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Mr. Brest rejects originalism and believes there should be a different way to interpret the Constitution. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Mr Brest rejects originalism and believes in different Constitution interpretation

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7 months ago
Liberals have come up with a variety of alternatives to originalism. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Liberals have created alternatives to originalism

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7 months ago
The Federalist Society was created when the liberalism of the Warren court era still influenced the Supreme Court. 1.000

👤 Jeffrey Toobin 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: The Federalist Society was created when liberalism of Warren court era still influenced Supreme Court

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7 months ago
Former Justice Stephen Breyer embraced a pragmatic approach, endorsing what he called “workable” solutions to constitutional dilemmas. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Stephen Breyer embraced pragmatic approach endorsing workable solutions

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7 months ago
Chief Justice Roberts’s opinion in Trump v. United States cited few specific provisions of the Constitution (nor any articulated view of the framers) that compelled the ruling preventing virtually all... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Chief Justice Roberts' opinion in Trump v United States cited few Constitution provisions

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7 months ago
We have to have an affirmative message around constitutional interpretation in the same way there has to be an affirmative message around elections and politics. 0.900

👤 Mr. Brest 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Affirmative message is needed around constitutional interpretation

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7 months ago
Justice Kavanaugh, in his concurring opinion in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, wrote that “speaking Spanish or speaking English with an accent” was among the legitimate reasons for immigration stops — an as... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Justice Kavanaugh wrote speaking Spanish or English with accent was legitimate reason for immigration stops

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7 months ago
The goal of the Federalists was not just to replace those justices but also to come up with an ideological framework that could replace that of the earlier era. 1.000

👤 Jeffrey Toobin 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: The goal of Federalists was not just to replace those justices but also to come up with an ideological framework that could replace that of earlier er...

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7 months ago
Conservatives on the Supreme Court have sometimes chosen to ignore the text of the Constitution, much less the intentions of its authors, to reach their favored results. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Supreme Court conservatives sometimes ignore Constitution text to reach favored results

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7 months ago
Republican appointees — that is, originalists — came to dominate the court. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Republican appointees came to dominate the court

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7 months ago
William J. Brennan Jr. endorsed a “living” Constitution, whose meaning changed over time to reflect “the adaptability of its great principles to cope with current problems and current needs.” 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: William J Brennan Jr endorsed a living Constitution

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7 months ago
Phil Brest helped President Biden nominate and win confirmation of 235 federal judges. 1.000

👤 Jeffrey Toobin 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Phil Brest helped President Biden nominate win confirmation of 235 federal judges

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7 months ago
Barack Obama chided his fellow Democrats for putting too much trust in courts in his 2006 book, “The Audacity of Hope.” 1.000

👤 Jeffrey Toobin 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Barack Obama chided fellow Democrats for putting too much trust in courts in his 2006 book “The Audacity of Hope”

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7 months ago
The American Constitution Society is the lesser-known liberal counterpart to the Federalist Society. 1.000

👤 Jeffrey Toobin 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: The American Constitution Society is the lesser-known liberal counterpart to the Federalist Society

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7 months ago
None of the three Democratic appointees now on the Supreme Court — Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson — were ever A.C.S. members, though all have spoken at A.C.S. events. 1.000

👤 Jeffrey Toobin 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: None of three Democratic appointees now on Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan Ketanji Brown Jackson were ever A.C.S. members though all have sp...

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7 months ago
Donald McGahn said to a Federalist Society gathering in 2017, “Our opponents of judicial nominees frequently claim the president has outsourced his selection of judges. That is completely false. I’ve... 1.000

👤 Jeffrey Toobin 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Donald McGahn said to Federalist Society gathering in 2017 “Our opponents of judicial nominees frequently claim the president has outsourced his selec...

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7 months ago
Federal judges, many of them Biden appointees, have ordered the release from immigration custody of five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father and their return to their home in Minnesota. 1.000

👤 Jeffrey Toobin 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Federal judges ordered the release from immigration custody of five-year-old Liam Ramos his father their return to their home in Minnesota

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7 months ago
As a candidate in 2016, Mr. Trump recognized how much Republicans cared about the courts and strove to ingratiate himself with the base of the party by promising to appoint conservatives to the bench. 1.000

👤 Jeffrey Toobin 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: As candidate in 2016 Mr Trump recognized how much Republicans cared about courts strove to ingratiate himself with party base by promising to appoint...

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7 months ago
Phil Brest is the new president of the A.C.S. 1.000

👤 Jeffrey Toobin 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Phil Brest is the new president of the A.C.S

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7 months ago
The 235 federal judges nominated and confirmed by President Biden is more than Mr. Trump’s total in his first term. 1.000

👤 Jeffrey Toobin 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: 235 federal judges nominated confirmed by President Biden is more than Mr Trump's total in his first term

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7 months ago