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Laurence H. Tribe is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor Emeritus and Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus at Harvard. His books include Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes, American Constitutional Law, The Invisible Constitution, and Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution, cowritten with Joshua Matz. (December 2022)
Politicians in Robes
Why does Stephen Breyer continue to insist that the Supreme Court is apolitical?
The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics
by Stephen Breyer
Justice on the Brink: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months That Transformed the Supreme Court
by Linda Greenhouse
March 10, 2022 issue
Pursuing the Pursuit of Happiness
Traditional Supreme Court precedent may depend too much on substantive due process to safeguard human rights. “A better system of reason,” argued Charles Black, may be found in the Declaration of Independence, the Ninth Amendment, and the Privileges or Immunities Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
A New Birth of Freedom: Human Rights, Named and Unnamed
by Charles L. Black Jr.
September 24, 1998 issue
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