Laurence H. Tribe

Laurence H. Tribe is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor Emeritus and Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus at Harvard. His books include American Constitutional Law, The Invisible Constitution, and Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution, cowritten with Joshua Matz. (March 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

Judge Antonin Scalia in his office, shortly before his confirmation to the Supreme Court, Washington, D.C., July 28, 1986

The Scalia Myth

The selection of a justice to serve for life on the nation’s highest court is far too consequential to be treated either as an abstract referendum on legal methodology or as a game to be played for partisan advantage.

February 27, 2016

On NSA Spying: A Letter to Congress

February 9, 2006 issue

Pursuing the Pursuit of Happiness

A New Birth of Freedom: Human Rights, Named and Unnamed

by Charles L. Black Jr.

September 24, 1998 issue