The purpose of this review is to take stock of how party polarization affects governance in the
United States. The article begins by defining polarization and discussing the means by …

On September 18, 2020, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. Less than two months later, on
the eve of the presidential election he would win, and after recriminations around the liberal …

Most jurists and scholars today take for granted that the US Constitution imposes unwritten
but judicially enforceable limits on how Congress and the President may construct their …

The nature of the presidency in American constitutional governance cannot be understood
without reference to norms. 1 These unwritten or informal rules of political behavior provide …

In a New York Times article discussing Senator Mitch McConnell's silencing of Senator
Elizabeth Warren on the US Senate floor, Susan Chira asked:" Was there a woman who …

We review the substantial literature on estimating judicial ideology, from the US Supreme
Court to the lowest state court. As a way to showcase the strengths and drawbacks of …

Administrative law today is marked by the legal equivalent of mortal combat, where
foundational principles are fiercely disputed and basic doctrines are offered up for …

Broadly conceived, disorderly conduct is conduct that disrupts public order or creates a risk
of disorder. 4 The core and oft-stated purpose of disorderly conduct is to protect the …

Prison abolition, in the span of just afew short years, has established a foothold in elite
criminal legal discourse. But the basic question of how abolitionists would address" the …

The increased polarization in the United States among the political branches and citizenry
affects the selection, work, perception, and relative power of state and federal judges …