Did Chief Justice John Roberts "lose his cool"?

I keep reading about this incident , invariably with the focus on the Chief's demeanor, causing me to suspect that the press is covering...

If Romney wins, will it lead to the the Supreme Court overruling Roe v. Wade?

I explain why the answer is probably no, and that if it were yes, it would hurt the GOP: This clip begins with an explanation of what Chief ...

Randy Barnett talks about winning on the Commerce Clause, but losing the Obamacare case.

A second look at Jan Crawford's "Roberts switched views to uphold health care law."

Reading this article last night, I guessed that one of Crawford's sources was Justice Kennedy and that Chief Justice Roberts shifted h...

"The commentary on John Roberts's solo walk into the Affordable Care Act wilderness is converging on a common theme: The Chief Justice is a genius."

"All of a sudden he is a chessmaster, a statesman, a Burkean minimalist, a battle-loser but war-winner, a Daniel Webster for our times....

Sources tell Jan Crawford that Chief Justice Roberts really did switch sides.

The CBS reporter heard from "two sources with specific knowledge of the deliberations." Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided...

Chief Justice Roberts writes an opinion limiting the commerce power and the spending power.

This is an important opinion about federalism and the scope of Congress's enumerated powers. Even as the individual mandate was upheld u...

"Nonlegal Arguments for Upholding the Individual Mandate."

Ilya Somin describes and refutes arguments based on enhancing the Court's "legitimacy," avoiding the appearance of "part...

"Between Harvard Law graduate Obama’s knowledge of constitutional law..."

"... and Harvard Law professor Elhauge’s poor legal research/analytical skills, I’m beginning to really doubt the value of a Harvard La...

Is striking down the individual mandate like stopping Congress from banning child labor?

Lawprof Andrew Koppleman endeavors to tug the heartstrings of New Republic readers until they think so: What the Court actually accomplished...

61% of voters think it's likely Obamacare will be repealed.

And 54% favor repeal. Presumably, that's repeal if the Supreme Court doesn't strike down the law, and 54% expect the Supreme Court ...

10 highlights of today's Obamacare oral argument.

1. Justice Alito asks Solicitor General Verrilli if he could state "as succinctly as possible" a "limiting principle" on...

Reports from this morning's oral argument in the Obamacare case.

Tom Goldstein, mid-argument : It is essentially clear that the four more liberal members of the Court will vote in favor of the mandate. But...

Today's oral argument in the Supreme Court covers the constitutionality of the individual mandate.

This is the question most people have focused on: Does Congress have an enumerated power to regulate individuals who fail to buy health ins...

"The first proposition is that the health care law is constitutional."

"The second is that the court could strike it down anyway.... The law is a completely valid exercise of Congress' Commerce Clause p...

Bush v. Gore is "the case of the century" because it "truly altered history," even though it "didn’t change constitutional doctrine."

Writes TNR's Jonathan Cohn setting up a discussion of whether this year's big Obamacare decision will be the new case of the centur...

Trent Arsenault — devoted sperm donor, virgin father — hounded by the FDA.

Here is a man who has — as I read this truly fascinating article — devoted himself to sperm donation for altruistic, religious reasons. He ...

Does asking for 5 1/2 hours of oral argument mean that the Supreme Court thinks the Obamacare case is difficult?

That's the Wall Street Journal's preferred interpretation. The "constitutionality" of the Obama health care law, Harvard L...

Supreme Court takes the Obamacare case.

Oral argument should be in March, with a decision by the end of the term , in time to have a massive impact on the presidential campaign. As...

Should Obama hope he loses the Obamacare case in the Supreme Court?

Mickey Kaus says: If the law is as unpopular as it seems to be, and if the individual mandate is “the most hated piece of the law,” then th...