Gorsuch and Breyer meet on ‘common ground’ in...

Two Supreme Court justices from near-opposite ends of the ideological spectrum sat down for a rare keynote discussion at the Federalist Society’s annual Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner in Washington, D.C., discussing the “common ground” they share. Justice Neil Gorsuch, the first justice nominated under President-elect Donald Trump, joined retired Justice Stephen Breyer, a nominee of […]

Heretic and the horror of conformity

If the new horror film Heretic were just about the dark side of religion, it would be smart and entertaining, though not entirely original. After all, the horror genre has dissected this subject on screen for decades. What makes Heretic different is its chilling depiction of what can happen when we disregard our own boundaries […]

Trump leaning on impeachment defenders to staff his...

President-elect Donald Trump is counting on a handful of loyal allies who leaped to his side during his 2019 impeachment trial to overhaul Washington, D.C.’s biggest federal bureaucracies.  He has nominated four House Republicans who were on his 2019 impeachment defense team to head critical agencies over the past week. Trump selected Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) to […]

Ted Olson, 1940-2024

Not long ago, the most famous lawyers in America tended to be found in New York City — constitutional theorists, corporate litigators, and kings of torts — or practicing criminal law in the provinces. Now, as the realms of influence and press attention have shifted, the superlawyers are largely concentrated in Washington, where their featured […]

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