United States
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The Fault Will Be Ours
Lord Sumption on politics, law, and the meaning and decline of democracy Continue reading
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Offspring of Depravity
The origins of the administrative state, and why they matter Continue reading
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“Clear Enough”
Some thoughts on statutory interpretation. Continue reading
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A View from South of the Border
Dunsmuir, Chevron, and what Canadians and Americans can learn from each other about judicial deference and interventionism Continue reading
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Judicial Independence in America
A look at the conventions of judicial independence in the United States Continue reading
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Inappropriate Remarks
Justice Abella should be criticized, not praised, for her comments on Donald Trump Continue reading
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Accounts of Accountability
It’s important to keep politicians accountable. But what follows for regulation of money in politics? Continue reading
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Selfie Slow-Down
I have already blogged about one American judicial decision on the constitutionality of a “ballot selfie” ban, which has since been upheld on appeal by the Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit. And I have also written about the history of the secret ballot, which in my view explains why measures to protect ballot secrecy ― Continue reading
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R.I.P., Antonin Scalia
How I will remember him I don’t know if Justice Antonin Scalia, of the U.S. Supreme Court, read, or liked, Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita ― it was, no doubt, much too unorthodox for him, although he would at least have agreed with its insistence that we at least believe that the devil exists. But as Continue reading
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What the Judge Googled for Breakfast
A recent decision of an American appellate court provides a vivid illustration of the complexity of the issues surrounding the courts’ treatment of scientific information that I have been blogging about here. The case is a prisoner’s suit against the medical staff at his prison, alleging that their refusal to let him take medication against reflux oesophagitis prior to Continue reading
Double Aspect 