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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 to 2016
Lawsuits against President Obama’s expedited deportation and deferred-action policies included multi-state challenges that produced a nationwide injunction blocking major deferred-action expansions (D...
President Joe Biden’s record on constitutional issues is mixed: his administration secured a substantial number of federal judicial appointments and prioritized diversity on the bench, yet the Supreme...
v. (commonly called the ) ended in a 4–4 split at the on June 23, 2016, resulting in affirmation of the ’s injunction that blocked the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program and an ex...
District of Columbia v. Heller held that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm for lawful purposes such as self‑defense in the home, striking down Washington, D.C.’s h...
Scholars and lawmakers split: supporters say the War Powers Resolution (WPR) lawfully implements Congress’s Article I power to declare war and to legislate under the Necessary and Proper Clause (text ...
The Supreme Court in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld held that the Bush Administration’s ad hoc military commissions for Guantánamo detainees exceeded the executive’s authority because they violated the Uniform Co...
The Supreme Court in United States v. Texas ended in an equally divided 4–4 tie on June 23, 2016, which left the lower-court injunction blocking President Obama’s DAPA program and the planned DACA exp...
On April 6, 2017, Senate Republicans led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell extended the so-called to Supreme Court nominations, lowering the Senate cloture threshold from 60 votes to a simple majorit...