decision, law-school professors risk minimizing the role of racism in American history.

by Jeannie Suk Gersen via The New Yorker on June 8, 2021

1928 political cartoon of Republican hypocrisy for calling Democrats corrupt.

Interchange: Corruption Has a History

Seven scholars discuss the definition, nature, practice, and periodization of corruption in the United States.

by Mary Frances Berry, Paula Baker, Daniel Czitrom, Barbara Hahn, James Kloppenberg, Naomi Lamoreaux, David Witwer via Journal of American History on March 1, 2019

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